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Mentioned in today’s email: G.O.P. mega-donors Ken Griffin, Peter Thiel and Robert Bigelow; Democratic fundraisers Tom Steyer, Michael Pratt and Jeffrey Katzenberg; Addisu Demissie and Chauncey McLean; Jason Linder and Republican FTX executive Ryan Salame.

A few nuggets to get us started…

• The Biden Blessing: I’ve recently learned that Future Forward, the Democratic super PAC that is widely expected to be the main “blessed” super PAC behind the Biden re-election campaign, has quietly added Addisu Demissie, the well-liked, effervescent Oakland-based strategist, as one of its leaders. Addisu is considered one of the party’s top operatives, previously managing Cory Booker’s 2020 presidential campaign and later helping to shepherd the first, virtual Biden convention. He joined the super PAC last year, but...

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