Why is Google Funding Grover Norquist, Heritage Action and ALEC? | Alternet

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Why is Google Funding Grover Norquist, Heritage Action and ALEC? | Alternet:

 "Google has a distinctively progressive image, but in March 2012 it hired former Republican member of the House of Representatives, Susan Molinari as its Vice President of Public Policy and Government Relations. According to the  New York Times, Molinari is being “paid handsomely to broaden the tech giant’s support beyond Silicon Valley Democrats and to lavish money and attention on selected Republicans.”"

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