14-07-2018 07:00 via theguardian.com

Is Tom Steyer the progressive answer to the Koch brothers?

The former hedge fund manager wants to impeach Trump and is putting his money where his mouth is. It sounds like a leftwing dream … but is he plotting his own White House run?Tom Steyer is a billionaire from San Francisco who comes bearing tantalising gifts for American progressives.The first is a confetti of cash to fight elections and ballot measures across the country, a bounty to counter the Koch brothers’ funding of conservative candidates and causes and possibly set the US on
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