The Secret Megadonor Behind the MAGA Movement's 'Nerve Center'

[Nevilledog]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-secret-megadonor-mike-rydin-behind-the-maga-movements-nerve-center-conservative-partnership-institute

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In a few short years, the Conservative Partnership Institute has become known in Washington as the “nerve center” of the MAGA movement—an outsized power player in Congress and a hotbed of election denialism.

What hasn't been known, however, is who exactly has underwritten the group's rise and rapid expansion, as the conservative nonprofit buys up prime real estate on Capitol Hill and turns pricey row houses into the concealed tentacles of its grip on the House Freedom Caucus—until now.

It turns out there’s one relatively unknown conservative megadonor behind much of the group’s expansion. And that donor is not on the familiar shortlist of major Republican backers. In fact, he’s not even among the top 100 political donors in the country.

His name is Mike Rydin, a retired Houston software developer. And thanks to the tens of millions of dollars he’s provided at a critical time, Rydin’s name is now all over the group.

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[Kid Berwyn]

1. Michael T. Rydin supports NAZI rodents?

Huh. Good to know.

https://littlesis.org/person/147224-Michael_T_Rydin

[2naSalit]

2. They need to be identified...

So we know who they are and can work to thwart them.

[MagickMuffin]

3. I had a stinking suspicion Mike Rydin was white

Spreading his hatred towards people he doesn’t like or know.

[Blue Owl]

4. Does he have a Garden of Dictators and rooms full of Nazi paraphernalia?