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The Dark Money Behind “Progressive” Influencers (w/ Taylor Lorenz & John Ross)

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:44:36
Publish Date: 2025-09-06 01:39:16
Description:

Taylor Lorenz, technology journalist and author of Extremely Online, joins Current Affairs Editor-in-Chief Nathan J. Robinson and Digital Editor John Ross (who was formerly a producer for The David Pakman Show) to discuss her bombshell Wired investigation into Chorus, Good Influence, and the 1630 Fund, the dark money network secretly funding Democratic influencers.

0:00-10:04 Taylor's Reporting

10:04-13:50 Why is Matters

13:50-18:04 How Good Influence Works

18:04-24:57 Suppression of Gaza

24:57-29:12 The Decline of Journalism

29:12-32:31 How Good Influence Provides Value

32:31-35:11 The Democratic Party's "Messaging Problem"

35:11-40:56 The Response to Taylor's Article

40:56- 44:37 What We Can Learn From This

Read Taylor's Article: https://www.wired.com/story/dark-money-group-secret-funding-democrat-influencers/

Read John's Article: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/meidastouch-turns-democrats-minds-to-slop

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