AI giant donates nearly $1M to California Democrats days before…

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnthropic gave nine hundred thousand dollars to California Democratic committees days before Tuesday's election, and five hundred twenty-five thousand of it went to the state party.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBarnaby Sloat runs the Last Ballot Preparedness Institute from a bunker. Mr. Sloat, is this a surprise to you?

3. BS

   Barnaby SloatNo, and here's why. By my count, I saw this coming eleven months ago. Call it nine. The radio keeps me honest.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo is the donation the problem, or the timing?

5. BS

   Barnaby SloatThe timing. It was a late disclosure, filed Friday with the secretary of state. By my count, that's a few days of warning. Three.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNancy Tung, who chairs the San Francisco Democratic Central Committee, says it lets the party spend on battleground races elsewhere in the state.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIs that sinister?

8. BS

   Barnaby SloatElsewhere is exactly how it starts, Hank. The money leaves the city. It goes on a tour. It meets Senate races.

9. BS

   Barnaby SloatThe voters stay home.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe San Francisco party had already spent four hundred thousand dollars on battleground Senate races far from the city.

11. BS

    Barnaby SloatFar! By my count, that's a hundred miles. Sixty. I haven't driven it, the bunker door sticks.

12. 

    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhere do you vote, Mr. Sloat?

13. BS

    Barnaby SloatStrategically, I keep that private. By my count, it's none of your business. Zero.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'll rate your analysis a two, and a five for the radio. So the money gets a road trip, and you're the one who stayed home.