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<p>Aneela Mirchandani is a San Francisco-based independent journalist. Follow her on X at @TheOddPost.</p>


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American Flag and Hindu Flag ripped in center with "Conservative Pac" logo peaking through.

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EXCLUSIVE: Conservative PAC raked in donations from Hindus—then trashed them after the checks cleared

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EXCLUSIVE: A constitutional sheriff led a campaign to take over a whole county—and won

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A QAnon podcaster raised $50,000 to file an amicus brief in Trump’s Supreme Court case—she plans to spend it on slime facials and slippers