A Dim Milestone for Dark Money in Politics
Unprecedented levels of secrecy.
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Unprecedented levels of secrecy.
The campaigns are relying on elite fundraisers to help them raise millions of dollars, but in a break from tradition they are not revealing their names.
On tax policy, Big Tech regulation, abolishing the filibuster, and other key topics, the Kamala Harris surrogate is not on message with the campaign.
Nearly $220 million from "dark money" nonprofits has already flowed into super PACs spending money on the presidential race.
Like Kamala Harris, J Street does not support an arms embargo on Israel.
Jonathan Gray, the president of the largest corporate landlord in the U.S., is a big Kamala Harris donor and is helping Harris court his Wall Street colleagues.
Harris transition team adviser Covington & Burling works to influence the government for dozens of clients and is defending Amazon against the Federal Trade Commission.
Representatives from the State Freedom Caucus Network, the Conservative Partnership Institute, and other far-right groups held their first annual summit recently in Dallas.
The campaign's lobbyist donors work to influence the federal government on behalf of companies including Boeing, Walmart, Merck, and Google.
Super PACs are supposed to be completely independent from candidates, but the FEC just approved a plan to let them collaborate on joint fundraising committees.