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Fri Sep 23, 2016, 12:28 AM Sep 2016

Palmer Luckey: The Facebook Near Billionaire Secretly Funding Trump’s Meme Machine

A Silicon Valley titan is putting money behind an unofficial Donald Trump group dedicated to “shitposting” and circulating Internet memes maligning Hillary Clinton.

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey financially backed a pro-Trump political organization called Nimble America, a self-described “social welfare 501(c)4 non-profit” in support of the Republican nominee.

Palmer Luckey: The Facebook Near Billionaire Secretly Funding Trump’s Meme Machine http://thebea.st/2deTVzZ via @thedailybeast

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