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  "textContent": "A funny way to explicate the colossal tectonic shifts currently rocking the American drinks industry’s middle tier is to consider the sundry capacities for bribery exhibited by the country’s various beverage-alcohol mega-wholesalers. A trade truism is that beer distributors mostly protect and expand their interests through fearsome and disciplined political contributions at the state and federal levels, whereas wholesalers of the harder stuff tend to be more prone to getting greasy. This varies by state, and exceptions abound. You can certainly find instances of malt-based case-movers debasing themselves in the annals of American alco-history.\n\nThe article With Reyes’ Expanded RNDC Buy-Out, America’s Biggest Beer Distributor Doubles Down on Not-Beer appeared first on VinePair.",
  "title": "With Reyes’ Expanded RNDC Buy-Out, America’s Biggest Beer Distributor Doubles Down on Not-Beer"
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