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2026-09-19 16:55:01 UTC

Congress has failed to regulate AI, but has managed to profit from booming AI stocks. Over 100 lawmakers have up to hundreds of millions of dollars invested in AI, according to a new analysis of financial disclosures.
https://readsludge.com/2026/09/18/here-are-the-members-of-congress-invested-in-the-ai-industry/

2026-09-04 12:38:49 UTC

New - A dark money group tied to billionaires Marc Andreessen and OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Build American AI, has $50 million for a new campaign, led by a Republican digital strategist and data center consultant, to fight local data center opposition.
https://readsludge.com/2026/09/03/ai-money-floods-state-fights-over-data-centers/

2026-08-03 22:54:03 UTC

NEW: AIPAC tops $100 million in election spending for the second straight cycle, according to a Sludge review of campaign finance records.
https://readsludge.com/2026/08/03/aipac-tops-100-million-in-election-spending-for-second-straight-cycle/

2026-07-25 17:46:36 UTC

New: James Carville, who has been calling to purge the left wing of the Democratic Party, was a senior advisor to a lobbying shop that was paid more than half a million dollars by a crypto industry group as crypto money poured in to knock out progressives.
https://readsludge.com/2026/07/25/carvilles-war-on-the-democratic-left-is-funded-by-centrist-billionaires/

2026-07-22 13:49:46 UTC

The House GOP is readying a vote on a bill to ban stock trading by members of Congress that good-government groups call a "fig leaf" for ethics.
The Stop Insider Trading Act from Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) would allow lawmakers to keep their millions of dollars in shares in oil, bank stocks, and more.
https://readsludge.com/2026/01/13/gop-stock-trading-bill-leaves-glaring-conflicts-untouched/

2026-07-14 18:28:13 UTC

NEW: Hakeem Jeffries recently received AIPAC PAC's largest ever earmarked contribution to his joint fundraising committee. Today, he came out against cutting billions in Israel aid.
https://readsludge.com/2026/07/14/jeffries-opposes-bid-to-cut-israel-aid-after-record-aipac-earmark/

2026-06-22 20:00:30 UTC

NEW: Palantir has gone on a Democratic lobbyist hiring spree, picking up Hakeem Jeffries' former chief of staff, a top DCCC fundraiser, and a former Democratic senator to push its interests in Washington DC.
https://readsludge.com/2026/06/22/palantir-goes-on-a-democratic-lobbyist-hiring-spree/

2026-06-10 15:40:55 UTC

NEW: House Dems' AI task force co-chairs Valerie Foushee and Ted Lieu just sent their legislative directors to Austin to meet with Big Tech lobbyists and execs pushing Congress to preempt states' AI safety rules.
https://readsludge.com/2026/06/10/staffers-drafting-federal-ai-bill-took-industry-funded-trip-to-visit-tech-giants-pushing-to-block-state-rules/

2026-04-29 22:03:34 UTC

Fossil fuel donors have shoveled at least $28.8 million to the two largest super PACs defending Republican control of Congress, as the GOP considers total legal immunity for climate change damages—and as Big Oil profits jump from the war in Iran.
https://readsludge.com/2026/04/21/gops-outside-money-edge-is-being-built-by-billionaires-oil-and-crypto/

2026-04-29 14:42:05 UTC

Netflix spent a record $3 million on lobbying last year—and hired Ballard Partners, the firm led by a top Trump fundraiser, to lobby the White House—as it pushed for the Warner Bros. merger that would have given it control over nearly half the streaming market.
Free-to-read report:
https://readsludge.com/2026/04/28/netflix-raised-prices-after-pocketing-a-2-8-billion-windfall/

2026-04-20 15:24:59 UTC

New: $44 million in secret-donor money flowed into the super PACs aligned with congressional leaders in Q1 from their affiliated "dark money" groups.
Senate Dems' super PAC raised the highest amount, and highest share, of dark money during that period.
https://readsludge.com/2026/04/20/the-shell-game-donors-use-to-hide-their-identities/

2026-04-15 16:50:30 UTC

Here comes the daily fantasy sports (DFS) super PAC.
Win for America PAC was funded by $41 million last quarter from FanDuel, DraftKings, and Fanatics, per new FEC filing. The new group says it will bankroll PACs in more than a dozen states.
https://assets.journa.host/media_attachments/files/116/409/749/478/300/899/original/df3a3d961c6ff392.png

