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kenneth.vogel@nytimes.com Forthcoming book, "DEVILS' ADVOCATES," on the foreign influence industry, out 10/14/2025. Available for preorder: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/devils-advocates-kenneth-p-vogel?variant=43110856097826

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    Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social

    At a time when suburban synagogues across the country are shrinking or shuttering, the survival & growth of Beth Shalom in Elkins Park, Pa. — the only synagogue ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright — feels like both legacy & defiance, writes @forward.com. forward.com/news/764188/...

    The only synagogue designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Beth Sholom in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, has become a model for the future of Jewish life.

    Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright built only one synagogue. It’s now a growing congregation.

    The only synagogue designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Beth Sholom in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, has become a model for the future of Jewish life.
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    The VP to a reality TV star-turned-president says celebrities should stay out of politics:

    “I think by and large, people want politicians to focus on politics, & they want celebrities to focus on whatever it is that made them famous, whether it's singing or dancing or acting.”

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    Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social

    Trump is a “camp icon,” said James Kirchick, adding: “He’s like a drag queen. He’s outrageous, he’s transgressive, he’s catty, he’s a narcissist the likes of which we haven’t seen since Alexander the Great.”

    Shawn McCreesh, on DC’s emerging MAGA gay scene.

    Donald Trump’s Big Gay Government
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    This is an example of the type of opacity that shrouds influencer content.

    It’s often impossible for the audience to know who’s paying influencers & for what.

    Among the influencers who reportedly considered this offer: Aaron Parnas, who has compared himself to the Walter Cronkite of social media.

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    A Dem dark money group offered influencers $8k/mo. to push progressive messaging— as long as they didn’t reveal they were taking the $.

    “It avoids a lot of the public disclosure,” a lawyer for Marc Elias’ firm told the influencers. “Your names aren’t showing up on, like, reports filed with the FEC”

    An initiative aimed at boosting Democrats online offers influencers up to $8,000 a month to push the party line. All they have to do is keep it secret—and agree to restrictions on their content.

    A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers

    An initiative aimed at boosting Democrats online offers influencers up to $8,000 a month to push the party line. All they have to do is keep it secret—and agree to restrictions on their content.

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    Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social

    A Dem dark money group offered influencers $8k/mo. to push progressive messaging— as long as they didn’t reveal they were taking the $.

    “It avoids a lot of the public disclosure,” a lawyer for Marc Elias’ firm told the influencers. “Your names aren’t showing up on, like, reports filed with the FEC”

    An initiative aimed at boosting Democrats online offers influencers up to $8,000 a month to push the party line. All they have to do is keep it secret—and agree to restrictions on their content.

    A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers

    An initiative aimed at boosting Democrats online offers influencers up to $8,000 a month to push the party line. All they have to do is keep it secret—and agree to restrictions on their content.
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