The lowdown on joint fundraising committees

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Joint fundraising committees allow aligned political campaigns to raise more money faster. We’ll break down how these operations work and how they’re affecting the cost of elections. Then, guest host Sabri Ben-Achour explains why China’s electric vehicle industry may not be at “overcapacity,” as U.S. and European officials have argued. Plus, artists’ fears summed up in one controversial iPad Pro commercial.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• • “Joint fundraising: A campaign strategy to increase contributions” from Marketplace

• • “U.S., Europe vexed by China’s ‘overcapacity’ of clean-energy goods” from Marketplace

• • “OpenAI’s Brad Lightcap on new content tool, copyright claims and AI outlook” from CNBC

• • “OpenAI says it’s building a tool to let content creators ‘opt out’ of AI training” from TechCrunch

• • “Watch Apple Trash-Compact Human Culture” from The Atlantic

• • “Apple’s new iPad ad has struck a nerve online. Here’s why” from AP News

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