See our media citations from outlets around the nation this week:
Trump and his favorite fundraising platform both face donor problems (CNBC)
In 2019, Trump’s campaign committee collected $72 million in donations of $200 or less, according to OpenSecrets. From November 2022 through the end of last year, Trump’s presidential campaign collected just $27 million in donations from those who gave $200 or less. That’s a difference of $45 million and represents a 62.5% drop in small-dollar donations from the year before the 2020 election to the year before the 2024 election.
Group tied to anti-abortion Trump mega-donors pours money into Alabama supreme court race (The Guardian)
The group funding the Alabama candidate, Fair Courts America, is connected to anti-abortion billionaire mega-donors Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein. The Uihleins are the second largest individual political donors in the country, according to the OpenSecrets. In 2022, they donated more than $89 million exclusively to Republicans.
Defense Contractors Are Bilking the American People (The Atlantic)
According to the watchdog group OpenSecrets, defense contractors spent nearly $140 million lobbying the federal government last year. Millions of dollars more go directly to members of Congress in campaign contributions from companies, individuals, and political-action committees linked to the defense industry.
