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AN 10 26

MAGA piles on Karoline Leavitt as she ditches family for Fox News stint

Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s move to Fox News drew mockery Monday from critics who pointed to her continued presence inside President Donald Trump’s political and media orbit just two months after she left the administration to spend time with her family.

Fox News has confirmed that Leavitt, who is 29 years old, will be joining the network as an on-air contributor with her start date being Nov. 1, and she will appear on both its news and opinion programs. Suzanne Scott, CEO of Fox News Media, stated that Leavitt's experience gained during her time in the White House and on the campaign trail gives her a “distinct understanding of today’s political landscape.”

Amy Siskind took notice of the announcement, writing on X that "Karoline Leavitt is going to work at Fox News" and stating that "the cycle of MAGA life and reinforcement loop continues".

Siskind, author of The List: A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year, has long been a critic of Trump and a political activist.

It also brought back doubts regarding Leavitt's reason for leaving the White House in August. Back then, she had stated that, after the birth of her daughter, she did not think it was possible to give her two young children the things they needed while at the same time spending the time and energy required of a press secretary.

President Trump also announced that Leavitt was resigning so as to spend more time with her children and family, adding that she would still remain one of his top external advisers.

A self-styled "MAGA patriot" on X referred to those statements following the announcement on Monday and claimed that Leavitt had abandoned the reason she had given for her departure.

“Sorry folks, no more integrity left here, someone sold out,” the user wrote, adding, “pray for her children and her family.”

Progressive commentator Jamie Bonkiewicz also hammered Leavitt on the same point, writing on X, "I guess Karoline Leavitt had enough of being a stay-at-home mom and taking care of her grandpa husband."

Greg Gutfeld had already made a joke about exactly this situation the day after Leavitt announced that she was leaving the White House.

“There is a concern that she will join Fox, which would then leave us with three women,” Gutfeld said on The Five in August, when referring to the Fox personalities Dana Perino and Kayleigh McEnany, who had both been White House press secretaries. Co-host Emily Compagno later made the joke that Gutfeld was trying to get her off the show “to make room for Karoline.”

Leavitt has stayed closely linked with Trump ever since she left office. She went back to MAGA Inc., the superPAC that supported Trump and where she had previously worked, and has continued appearing often on Fox.

She said that she intends to bring to her new position at Fox the "unique perspective and candor" gained during her time in the Trump administration.

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A new report in *The Atlantic* shows that despite President Donald Trump's campaign having ended a year ago, he has not stopped fundraising — and is now sitting on a $2 billion windfall.

"I want you to keep going," Trump told his top fundraiser Meredith O'Rourke the morning after he won his second term, The Atlantic reports.

Trump's second inaugural committee raised $241 million, "about $90 million more than organizers needed to fund the events — and nearly four times as much as Joe Biden had raised for his own inauguration, in 2021. But that was just the beginning," write Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker.

Trump, they write, wanted money for "political operations that many politicians support," but he also wanted it for "technically apolitical causes."

Among those causes, they write, include those that "offered corporations and wealthy individuals a chance to make tax-deductible contributions, including a dramatic White House renovation, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (now under his control), his presidential library and a celebratory Army parade on his birthday."

"By August, Trump estimated that he had collected at least $1.5 billion since the election, more than all the money raised to support his 2024 campaign over two years, including funds raised by supportive independent super PACs," they report.

That amount is now near $2 billion, according to two people who spoke with the authors anonymously.

"Trump has kept careful track of the money coming in, regularly calling O’Rourke late at night for updates," according to the report. "He monitors who is giving, who is not, and the role of lobbyists who bundle donations, those familiar with his efforts told us."

"At times, the actual donation amount is less important to the president than the percentage of the donor’s overall assets. He thanks the most generous benefactors at swanky events at the White House and his clubs," they add.

"Trump and his aides cast donations to his political groups or priorities as acts of patriotism," they write.

Much of this windfall comes from companies or people who have business with the government, they report, including defense contractors, crypto investors and tech companies.

"A select group of companies and executives — Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Coinbase, Palantir CEO Alex Karp — are top donors to multiple Trump projects," they note.

None of this, they say, is normal, and "nothing on this scale was ever attempted by a sitting president prior to Trump."

"And he’s just getting started. He hasn’t stopped,” a third anonymous source tells them, “and I don’t anticipate that we will stop.”

Trump's "relentless fundraising" has alarmed ethics watchdogs, they write, despite Trump advisors saying his donations are merely from those who "support his political agenda."

Media and technology companies that Trump has sued, they report, "have collectively made $85 million in payments to some of his pet projects in order to settle the lawsuits," including Paramount and the parent company of YouTube.

“There are people being asked to do 10-to-25-million-dollar checks for the ballroom, for the inauguration, for the presidential library,” another person familiar with the requests tells The Atlantic. “That spigot is never going to close, ever. This is just the cost of doing business. They will write a multimillion-dollar check to avoid the $2 billion lawsuit. It’s a business decision.”

Trump continues to raise money for his library, and for the midterm elections in 2026, they say, but he is also collecting "funds for a dark-money group, Securing American Greatness," they write.

Trevor Potter, a former Republican chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) who now runs the Campaign Legal Center, tells The Atlantic in a statement, "While it is not unusual for lame duck presidents to fundraise for their Libraries, what we are seeing from President Trump in his first year of office is shockingly unprecedented."

“The president’s seemingly insatiable drive for money from corporations and billionaires seeking government favors (or merely hoping to procure protection from Trump attacks on their business interests) sends a clear signal to everyday Americans that their needs come far behind those of the ultrawealthy who are buying access and favor," Potter adds.

