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These Billionaires Are Helping Lisa Murkowski Fight Off A Trump-Backed Challenger
Forbes.com ^ | Aug 19, 2022 | Kyle Mullins

Posted on 08/21/2022 4:46:15 PM PDT by boycott

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has won the backing of several billionaire donors in her battle for a fourth term. Leading the pack is hedge fund tycoon Ken Griffin, one of seven moguls who have donated over $25,000 to help Murkowski stay in the Senate.

Griffin sent $1.5 million to Alaskans for L.I.S.A., a super PAC that can accept unlimited donations. The group, founded by former Murkowski campaign staffers, claims the acronym in its name stands for “Leadership In a Strong Alaska,” but it only backs one candidate: Murkowski, and has spent $2.7 million on her behalf. In addition to Griffin, fellow hedge funders John Arnold and Louis Bacon contributed $500,000 and $50,000 to the PAC, respectively. James and Kathryn Murdoch, the politically moderate heirs to the Murdoch media empire, have each given $250,000.

Billionaires from big Alaska industries have also pitched in. Michael S. Smith, who donated $200,000, and Jeffrey Hildebrand, who contributed $75,000, both made their fortunes in oil. Micky Arison, who along with his wife donated $25,000 total, runs Carnival Cruise Line.

Together, these billionaires—all of whom reside in the lower 48 ......

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 2022election; alaska; americanoligarchs; carnivalcruise; election2022; faux; fauxnews; forbes; government4sale; january6th; jeffreyhildebrand; kellytshibaka; kengriffin; kylemullins; lisamurkowsi; lisamurkowski; merkunoligarchs; michaelssmith; mickyarison; murkowski; senate; tshibaka
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To: boycott

Call to Action, go to your County official, and request the Vote Records.

The election machines HAVE TO GO. It doesn’t matter how much money is spent, when in reality it is the vote counters who matter.

Do the above action, get the blank from FrankSpeech, telling you how to do this. LET’S GIT ER DUN.


41 posted on 08/21/2022 6:55:38 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)
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To: boycott

arent all elitist tyrants?

they will not give up anything ever

they will be exempt


42 posted on 08/21/2022 6:56:12 PM PDT by joshua c (where did my tagline go? if you see it please call someone else. i was tired of it.)
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To: SuperLuminal

Getting rid of the voting machines. That is bigger than the money.


43 posted on 08/21/2022 6:56:31 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)
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To: TheDon

There goes the much of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.


44 posted on 08/21/2022 7:08:00 PM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: twoputt

I just read up on that. It is amazing how much they’re willing to spend to BUY these offices.

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent to buy the IL governor’s office:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-griffin-50-million-to-irvin-20220601-ugwst75n3jclzdwmpwn46wngba-story.html


45 posted on 08/21/2022 7:21:17 PM PDT by boycott
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To: gibsonguy; Dr. Sivana; scrabblehack; Glad2bnuts

Hard to disagree with any of your comments...

To summarize, we are standing in a stinking cesspool of tyranny and the crap is neck-high...


46 posted on 08/21/2022 7:29:23 PM PDT by SuperLuminal
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To: Torahman

Carnival owns other cruise lines.


47 posted on 08/21/2022 8:09:37 PM PDT by tinamina (Remember when Biden said that we have developed the most sophisticated voting fraud system ever )
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To: TheDon

Hahaha. Put the bong down and go grab a bowl of pasta.


48 posted on 08/21/2022 8:29:24 PM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Carry On!)
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To: boycott

Murkowksi is in a very strong position based on the results of the primary. The Trump rally served to push nearly 100% of the Democrat vote into Murkowski’s column, unifying opposition to his endorsed candidate. We have to acknowledge the reality of this result. Alaska is a very Republican by tradition, but not a particularly conservative state - it is right of center (overall), but not conservative.


49 posted on 08/21/2022 10:26:09 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: joma89

The best fools money can buy by the super-rich business elite.


50 posted on 08/22/2022 12:04:04 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (Figures )
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To: Republican Wildcat

I believe you’re right. There’s no other way Murkowksi would have held that seat for so long. Hopefully they surprise us this time and vote her out.


