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Explaining the Left's Dark Money and Influence Network

Breaking down the sprawling "Beautiful Mind"/Sheldon Whitehouse chart in "The Woketopus."

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Tyler O'Neil
Feb 13, 2025
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I recently joined “The Sean Spicer Show” to break down the research in the book. I appreciated Spicer asking me to explain the Left’s dark money and influence network, the chart that plots the money and influence I trace in “The Woketopus.”

I call this my “Beautiful Mind” or Sheldon Whitehouse chart—after the Rhode Island senator notorious for using big …

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