The corruption of Donald Trump and his children points to something deeply menacing - Alternet.org

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AN 9 26

The Republican strategists now have to face a costly closing phase before the November midterms since President Donald Trump's political network is spending money on competitive races and at the same time party officials are attempting to safeguard their increasingly vulnerable candidates for the House and Senate.

CNN said on Monday that members of the Trump team have admitted privately that the party is in a tough situation, one of them stating, “It’s obviously going to be f—— rough.” The president’s staff are preparing an intensive campaign timetable for October featuring Trump and Vice President JD Vance, with appearances scheduled for battleground states and areas that are Republican-leaning since the advisers think they can boost voter turnout.

According to CNN, Republican organizations, such as Trump's MAGA Inc. super PAC, "have begun hemorrhaging cash across the country" as they redirect their resources towards competitive races. The Senate Leadership Fund has raised its spending in Texas to $100 million in order to back the Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton.

The figures from Texas show the extent of the money that Republicans are spending to defend territory which the party has held for decades. According to a report by Reuters on Sunday, GOP groups and major donors have started to spend in at least 39 House races in which they had not previously allocated funds this cycle. AdImpact data quoted by Reuters shows that Republican groups have secured at least $888 million for advertising until Election Day, whereas the Democrats have secured at least $666 million.

A Republican operative told CNN that the spending was having a "some" effect on the party's position, but doubted whether money on its own could cope with the present political environment. When asked what the Republicans could have done differently, the operative responded by saying: “Go back in time and never start the war with Iran.”

Several Republican candidates are at the same time distancing themselves from Trump on questions of the economy, immigration and the Iran war. Recently, Michigan's Senate candidate Mike Rogers stated in a campaign advertisement that "Groceries cost too much. We have to bring prices down," and also advocated for the Iran war to "end quickly."

The Trump campaign is relying on his capacity to get Republican voters out to the polls in order to overcome those problems. As one Republican campaign official told CNN, “It’s all a turnout game,” adding that the Republican committees and Trump's political team have been exchanging voter data in order to identify the supporters they need to get to the polls.

The strategy also poses a problem for the Republicans since Trump's advisers have told CNN that although the president is able to inspire his supporters, his presence can at the same time excite Democratic voters.

“The cake is already baked. There’s no getting away from Trump for these guys,” one GOP official said. “So we have to lean into it.”

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In a document quietly filed with the Federal Election Commission on Friday night, MAGA Inc., the primary Super PAC supporting President Trump, revealed that it received a $5 million donation from Crypto.com on January 23, 2026. The donation was made in the name of Crypto.com’s parent company, Foris Dax, Inc.1

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25 days later, on February 17, the Trump administration’s Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), intervened on Crypto.com’s behalf in high-stakes lawsuit in federal court.

Last year, Crypto.com sued the Nevada Gaming Control Board, arguing that it has the right to offer “prediction markets” on the outcome of sporting events without obtaining a Nevada gaming license. In October 2025, a federal court denied Crypto.com an injunction, and the company is now appealing the decision.

In addition to filing a formal amicus brief in support of Crypto.com’s appeal, CFTC chairman Mike Selig published an op-ed supporting Crypto.com’s position in the Wall Street Journal and posted a video supporting Crypto.com on X.

The timing of CFTC’s intervention raises serious ethical questions.

Selig, during his November 2025 confirmation hearing, was asked whether he believed it was legal for prediction markets to offer contracts on sporting events without complying with state law. Selig testified that the issue is “working its way through the courts, and so I will respect the decisions of those courts.”

He was also asked directly if he considered placing a bet on the outcome of a football game to be “gambling,” which would place it outside the jurisdiction of the CFTC:

Senator SCHIFF. Well, I mean, let me just ask—maybe even break it down more simply. If you and I bet on who wins the Bills game tomorrow, would you consider that gambling?

Mr. SELIG. Senator, on this issue, I would look to the courts, so I would look to what the courts say about that issue.

In a matter of weeks, Selig went from telling Senators under oath that he would defer to the courts on the issue to arguing on behalf of Crypto.com that the courts have erred.

He publicly announced he was considering intervening in the case during a public appearance on January 29 — less than a week after Crypto.com’s $5 million contribution to MAGA Inc. “I’ve directed CFTC staff to reassess the commission’s participation in matters currently pending before the federal district and circuit courts,” Selig said during his first public remarks as CFTC chairman.

On February 5, Selig explicitly stated that he believed it was legal for prediction markets to offer bets on sports, regardless of whether the company complied with state law.

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I believe Prediction Markets are violating the law. In 40 states we have regulated betting that can’t market to teenagers, pays state taxes, protects game integrity & reports suspicious activity to law enforcement. Prediction markets do none of that at all https://t.co/3dMAnS44Ex

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Few companies have spent more money to ingratiate themselves politically with Trump than Crypto.com. Including the $5 million in January, Crypto.com has donated a total of $35 million to MAGA Inc. since 2025. It is the Super PAC’s largest donor, accounting for more than 10% of total funds.

Prior to its support for MAGA Inc, Crypto.com’s only political giving was a $1 million donation to Trump’s second inauguration in 2025.

Crypto.com has also formed an extensive partnership with Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), Trump’s money-losing media conglomerate that has recently pivoted into cryptocurrency and nuclear fusion. Among other integrations, Crypto.com and TMTG announced in October that Crypto.com would integrate its prediction market with Truth Social, TMTG’s social network. The joint venture will be called Truth Predict. President Trump is TMTG’s largest shareholder.

