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Aug 2023
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Tech Money in Politics, SBF, and Billion...

New York Magazine
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Puck's Teddy Schleifer is Kara's co-host, chatting about Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal woes, Barbie hitting $1 billion, and the Musk v. Zuckerberg cage fight. Then, Donald Trump’s response to his latest indictment, and the money behind the presidential candidates. Then we’re joined by Friend of Pivot and political pollster, Frank Luntz to make sense of the latest poll numbers on the 2024 election.

You can follow Teddy at @teddyschleifer, and read his work at Puck.News.

Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or at nymag.com/pivot.

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