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Midterm Election DARK MONEY Funding Surge Exposed By Investigation
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April 12, 2026
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4:11Now PlayingNew report exposes a surge in dark money funding ahead of the upcoming midterm elections as investigation finds explosion of suspicious nonprofits being tied to members of both parties. John Iadarola and Tehran Von Ghasri break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Why You Won’t Know Who Is Funding the Midterms
"The question: How much of the money flowing into the political system is ultimately untraceable? Is it a lot, or am I going crazy?
Dear reader, I am not going crazy.
My colleague Steven Rich and I found that almost one of every five dollars donated to super PACs in the 2024 election cycle came from organizations that don’t disclose their donors. Back in the 2012 cycle, only one of every 100 dollars given to super PACs was similarly “gray.”
Driving this trend is the explosion of new nonprofits in the Democratic universe. With similar patriotic-sounding names — American Opportunity Action, Future Forward USA Action, Bright Future Fund and Our American Future — these groups have helped the Democratic Party leapfrog the Republican Party in the dark-money games."
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