Crypto.com’s thin legal argument

Crypto.com and other prediction markets — and now the CFTC — argue that creating markets for sporting events is fundamentally different than sports gambling. In practice, however, it looks identical.

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The CFTC has jurisdiction over event-related contracts or “swaps” that provide “for any purchase, sale, payment, or delivery… that is dependent on the occurrence, nonoccurrence, or the extent of the occurrence of an event or contingency associated with a potential financial, economic, or commercial consequence.” (Emphasis added.)

The traditional example of this is a contract to buy corn at a certain price in the future. This serves as an economic hedge against price fluctuations that can affect producers of tortilla chips, for example.

There are theoretical arguments that betting on the outcome of a sporting event could serve as an economic hedge. The CFTC, in its brief in support of Crypto.com, tries to make this argument:

Broadly speaking, sporting events are economic enterprises that generate billions of dollars in economic activity and materially affect both regional and national markets… For these reasons, hotels likely adjust pricing models, restaurants expand staffing to accommodate increased demand, vendors increase supply orders, and cities allocate resources to accommodate projected crowds. All of these decisions pose economic risk, which is precisely the type of economic exposure that derivatives markets are designed to mitigate.

Of course, this is not how prediction markets on sporting events are used. No one is wagering on a basketball game to hedge against hotels raising prices. They are used by people who want to gamble on sports, particularly in states where sports gambling is not currently legal. On popular prediction markets like Kalshi, sports betting accounts for over 90% of all trading volume.

Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) mocked Selig’s position on X. “I don’t remember the CFTC having authority over the ‘derivative market’ of LeBron James rebounds,” Cox wrote. “These prediction markets you are breathlessly defending are gambling—pure and simple.”

The district court noted that, under Crypto.com’s interpretation, if every bet on a sporting event qualified as a “swap” subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the CFTC. That would mean it would no longer be permissible for people to place sports bets in casinos. “Had Congress intended such a sea change in the regulatory landscape, it surely would have said so,” the district court wrote.

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The designation of the $5 million from Foris Dax as a “NON-CONTRIBUTION” in the image refers to the fact that it is a donation to a Super PAC, which is not subject to FEC contribution limits or the prohibition on corporate contributions.

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  2. Forbes
  3. https://www.forbes.com › sites › alisondurkee › 2026 › 08 › 31 › billionaire-bankrolled-republican-fund-about-to-be-unleashed-for-midterms-if-trump-allows

Desperate Republicans May Soon Get Lift From $400 Million MAGA Inc ...

  1. Aug 31, 2026Topline Vice President JD Vance will hold an event in Michigan on Monday through President Donald Trump's MAGA Inc. super PAC, marking the first major time Trump's PAC has waded into the ...
  4. CNBC
  5. https://www.cnbc.com › 2026 › 09 › 18 › trump-election-ad-spend-maga-inc.html

Trump MAGA Inc. $403 million war chest spending in 2026 midterms - CNBC

  1. Sep 18, 2026Trump's flagship super PAC, MAGA Inc., ended July with more than $403 million in cash, much of it held back as competitive congressional races took shape. Democratic Senate candidates entered ...
  4. POLITICO
  5. https://www.politico.com › news › 2026 › 09 › 01 › maga-superpac-spending-republicans-01057871

'Our threat level should be up': Republicans worry Trump's super PAC is ...

  1. Sep 1, 2026Money is starting to trickle out of President Donald Trump 's super PAC. But as September begins, GOP donors and other Republicans say it should be gushing. MAGA Inc. sent Vice President JD ...
  4. NPR
  5. https://www.npr.org › 2026 › 09 › 06 › g-s1-142192 › trump-super-pac-midterms-spending

Trump's super PAC is spending millions on the midterm elections

  1. Sep 6, 2026President Trump's super PAC, MAGA, Inc., is wading into the midterm elections to support Republican candidates. The super PAC has been sitting on more than $400 million in cash, and the president ...
  4. POLITICO
  5. https://www.politico.com › news › 2026 › 08 › 21 › trump-maga-pac-spending-texas-01045426

MAGA Inc. sits on campaign cash as donors indicate only ... - POLITICO

  1. Aug 21, 2026MAGA Inc. sits on campaign cash as donors indicate only Trump can save Paxton The president's super PAC added $3 million last month and did not spend on any candidates.

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Trump’s MAGA Inc. SuperPAC Donor List is Littered with Corporate and Billionaire Influence Buyers  - Public Citizen

August 4, 2025

Trump’s MAGA Inc. SuperPAC Donor List is Littered with Corporate and Billionaire Influence Buyers

WASHINGTON D.C. — President Trump’s MAGA Inc. SuperPAC received $1 million or more from 58 donors since January, according to the SuperPAC’s most recent campaign finance disclosure filed last week.

The million-dollar donor list includes numerous corporate and billionaire donors with interests in influencing the Trump administration, including two crypto companies that were facing SEC investigations that have since been dropped and a seller of “skin substitute” products that benefited from the delay of a Biden-era Medicare rule to limit spending on their products.

“The real question this mega-donor list raises is not ‘how much,’ but ‘who from?’” said Jon Golinger, democracy advocate for Public Citizen. “By taking contributions from wealthy individuals and industries who want something from government, Trump’s SuperPAC has used pay-to-play to raise big money from special interests like a legalized shakedown.”

Public Citizen analyzed the new MAGA Inc. SuperPAC filing with the Federal Election Commission, covering the period of January 1 – June 30, 2025, and found the following:

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By Lisa Rubin and Soorin Kim

As the 2026 midterm election year begins, MAGA Inc., a PAC aligned with President Donald Trump, boasts a war chest of almost $300 million built principally through deep-pocketed donors during the first year of Trump’s second term.

