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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: Kalshi and Polymarket are fighting states over authority to regulate their billions of dollars in sports betting as gambling. Donald Trump Jr. has large stakes in both. The companies have been loading up with revolving-door hires from both sides of the aisle... 🧵
Sludge headline, "Trump's CFTC Is Suing States for Kalshi and Polymarket, Backed by Trump Jr." : https://readsludge.com/2026/09/28/trumps-cftc-is-suing-states-for-kalshi-and-polymarket-backed-by-trump-jr/
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New: Trump's CFTC is suing states on behalf of prediction market companies like Kalshi and Polymarket—both investments of Donald Trump Jr. The rivals have been loading up on revolving-door lobbyists this year in their push for industry-friendly federal oversight by the CFTC.
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Trump's CFTC Is Suing States for Kalshi and Polymarket, Backed by Trump Jr.
The prediction market companies have been loading up on revolving-door lobbyists from both the Democratic and Republican sides, while ramping up their influence spending amid legal battles with state ...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
NEW: A satellite company backed by JD Vance’s fund just won a Space Force award. If the investment pays off, Vance could make millions: he holds a stake in the fund and is entitled to more than half of its manager’s share of investment profits. readsludge.com/2026/09/26/s...
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Satellite Company Backed by a JD Vance Fund Wins Pentagon Award
Vance holds a stake worth up to $1 million in the fund and could collect millions more if its investments pay off.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
NEW: A satellite company backed by JD Vance’s fund just won a Space Force award. If the investment pays off, Vance could make millions: he holds a stake in the fund and is entitled to more than half of its manager’s share of investment profits. readsludge.com/2026/09/26/s...
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Satellite Company Backed by a JD Vance Fund Wins Pentagon Award
Vance holds a stake worth up to $1 million in the fund and could collect millions more if its investments pay off.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW: As Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan defended sending U.S. weapons to Israel and denied its assault on Gaza was genocide. In his first year out of office, he collected $560,000 in corporate speaking fees. readsludge.com/2026/09/23/j...
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Jake Sullivan Cashes In on the Corporate Speaking Circuit After Defending U.S. Support for Israel’s Gaza Assault
Biden’s former national security adviser collected $560,000 in speaking fees from private equity firms, corporations, and exclusive gatherings for investors and executives in 2025. He now backs withho...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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.
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Here Are the Members of Congress Invested in the AI Industry
One in five members of Congress reports household investments in AI developers, chipmakers, cloud infrastructure providers, data center companies, or private AI startups, a Sludge analysis finds.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
As Congress stalls on AI regulation, members of key congressional committees have millions of dollars invested in AI. Nearly one in four reps on House Judiciary, which oversees liability and antitrust, has money in AI. So do one in five members on House Intelligence, overseeing security threats...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Where does Gov. Wes Moore stand on Lina Khan and antitrust? In 2024, after Khan was criticized by billionaire Reid Hoffman, Moore spoke of a need for "different philosophies" than the Biden admin. This week, we asked @iamwesmoore.bsky.social if he agreed with Hoffman's shift on Khan...
Screengrab of Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in an August 2024 appearance on CNBC discussing then-FTC chair Lina Khan's antitrust posture, after Democratic megadonor and billionaire Reid Hoffman called for Khan to be fired.

More coverage in Sludge news report from June: 

https://readsludge.com/2026/06/02/wes-moore-wont-say-if-he-took-a-citigroup-bonus-after-the-bailout-2/
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW: One in five members of Congress reports investments in AI developers, chipmakers, cloud infrastructure providers, data center companies, or private AI startups, a Sludge analysis finds. Here Are the Members of Congress Invested in the AI Industry readsludge.com/2026/09/18/h...
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Here Are the Members of Congress Invested in the AI Industry
One in five members of Congress reports household investments in AI developers, chipmakers, cloud infrastructure providers, data center companies, or private AI startups, a Sludge analysis finds.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: One of Elon Musk’s loudest online boosters is on his political operation’s payroll. America PAC has paid right-wing influencer ALX $170,000 so far this cycle for “social media consulting” as he promotes Musk’s politics, companies and personal brand. readsludge.com/2026/09/14/o...
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One of Elon Musk’s Loudest Online Boosters Is on His Super PAC’s Payroll
America PAC is paying right-wing influencer ALX for “social media consulting” as he amplifies Musk’s politics, companies and personal brand.
