An analysis of US FEC data: Trump received $273.2M in donations from tech executives and VCs, including $242.6M from Elon Musk, while Harris received $120.9M
FEC filings offer only a glimpse of the money tech is pouring into Washington as it seeks to influence government
FEC filing: Elon Musk poured at least $274M into US political groups in 2024, including $238.5M for his America PAC, making him the biggest US political donor
- Musk gave at least $274 million to elect Trump, GOP allies — Trump has tapped Musk to help reshape federal bureaucracy
A look at Elon Musk's unparalleled involvement in the US election; sources: Trump's campaign contacted X to stop the circulation of the hacked JD Vance dossier
the equivalent of massive unregistered campaign donations; most of it is dangerous, obliterating the fragile guardrails in our democratic process; all of it is not normal and not ethical. — If you s...
Ben Horowitz says he and his wife plan to make a “significant” personal donation to Kamala Harris' campaign; Horowitz and Marc Andreessen endorsed Trump in July
tech oligarchs depend heavily on their access in washington, so will do everything they can to keep it. a16z desperately wants washington to legitimize crypto, so they can get a return on their signi...
A look at Musk-backed America PAC's “Register to Vote” online campaign, which collects users' personal data in swing states, but does not help them register
https://www.cnbc.com/... (NYTimes had reported in July, “The group has taken pains to be secretive. Joe Lonsdale...played a key role in the group, recruiting many of his friends — including the Jimmy...
Google says the FEC dismissed GOP claims that Gmail was filtering campaign ad emails, after the company showed the spam filter was for “commercial reasons”
John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal :
Despite pledges, FEC filings show AT&T, Amazon, Intel, Comcast, and others quietly restarted donations to Republican election deniers ahead of the 2022 midterms
Despite pledges, FEC filings show AT&T, Amazon, Intel, Comcast, and others quietly restarted donations to Republican election deniers ahead of the 2022 midterms
Some of the biggest technology and telecom companies jettisoned pledges made in the wake of the US Capitol assault … Tweets: @accountable_us , @dinabass , and @wbenjaminson Tweets: @accountable_us : E...
US political groups are increasingly using influencers, a practice the FEC's campaign finance laws do not regulate, relying on an honor system for disclosures
Stephanie Lai / New York Times :
The FEC approves a proposal from Google to keep campaign emails from being marked as spam, after GOP lawmakers said Gmail was censoring right-wing emails
It's good news for Republicans facing falling fundraising — On Thursday, the Federal Election Commission approved a new proposal …