While public reporting on MAGA Inc.’s megadonors has focused on well-known tech and cryptocurrency figures, buried in the long list of the PAC’s 2025 contributors are two names that are lesser known in the usual Trump donor sphere — a New York-based oil heir and former executive who now sits on the board of directors of Chevron, the sole U.S. company currently operating in Venezuela, and his wife.

Federal campaign finance filings show that John Hess and his wife, Susan Hess, each contributed $1 million to MAGA Inc. on Dec. 12, 2025, just weeks before the U.S. took military action to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

On that same day, Trump raised eyebrows after a reporter asked if he intended to seize more oil assets from Venezuela after the U.S. seized an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast earlier that week. “I mean, it wouldn’t be very smart for me to tell you that,” he started. But in continuing to talk about attacks on boats, he added, “[And] now we’re starting by land, and by land is a lot easier, and that’s going to start happening.”

By that point, the president for days had repeatedly said “we’re going to start doing those strikes on land too” as he spoke extensively about strikes on boats near the Venezuelan coast and in the Caribbean — a statement some interpreted to mean land strikes were imminent.

There is no indication that those comments factored into the sizable Hess donations on Dec. 12.

Although the couple have long been donors to various political causes and candidates, including occasionally to Democrats, their 2025 contributions to MAGA Inc. were rare seven-figure contributions from them. The Hesses’ $2 million contribution is dwarfed by other massive eight-figure dollar donations from tech giants and crypto companies to MAGA Inc. from the past year, but it’s nonetheless notable after their yearslong hiatus from contributions in support of Trump in the last few years.

John Hess’ last contribution to a Trump-affiliated fundraising vehicle was a $100,000 donation to the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee’s joint fundraising committee in late 2017. Earlier that year, he gave $1 million to Trump’s first inaugural committee — his only other seven-figure donation at the federal level. And during the 2016 election, Susan Hess gave $170,000 in support of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

Prior to his recent seven-figure donation to MAGA Inc., John Hess’ federal political contributions have mostly gone to congressional campaigns and groups, including $500,000 to a Senate GOP-aligned super PAC in 2020.

Hess is perhaps best known as an heir to and a longtime executive of the former Hess Corp., which was acquired by Chevron last year in a transaction worth an estimated $53 billion. As a result of the merger, Hess was also appointed to Chevron’s board of directors.

Since 2007, when then-Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez seized assets from three major North American oil companies — Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil — Chevron has been the only U.S. oil company involved in production within Venezuela through a joint venture with the country’s state-owned oil company. And MS NOW’s sister network CNBC has reported that Chevron exported approximately 140,000 barrels per day from Venezuela in the last quarter of last year.

Last week, in an interview with CNBC, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said he spoke with the CEOs of all three companies on Jan. 3, when the U.S. military struck Venezuela and removed Maduro from the country, to encourage their investment in Venezuela long-term.

But while he said Exxon and ConocoPhillips would need “normal, commercial business conditions, rule of law and some security to go back in” to Venezuela, he noted that Chevron is well-versed in this regime.

“Chevron has been there for over 100 years,” Wright told CNBC’s Brian Sullivan. “So with them, [the question for the administration is] how can we provide incremental tweaks or changes to allow their model to grow even more?”

In a response to questions from MS NOW about a possible connection between the Hesses’ MAGA Inc. contributions and Venezuela, White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said after the U.S. took control there, “President Trump brokered a historic energy deal with Venezuela that will benefit both the American and Venezuelan people.”

“President Trump has called on all oil companies to make unprecedented investments and take advantage of this generational opportunity to restore Venezuela’s oil infrastructure,” Rogers said in a statement. “That’s why 20 different oil companies came to the White House last week to discuss this with President Trump.”

A spokesperson for MAGA Inc. declined to comment. Neither John Hess nor representatives for Chevron responded to MS NOW’s requests for comment.

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Donald Trump is constitutionally prohibited from being elected to a third term in office, but that's not stopping his super political action committee from raising eye-popping sums of money.

A report from the Brennan Center for Justice released on Tuesday found that MAGA Inc., the main super PAC supporting Trump's political campaigns, raised an "unprecedented" sum of $200 million between last November's presidential election and the end of June 2025. This massive war chest is more than six times the amount that former President Joe Biden's super PAC raised between the November 2020 election and the end of June 2021.

The Brennan Center also said that MAGA Inc. has become "almost exclusively a game for the richest of the rich," with 96% of the money it's received over the last seven-plus months coming "from donors who gave more than $1 million each." This massive fundraising haul raises serious questions about where this money is going, presuming that Trump isn't going to try to run for an unconstitutional third term.

The biggest donors to the super PAC have been entities that might benefit from regulatory or policy changes that the government could enact: Energy Transfer, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, donated $25 million; investor Jeffrey Yass, whose company Susquehanna International Group owns a large stake in the parent company of Chinese social media app TikTok, donated $16 million; and Foris Dax Inc., the firm behind Crypto.com, donated $10 million.

Advocacy group Public Citizen on Monday took a look at the donations pouring into MAGA Inc. and found that cryptocurrency companies, executives, and investors had forked over a total of $41.7 million to the PAC, while fossil fuel companies and executives had shelled out $26.8 million.

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Jon Golinger, democracy advocate for Public Citizen, said that the massive sums being given to the PAC should raise real questions about corruption.

"The real question this mega-donor list raises is not 'how much,' but 'who from?'" he said. "By taking contributions from wealthy individuals and industries who want something from government, Trump's super PAC has used pay-to-play to raise big money from special interests like a legalized shakedown."

