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The rich lefties tried to buy their way to power and failed (for now)

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1. Money can’t buy happiness (or CD-11, apparently)

California took days to determine the final results of its primary, on account of elections in this state are operated worse than Third World military dictatorships, but two wealthy self-funded candidates did poorly in their respective races.

Saikat Chakrabati — who took the Bezos approach of gravitating toward a thicc Latina after making his tech money, serving as AOC’s chief of staff — dropped $10 million on his House race.

Meanwhile Tom Steyer, the self-professed billionaire “class traitor,” spent over $200 million on his race for governor. Both candidates landed in third place, and will miss the cut for November’s general election, which serves as a helpful reminder:

While fun to complain about, rich dudes “BuYiNg ElEcTiOnS” is… not so easy in practice! Keep this in mind the next time Saikat’s thicc former boss says Elon’s political donations are ‘literally the end of democracy’ or whatever.

2. Put the conspiracies to bed (if you can find one)

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