Secret Republican group budgets millions for media and influencer programs
by Makena Kelly from The Verge - All Posts on (#5XYHM)
Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images There's a new group of affluent conservatives planning to revamp the American right by investing more than $30 million into new legal, policy, and media ventures, including influencer programs," according to a recent report from The New York Times.
The coalition, known as The Rockbridge Network, features prominent conservative billionaires like Peter Thiel and Rebekah Mercer. The network aims to disrupt but advance the Republican agenda" with its new policy and media programs. According to a network brochure obtained by the Times, The Rockbridge Network will replace the current Republican ecosystem" of activist and media organizations with better action-oriented, more effective people and institutions."
The brochure doesn't reveal...