The Brennan Center similarly raised corruption concerns and said the super PAC's dealings were yet another example of how the{U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission to scrap all limits on campaign donations from corporations and outsized interest groups had damaged the integrity of American politics.}:

"The degree to which wealthy donors appear to be using super PAC contributions to curry favor with the Trump administration once again illustrates how wrong the Supreme Court was... when it predicted that the 'independence' of groups like super PACs would prevent them from becoming vehicles for real or perceived corruption," the Brennan Center wrote.

A report from Politico last week suggested that the MAGA Inc. war chest could give Trump unprecedented power for an incumbent president to influence the 2026 midterm elections.

"Having millions of dollars at Trump's disposal—an unheard of amount for a sitting president who cannot run again—could allow him to become one of the biggest single players in next year's midterms, alongside long-standing GOP stalwarts like the Congressional Leadership Fund and Senate Leadership Fund," explained Politico. "Trump could boost his preferred candidates in GOP primaries, or flood the zone in competitive general election races in an effort to help Republicans keep control of Congress."

Trump has not yet ruled out running for a third term in office even though the United States Constitution's 22nd Amendment explicitly states that "no person shall be elected to the office of the president more than twice."

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Elon Musk has told the White House he plans to give $100 million to President Trump's political operation, according to a person familiar with his plans.

Why it matters:The contribution is unheard of in both amount and type: Musk, who is technically a special government employee, is the world's richest person.

Zoom in:Trump's political team has set up a pair of organizations: MAGA Inc. and Securing America's Greatness. It is not clear if Musk will give to either of those two groups, or if he plans on giving to another one that will be controlled by Trump's team.

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A pro-Trump Super PAC is selling lucrative tickets to dine and meet with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, WIRED reported Tuesday.

“Business leaders can secure a one-on-one meeting with the president at Mar-a-Lago for $5,000,000, according to sources with direct knowledge of the meetings. At a so-called Candlelight Dinner held as recently as this past Saturday, prospective Mar-a-Lago guests were asked to spend $1,000,000 to reserve a seat, according to an invitation obtained by WIRED,” write Leah Feiger, Louise Matsakis and Jake Lahut.

"So-called candlelight dinners offering access to the president are known to have been held prior to Trump’s inauguration, but have not previously been reported to have occurred while he is in office," they add.

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The $5 million meetings have become a “hot ticket” among businesspeople, a source told WIRED.

The invitation is on MAGA Inc. stationary and reads, “You are invited to a candlelight dinner featuring special guest President Donald J. Trump.” MAGA Inc. is a super PAC that supported Trump in his 2024 run for president.

“Donald J. Trump is appearing at this event only as a featured speaker, and is not asking for funds or donations,” the invitation states.

People were asked to contact Meredith O’Rourke to RSVP. O’Rourke was national finance director and senior advisor at Donald J. Trump for President 2024. They were also told to email Abby Mathis, who is the finance coordinator at MAGA Inc.

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“Michael Solakiewicz, a pro-Trump digital creator, posted photographs of the event on Instagram,” write Feiger, Matsakis and Lahut. “WIRED has also viewed photographs and videos ofElon Musk with his son X at Mar-a-Lago the following day during acharity event hosted by a group called Wine Women & Shoes that also featured Trump.”

These tickets are unprecedented, according to one expert.

“I can’t recall a sitting president in the first weeks of his administration asking for millions of dollars in fundraising,” Don Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, told WIRED. “The concern is less about fundraising, and more about access and influence … People hoping to get favorable treatment view it in their interest to donate money to Trump.”

“Part of what is worrying is the lack of ethical guardrails in the current Trump administration, where there doesn’t seem to be a clear line between Trump’s businesses and the presidency,” Moynihan added.

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A source told WIRED that the money was going toward Trump’s presidential library.

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Other senior White House roles

There are a number of senior White House roles, but here are a few of the key positions that will likely play an outsized role in shaping the president’s agenda:

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James Blair, deputy chief of staff: Blair was the political director on Trump’s presidential campaign and as a deputy chief of staff will focus on legislative, political and public affairs.

Taylor Budowich, deputy chief of staff: Budowich ran Trump’s main super PAC, MAGA Inc., before joining the campaign. He is a trusted lieutenant of Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and will focus on communications and personnel.

Dan Scavino, deputy chief of staff: Scavino was a senior adviser on Trump’s presidential campaign and a longtime top social media aide and confidante to Trump.

Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff: Miller was also a senior advisor on Trump’s presidential campaign and is his top immigration adviser and speechwriter. Miller will focus on homeland security.

Steven Cheung, communications director: Cheung was a top communications adviser on Trump’s presidential campaign and will now serve as his communications director in the White House.

William McGinley, White House counsel: McGinley previously served as the White House Cabinet secretary under Trump and as general counsel to the National Republican Senatorial Committee. This role is expected to be central in the incoming president’s plan to expand executive authority.

Reported by Josh Dawsey, Maegan Vazquez and Hannah Knowles

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MAGA Inc. - Wikipedia

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Make America Great Again Inc.[4]^ (abbreviated as MAGA Inc.) is an American super PAC that supports Donald Trump.[5][6]^ It was founded on September 23, 2022. As a super PAC, it can raise unlimited money for campaigns and spend it freely to support Trump, but it is barred from coordinating directly with presidential campaigns.

In February 2026 the Brennan Center for Justice reported that MAGA Inc. Pac relied almost entirely on megadonors, with 96% of its funds coming from donors who made donations of $1 million or more and 62% from donors who gave $5 million or more.

