| 2026-03-13 | Democracy Unmuted — Two-Week-Old Dark-Money Group With No FEC or Illinois Business Filings — Offers Influencers $1,500 Per Post for Coordinated Attack on Kat Abughazaleh in IL-09 Primary; Matt Anthes / Advocators / Upstart Factory Chain Documented With Brief, Talking Points, and Two Named Creator Recipients
1 src Kat Abughazaleh | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-12 | AI Industry Super PACs Pour $125 Million Into 2026 Midterms to Block Regulation, Targeting Candidates With Hidden Influence Campaign
7 src OpenAI · Anthropic · Andreessen Horowitz · Marc Andreessen · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-03 | Chicago Progressive Partnership — Newly-Organized Super-PAC With Tom-King-Communications Sole-AIPAC-Disclosed-Vendor Ties — Drops $165K+ AI-Generated Digital Attack Ad on Kat Abughazaleh in IL-09 Democratic Primary, Pre-Buy FEC Disclosures Zero
1 src Kat Abughazaleh · Federal Election Commission | | confirmed |
| 2025-08-01 | Qualcomm Donates $1 Million to Trump-Aligned Dark Money Group
2 src Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-06-30 | Kristi Noem Secretly Took $80,000 from Dark Money Group Without Disclosure
4 src Kristi Noem |
| confirmed |
| 2025-03-01 | HBO Documentary Exposes Systematic Corruption Through FBI Wiretaps of Officials
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation | | confirmed |
| 2025-01-26 | DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Secretly Received $80,000 Dark Money Cut While Governor
4 src Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| confirmed |
| 2024-11-05 | Record $1.9 Billion in Dark Money Floods 2024 Federal Election Cycle
2 src Charles Schwab | | confirmed |
| 2023-01-01 | Noem secretly accepts $80,000 from dark money nonprofit
4 src Kristi Noem |
| confirmed |
| 2022-12-31 | Arabella Advisors Network Raises Record $1.35 Billion in Dark Money
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2021-05-13 | Leaked Video Exposes Heritage Action's $24 Million Voter Suppression Campaign Coordinating State Legislation
4 src Heritage Action · Heritage Foundation · Hans von Spakovsky · Brian Kemp · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2021-04-06 | Stephen Miller Founds America First Legal to Challenge Biden Administration and Advance White Nationalist Agenda
3 src Stephen Miller · Mark Meadows |
| confirmed |
| 2021-01-01 | Barre Seid Donates $1.6 Billion to Leonard Leo Dark Money Network
4 src Leonard Leo |
| confirmed |
| 2021-01-01 | Larry Ellison Donates $30 Million to Tim Scott's Super PAC Over 2021-2022
3 src Larry Ellison · Oracle |
| confirmed |
| 2018-01-01 | Clarence Thomas Attends Koch Network Donor Summit - Supreme Court Ethics Violations
2 src Clarence Thomas · Koch Network · Council for National Policy |
| confirmed |
| 2017-01-31 | Federalist Society Captures Federal Judiciary with $250M Dark Money
3 src Federalist Society · Leonard Leo · Donald Trump · Mitch McConnell |
| confirmed |
| 2014-07-04 | Richard Mellon Scaife Dies After Investing $620 Million in Conservative Movement Infrastructure
4 src Richard Scaife · Heritage Foundation · Federalist Society · State Policy Network · +2 | | confirmed |
| 2014-04-02 | Supreme Court Strikes Down Aggregate Campaign Contribution Limits in McCutcheon v. FEC
5 src U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Republican National Committee · Anthony Kennedy · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 2014-01-01 | CNP Membership Includes DeVos and Mercer Families - Billionaire Donor Integration
2 src Council for National Policy · DeVos family · Betsy DeVos · Erik Prince |
| confirmed |
