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  And holy shit... firms like BP, Phillip Morris, Nestle and plenty of others did far worse than take money from stupid crypto bros -- they killed people. And got away with it for decades. FTX has only been a company for like 2 year
  
  Yes of course.
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  Sometimes, the money went directly to political operations; Majority Forward, a dark-money group designed to elect Senate Democrats, received cash. In some cases, the hired guns, such as PR firms, were paid directly for their services. In others, the groups that received donations maintain that they are independent, but had interests aligned with FTX. >
  
  
  The list includes nearly a dozen public relations experts — specialists who generate positive spin in the media on behalf of clients — as well as political consultants, think tanks, and trade groups.
  
  Why define "public relations experts" when things like "influence peddling," "dark money" and "crypto" are not? 
  I'm also having trouble finding the news here. Admittedly, I have no dog in this hunt. But finding out one of FTX's vendors is a firm owned by the former aide of a guy who hasn't been a Senator for six years feels... underwhelming, at best. >
  
  
  I'm also having trouble finding the news here.
  
  The news is that the whole fucking system is broken and guys with loads of dough can pull off massive frauds that should be exposed right away, but instead go on for years because the system can be bought.  It would have gone on and on had FTX not literally run out of money. >
  
  That's not what this story is saying. You can be pissed off at FTX, rich people, massive frauds, whatever -- that doesn't make this Intercept story "news" (or, particularly well written).
  And holy shit... firms like BP, Phillip Morris, Nestle and plenty of others did far worse than take money from stupid crypto bros -- they killed people. And got away with it for decades. FTX has only been a company for like 2 years.