History

Founding

A Statement of Organization was filed with the Federal Election Commission on September 23, 2022, for Make America Great Again Inc. as an independent expenditure-only political committee (super PAC) that is supporting US president Donald Trump, and is located in Alexandria, Virginia.[7][8]

Distinct from Trump's existing Save America leadership PAC, which had served as his chief fundraising vehicle, as a super PAC it can raise unlimited money for campaigns and spend it freely to support him.[9][10] However, super PACs are barred from coordinating directly with campaigns.[9][10] STILL? REALLY? SCOTUS? 10 26

Taylor Budowich, a 36-year-old former aide of Trump, was named the group's executive director.[11][9][12] In June 2023, Budowich testified before a federal grand jury in Miami as part of special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into Trump's handling of classified documents.[13]

Maga Inc. pollster Tony Fabrizio

Other staff of the super PAC are former Trump campaign aide Steven Cheung (communications director; who worked on Trump's 2016 and 2020 campaigns, is a former White House assistant communications director, and a former Ultimate Fighting Championship communications executive), longtime Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio (running polling operations); veteran GOP operative Chris LaCivita (chief strategist; former Swift Vets lead operator); and Sergio Gor (former campaign adviser and the publisher of Trump's post-presidential book A Journey Together, as a senior adviser).[14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Karoline Leavitt, who ran for New Hampshire's 1st District l in the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, is the spokeswoman for MAGA Inc.[21] Alex Pfeiffer, a former producer for Fox News' Tucker Carlson, also joined the operation as communications director.[17][22]

Fundraising in 2022

In October 2022, Save America transferred $20 million to MAGA Inc.[23] In November 2022, the campaign finance watchdog Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), alleging that the transfer was inappropriate inasmuch as Trump was already a presidential candidate when he made the transfer.[24][25] In May 2023, NRDC Action Fund affiliated super PAC, NRDC Action Votes, joined CLC in a supplemental complaint alleging that former Trump and Save America violated the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), specifically, the provisions that prohibit federal election candidates from utilizing "soft money", which refers to money that is not adherent to contribution limits, source prohibitions, or reporting requirements for election candidates.[26]

Also that month, businessman Timothy Mellon contributed $1.5 million to MAGA Inc.[27] Businessman Andrew Beal donated $500,000 to the super PAC.[28]

Trump's Save America PAC transferred $60 million to MAGA Inc. in 2022.[5][29] MAGA Inc. reported $54 million in cash on hand at the end of 2022.[30][31] MAGA Inc. spent money opposing some political candidates in 2022 (most notably $3.4 million opposing Raphael Warnock who won, $3.4 million opposing John Fetterman who won, and $3.0 million opposing Mark Kelly who won), and supporting some other political candidates (most notably $0.7 million supporting Blake Masters who lost, $0.09 million supporting Adam Laxalt who lost, and $0.08 supporting Mehmet Oz who lost).[1][32]

2023

In June 2023, MAGA Inc filed a 15-page complaint with the Florida Commission on Ethics accusing Florida governor Ron DeSantis of violating federal and state campaign finance and ethics rules by running a shadow campaign for president.[33][34]

By June 30, 2023, MAGA Inc. had spent more than $23 million in 2023, almost entirely on ads attacking Ron DeSantis.[35]

In July 2023, Alina Habba joined the PAC as legal spokesperson and general counsel.[36]

MAGA Inc. gave back more than $12 million to Trump's Save America PAC in the first half of 2023, after Save America requested a refund; that accounted for one-third of MAGA Inc.'s spending over that time period.[37] It spent $22 million on buying TV ads in support of Trump. MAGA Inc. spent more than it raised in the first six months of the year, raising $14.6 million.[37] It reported $30.8 million in its account as of June 30; at the same time, the PAC of Ron DeSantis had $96.8 million in cash on hand, and the PAC of Nikki Haley had $17.1 million in cash on hand.[37][38]

Its top donors over the first six months of 2023 were Scientologist Patricia Duggan ($5 million) and casino owner Phil Ruffin ($2 million).[37] New York Jets owner Woody Johnson (U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom under Trump) and Charles Kushner (Trump's son-in-law's father, whom Trump pardoned) both gave $1 million.[37]

2024

On May 31, 2024, Timothy Mellon, a billionaire banking heir, gave $50 million to the PAC.[39] Mellon also contributed $50 million in July 2024, which was over 90% of the money raised for MAGA Inc. in July.[40] Diane Hendricks gave $10 million, while the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, and Paul Singer of Elliott Management, both contributed $5 million each to MAGA Inc.[41]

2025

In the first six months of 2025, notable donors included Marc Andreessen ($3 million), William E. Ford ($1.25 million), Antonio Gracias ($1 million), Jerry Jones ($1 million), Ronald Lauder ($5 million), Kelly Loeffler ($2.5 million), Timothy Mellon (nearly $2 million), Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson ($2 million), Jeffrey Sprecher ($2.5 million), Warren Stephens ($1 million), Kelcy Warren ($12.5 million), Cameron Winklevoss ($500,000), Tyler Winklevoss ($500,000), and Jeff Yass ($16 million, the highest donation recorded for the period).[42] Cryptocurrency companies Blockchain.com donated $5 million,[42] and Ava Labs donated $1 million.[43]

In February 2025, Anjani Sinha donated $1 million to MAGA Inc.; Sinha was subsequently nominated for US Ambassador to Singapore the following month.[43]

In March 2025, Taylor Farms donated $1 million to MAGA Inc.[44]

In April 2025, former NFL player Cody Campbell donated $500,000 to MAGA Inc.; in July, Campbell was named to the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition.

