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"Rebekah Mercer is funding Parler, the social-media app touted by Republican politicians and pundits that conservatives are flocking to"

https://www.businessinsider.com/rebekah-mercer-funds-parler-...

"[Robert] Mercer played a key role in the campaign for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union by donating data analytics services to Nigel Farage. He is also a major funder of organizations supporting right-wing political causes in the United States, such as Breitbart News, and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign for president."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mercer

They're a husband and wife pair that fund hyper partisan causes, it's not exactly jumping to conclusions.




> They're a husband and wife pair that fund hyper partisan causes, it's not exactly jumping to conclusions.

Well then, I am grateful you cited sources. GP proffered the claim with nothing to back it up. I'm definitely the kind to believe these claims, as I've seen them verified in other realms before (Murdoch, Ailes, Kochs, Sinclair, etc), but that's precisely why I have to question that instinct. I can't just go believing things without evidence.


I'm pretty sure it's daughter-father, not wife-husband.


Dan Bongino also owns a stake in Parler.

They aren't remotely for free speech either, by the way. I started an account there, disagreed with someone (I guess one of the wrong people to counter), and was banned within 10 minutes for wrongthink.




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