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Montana Has an Ambitious Plan to End Dark Money in Elections
Polls suggest 74 percent of voters in the state will back a ballot initiative to counter the effects of Citizens United.
Far Right Dark Money Elections Group Raised $3.9M in First Full Year
Voter suppression advocate Cleta Mitchell formed the group in 2023 to promote the lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
Dark Money Is Fueling Efforts to Kill Consumer Protections at Supreme Court
Groups tied to conservative legal activist Leonard Leo have filed legal briefs pushing to further gut regulatory power.
Elon Musk-Linked Dark Money Network Is Behind Fake Pro-Harris Campaign Scheme
An initiative called Progress 2028 is actually run by a dark money network supporting Donald Trump.
Dark Money-Funded No Labels Group Drops Long-Shot Third-Party White House Bid
The organization’s donors include wealthy Trump supporters like Nelson Peltz and Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman.
Dark Money Donations for 2024 Are Outpacing All Prior Election Cycles
This cycle may even surpass the roughly $660 million in contributions from unknown sources that flooded 2020 elections.
School Voucher Systems Massively Expanded Thanks to Dark Money Push in 2023
The programs, pushed by big money donors like Betsy DeVos and the Kochs, are undermining public schools across the U.S.
Nearly $2 Million in Dark Money Floods Historic Virginia Campaigns
Political groups backed largely by dark money have spent nearly $1.7 million on Virginia candidates this election cycle.
DC Officials Are Probing Leonard Leo and His Dark Money Network
The investigation may be focused on Leo’s alleged efforts to enrich himself using his nonprofits.
19 States Cut Income Taxes to Benefit Wealthy — With Help of Dark Money Groups
According to the states’ own estimates, the revenue hit could be more than $10 billion in fiscal years 2023 and 2024.