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    Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Nov 2017

    Someone anonymously donated more than $28 million last year to a shadowy group that then gave more than $23 million away to keep a conservative in Scalia's Supreme Court seat. https://maplight.org/story/tax-returns-identify-dark-money-organization-as-source-of-gop-supreme-court-attacks/ …pic.twitter.com/Ta18ANkCwJ

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      2. RK33‏ @goodpuppy33 21 Nov 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        I thought I heard this months ago. Maybe Jane Mayer? Or Brooke Gladstone? I remember it was discussed on a podcast. Fresh Air?

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      3. RK33‏ @goodpuppy33 21 Nov 2017
        Replying to @goodpuppy33 @chrisgeidner

        Almost sure it was On the Media. Maybe. Wish I remembered so I could go back and see what was said then.

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      4. RK33‏ @goodpuppy33 21 Nov 2017
        Replying to @goodpuppy33 @chrisgeidner

        Or maybe On Point. I listen to too many podcasts.

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      5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 21 Nov 2017
        Replying to @goodpuppy33

        I think we knew part of this, yes. It sounded familiar to me as well. Maybe we knew the $23.5 to JCN came from Wellspring?

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      6. Christopher Kang‏ @cdkang76 21 Nov 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @goodpuppy33

        I think the last MapLight reporting was on JCN's 990, which ended June 2016 and showed a single contributor of $17.9 million. This confirms it was Wellspring and ups the amount by $5.5m for the rest of 2016--not to mention 2017. Turns out, it's expensive to steal a SCOTUS seat.

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      7. RK33‏ @goodpuppy33 21 Nov 2017
        Replying to @cdkang76

        But it’s just a drop in the bucket considering the return on that investment.

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      2. Milo M.‏ @Ex67T20 22 Nov 2017
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        https://twitter.com/ex67t20/status/856727434162470912 … Ask Philip Anschutz if the $28.5M was his. He put Gorsuch in his appeals court seat, paid @SenateMajLdr and @SpeakerRyan PACs $900,000 to align the @GOP against Garland, and is friends with Wellspring Committee managers (Corkerys).

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      3. BestBet‏ @grtamericanovel 23 Nov 2017
        Replying to @Ex67T20 @chrisgeidner and

        Anschutz founded Qwest Communications, which boomed with the internet. But went bust a la Trump: spinoffs, subsidiaries, mergers, foreign partnerships; also fraud, insider stock trading, customer complaints, accounting irregularities, etc. The guy gets richer despite the probs

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      1. Michelle D.‏ @chelleinchicago 21 Nov 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        The Godly Right that's ruining our country with every passing day.

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      1. JulieS‏ @jaxcarys 21 Nov 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        So $23 mil for Influence Laundering, with the shadowy group taking a $5 mil fee? Sounds on par for today's #GOP

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      1. Phil Luttazi‏ @PhillipLuttazi 21 Nov 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @QueenieG2017

        As a Catholic this is personal. Why the hell is "The Catholic Association" giving $40,000 to influence a nomination to SCOTUS?

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      1. Tracy C‏ @TracyTrixie8 21 Nov 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @KatCapps

        Just when I think I can't get anymore sick about things; something else drops. 😩

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      1. soothsayer‏ @jbsson 21 Nov 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Hmmm thought a seat was worth more than that ...good to know

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      1. Maria_ORaff‏ @Raff19970 21 Nov 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner @KatCapps

        I’m not surprised by this at all!

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      1. Wayne's World MO‏ @waynes_worldMO 25 Nov 2017
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        Think it could have been a Russian? Hard to say, but that is why we need Campaign finance reform and we need to end Citizens United.

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      1. ghostbert‏ @MRebisch 24 Nov 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Follow the money there lies the swamp pig in charge TRUMP IS SWAMP MUCK

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      1. Indivisible WA-King‏ @IndKingCountyWA 24 Nov 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        Yes, we've heard this, haven't we? Extrême corruption. @SpeakerRyan @SenateMajLdr @SenateGOP @HouseGOP @SenBobCorker @davereichert @cathymcmorris @RepNewhouse @herrerabeutler @JeffFlake

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      1. Tomasz Kennedy‏ @CunningVet 22 Nov 2017
        Replying to @chrisgeidner

        That’s outrageous, I’m shocked, shocked to find that there’s graft going on in our Capital.

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