In June 2025, Elon Musk donated $5 million to MAGA Inc.[45][46] The same month, Jared Isaacman donated $1 million.[43]

Georgia 2026 gubernatorial primary candidate Rick Jackson gave $1 million to MAGA Inc. in December 2025.[47] Hess Corporation CEO John B. Hess and his wife, Susan, also contributed $1 million each that same month.[48][49]

2026

In January 2026, Matthew Moroun, owner of the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, donated $1 million to MAGA Inc.[50] A few weeks later, Trump threatened to not allow the competing Gordie Howe International Bridge to open.[50] The Gordie Howe Bridge was planned to be opened in June 2026 but the opening was delayed with a White House official citing President Trump's position not changing since February.[51]

In April 2026, Reynolds American donated $5 million to MAGA Inc., about one week before the Trump Administration allowed flavored vapes to be sold on shelves and allowed higher nicotine levels in nicotine pouches.[52] Two days after the donation, a top executive at Reynolds and two lobbyists had lunch with President Trump at his golf club in Florida.[52]

In the first six months of 2026, the PAC also received $35 million from Foris Dax, $25 million from Greg & Anna Brockman, $25 million from Miriam Adelson, $16,000,000 from Jeff & Janine Yass, $12 million from Ben Horowitz & Marc Andreessen, and $5.5 million from Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss.[53]

See also

Great America PAC

Make America Great Again

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MAGA Inc., also called Make America Great Again Inc. is an American Super PAC that supports former US president Donald Trump.[3][4] It was founded on September 23, 2022. As a Super PAC it can raise unlimited money for campaigns and spend it freely to support Trump, but it is barred from coordinating directly with presidential campaigns.

History

Founding

A Statement of Organization was filed with the Federal Election Commission on September 23, 2022, for Make America Great Again Inc. as an independent expenditure-only political committee (Super PAC) that is supporting former US president Donald Trump, and is located in Alexandria, Virginia.[5][6]^

Distinct from Trump's existing Save America leadership PAC, which had served as his chief fundraising vehicle, as a Super PAC it can raise unlimited money for campaigns and spend it freely to support him.[7][8] However, super PACs are barred from coordinating directly with campaigns.[7][8]^

Taylor Budowich, a 26-year-old former aide of Trump, was named the group's executive director.[9][7][10] In June 2023, Budowich testified before a federal grand jury in Miami as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump's handling of classified documents.[11]^

Maga Inc. pollster Tony Fabrizio

Other staff of the Super PAC are former Trump campaign aide Steven Cheung (communications director; who worked on Trump's 2016 and 2020 campaigns, is a former White House assistant communications director, and a former Ultimate Fighting Championship communications executive), longtime Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio (running polling operations); veteran GOP operative Chris LaCivita (chief strategist; former Swift Vets lead operator); and Sergio Gor (former campaign adviser and the publisher of Trump's post-presidential book A Journey Together, as a senior adviser).[12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Karoline Leavitt, who ran for New Hampshire's 1st District l in the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Hampshire, is the spokeswoman for MAGA Inc.[19] Alex Pfeiffer, a former producer for Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, will also join the operation.[15]^

Fundraising in 2022

In October 2022, Save America transferred $20 million to MAGA Inc.[20] In November 2022, the campaign finance watchdog Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), alleging that the transfer was inappropriate inasmuch as Trump was already a presidential candidate when he made the transfer.[21][22] In May 2023, NRDC Action Fund affiliated Super-PAC, NRDC Action Votes, joined CLC in a supplemental complaint alleging that former Trump and Save America violated the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), specifically, the provisions that prohibit federal election candidates from utilizing “soft money", which refers to money that is not adherent to contribution limits, source prohibitions, or reporting requirements for election candidates.[23]^

Also that month, businessman Timothy Mellon contributed $1.5 million to MAGA Inc.[24] Businessman Andrew Beal donated $500,000 to the Super PAC.[25]^

Trump's Save America PAC transferred $60 million to MAGA Inc in 2022.[3][26] MAGA Inc. reported $54 million in cash on hand at the end of 2022.[27][28] MAGA Inc. spent money opposing some political candidates in 2022 (most notably $3.4 million opposing Raphael Warnock who won, 3.4 million opposing John Fetterman who won, and $3.0 million opposing Mark Kelly who won), and supporting some other political candidates (most notably $0.7 million supporting Blake Masters who lost, $0.09 million supporting Adam Laxalt who lost, and $0.08 supporting Mehmet Oz who lost).[1][29]^

2023

In June 2023, MAGA Inc filed a 15-page complaint with the Florida Commission on Ethics accusing Florida governor Ron DeSantis of violating federal and state campaign finance and ethics rules by running a shadow campaign for president.[30][31]^

By June 30, 2023, MAGA Inc had spent more than $23 million in 2023, almost entirely on ads attacking Ron DeSantis.[32]^

In July 2023, Alina Habba joined the PAC as legal spokesperson and general counsel.[33]

MAGA Inc. gave back more than $12 million to Trump's Save America PAC in the first half of 2023, after Save America requested a refund; that accounted for one-third of MAGA Inc.’s spending over that time period.[34] It spent $22 million on buying TV ads in support of Trump. MAGA Inc. spent more than it raised in the first six months of the year, raising $14.6 million.[34] It reported $30.8 million in its account as of June 30; at the same time, the PAC of Ron DeSantis had $96.8 million in cash on hand, and the PAC of Nikki Haley had $17.1 million in cash on hand.[34][35]^

Its top donors over the first six months of 2023 were Scientologist Patricia Duggan ($5 million) and casino owner Phil Ruffin ($2 million).[34] New York Jets owner Woody Johnson (U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom under Trump) and Charles Kushner (Trump's son-in-law's father, whom Trump pardoned) both gave $1 million.[34]

2024

On May 31, 2024, Timothy Mellon, a billionaire banking heir, gave $50 million to the PAC.[36] Mellon also contributed $50 million in July 2024, which was over 90% of the money raised for MAGA Inc. in July.[37]^

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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) threw cold water on a hot notion in Republican circles — namely, that they can offset their many disadvantages going into the 2026 midterms with their fundraising edge.

