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NYT on the “genuine friendship” that links Laurene Powell Jobs and Kamala Harris.

This profile goes from a donation by Jobs to Harris’ first DA run in 2003, through personal trips together, and into their joint interview in 2017 at AllThingsD.

It also reports on Jobs’ role in mobilizing donors against Joe Biden’s continued presidential campaign:

One of her top aides, David Simas, a former Obama staff member who oversees her political research, circulated focus-group and polling data to other donors that painted a dire portrait. Several said that Mr. Simas’s research was influential in encouraging them to mobilize against Mr. Biden.

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