2026-03-24 20:16:33 UTC

Sen. Cory Booker said he will no longer accept contributions from AIPAC PAC—though we'll be watching to see how his donor patterns change.
Booker quickly became the number one recipient among Senate Democrats of AIPAC PAC donations, raking in over $700,000 last year...
https://readsludge.com/2025/10/16/while-some-democrats-ditch-aipac-cory-booker-cashes-in/

2026-03-03 04:27:28 UTC

On Feb. 28, the day the strike on Iran started, AIPAC's account thanked many members of Congress who supported, or tolerated, Trump's unauthorized attack.
Three of them—Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV)— have received $1.2 million from AIPAC PAC this cycle.
AIPAC is funneling tens of millions in hard-dollar contributions to the campaigns of the lawmakers who will vote this week on Iran war powers resolutions. Latest:
https://readsludge.com/2026/03/01/here-is-how-much-aipac-has-funneled-to-every-member-of-congress/

2026-03-01 01:39:35 UTC

NEW data analysis: Here is how much AIPAC has funneled to every member of Congress
https://readsludge.com/2026/03/01/here-is-how-much-aipac-has-funneled-to-every-member-of-congress/

2026-01-22 14:08:07 UTC

💥 Hudson River Park is ending its ICE contract after Sludge's report.
The garage at Pier 40, which has been awarded more than $1.9 million by ICE over the past two decades, says it will not renew ICE's contract when it ends on June 30.
https://readsludge.com/2026/01/21/hudson-river-park-trust-to-end-longstanding-ice-contract-following-sludge-report/

2026-01-16 20:23:38 UTC

New: Here is an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration. More than 600 companies have been working with Trump’s ICE, including businesses in nearly every state.
Free to read:
https://readsludge.com/2026/01/16/the-companies-behind-ice/

2026-01-03 15:04:50 UTC

Chevron, the only major U.S. oil company operating in Venezuela, is a top corporate donor to Republican super PACs. Over the past decade, the company has given:
- $16.8 million to SLF, backing Senate GOP
- $12.5 million to CLF, backing House GOP
- $2.5 million to Trump 2024 inauguration, etc.
In the 2023–2024 cycle, Chevron was the top corporate donor to the SLF, giving $4.5 million.
https://readsludge.com/2024/12/13/heres-what-big-oil-spent-on-this-years-elections/

2025-12-30 16:53:49 UTC

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As ICE detentions were increasing, we created an interactive map showing all the companies and nonprofits being paid to help the agency.
https://readsludge.com/2025/05/09/whos-profiting-from-ice/

2025-12-30 16:50:42 UTC

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We stayed on top of the crypto plays of Trump’s cabinet members as the administration issued a series of regulatory rollbacks for the cryptocurrency industry.
https://readsludge.com/2025/05/16/lutnicks-firm-bought-bitcoin-company-stock-as-he-pushed-for-crypto-reserve/

2025-12-30 16:50:27 UTC

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We exposed the members of Congress invested in companies they oversee through their roles on legislative committees.
https://readsludge.com/2025/08/22/lawmakers-hold-stocks-in-defense-energy-and-tech-companies-they-oversee/

2025-12-30 16:50:15 UTC

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We covered how the Trump administration has been stacked with chemical and pesticide industry lobbyists who have worked to halt MAHA movement policies.
https://readsludge.com/2025/09/26/lobbyist-led-epa-office-set-to-add-a-new-chemical-industry-hire/

2025-12-30 16:48:39 UTC

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… as well as other pro-Israel lobbying efforts targeting American churchgoers and seeking to influence the outputs of AI services like ChatGPT.
https://readsludge.com/2025/10/06/israels-new-u-s-influence-campaigns-target-tiktok-churches-and-chatgpt/

2025-12-30 16:48:17 UTC

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We’ve covered the foreign agents working to influence the U.S. on behalf of Israel, including a contract to build a social media bot army to promote pro-Israel propaganda.
https://readsludge.com/2025/09/17/following-sludge-report-skdk-says-its-dropping-its-israel-contract/

2025-12-30 16:48:01 UTC

Our 2-person newsroom published 180+ stories this year exposing the corrupt influence of money in politics. Here’s some of the work we’re most proud of.
First up, how the DCCC is raising millions from Palantir and Elon Musk-linked lobbyists.
https://readsludge.com/2025/02/24/dccc-scores-massive-palantir-and-spacex-lobbyist-cash-haul/