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Michael Beckel @mjbeckel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Number of the day: $642 million. Super PACs have collected at least $642 million from dark money sources this election. h/t @sludge.bsky.social @thenation.com @donnydonny.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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“Gray Money” Is Fueling a Bipartisan Arms Race for Control of Congress
Nonprofits that don’t disclose their donors have funneled at least $642 million to PACs so far in the midterms.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The trend of "gray money" flooding elections has sparked a “fundraising arms race fueled by anonymous donors," said Michael Beckel, research director at watchdog Issue One. "Voters across the political spectrum lose." New from us: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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“Gray Money” Is Fueling a Bipartisan Arms Race for Control of Congress
Nonprofits that don’t disclose their donors have funneled at least $642 million to PACs so far in the midterms.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
New from us at The Nation: “Gray Money” Is Fueling a Bipartisan Arms Race for Control of Congress
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“Gray Money” Is Fueling a Bipartisan Arms Race for Control of Congress
Nonprofits that don’t disclose their donors have funneled at least $642 million to PACs so far in the midterms.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Data Center Coalition, the largest industry trade group, is spending big on ads claiming that "across the nation, data centers are paying their own energy costs." However, research from @ucs.org found that billions in utility costs, from 2024–2025, will be passed to consumers in eight states.
screenshot of ConnectedGA ad on YouTube. The dark money group is a project of America Connects, founded by the Data Center Coalition.Screengrab from UCS blog post on data centers and utilities: Talk on Data Center Reform Is Cheap. Our Electricity Bills Are Not. (08-31-26, by senior energy analyst Mike Jacobs)

https://blog.ucs.org/mike-jacobs/talk-on-data-center-reform-is-cheap-our-electricity-bills-are-not/

"My work digging through just the grid upgrades to connect data centers in eight states found $4.6 billion in 2024 and $3.1 billion in 2025 committed by utilities, in full knowledge these costs will be paid by all their customers. More transmission costs caused by the same data centers, described below, are being challenged by the Maryland Office of People’s Counsel, the state consumer advocate."
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
New - A billionaire-tied dark money group, 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.
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AI Money Floods State Fights Over Data Centers
A dark money group backed by Marc Andreessen and OpenAI's president says it has $50 million for pro-data-center campaigns, starting in three battleground states.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New: A dark money group backed by Marc Andreessen and OpenAI's president says it has $50 million to push back against data center opposition, starting in three battleground states. The advocacy operation, Build American AI, is not the only industry-funded group selling voters on data centers:
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AI Money Floods State Fights Over Data Centers
A dark money group backed by Marc Andreessen and OpenAI's president says it has $50 million for pro-data-center campaigns, starting in three battleground states.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
AIPAC's PAC has given more than $9.4 million this election cycle to 30 out of 33 House Democrats who voted to defund American universities that boycott Israeli companies or institutions. The bill, H.R. 4795, is sponsored by Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ).
Sludge-compiled spreadsheet of 33 House Dems voting for H.R. 4795 on 09-03-26: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026295
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
NEW: Mysterious Democrat-aligned dark money group Contours Inc. hired a crypto lobbyist to work the Clarity Act. readsludge.com/2026/09/01/d...
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Democrat-Aligned ‘Dark Money’ Group Hires Crypto Lobbyist
The lobbying registration by Contours Inc. comes amid multiple unreported ties to crypto billionaire Mike Novogratz and his company Galaxy Digital.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“Joe Lonsdale and his venture capital firm stand to profit off the very laws of their passing,” said @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social. The Cicero Institute head and Palantir co-founder not only invests in defense companies, but also the location-based Citizen app and high-end security startup Sauron.
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Lonsdale Nonprofit Lobbies on Defense Policy Tied to His Investments
The Cicero Institute, a Joe Lonsdale-founded nonprofit shaping policy on homelessness, lobbies Congress and the Pentagon on defense procurement through an alternate name—aligned with the billionaire's...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
New: Joe Lonsdale's Cicero Institute, the nonprofit behind the Trump admin's push to criminalize homelessness, lobbies on defense procurement under another name—influence that could benefit the billionaire's investments in defense companies like Palantir and Anduril.
