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Independent Journalist. Reporting primarily on Substack via www.leefang.com Contact email on my website.
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Lee Fang is a journalist with a longstanding interest in how public policy is influenced by organized interest groups and money. He was the first to uncover and detail the role of the billionaire Koch brothers in financing the Tea Party movement. His interviews and research on the Koch brothers have been featured on HBO’s “The Newsroom,” the documentaries “Merchants of Doubt” and “Citizen Koch,” as well as in multiple media outlets. He was an investigative blogger for ThinkProgress (2009-2011) …

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Pesticide Industry Infiltrates MAHA to Derail Reforms Original

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During the 2024 presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. endorsed Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House as the best chance to deliver his long-promised health revolution. In the final weeks of the race, the former environmental attorney urged voters to back Trump in order to advance a reform agenda aimed at eliminating harmful substances from America’s agriculture and food supply, particularly the herbicides and insecticides sprayed on most fruits and vegetables.
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The New York Times Masks Lobbyist Anger Behind Identity Politics

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The New York Times has seized upon a new racial scandal for Zohran Mamdani. The newly elected mayor, the paper reported yesterday, has failed to appoint a single Black deputy mayor. “After winning the Democratic mayoral primary last year, Zohran Mamdani acknowledged that his victory came without much support from Black voters, and he pledged to do better…
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Epstein-Linked House Democrat Explores Bid for Virgin Islands Governor

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Delegate Stacey Plaskett, the sole representative of the Virgin Islands in Congress, is exploring a bid this year to run for governor of the island territory. Plaskett met this week with close campaign supporters to discuss her plans, according to a source in the territory. At the meeting, she stated that Senator Milton Potter, the president of the V.I. Legislature, would be her running mate.
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