2025-12-15 13:53:35 UTC

NEW: Koch network groups have been on a relentless campaign to block the ACA subsides from being extended.
https://readsludge.com/2025/12/15/koch-network-fuels-republican-push-to-kill-aca-subsidies/

2025-12-09 23:36:50 UTC

NEW: House Democrats announced an AI commission stocked with Big Tech allies.
Co-chairs include Reps. Josh Gottheimer, who owns millions of dollars worth of stock in tech giants, and Silicon Valley's Zoe Lofgren, the second-highest recipient of campaign cash from an AI-heavy industry.
https://readsludge.com/2025/12/09/the-democrats-new-ai-panel-is-led-by-big-tech-allies/

2025-10-16 17:46:02 UTC

NEW: While some Dems are breaking from AIPAC, Cory Booker is taking the group's money for the first time in his career.
https://readsludge.com/2025/10/16/while-some-democrats-ditch-aipac-cory-booker-cashes-in/

2025-09-17 16:01:11 UTC

NEW: Democratic PR firm SKDK says it’s dropping its work with the Israeli government one day after Sludge reported it was under contract to build a social media bot program to “flood the zone” with pro-Israel messaging.
https://readsludge.com/2025/09/17/following-sludge-report-skdk-says-its-dropping-its-israel-contract/

2025-09-03 12:41:26 UTC

Billionaires are again pouring six-figure donations into the super PAC promoting Andrew Cuomo. The spending group received $1.3 million in one week from the Lauder family and oil CEO John Hess.
https://readsludge.com/2025/09/03/pro-cuomo-super-pac-gets-cash-infusion-from-billionaires/

2025-08-04 23:48:19 UTC

New: Senate Democrats sent a letter calling for urgent aid delivery in Gaza—then more than a dozen of the signers voted for the sale of more weapons to Israel, which is blocking humanitarian NGOs.
Several of the lawmakers are the top beneficiaries of AIPAC spending in the Senate, last cycle and this year.
https://readsludge.com/2025/08/04/senators-claim-to-care-about-starvation-in-gaza-then-vote-for-more-bombs/

2025-07-27 15:52:56 UTC

In the first half of this year, AIPAC's PAC gave more than $12.7 million to members of Congress and federal candidates, according to a new disclosure. The group's CEO lobbied lawmakers for full delivery of $3.3 billion in military aid for Israel in FY26 and ongoing military cooperation.
https://readsludge.com/2025/07/25/aipac-gives-millions-in-pac-donations-to-house-allies-senators-in-2026-races/

2025-07-24 13:23:43 UTC

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to repeal the “endangerment finding," a scientific determination that greenhouse gases harm public health through climate impacts. Our story from March on EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin's move:
https://readsludge.com/2025/03/13/trump-epa-threatens-decades-of-climate-progress/

2025-07-10 13:03:09 UTC

After DOGE and the Trump admin cut thousands of FDA jobs, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, a health-tech investor, is funding a "strike team" inside the FDA to "sit desk-to-desk with reviewers."
His funding partner is Stand Together, a "dark money" nonprofit of the Koch network, and the team is under the auspices of the new Utah-based nonprofit Abundance Institute, which also has funding ties to the Koch network. Our latest:
https://readsludge.com/2025/07/09/billionaire-pharma-investors-fund-privatized-strike-team-at-the-fda/

2025-06-29 00:26:40 UTC

The Senate is beginning to vote tonight to advance the GOP "megabill" that would sharply cut the IRA's tax credits for solar and wind projects.
Big Oil has thrown tens of millions of dollars into electing Republicans to Congress to earn these payoffs. (Free article)
https://readsludge.com/2025/06/05/big-oil-wins-in-trump-gop-megabill/

2025-06-11 15:44:28 UTC

NEW: The corporate-friendly Blue Dog Dems are launching a super PAC and dark money group—letting them raise and spend unlimited cash on elections, including from undisclosed sources.
https://readsludge.com/2025/06/11/corporate-funded-blue-dog-dems-plan-new-super-pac-and-dark-money-group/

2025-06-07 13:21:51 UTC

Here are all the companies with active ICE contracts nationwide—searchable map, free to access with email signup:
https://readsludge.com/2025/05/09/whos-profiting-from-ice/

2025-05-30 12:34:09 UTC

Lobbyists intertwined with Andrew Cuomo's campaign are fighting a bill to prevent wage theft from workers and strengthen labor law enforcement.
New, free to read:
https://readsludge.com/2025/05/29/lobbyists-behind-cuomo-campaign-fight-wage-theft-protections/

