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WIRED Investigates: The JD Vance Adviser Secretly Posting About Using Drugs

WIRED Investigates: The JD Vance Adviser Secretly Posting About Using Drugs

Update: 2024-10-17
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On Wednesday, a WIRED exclusive revealed that one of J.D. Vance’s financial policy advisers has posted a lot on Reddit about illicit substances. Given Vance’s hard stance on drugs, WIRED’s Tim Marchman and Makena Kelly join Leah to discuss why it matters that a member of his staff seems to have been using them.

 


Leah Feiger is @LeahFeiger. Makena Kelly is @kellymakena. Tim Marchman is @timmarchman. Write to us at politicslab@WIRED.com. Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here.



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WIRED Investigates: The JD Vance Adviser Secretly Posting About Using Drugs

WIRED Investigates: The JD Vance Adviser Secretly Posting About Using Drugs

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