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  "path": "/threads/wyoming-leg-scandal-handing-out-checks-on-the-legislature-floor.2633918/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T17:16:31.000Z",
  "site": "https://forums.anandtech.com",
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    "Politics and News",
    "Political storm in Wyoming as far-right activist caught handing checks to lawmakers",
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  "textContent": "This is probably just about the most corrupt thing I can imagine…and yet…it doesn’t actually seem to be illegal:\n\n\n\n###   Political storm in Wyoming as far-right activist caught handing checks to lawmakers \n\nPhotograph shows conservative activist handing slip to Darin McCann and Marlene Brady holding a similar paper\n\nwww.theguardian.com\n\n\n“The political storm started on 9 February, when Karlee Provenza, a Democratic lawmaker, took a photo showing Rebecca Bextel, a conservative activist and committeewoman for the Teton county Republican party, handing a check to Darin McCann, a Republican representative, on the legislative floor. Marlene Brady, another Republican representative, stands in the photo’s background, a similar piece of paper pinched between her fingers.\n…\nQuestions around the checks were soon swirling, and answers weren’t forthcoming. When asked what Bextel gave to her, Brady told a reporter for local outlet WyoFile: “I can’t remember.”\n\nThen Bextel herself addressed the incident. “I raised $400,000 in the last election cycle for conservative candidates, and I will be doubling that amount...\n\nRead more",
  "title": "Wyoming leg scandal: handing out checks on the legislature floor"
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