Dustin the Wind
“The barrage of late money — which includes at least $22 million from Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz — figures among one of the most expensive and aggressive plays yet by tech billionaires, who have spent years studying how to maximize the return they get from each additional dollar they spend on politics. Moskovitz is placing his single biggest public bet yet on the evidence that TV ads that come just before Election Day are the best way to do that.” Recode: Silicon Valley megadonors unleash a last-minute, $100 million barrage of ads against Trump. Yes, there’s some irony in the fact that tech geniuses are turning to last minute TV ads to turn an election. And yes, there’s too much money in politics.