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Billionaire Democrat to invest in global warming campaign

By Ashe Schow

Published February 18, 2014 5:00am ET

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Billionaire Democrat to invest in global warming campaign — Tom Steyer is planning to spend as much as $100 million in 2014 to attack global warming deniers, the New York Times reports. (AP Photo) | Steve Helber

Tom Steyer, founder of one of those evil hedge fund companies that liberals hate so much (unless they’re backed by Democrats, of course) is planning to spend as much as $100 million in 2014 to attack global warming deniers, the New York Times reports.

Steyer is also rounding up other wealthy donors to build his organization, NextGen Climate Action, up to the scale of enterprises funded by Charles and David Koch.

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