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Your guide to the billionaire-backed groups working to push Dems right in 2026 (therealnews.com)

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[–] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 2 points 5 days ago

I mean definitely at least some of it is astroturf. There have been some accounts that have been pushing that and then got caught with weird little inconsistencies in their story, or were using non-American number styles and then got confused when asked about it, or otherwise let the mask slip that they were not what they were pretending to be.