Author: Gabe Kaminsky

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for transportation secretary, former congressman Sean Duffy, recently dipped into old campaign funds to pay expenses at the Ritz-Carlton hotel giant, records show. Duffy disclosed having around $2 million in his campaign committee as of October, Bloomberg Government reported. The ex-Wisconsin House member cut a $5,700 check in March from his…

To Media Matters for America and the American Independent Foundation, two progressive groups formed by the conservative journalist-turned-Democratic operative David Brock, the scourge of so-called right-wing “dark money” is a stain on democracy. Media Matters once declared, in a blog post on its website that Brock promoted, that the press ignores “the GOP’s dark money…

In October, weeks before the 2024 election, the word was out: Vice President Kamala Harris had fundraised north of $1 billion. The haul, the New York Times reported upon breaking the news, was historic because of the short period of time, just three months, that it flooded in. It was ultimately no use. On Tuesday,…

EXCLUSIVE — A “nonpartisan” watchdog group demanding transparency from the Supreme Court failed to track at least two speaking engagements by Democratic-appointed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Washington Examiner found. Fix the Court, which shares close ties to the Democratic Arabella Advisors dark money network in Washington, D.C., is one of several groups that…

This election cycle, a sprawling network of anti-Israel groups connected to left-wing megadonors has worked overtime to boost Democrats while amassing tens of millions of dollars in war chests, federal records show. The sizable funding illustrates the scope of progressive-led efforts to back Vice President Kamala Harris and lawmakers who the left-wing activist groups are…

EXCLUSIVE — A coalition of pro-Israel watchdogs is pressing the Biden-Harris administration to sanction a network of groups that the coalition warns are fronts for Palestinian terrorist factions, according to a letter. The letter, sent on Wednesday to the Treasury Department and its top official, Janet Yellen, singled out several entities that the Israeli government…

EXCLUSIVE — An independent Senate candidate in Nebraska touted his willingness “to sell my vote for low five figures, max” in a recent fundraising page on his campaign’s website, the Washington Examiner found. Dan Osborn, a U.S. Navy veteran and industrial mechanic, has mounted an unusually competitive challenge in the Cornhusker State against Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE).…

Dozens of Democratic congressional candidates are being boosted, to the tune of over $100,000, by a trustee for a Rockefeller family group funding anti-Israel protest organizers. David Rockefeller Jr., a businessman and trustee for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, has doled out the six-figure checks combined this election cycle to House hopefuls and to a political…

A collection of philanthropists, Silicon Valley titans, and Democratic megadonors are using their fortunes and influence to try to will Vice President Kamala Harris to the White House in November. Tens of millions of dollars in political donations have been routed to the Harris campaign, its joint fundraising committee, and a super PAC called Future Forward, which…

Democratic megadonor George Soros donated hundreds of thousands of dollars recently to foreign groups with ties to Palestinian terrorists, according to a Washington Examiner review of grant records. Foundation to Promote Open Society and Open Society Action Fund, a pair of Soros-backed nonprofit groups, granted $420,000 combined in 2023 to the Al Mezan Center for…