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Lonsdale Nonprofit Lobbies on Defense Policy Tied to His Investments
The Cicero Institute, a Joe Lonsdale-founded nonprofit shaping policy on homelessness, lobbies Congress and the Pentagon on defense procurement through an alternate name—aligned with the billionaire's...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Private Equity Execs Bankroll Super PAC Backing Moulton vs. Markey readsludge.com/2026/08/27/p...
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Private Equity Execs Bankroll Super PAC Backing Moulton vs. Markey
Partners at major private equity and venture capital firms wrote the largest checks to Advance Progress, which is working to unseat Sen. Ed Markey in the Sept. 1 primary. The industry accounts for mor...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
NEW: Seth Moulton's super PAC is getting big checks from private equity and venture capital executives as the moderate New Democrat rep looks to unseat Sen. Ed Markey, an original co-sponsor of legislation to close the carried interest tax loophole. readsludge.com/2026/08/27/p...
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Private Equity Execs Bankroll Super PAC Backing Moulton vs. Markey
Partners at major private equity and venture capital firms wrote the largest checks to Advance Progress, which is working to unseat Sen. Ed Markey in the Sept. 1 primary. The industry accounts for mor...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NEW: An AIPAC-linked super PAC has spent $450k boosting MA-06 Dem candidate Tram Nguyen, despite her calling Israel’s Gaza war a “genocide,” demanding Netanyahu face war-crimes charges, and pledging to end U.S. military aid to Israel. readsludge.com/2026/08/25/a...
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AIPAC-Linked PAC Boosts Nguyen Despite Her Gaza Stance
A pro-choice super PAC, largely funded by a group whose biggest outside donor is AIPAC’s United Democracy Project, has spent at least $450,000 on ads backing state Rep. Tram Nguyen in the MA-06 primar...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
AIPAC PAC has given $3.9 million this cycle to Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee, according to a new analysis. The PAC has given hard-dollar campaign contributions to nearly half of Dems on the panel with jurisdiction over military aid to Israel and defense cooperation.
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Here Is How Much AIPAC Has Given to Every Member of Congress This Cycle
The pro-Israel group’s enormous conduit operation has routed millions to lawmakers, with giving focused on key defense and spending committees.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
AIPAC PAC has given more money to House Democratic leadership than Republican leadership this cycle, according to an analysis of its FEC filings. Here are the totals for every member of Congress in a searchable list:
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Here Is How Much AIPAC Has Given to Every Member of Congress This Cycle
The pro-Israel group’s enormous conduit operation has routed millions to lawmakers, with giving focused on key defense and spending committees.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
One in four dollars raised for Susan Collins this cycle from individuals has come from AIPAC PAC, a Sludge analysis finds. Collins chairs the Appropriations Committee, which has approved tens of billions in military aid for Israel, and was thanked by AIPAC. Report: readsludge.com/2026/08/22/h...
Photo of U.S. Sen Susan Collins (R-Maine) by Gage Skidmore, cc-by-sa 2.0: https://flic.kr/p/29MPVkW
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
How much has AIPAC PAC given your members of Congress this cycle? Find out in our new searchable list... readsludge.com/2026/08/22/h...
preview of data table: AIPAC PAC Campaign Money Moved in 2026 cycle, included in Sludge news article: https://readsludge.com/2026/08/22/here-is-how-much-aipac-has-given-to-every-member-of-congress-this-cycle/
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“AIPAC’s spending to support pro-Israel politicians is just one side of the coin,” said @eliclifton.com. "On the other side is the implicit—and increasingly explicit—threat that opposing the increasingly unpopular flow of U.S. aid to Israel will be met..." readsludge.com/2026/08/22/h...
Excerpt of quote by Eli Clifton of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, in a Sludge news article on AIPAC PAC giving in the 2026 cycle: https://readsludge.com/2026/08/22/here-is-how-much-aipac-has-given-to-every-member-of-congress-this-cycle/
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Democrats in the House and Senate have received millions of dollars more than Republicans from AIPAC's PAC this cycle, according to our new analysis of FEC data. Among House leadership, Hakeem Jeffries' Democrats have out-raised the GOP majority from AIPAC PAC.
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Here Is How Much AIPAC Has Given to Every Member of Congress This Cycle
The pro-Israel group’s enormous conduit operation has routed millions to lawmakers, with giving focused on key defense and spending committees.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
NEW: AIPAC's PAC has funneled $45.9 million into federal campaigns this cycle, per its new FEC filing. We built a searchable table of what every member of Congress and federal candidate has received.
