Teddy Schleifer

@teddyschleifer

I write about billionaires and their impact on the world for The New York Times. @MSNOWNews contributor. Proud @PuckNews, @Recode alum.

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Born December 19

Teddy Schleifer
@teddyschleifer
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NEW — Elon Musk donated $5 million last month to boost Greg Abbott's reelection campaign, per new filing. Musk is now up to $475 million in disclosed political giving this cycle.
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Teddy Schleifer
@teddyschleifer
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Elon Musk donated $500,000 more to Dan Patrick's reelection campaign in Texas, per filing.
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Teddy Schleifer
@teddyschleifer
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Congrats to everyone!
AdImpact Politics
@AdImpact_Pol
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🚨The 2025-2026 political cycle just became the most expensive cycle ever! With 8 days to go, it's seen $11.21B in total ad spending and reservations. The 2023-2024 cycle, complete with its $3.2B Presidential race, saw $11.20B.
Teddy Schleifer
@teddyschleifer
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A bunch of celebrities — including George Clooney and Adam Scott — are doing a staged reading of a new play, Smear, that doubles as a political fundraiser, per invite.
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Teddy Schleifer
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This sort of stuff is very indirect and saying it’s linked is technically true but in all reality could be totally unrelated!
Politics & Poll Tracker 📡
@PollTracker2024
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Sludge: Elon Musk-Linked Dark Money Network Funded the Group Behind Cornel West’s Ballot Push People Over Party raised $7.7 million in 2024, all of it from the nonprofit behind the Fair Election Fund, which in turn got every dollar from a Musk-funded dark money group.
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