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[2] Thomas Friedman, “Is It Sheldon Adelson’s World?” The New York Times, March 11, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/opinion/thomas-l-friedman-is-it-sheldons-world.html?_r=1.



[3] Noah Rayman, “GOP Mega Donor Sheldon Adelson Wants To Nuke Iran,” Time Magazine “Swampland” blog, October 23, 2013,http://swampland.time.com/2013/10/23/sheldon-adelson-nuke-iran/#ixzz2j42jAioB.



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[5] Alan Elsner, “Why Sheldon Adelson’s New ‘Rethink Israel’ Website Is Doomed to Fail,” Daily Beast “Open Zion” blog, October 24, 2013,http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/24/adelson-s-new-rethink-israel-website-is-doomed-to-fail.html.



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[14] Alex Isenstadt, “Marco Rubio takes lead in Sheldon Adelson primary,” Politico, April 23, 2015, http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/marco-rubio-takes-lead-in-sheldon-adelson-primary-117268.html#ixzz3Y8Cx5KtE.



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[16] Jewish Insider, “Adelson Signals Support for Trump: Why Not?” March 15, 2016, http://jewishinsider.com/7007/adelson-signals-support-for-trump-why-not/.



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[18] Adam Horowitz, “What did the Sheldon and Miriam Adelson get for their money? (Not much)” Mondoweiss, November 7, 2012,http://mondoweiss.net/2012/11/what-did-the-sheldon-and-miriam-adelson-get-for-their-money-not-much.html.



[19] Ali Gharib, “The One That Adelson Won,” Daily Beast “Open Zion” blog, November 7, 2012, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/11/07/the-one-that-adelson-won.html.



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[21] Josh Rogin, “McCain: Adelson funding Romney Super PAC with ‘foreign money’” The Cable, Foreign Policy, June 15, 2012,http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/06/15/mccain_adelson_funding_romney_super_pac_with_foreign_money.



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[23] Quoted by Matea Gold and Philip Rucker, “Billionaire mogul Sheldon Adelson looks for mainstream Republican who can win in 2016,” Washington Post, March 25, 2014, http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/billionaire-mogul-sheldon-adelson-looks-for-mainstream-republican-who-can-win-in-2016/2014/03/25/e2f47bb0-b3c2-11e3-8cb6-284052554d74_story.html.



[24] Nicholas Confessore, ‘Super PAC’ for Gingrich to Get $5 Million Infusion, New York Times, January 23, 2012,http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/us/politics/super-pac-for-gingrich-to-get-5-million-infusion.html.



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[27] Nicholas Confessore, ‘Super PAC’ for Gingrich to Get $5 Million Infusion, New York Times, January 23, 2012,http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/us/politics/super-pac-for-gingrich-to-get-5-million-infusion.html.



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[29] Arom Raston, “Casino Magnate Sheldon Adelson Is Betting on Newt Gingrich,” Daily Beast, December 16, 2011,http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/16/casino-magnate-sheldon-adelson-is-betting-on-newt-gingrich.html.



[30] Maggie Haberman, “Adelson’s Romney-boosting support reportedly ‘limitless,’” Politico, June 14, 2012, http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/06/adelsons-romneyboosting-support-reportedly-limitless-126119.html.



[31] Steven Bertoni, “Exclusive: Adelson’s Pro-Romney Donations Will Be ‘Limitless,’ Could Top $100M,” Forbes, June 13, 2012.



[32] ZOA, “Zionist And Philanthropy Giant Sheldon Adelson Receives Herzl Gold Medallion At ZOA Dinner On December 13, 2009,” December 15, 2009,http://www.zoa.org/sitedocuments/pressrelease_view.asp?pressreleaseID=1758.



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[34] Naomi Zeveloff, “At the ZOA Dinner, It’s 1939 Again,” Forward, November 23, 2011, http://forward.com/articles/146764/at-the-zoa-dinner-its–again/?p=all.



[35] Ari Shavit, ‘Media Difficulties,” Haaretz, January 22, 2010, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1144124.html



[36] Alan D. Abbey, “Vegas Casino King Makes Bid For Israeli Media Moguldom,” Forward, August 15, 2007.



[37] Ari Shavit, ‘Media Difficulties,” Haaretz, January 22, 2010, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1144124.html



[38] Jacob Berkman, “Sitting down with Sheldon Adelson,” The Fundamentalist, Jewish Telegraph Agency, December 17, 2009,http://blogs.jta.org/philanthropy/article/2009/12/17/1009794/sitting-down-with-sheldon-adelson



[39] Eli Clifton, “Adelson Strikes a Belligerent Tone with the JTA,” Lobelog, Inter Press Service, December 18, 2009, http://www.lobelog.com/?p=324



[40] Israel News Agency, February 6, 2007; Philanthropy News Digest, May 3, 2007.



[41] Inter Press Service, November 21, 2007.



[42] Paul Kane and Jonathan Weisman, “A Conservative Answer to MoveOn.org,” Washington Post, January 20, 2008.



[43] Jim Lobe, “Freedom’s Watch and ‘Strong Supporters of Israel,’” LobeLog.com, January 20, 2008.



[44] Jason Zengerle, “Sheldon Adelson Is Ready to Buy the Presidency,” New York Magazine, September 9, 2015,http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/sheldon-adelson-is-ready-to-buy-the-presidency.html.



[45] Nathan Guttman, “Sheldon Adelson To Host Secret Anti-BDS Summit for Jewish Donors,” Forward, June 1, 2015,http://forward.com/news/309227/sheldon-adelson-to-host-secret-anti-bds-summit-for-jewish-donors/.



[46] Jason Zengerle, “Sheldon Adelson Is Ready to Buy the Presidency,” New York Magazine, September 9, 2015,http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/09/sheldon-adelson-is-ready-to-buy-the-presidency.html.



[47] “Democracy and Security Conference,” Prague, Czech Republic, June 5-6, 2007, http://www.democracyandsecurity.org/.



[48] Jim Lobe, “A Neoconservative International Targets Iran,” LobeLog.com, June 6, 2007.



[49] Newsmeat, “Hall of Fame Billionaires: Sheldon Adelson,” NewsMeat.com, http://www.newsmeat.com/billionaire_political_donations/Sheldon_Adelson.php.



[50] Eli Clifton, “The Economic Crisis: Will Money Trump Ideology?” Right Web, October 28, 2008, http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/articles/display/The_Economic_Crisis_Will_Money_Trump_Ideology.



[51] Jon Ward, “Political group Freedom’s Watchto shut down,” Washington Times, December 9, 2008.



[52] Forbes, “The World’s Billionaires: #6 Sheldon Adelson,” Forbes.com, March 8, 2007.



[53] John L. Smith, “Big Trouble in Sheldon Adelson’s Little China,” The Daily Beast, May 26, 2015, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/26/big-trouble-in-sheldon-adelson-s-little-china.html.