A lobbying group promoting a controversial mining project in Minnesota is working with an ad firm that primarily buys ad time for Democratic candidates.
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Continue readingNew Right to Rise ad buy brings super PAC’s total spending to $39 million
With yet another multimillion dollar purchase of television ads, Jeb Bush’s super PAC has now made $39 million in independent expenditures — yet he still languishes in the polls.
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