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   Chuck (chuckar@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 01:10:55 JST Chuck

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   @dissidentsoaps You know how political hacks make huge amounts of money by writing a ghost written book and selling millions of copies? I've always wondered if that was just a money-laundering scheme. Some shell company buys most of the copies and they get dumped in the trash somewhere. I know 37 subscriptions isn't much, but it fits the pattern of the scheme.
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     Boina Roja Enthusiast Karl Dahl (karldahl@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 01:10:55 JST Boina Roja Enthusiast Karl Dahl

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     @Chuckar @dissidentsoaps It's an old game. Remember that media companies are a public relations loss leader for large companies
     
     And, yes, most of those books don't sell and just get pulled and pulped a few months later
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     Dissident Soaps (dissidentsoaps@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 06-Feb-2025 01:10:56 JST Dissident Soaps
     Elon Musk's team has found that the federal government paid Politico $8.1M last year. Including an $862k no-compete contract with the National Park Service and a $517k payment from the FDA for 37 subscriptions.