The lobbyists who spend more money on gun rights than the NRA

Move over, NRA. There’s a new gun rights group that’s spending more money on lobbying Congress. On the show today, we’re talking about the National Shooting Sports Foundation and its surprising connection to Kimberly’s neighborhood bar. Plus, more crypto scams, and a Texas teen wins the national spelling bee. C-o-n-g-r-a-t-u-l-a-t-i-o-n-s-!

Here’s everything we talked about today:

“Gun industry group in Connecticut outpaces NRA in lobbying, hopes to protect access to semi-automatic weapons” from WBUR
“New Analysis Finds Consumers Reported Losing More than $1 Billion in Cryptocurrency to Scams since 2021” from the Federal Trade Commission
“Fetterman says he ‘almost died’ after ignoring heart condition” from The Washington Post
Former Trump Adviser Charged With Contempt for Defying Jan. 6 Subpoena from The New York Times
“Texas teenager is the new champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee” from NPR

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