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A mysterious group purporting to be a legitimate political organization is funding the campaigns of long-shot conservative candidates — then vanishing into thin air, according to a new report. The fake grassroots organization Patriots Run Project has been sending cash to right-wing recruits behind a masquerade of Facebook posts and a mailing address traced back to a UPS store in Washington, Politico reported Friday. “The website for the Patriots Run Project offers no contact information, and the group did not respond to multiple emails sent to the address listed on its Meta ad library page,” t…