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Here Is How Much AIPAC Has Given to Every Member of Congress This Cycle
The pro-Israel group’s enormous conduit operation has routed millions to lawmakers, with giving focused on key defense and spending committees.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
James Carville called El-Sayed "part of the problem" before the primary, lashing out against progressives. He's been paid by super PAC American Bridge, which has received $4.3 million from a dark money group—led by co-founder Bradley Beychok—that also donated to a super PAC backing Haley Stevens.
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Carville's War on the Democratic Left Is Funded by Centrist Billionaires
James Carville's firm has been paid by American Bridge, a super PAC funded by billionaires who also bankroll groups fighting progressives in primaries—and he advised a lobbying shop the crypto industr...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 20/08/2026
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Trump Convenes White House Crypto Meeting With His Own Business Partners
Many of the companies at today’s White House meeting are in business with the president's or his son's crypto ventures, and have donated millions to Trump’s political committees.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
New: Trump gathered crypto executives and their federal regulators at the White House. Their companies do business directly with his family's crypto ventures. Crypto was Trump's largest source of income in 2025, accounting for at least $1.4 billion, plus more to his family firms.
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Trump Convenes White House Crypto Meeting With His Own Business Partners
Many of the companies at today’s White House meeting are in business with the president's or his son's crypto ventures, and have donated millions to Trump’s political committees.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
There are four overlapping scandals here: 1. Fundraising spam tactics are hallmarks of elder financial exploitation 2. The Dem establishment is in on it 3. Most of what is raised goes to fundraising consultants 4. Capitulation to legal threats by NYT and The Bulwark on a fully vetted story 🧵👇
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Hook and Squeeze
How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 13/08/2026
"Dark Money Group Sends Staffers to Tech and Pharma HQs to Kick Off August Recess" @donnydonny.bsky.social for @sludge.bsky.social
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Dark Money Group Sends Staffers to Tech and Pharma HQs to Kick Off August Recess
Center Forward, funded in part by the companies it sent congressional staffers to visit, paired the tours with policy briefings for aides who sit on the committees the companies lobby.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
NEW: Dark Money Group Sends Staffers to Tech and Pharma HQs to Kick Off August Recess readsludge.com/2026/08/13/d...
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Dark Money Group Sends Staffers to Tech and Pharma HQs to Kick Off August Recess
Center Forward, funded in part by the companies it sent congressional staffers to visit, paired the tours with policy briefings for aides who sit on the committees the companies lobby.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Sludge stories uncover how corporate interests bankroll Democratic groups to push the party away from progressives. We're kicking off a matching drive — from now through Aug. 31, every new subscription to Sludge will be matched at full-year value by a reader who supports this journalism.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Latest: We scoured tax records and corporate disclosures to find Third Way's most recent donors as they attack the Democrats' left wing. Third Way's funders include a Republican-run health insurance group, Big Pharma companies, and healthcare giants that have long spent to block Medicare for All.
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Health Insurers Are Paying Third Way as It Targets the Left
A health insurance industry group run by Republican consultants made its only disclosed 2024 donation to the centrist Third Way, according to a tax filing by the group.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
NEW: Third Way's donors include an insurance industry group run out of the offices of a top Republican consulting firm. The centrist Third Way says it's "preparing for war" against the Democratic left and supporters of Medicare for All.
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Health Insurers Are Paying Third Way as It Targets the Left
A health insurance industry group run by Republican consultants made its only disclosed 2024 donation to the centrist Third Way, according to a tax filing by the group.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The dark money group Third Way says it is in a "war" with the Democratic left and will spend $15 million to fight the left wing. We dug into tax records to find the centrist influence shop's top known donors: billionaires, corporate giants, and CEO lobbyists.
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Think Tank Funded by Elites and Corporations Tells Democrats to Drop Small Donors
In a five-page memo on how to connect with the working class, Third Way says the Democrats should move away from small-dollar donors.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
New: AIPAC has poured $100 million into elections for the second cycle in a row, according to a review of FEC records, cementing its status as one of the top spenders in congressional elections.
