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Salon
Politics
Justin Elliott

Your cardboard box funds election denial

Close-up of logo for shipping and logistics supply company Uline on packing tape dispenser. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

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Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes — the mail-order boxes and grocery store bags — are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom. Few Americans know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products is now fueling election deniers and other far-right candidates across the country.

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