2025-05-28 12:54:15 UTC

Latest: Trump's social media company announced deals to raise $2.5 billion to amass a "Bitcoin treasury" with 50 unnamed investors. His administration is creating a national Bitcoin reserve to be shaped by his crypto czar, David Sacks, and has appointed industry-friendly regulators to run the SEC.
https://readsludge.com/2025/05/28/trump-media-raises-2-5-billion-to-buy-bitcoin-as-admin-boosts-crypto/

2025-05-09 19:23:00 UTC

NEW: Who’s profiting from ICE? It’s more than just private prison giants like GEO Group—hundreds of companies are quietly making money off ICE operations. Explore the details with this interactive map.
https://readsludge.com/2025/05/09/whos-profiting-from-ice/

2025-04-29 14:51:38 UTC

NEW: A Trump-nominated FEC commissioner is stepping down, leaving the agency without the quorum it needs to enforce campaign finance rules.
https://readsludge.com/2025/04/29/fec-faces-paralysis-once-again/

2025-04-11 12:57:49 UTC

This week, House Republicans killed a $5 cap on overdraft fees that the CFPB estimated would save Americans up to $5 billion a year.
https://readsludge.com/2025/04/10/house-republicans-vote-to-kill-the-cfpbs-5-overdraft-fee-cap/

2025-04-07 11:53:49 UTC

The House will soon vote on a Republican bill that would require presenting, in person, a passport or birth certificate to register to vote or even update a registration. The new rules could disenfranchise tens of millions of eligible citizens who lack access to the accepted documents or have changed their name.
https://readsludge.com/2025/04/04/republicans-push-save-act-vote-potentially-disenfranchising-millions/

2025-03-27 13:06:41 UTC

An Exxon Mobil consultant and former Republican operative, Wells Griffith, is set to rejoin the Department of Energy as Big Oil lobbies Trump and Congress for legal immunity in climate cases.
https://readsludge.com/2025/03/26/exxon-consultant-revolves-back-to-doe/

2025-03-07 19:40:40 UTC

NEW: Inaugural donors like Pfizer and companies linked to president's associates like SpaceX have seen federal enforcement cases against them dropped since Trump took office. Free to read:
https://readsludge.com/2025/03/07/trumps-corporate-clemency-spree/

2025-02-16 18:58:10 UTC

NEW: Trump has named the president of a powerful oil and gas industry lobbying group to lead the agency that manages public lands.
https://readsludge.com/2025/02/16/another-lobbyist-at-the-helm/

2025-02-06 03:06:48 UTC

Elon Musk's DOGE team is pushing for access to IT systems at the Department of Labor.
SpaceX filed a lawsuit in November arguing that the independent agency the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional. The NLRB has 10 open cases on Musk's company.
https://readsludge.com/2025/02/05/musks-doge-pushes-into-labor-department-now-investigating-tesla/

2024-12-31 14:11:16 UTC

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In July, we broke the news that Trump's top bundler was a FirstEnergy lobbyist how pleaded the fifth in a massive Ohio bribery case.
https://readsludge.com/2024/07/23/trumps-top-bundler-pleaded-the-fifth-in-ohio-bribery-case/

2024-12-30 16:53:20 UTC

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We were first to calculate that AIPAC officially surpassed $100 million in spending on 2024 elections as of July, targeted at knocking off progressive incumbents who criticized Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza.
https://readsludge.com/2024/08/27/aipac-officially-surpasses-100-million-in-spending-on-2024-elections/

2024-12-30 16:53:05 UTC

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Sludge readers had early information about skyrocketing AIPAC donations to members of Congress. In November, the House passed a bill to provide Israel with $14.3 billion in aid, as AIPAC's PAC doled out then-record highs in campaign donations to the lawmakers.
https://readsludge.com/2024/01/02/aipac-makes-record-donations-to-congress/

2024-12-30 16:52:51 UTC

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This cycle, AIPAC rapidly became the top-donating PAC to federal candidates—including members of Congress who approved huge military aid packages to Israel for its war in Gaza.
We continually reviewed FEC data to create the first list of all recipients of AIPAC money, in one searchable place:
https://readsludge.com/2024/05/02/here-are-the-top-recipients-of-aipac-money/

