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The Slatest for Jan. 17: Tech-Bro Billionaires Have Found a New Candidate to Line Up Behind
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Tweet Share Share Comment Now that Vivek Ramaswamy is out of the presidential race, billionaire tech bros are suddenly lining up behind a new candidate—Dean Phillips, who’s making a long-shot bid to challenge Biden for the Democratic nomination. Huh? Nitish Pahwa explains why it actually makes perfect sense.
Meanwhile, what’s the rest of the Republican field doing? Well, Ron DeSantis’ bold new strategy is apparently for Trump to win New Hampshire and South Carolina. Jim Newell is going to have to break that one down for us.
We didn’t do it, Joe 🥲 Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images. Biden’s........
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