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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    An election season worth billions

    President Obama is in town to hit up the Hollywood ATM for Hillary Clinton. Last night he attended a fundraiser at the home of Jeffrey and Marilyn Katzenberg. Twenty five people at that event paid upwards of $100,000 each to spend an hour hanging out with the president.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 25, 2016 • 1 min read

    President Obama is in town to hit up the Hollywood ATM for Hillary Clinton. Last night he attended a fundraiser at the home of Jeffrey and Marilyn Katzenberg. Twenty five people at that event paid upwards of $100,000 each to spend an hour hanging out with the president. That’s chump change compared with the $35 million donated by Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz. Where does all this money go? Are there no campaign contribution limits anymore?

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    An election season worth billions. Where’s all the money going?
    1. 0:30An election season worth billionsYou’re reading this
    2. 8:11The man who gerrymandered America
    3. 16:20Sexual assault in the skies
    4. 28:01A horror documentary about rats
    5. 41:41A zero-star rating for starred restaurant reviews
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