2024-12-30 16:52:33 UTC

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Many of our biggest stories this year kept a focus on AIPAC's massive election spending.
We put together a list of the top donors to AIPAC-tied political groups, including its super PAC and ally, all in one place.
Toward the top: billionaire Republican megadonors Bernie Marcus and Paul Singer.
https://readsludge.com/2024/03/04/whos-funding-aipacs-political-spending-barrage/

2024-12-28 00:17:16 UTC

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After the Kamala Harris campaign lost ground with working-class voters compared with Joe Biden, we scrutinized the corporate histories of four top campaign strategists and messaging gurus—for Uber, CVS, Microsoft, and other large companies.
A detailed look at Jen O'Malley Dillon and Stephanie Cutter of Precision Strategies, as well as David Plouffe and Tony West:
https://readsludge.com/2024/11/18/the-corporate-consultants-behind-harris-for-president/

2024-12-28 00:15:58 UTC

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Sludge was the only outlet to tally up the record high fossil fuel industry donations ($20M+) to Republican super PACs before Election Day, funding that helped power the GOP to hold the House and retake the Senate.
https://readsludge.com/2024/10/17/fossil-fuel-donors-give-record-amount-to-congressional-gop-super-pacs/

2024-12-28 00:15:40 UTC

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Sludge was first to report on a September FEC ruling that allowed super PACs and candidates to collaborate on fundraising, gutting anti-corruption laws. 👀
https://readsludge.com/2024/09/06/fec-guts-anti-corruption-law-that-separates-super-pacs-and-candidates/

2024-12-27 17:30:04 UTC

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We'll be adding more of our best 2024 stories to this thread over the next couple days.
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2024-12-27 17:29:41 UTC

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Ahead of Election Day, we uniquely compiled the top 20 donors backing Donald Trump. In addition to Elon Musk, they included the gigantic donor and investor Timothy Mellon, pro-Israel donor Miriam Adelson, and arch-conservative Richard Uihlein.
https://readsludge.com/2024/10/25/the-final-pre-election-reports-are-in-here-are-trumps-20-largest-donors/

2024-12-27 17:29:15 UTC

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We scoured FEC records to find the conservative billionaires who sponsored the Republican National Convention, alongside corporate sponsors like the fossil fuel industry’s top lobbying group, API.
https://readsludge.com/2024/07/10/whos-funding-the-republican-convention/

2024-12-27 17:28:59 UTC

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We recently analyzed congressional travel disclosures and exposed the corporate lobbying group-funded organizations that have been wining and dining members of Congress and staff at luxurious resorts.
https://readsludge.com/2024/12/11/how-lobbyists-wine-and-dine-members-of-congress-despite-gift-ban/

2024-12-27 17:28:47 UTC

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As Trump staffs up his administration, we’ve been exposing those who work as corporate lobbyists for interests they will oversee in their government positions. We’ve identified more Trump lobbyist appointments than anyone else.
https://readsludge.com/2024/11/27/trump-taps-corporate-lobbyist-jamieson-greer-for-us-trade-rep-2/

2024-12-27 17:28:31 UTC

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In September, we exposed the Harris campaign for taking dozens of lobbyist donations despite pledging not to. The campaign initiated refunds to the lobbyists because of our reporting.
https://readsludge.com/2024/09/13/harris-campaign-takes-lobbyist-donations-despite-saying-it-doesnt/

2024-12-27 17:28:14 UTC

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After the November election, we looked back at Harris for President’s expenditures to name the Democratic consultants who got rich from the campaign’s media spending.
https://readsludge.com/2024/11/13/the-democratic-consultants-getting-rich-off-the-harris-campaign-2/

2024-12-27 17:28:01 UTC

Our 2-person newsroom worked relentlessly in 2024 to expose the influence of money in politics. Here’s some of the work we’re most proud of.
First up, with the U.S. backing foreign wars, we identified every member of Congress who owns defense stock.
https://readsludge.com/2024/09/12/here-are-the-members-of-congress-invested-in-war/

2024-12-14 14:32:31 UTC

Latest for subscribers — A Sludge data analysis shows how much money the six largest American oil companies like ExxonMobil and Chevron spent on federal politics during 2023-24.
https://readsludge.com/2024/12/13/heres-what-big-oil-spent-on-this-years-elections/

2024-11-14 22:26:28 UTC

NEW - Top oil and gas lobbying group American Petroleum Institute sent its policy wish list to “Dear President-Elect Trump” this week, pressing to roll back Biden-era environmental regulations.
https://readsludge.com/2024/11/14/big-oil-sends-trump-its-wish-list/

