As a Senate Candidate, Michigan's Abdul El-Sayed Pledged To 'Crack Down' on Dark Money. As an Activist, He Put It to Use.

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has pledged to "crack down on dark money" if elected to represent Michigan in the Senate. But as an activist in the Great Lakes State, he helped run a left-wing group that raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Democratic Party's dark money machine.

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Progressive Media Watchdogs Bash CNN’s Kalshi Partnership

CNN’s new partnership with the prediction market Kalshi has drawn criticism from unlikely sources: Liberal media watchdogs have come out in force to condemn the left-wing cable network’s foray into predictive gambling.

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Same Game, Different Name: 'Radioactive' Arabella Advisors Announces Rebrand to 'Sunflower Services' as Prominent Donors Flee

Arabella Advisors, the shadowy for-profit consulting firm that managed a multibillion-dollar network of liberal dark money groups, is now Sunflower Services. The company announced Monday it has rebranded and sold off its fiscal sponsorship business to a new firm amid a series of high-profile investigations into its finances and billionaire Bill Gates's decision to end a longstanding partnership with the organization.

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Left-Wing Dark Money Behemoth Faces IRS Complaint for Funding Democrats' Lawsuits Against Oil Companies

A watchdog group is asking the IRS to investigate the left-wing dark money behemoth New Venture Fund (NVF) over its financial support for Sher Edling, a law firm leading several high-stakes climate change lawsuits against oil companies on behalf of dozens of Democratic states and cities nationwide. According to tax filings, in three years, the NVF has provided more than $8.4 million in grants to Sher Edling and has raised an additional $10 million that could be disbursed to the for-profit firm in the future.

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‘Black Radical’ Group Funded by Ford Foundation To Hold Teach-In Honoring Cop Killer Assata Shakur

A "black radical" magazine funded largely by the Ford Foundation and New Venture Fund, one of the Democrat party’s largest dark money groups, is holding a teach-in Monday for Assata Shakur, the Black Liberation Army foot soldier who was convicted of murdering a New Jersey state trooper in 1973.

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Inside Dem Dark Money Behemoth Arabella Advisors' Failed Attempt To Create an Astroturf Influencer Army

The first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club. The Sixteen Thirty Fund, an offshoot of the left-wing dark money behemoth Arabella Advisors, tried to enforce that dictum when recruiting an army of handsomely paid left-wing influencers to spout Democratic talking points through an effort called "Chorus."

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Gates Foundation Severs Ties With Arabella Advisors, Delivering Significant Blow to Liberal Dark Money Group

Liberal billionaire Bill Gates's foundation has stopped contributing to funds controlled by the consulting firm Arabella Advisors, delivering a major blow to the progressive dark money network, according to a Tuesday report.

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