How the MAGA goon squad became tech lobbyists

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Lobbying might be a dubious industry, but lobbyists themselves are often some of the best sources in Washington reporting: generally speaking, they’re professionals with lots of prior experience who are paid quite a bit of money to know what’s happening and who’s making it happen behind the scenes.

In normal times, they’d be glad-handling and nudging officials to codify their companies’ objectives in the l …

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