2024-11-04 21:13:28 UTC

NEW: The Koch network's AFP Action super PAC spent more than ever before in the 2024 cycle, in a "firewall strategy" to ensure a Republican Congress.
https://readsludge.com/2024/11/04/koch-super-pac-shatters-its-election-spending-record/

2024-10-25 18:20:11 UTC

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Richard Uihlein, CEO of Uline, has given more than $84.1 million this cycle to to pro-Trump groups: $76.1 million to the Restoration PAC super PAC that he’s funded for the past decade and is spending on anti-Harris attack ads, as well as $5 million to MAGA Inc.
https://substack.perfectunion.us/p/cardboard-billionaire-uihlein-vaults

2024-10-25 18:19:42 UTC

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Trump's third-largest financial backer is billionaire pro-Israel donor Miriam Adelson has given at least $105.8 million to Trump super PACs and fundraising committees. She gave $100 million to pro-Trump Preserve America super PAC she helped stand back up this cycle.
https://readsludge.com/2024/10/16/sludge-report-fec-filing-day-10-15/

2024-10-25 18:19:11 UTC

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Elon Musk is Trump's second-largest donor through Oct. 16, having given $118.6 million to the pro-Trump super PAC he formed, America PAC. Muck has also reportedly funded the pro-Trump dark money group Building America's Future.
https://readsludge.com/2024/10/25/the-final-pre-election-reports-are-in-here-are-trumps-20-largest-donors/

2024-10-25 18:18:25 UTC

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Trump’s top backer has been investor Timothy Mellon, the reclusive 82-year-old heir to a billionaire banking family, who has given $150 million to MAGA Inc., the largest Trump super PAC.
https://readsludge.com/2024/10/09/here-are-trumps-investment-industry-donors/

2024-10-25 18:12:24 UTC

THREAD: The final pre-election numbers are in at the FEC.
Here are Trump's largest donors this election.
These figures include donations to super PACs backing Trump, as well as to his fundraising committees. This is everything that will be known ahead of Election Day.
https://readsludge.com/2024/10/25/the-final-pre-election-reports-are-in-here-are-trumps-20-largest-donors/

2024-09-12 17:41:21 UTC

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“Every American should take a long, hard look at these holdings to conceptualize the scope of Congress’ entanglement with defense contractors,” said Savannah Wooten, People Over Pentagon Advocate with Public Citizen.
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2024-09-12 13:06:15 UTC

NEW: More than 50 members of Congress own up to $10.9 million of stock in defense contractors whose profits are soaring from giant Pentagon budgets and supplemental weapons packages.
Full list of senators, reps, assets, and dollar amounts:
https://readsludge.com/2024/09/12/here-are-the-members-of-congress-invested-in-war/

2024-08-09 15:35:48 UTC

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Behind the ad blitz in Democratic primaries, AIPAC's super PAC's top donors this cycle included prominent Republican megadonors:
- Bernie Marcus, billionaire Trump ally ($2M)
- Paul Singer, hedge fund billionaire ($1M)
- David Zalik, also donor to Ted Cruz ($2M)
https://readsludge.com/2024/03/04/whos-funding-aipacs-political-spending-barrage/

2024-08-09 15:34:07 UTC

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AIPAC's super PAC and DMFI spent $16.2 million to defeat Bowman in #NY16—for UDP, it was the most ever spent in a House race by an outside group.
AIPAC's PAC also gave $2.8 million to Latimer as of June 30, at least 44% of his donations.
https://readsludge.com/2024/06/20/no-group-has-ever-spent-as-much-as-aipac-has-in-the-bowman-latimer-primary/

2024-08-09 15:33:21 UTC

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AIPAC's super PAC and ally DMFI spent more than $9 million to knock out Cori Bush in #MO01, and its PAC donated $3 million to Wesley Bell's campaign as of July 17.
AIPAC's PAC made up 63% of Bell's campaign cash.
https://readsludge.com/2024/07/30/aipac-is-trying-to-buy-another-house-seat/

2024-08-09 15:32:59 UTC

AIPAC's super PAC and its close ally spent $25.3 million to unseat Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush in Democratic primaries.
Also, AIPAC's PAC contributed more than $5.8 million to their opponents George Latimer and Wesley Bell, with more donations to be reported... 🧵