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Can you trust that post about Tom Steyer? How paid influencers are flooding into the governor’s race
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Jaz Roche, also known to nearly 11,000 Tiktok followers as @spo0kymom, hawks facial cleansing bars, baby wagons and AI tools in short social media videos. On a website where clients can pay her to post videos about their products, she says she’s based […]
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According to The Almanac’s source item, Can you trust that post about Tom Steyer? How paid influencers are flooding into the governor’s race, This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Jaz Roche, also known to nearly 11,000 Tiktok followers as @spo0kymom, hawks facial cleansing bars, baby wagons and AI tools in short social media videos. On a website where clients can pay her to post videos about their products, she says she’s based […]
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- Can you trust that post about Tom Steyer? How paid influencers are flooding into the governor’s raceThe Almanac - 2026-05-19T22:12:10+00:00
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