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Eli Clifton

Eli Clifton is the research director of Quincy Institute's Democratizing Foreign Policy Program and an investigative journalist who focuses on money in politics and U.S. foreign policy. Clifton is co-author of the Center for American Progress’s report Fear Inc.: The Roots Of the Islamophobia Network In America. Eli has been a fellow at The Nation Institute and the Type Media Center.

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MONEY BOMB

Weapons Biz Bankrolls Experts Pushing to Extend Afghan War

The Trump administration negotiated a May 1 withdrawal date but pressure is building on Biden to stay.

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NBC Exec Became a Conspiracy King and a Pro-Trump Media Boss

Chris Kitze helped get NBC online and pumped out some birther conspiracies and UFO hoo-hah. Then he joined The Epoch Times, one of the loudest voices in the pro-Trump mediasphere.

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The Hedge Fund Man Behind Pro-Trump Media’s New War on China

Huayi Zhang didn’t just work for top Trump donor Robert Mercer. He bankrolled Trumpist media like his old boss, too.

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Here's An Idea: Pick Ellison For State

Eli Clifton on why President Obama should nominate Rep. Keith Ellison.

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