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Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Elon Musk becomes biggest donor of US midterms cycle with $366m spent
Musk’s midterm donations, mostly for rightwing candidates and causes, surpass his contributions to Trump in 2024…
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Trump announces $6.6bn defense shipyard owned by top Republican donor’s firm
Baltimore project to be partly funded by US government but owned by defense firm Anduril, founded by Palmer Luckey…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/trump-shipyard-anduril-baltimore
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Nearly 4,000 US meatpacking workers to strike at plant run by top Trump donor
Pilgrim's Pride, a subsidiary of the JBS Brazilian meat processing conglomerate, donated $5m to the Trump-Vance inaugural committee, making it the largest single donor…
Workers say JBS has forced them to pay out of pocket for expensive personal protective equipment, discriminated against immigrant workers and tried to force through low-ball contract options…
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/11/jbs-usa-meatpacking-strike-trump
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
LIVE: Trump SECRET Payment’s SHOCK TIES TO EPSTEIN Revealed
Today, Allison reveals the $130M donor to pay the military is connected to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring, Jack Smith calls Jim Jordan's bluff to testify but he wants to do it publicly, and Judge Ellis has ordered testimony from Gregory Bovino.
www.youtube.com/live/gJjI6FREHXI
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Trump finds yet another political ally to reward with a presidential pardon
…what we have here is a Republican donor, from a Republican family, who was caught siphoning off tax payments for his employees — repeatedly, over the course of a decade — in order to finance an extravagant lifestyle…
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Trump donor fined for pollution leads a fight to end methane emission penalties
"Trump promised a room full of fossil fuel billionaires that he'd let them pollute our air and water, let them off the hook for dangerous spills, and fight to make them a fortune, even if it means forfeiting critical health protections," Jones said.
The leaked documents, obtained by research group Fieldnotes and first reported upon by the Washington Post, outline a comprehensive blueprint to overturn climate policies put in place during Joe Biden's presidency. Trump has called the climate crisis a "hoax", attacked a major climate bill signed by Biden as "one of the great scams of all time" and vowed to undo it if elected, with the aid of Republicans in Congress...
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Bloomberg-backed gun regulation group pledges $45 million for election - The Washington Post
"With MAGA Republicans pushing an extreme 'guns everywhere' agenda, this election is a life-or-death moment — so Everytown is going all-out to mobilize the majority of Americans who want to live free from the fear of gun violence," Everytown for Gun Safety president John Feinblatt said in a statement. "From sending Vice President Harris to the Oval Office to helping our own volunteers win office, we'll elect gun sense champions up and down the ballot."
Sunday, July 21, 2024
Pro-Maga multimillionaire boosts funds to voter-conspiracy groups
In practice, the America Project and Byrne have sent hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Arizona-based We the People AZ Alliance, and Michigan-based United States Election Investigation and Lawsuits Inc, triggering alarms by election watchdogs and some GOP veterans due to their incendiary election denialist stances and leaders...
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Trump’s biggest donor Timothy Mellon is a Gilded Age heir also backing RFK Jr. - The Washington Post
Timothy Mellon, scion of the Pittsburgh banking family, has put $75 million behind Trump while also spending on Kennedy and his heterodox causes...
Saturday, July 6, 2024
Disney heir joins other Democrat backers to pause donations until Joe Biden steps aside
"This is realism, not disrespect," Disney told CNBC, adding "if Biden does not step down the Democrats will lose. Of that I am absolutely certain. The consequences for the loss will be genuinely dire."
In her statement, Disney said vice-president Kamala Harris could be an alternative candidate to beat Trump. "If Democrats would tolerate any of her perceived shortcomings even one tenth as much as they have tolerated Biden's … we can win this election by a lot," she said…
Saturday, June 15, 2024
🚨 Bombshell exposé ROCKS 2024 election
A bombshell exposé reveals who is funding RFK Jr's campaign.
Friday, June 7, 2024
Epoch Times Exec ARRESTED... Bonkers Details Emerge
China's Falun Gong group launched the Epoch Times as an anti-Chinese Communist Party propaganda newsletter over two decades ago. Since then, Epoch Times has donated a staggering amount of money to pro-Trump advertising and other far-right campaigns. Now, the company's CFO, Bill Guan is under federal investigation for alleged cryptocurrency money laundering. Yasmin Khan breaks it down on Rebel HQ.
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Trump Donor Peter Thiel Backs Down: 'A Lot Of Things I Got Wrong' | HuffPost Latest News
"There are a lot of things I got wrong," he acknowledged. "It was crazier than I thought. It was more dangerous than I thought. They couldn't get the most basic pieces of the government to work. So that was—I think that part was maybe worse than even my low expectations."
Monday, November 13, 2023
Trump Donor Peter Thiel Backs Down: 'A Lot Of Things I Got Wrong' | HuffPost Latest News
"There are a lot of things I got wrong," he acknowledged. "It was crazier than I thought. It was more dangerous than I thought. They couldn't get the most basic pieces of the government to work. So that was—I think that part was maybe worse than even my low expectations."
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Sunday, August 6, 2023
Ron DeSantis’s biggest donor to pull plug until campaign makes changes
"He does need to shift to get to moderates. He'll lose if he doesn't ... extremism isn't going to get you elected," Bigelow told Reuters. Bigelow cited DeSantis signing a Florida bill banning abortions after six weeks, a move that came after Bigelow had donated the $20m...
Friday, June 30, 2023
DeSantis agency sent $92 million in covid relief funds to donor project - The Washington Post
Mori Hosseini, who donated a golf simulator to the governor's mansion, championed a new exchange on Interstate 95 that feeds into his housing and shopping center project…
Thursday, June 22, 2023
Alito Took Unreported Luxury Trip With GOP Donor Paul Singer — ProPublica
Leonard Leo, the longtime leader of the conservative Federalist Society, attended and helped organize the Alaska fishing vacation. Leo invited Singer to join, according to a person familiar with the trip, and asked Singer if he and Alito could fly on the billionaire's jet. Leo had recently played an important role in the justice's confirmation to the court. Singer and the lodge owner were both major donors to Leo's political groups...
Saturday, April 15, 2023
Justice Thomas' Vote Is Bought and Paid for by a Right-Wing Billionaire
"Justice Thomas' vote on the Supreme Court is bought and paid for by right-wing billionaire Harlan Crow. Today we learned that Crow bought a home from Thomas for $133,000, potentially above market value, and Crow acted as Thomas' mother's landlord for at least 6 years, while retrofitting and refurbishing her home and an entire neighborhood to benefit the Thomas family. Crow is not, as Thomas claims, his 'dearest friend' so much as his corrupt benefactor…
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Inside the Billionaire-Backed Dick Uihlein ‘Hub for Election Denial’ Restoration Action
Another recipient, the Liberty Initiative Fund, donated $675,000 to a group fighting for more restrictive voter ID requirements in Michigan. That Michigan group raised $2.2 million total, with $1.5 million coming from Uihlein himself.
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