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Biden is gearing up for a big-money fundraiser with mega-donors in the Hamptons on Saturday — ignoring calls for him drop out of the 2024 presidential after a catastrophic debate performance. Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will head off from La Guardia airport at noon to a reception in East Hampton, NY, hosted by hedge-fund billionaire Barry Rosentein and his wife Lizanne. The event kicks off at 2:45 at their sprawling 18-acre ocreanfront estate in the exclusive Long Island enclave. [cut] Fellow hedge-fund titan Eric Mindich and his Tony Award-winning producer wife Stacey, celebrity couple Sarah Jessica Parker and...

Liberals used to decry the influence of money in politics. But in Joe Biden’s America, we have seen the rise of a noxious new generation of left-wing donors. I identify some of the biggest power players in Joe Biden’s American in my book New York Times bestselling book Breaking Biden. Joe Biden is the quintessential oligarch. He has empowered America’s moneyed elite, and they have empowered him. Biden’s 2020 campaign was the first to raise over $1 billion. Democrats raised $600 million more in “dark money” than Republicans in 2020. Look for those numbers to explode even higher in 2024....