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The Hill reports: A conservative advocacy group is pushing lawmakers to oppose a bipartisan rail safety bill that was introduced in the wake of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, claiming it would create “gross inefficiencies” for businesses and give the Department of Transportation “unimaginable authority.” “Introduced following the horrible accident in East Palestine, Ohio, the legislation offers a slew …

“The arrangement was simply FreedomWorks paid Glenn Beck money and Glenn Beck said nice things about FreedomWorks on the air.  I saw that a million dollars went to Beck this past year, that was the annual expenditure. I put it down now as basically as paid advertising for FreedomWorks by Beck.” – Dick Armey, adding to Media Matters that the …

Whoa.

As the right wing continues to eat each other alive over the 2012 elections, Dick Armey has bailed out on FreedomWorks, the Koch Brothers’ astroturfing outfit that booted the Tea Party into national prominence three years ago. And what a payout he’s getting to go away. A confidential contract obtained by The Associated Press shows that Armey agreed in September …