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Dan Diamond
@ddiamond.bsky.social
Washington Post reporter who’s Bluesky-curious
10.8k followers56 following182 posts
Trump political appointees took $300M from the CDC, steered some money to the business associates of a top appointee, and tried to race ads boosting Americans’ mood onto TV before the election. They also tried to get celebrities to participate — and vetted whether they were pro- or anti-Trump.
The celebrity ad campaign was already floundering before we wrote about it; it soon collapsed under the added scrutiny. But it did lead to this surreal lede in our follow-up story. www.politico.com/news/2020/09...
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Dan Diamond
@ddiamond.bsky.social
Washington Post reporter who’s Bluesky-curious
10.8k followers56 following182 posts