| 2013-04-03 | Edwin Feulner Retires as Heritage Foundation President After 36 Years Building Conservative Movement Infrastructure
4 src Edwin Feulner · Heritage Foundation · Jim DeMint · Richard Scaife · +4 | | confirmed |
| 2012-01-01 | Koch Network Spends $407 Million in Coordinated 2012 Election Campaign
3 src Charles Koch · David Koch · Americans for Prosperity | | confirmed |
| 2012-01-01 | Leonard Leo Directs Hidden Payments to Ginni Thomas Through Kellyanne Conway, Instructs "No Mention of Ginni"
4 src Leonard Leo · Ginni Thomas · Clarence Thomas · Kellyanne Conway · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2010-12-31 | Donors Trust Becomes Primary Climate Denial Dark Money Conduit
4 src Koch brothers · Americans for Prosperity · Heartland Institute · Competitive Enterprise Institute |
| confirmed |
| 2010-01-21 | Supreme Court Citizens United Decision Unleashes Unlimited Corporate Spending
7 src U.S. Supreme Court · Federal Election Commission · Anthony Kennedy |
| confirmed |
| 2010-01-01 | Corporate-Funded Think Tanks Testify to Congress While Hiding Donor Conflicts of Interest
3 src Heritage Foundation · American Enterprise Institute · Koch brothers · General Electric · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2010-01-01 | DonorsTrust Organizational Profile: Dark Money ATM Enabling Anonymous Billionaire Political Spending
4 src DonorsTrust · Koch brothers · Federalist Society · State Policy Network · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2009-02-19 | Koch Network Prepares Tea Party Mobilization After Santelli Rant
4 src David Koch · Charles Koch · Americans for Prosperity · FreedomWorks |
| confirmed |
| 2003-01-01 | ExxonMobil Channels Millions to Climate Denial Think Tanks and Front Groups
4 src ExxonMobil · American Enterprise Institute · Cato Institute · Competitive Enterprise Institute |
| confirmed |
| 1987-01-01 | Philanthropy Roundtable Founded - Conservative Donor Coordination Infrastructure
3 src Koch Network |
| confirmed |
| 1983-01-01 | Heritage Foundation Expands to 100+ Staff with $10 Million Budget During Reagan Administration Peak Influence
3 src Heritage Foundation · Edwin Feulner · Ronald Reagan · Richard Scaife · +2 | | confirmed |
| 1982-04-25 | Federalist Society Organizational Profile: Judicial Pipeline and Conservative Legal Movement Infrastructure
4 src Federalist Society · Leonard Leo · Steven Calabresi · David McIntosh · +7 |
| confirmed |
| 1981-05-18 | Council for National Policy Founded with Schlafly as Founding Member, Creating Elite Conservative Network
3 src Phyllis Schlafly · Council for National Policy · Tim LaHaye · Paul Weyrich · +4 | | confirmed |
| 1977-01-01 | Edwin Feulner Becomes Heritage Foundation President, Beginning 36-Year Tenure Building Conservative Policy Infrastructure
4 src Edwin Feulner · Heritage Foundation · Paul Weyrich · Richard Scaife · +2 | | confirmed |
| 1973-02-16 | Heritage Foundation Organizational Profile: Conservative Policy Infrastructure and Corporate Capture Mechanism
4 src Heritage Foundation · Paul Weyrich · Edwin Feulner · Joseph Coors · +4 |
| confirmed |
| 1970-01-01 | Richard Scaife Acquires Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Building Conservative Media Infrastructure
3 src Richard Scaife |
| confirmed |
| 1967-03-01 | Ramparts Magazine Exposes CIA Foundation Funding Network, Ending Olin Money Laundering Operation
3 src Central Intelligence Agency · Lyndon B. Johnson |
| confirmed |
| 1958-01-01 | John M. Olin Foundation Begins Eight-Year Operation as Secret CIA Money Laundering Bank
5 src John M. Olin Foundation · Central Intelligence Agency · John M. Olin |
| confirmed |