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California saw the most expensive opposition campaign in its history as funding of political campaigns broke records in the US midterms
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is attending the summit at the invitation of the US hosts. Other countries refused to participate in the traditional photo.
The G20 foreign ministers meeting kicked off in Atlanta on Friday without a “family photo” after numerous representatives were expected to walk out rather than be pictured alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is attending the summit at the invitation of the US hosts. Other countries refused to participate in the traditional photo.
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According to The Guardian, the campaign they’re funding is spending over $1 million per day trying to defeat Proposition 40, which would enact a one-time 5 percent tax on California’s billionaires. Google co-founder Sergey Brin is reportedly the biggest donor, contributing at least $102 million, alongside other tech executives: > The donors to the no campaign are a who’s who of Silicon Valley, including the Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, DoorDash CEO Tony Xu, Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, crypto magnate Chris Larsen and several prominent venture capitalists.