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AIPAC Tops $100 Million in Election Spending for Second Straight Cycle
The pro-Israel group's PAC and super PAC have poured $104.3 million into the midterms, including more than $30.6 million in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, the most it has ever spent on a single...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
New: AIPAC tops $100 million in election spending for the second straight cycle, according to a Sludge review of campaign finance records.
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AIPAC Tops $100 Million in Election Spending for Second Straight Cycle
The pro-Israel group's PAC and super PAC have poured $104.3 million into the midterms, including more than $30.6 million in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, the most it has ever spent on a single...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Cleta Mitchell's Voter Suppression Charity Tripled Its Spending Ahead of the Midterms readsludge.com/2026/07/31/c...
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Cleta Mitchell's Voter Suppression Charity Tripled Its Spending Ahead of the Midterms
The FAIR Elections Fund's latest tax filing shows the charity bankrolled ads warning Latino voters that casting a ballot could get them deported, and paid the consulting firm of an ally who now overse...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
NEW: Freedom 250 LLC doesn’t have to disclose what its corporate sponsors paid. But new lobbying filings reveal millions given by major corporate backers. readsludge.com/2026/07/31/l...
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Lobbying Filings Reveal What Companies Paid for Trump's Freedom 250
Freedom 250 isn't required to disclose what its corporate sponsors paid, but new lobbying filings reveal the first documented contribution amounts for some of its biggest backers.
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
NEW: Cleta Mitchell's voter suppression charity tripled its spending ahead of the midterms, per Sludge's review of its latest tax filing. One of the people it's been paying now oversees election integrity at DHS. readsludge.com/2026/07/31/c...
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Cleta Mitchell's Voter Suppression Charity Tripled Its Spending Ahead of the Midterms
The FAIR Elections Fund's latest tax filing shows the charity bankrolled ads warning Latino voters that casting a ballot could get them deported, and paid the consulting firm of an ally who now overse...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Haley Stevens' campaign has paid nearly $200k to a fundraising firm that also runs a Google- and Amazon-backed nonprofit that flies congressional staff to meet with AI lobbyists. She's not the only Dem paying them—so are Coons, Rosen, Heinrich, the DSCC, etc. readsludge.com/2026/07/29/d...
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Democrats' Fundraisers Are Also Running AI's Congressional Access Operation
Consultants paid by Rep. Haley Stevens and other Democratic Senate campaigns are also managing a nonprofit that gives Google, Meta, Palantir, and other AI companies direct access to the congressional ...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Haley Stevens' campaign has paid nearly $200k to a fundraising firm that also runs a Google- and Amazon-backed nonprofit that flies congressional staff to meet with AI lobbyists. She's not the only Dem paying them—so are Coons, Rosen, Heinrich, the DSCC, etc. readsludge.com/2026/07/29/d...
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Democrats' Fundraisers Are Also Running AI's Congressional Access Operation
Consultants paid by Rep. Haley Stevens and other Democratic Senate campaigns are also managing a nonprofit that gives Google, Meta, Palantir, and other AI companies direct access to the congressional ...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
NEW: Haley Stevens and other Democratic campaigns are paying fundraising consultants who run a Google- and Amazon-backed nonprofit that gives Google, Meta, Palantir and other AI companies direct access to the staff writing AI legislation. readsludge.com/2026/07/29/d...
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Democrats' Fundraisers Are Also Running AI's Congressional Access Operation
Consultants paid by Rep. Haley Stevens and other Democratic Senate campaigns are also managing a nonprofit that gives Google, Meta, Palantir, and other AI companies direct access to the congressional ...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Carville's War on the Democratic Left Is Funded by Centrist Billionaires readsludge.com/2026/07/25/c...
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Carville's War on the Democratic Left Is Funded by Centrist Billionaires
James Carville's firm has been paid by American Bridge, a super PAC funded by billionaires who also bankroll groups fighting progressives in primaries—and he advised a lobbying shop the crypto industr...
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
James Carville was senior advisor to a corporate lobbying firm—one touting its services to "reduce negative press"—that was paid more than half a million dollars by the crypto industry as crypto super PACs spent against progressives in Democratic primaries.
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Carville's War on the Democratic Left Is Funded by Centrist Billionaires
James Carville's firm has been paid by American Bridge, a super PAC funded by billionaires who also bankroll groups fighting progressives in primaries—and he advised a lobbying shop the crypto industr...
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