51 posted on 08/22/2022 5:04:21 AM PDT by boycott
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To: boycott; flaglady47; M Kehoe; entropy12; Maine Mariner; Liz; LS; ExTexasRedhead; seenenuf; ...
You are spot-on in your post, Boycott !

Here's my thumbnail sketch on the Murdoch family.....

"James and Kathryn Murdoch, the politically moderate heirs to the Murdoch media empire, have each given $250,000 to Murkowski to fight off a Trump-backed challenger" (quote from a liberal media).

"Politically MODERATE", my eye !

James Murdoch is the son of Rupert Murdoch who controls a vast media empire. James and his wife contributed over a half-million dollars to the Biden campaign in 2020.

Father Rupert is the 31st richest person in the U.S., and the 71st richest person in the world.

Guess who is part of Rupert's media empire....you got it, Fox News!

Leni

52 posted on 08/22/2022 5:47:17 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Twenty Three Years a FReeper....and Lovin' Every Minute of It ! MAGA !)
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To: boycott

Yes, Fox News is doing all they can to help Murk for sure.


53 posted on 08/22/2022 5:49:35 AM PDT by OKSooner
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To: BenLurkin

“The Lear jet leftists expect to form the core of the global Inner Party. There they will continue to enjoy the finest foods and most advanced gadgets the world has to offer. While deciding your fate for you.

If you work very hard and show them your unwavering loyalty you may be permitted to join the global Outer Party — and be permitted air conditioning on a rationed basis.

The rest of us will eat insects and swelter.”

+1000


54 posted on 08/22/2022 6:14:27 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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To: frank ballenger

“In earlier times billionaires were conservative. Luce who owned Time and Life had a lot of control over what was promoted. William Randolph Hearst could make or break political careers with hundreds of local and big city newspapers under his control. Now the wealthy elites are apparently kissing up to Leftists.”

Life got too easy?


55 posted on 08/22/2022 6:17:11 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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To: MinuteGal

Rupert Murdoch is 91 years old. His children are running the show.

Rupert was mostly interested in building a media empire. His children are woke liberals wanting to run with all the liberal social elites.


News Corp owns hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including in the UK (The Sun and The Times), in Australia (The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, and The Australian), in the US (The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post), book publisher HarperCollins, and the television broadcasting channels Sky News Australia and Fox News (through the Fox Corporation). He was also the owner of Sky (until 2018), 21st Century Fox (until 2019), and the now-defunct News of the World. With a net worth of US$21.7 billion as of 2 March 2022, Murdoch is the 31st richest person in the United States and the 71st richest in the world.


56 posted on 08/22/2022 6:52:52 AM PDT by boycott
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To: boycott
Rupert was mostly interested in building a media empire. His children are woke liberals wanting to run with all the liberal social elites.

The second generation burns right thru "generational wealth".

57 posted on 08/22/2022 6:54:19 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: RedMonqey

Different times different rules.


58 posted on 08/22/2022 6:57:20 AM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers)
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To: SuperLuminal

Go to your County officials, demand the Cast Vote records of 2022 for the area you vote in. You can do this by mail. Do it by September 3rd 2022 as they will be destroyed at that point. These are all that is needed to prove that machines are corrupted. EVERY district that uses these machines, has the vote count manipulated. Go to Frank Speech and check it out.

WE THE PEOPLE can win if we just put up a fight, legally get the records forward them to the County Sheriffs.


59 posted on 08/22/2022 9:23:34 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)
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To: boycott; flaglady47; M Kehoe; entropy12; Bob Ireland
Excellent post, boycott.

The fact that the Murdoch communist offspring are now running the show in his vast media empire (including Fox News) is about one of the most frightening things imaginable.

I pray for the return of Donald Trump as U.S. President every day.

Leni

60 posted on 08/22/2022 9:27:26 AM PDT by MinuteGal (Twenty Three Years a FReeper....and Lovin' Every Minute of It ! MAGA !)
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