"[Republican] money advantage not what it appears to be on surface," Cornyn posted on X on Monday. Earlier he had posted an article by PoliticalWire which argued, “New data from AdImpact shows that, across nine of the most competitive Senate contests, Republicans had spent $563 million on advertising through the end of September versus $375 million for Democrats — a gap of 60 percent to 40 percent in favor of the GOP. But in terms of the actual number of ads aired, the difference is much smaller. In total, Republican ads have run roughly 290,000 times, while the Democrats’ have appeared approximately 250,000 times. That’s a much smaller difference of 54 percent to 46 percent.”

The article added, “Why hasn’t the GOP spending spree translated into a comparable advertising edge? Because Republicans have heavily relied on third-party groups like super PACs, which have to pay prevailing market rates for ads. Candidates, by contrast, are entitled by law to the lowest rates that broadcasters offer.”

Cornyn may have a personal reason for taking this stance. During his primary for the Republican Senate nomination, Cornyn lost in an upset to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after President Donald Trump unexpectedly endorsed the latter. Even though Cornyn had voted with Trump on almost every major issue, Paxton was viewed as more loyal due to his far right views. Many of Cornyn's fellow Republicans were disappointed by Trump's actions.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said the endorsement “puts that seat in jeopardy” and asked, “How does that help strengthen the president’s hand when we lose a state like Texas?” She later added she was "supremely disappointed."

Similarly Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) described Paxton as “an ethically challenged individual,” continuing that “John Cornyn is an outstanding senator and deserved, in my judgment, the president’s support. Obviously, it’s the president’s call, but I’m disappointed that he did it.”

By contrast the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) argued, “I think Paxton can win. I think it’d be three times more expensive.”

Since losing his primary to Paxton, Cornyn has in some ways acted with more political freedom than might have been the case if he was up for reelection. In September, for example, he implicitly endorsed Democrat Jon Rosenthal in his race for the Texas Railroad Commission after Republican nominee Bo French made a racist comment about the ethnic composition of a crowd of college football fans at a University of Texas game.

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Dirty tricks? Trump Super-PAC sent out a bogus Medicare cancellation notice to scare voters about Kamala Harris.One of the largest pro-Trump superPACs has dropped a massive mailing of “Medicare Cancellation Notices” letting seniors know that Kamala Harris is preparing to end the program or at least throw them off it. As David Corn reports at Mother Jones, some of the richest men in America are behind it: “MAGA, Inc. is the top pro-Trump super PAC. It has raised over $300 million during the 2024 campaign, most of it from Republican billionaires, including Howard Lutnick, the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald; Paul Singer, a hedge fund manager; Charles Kushner, the father of Jared Kushner and real estate magnate who went to jail for tax evasion and for retaliating against a federal witness (and whom Trump pardoned); and Timothy Mellon, the reclusive heir to the Mellon banking fortune, who has pumped in over $150 million.” What could these billionaires want? If you selected “more tax cuts” and “a return to segregation” I’d bet you’d have hit it right on the nose. Meanwhile, an unknown GOP-aligned group is sending text messages to college students in Wisconsin threatening them with prison if they dare vote. These people will stop at nothing…

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In Arizona, older people recently received a mailer declaring Medicare had been cancelled. It had a big red stamp that proclaimed, “Medicare Cancellation Notice.” Also emblazoned on its front was this: “Warning: Rates are going up & plans are being cancelled. Details enclosed.” Its return address was the “Department of Medicare Cancellation, Kamala Harris Administration.”

That return address should have been a tip-off that this was not an official notification—along with a scrawled add-on in cursive: “I hope you can afford to lose your insurance! — Kamala Harris XOXO.”

It’s hard to know whether any recipient saw this and received a shock, fearing their Medicare was being cut off. But the group that sent out this official-looking piece of campaign literature, Make America Great Again, Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC, was spreading false and misleading information about Medicare and about Harris.

The mailer sent out by Make America Great Again, Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC. It is designed as a “Medicare cancellation notice,” but it’s a misleading piece of campaign literature.

The backside of the notice claimed that Harris is “destroying Medicare.” It said that due to Harris, Medicare premiums were skyrocketing and that she “has a new plan that would completely liquidate Medicare funds,” adding, “All the money you’ve paid into Medicare will be gone.” It dramatically asserted, “Your care [will be] cancelled.”

None of this is true. Medicare premiums are not skyrocketing. For instance, the standard monthly Part B premium went from $164.90 in 2023 to $174.70 this year. Harris has no “new” plan to “completely liquidate Medicare funds.” She recently proposed expanding Medicare to cover long-term, in-home health care and said the program would be paid for by negotiating lower drug prices. She also called for widening Medicare to include hearing and vision benefits.

The backside of the mailer sent out by Make America Great Again, Inc., a pro-Trump super PAC.

The MAGA, Inc. mailer contained footnotes seemingly to back up its outlandish accusation. But they were vague and misleading. They appeared to point to references from years ago when Harris was a supporter of Medicare for All, which is no longer partof her policy agenda.

MAGA, Inc. is the top pro-Trump super PAC. It has raised over $300 million during the 2024 campaign, most of it from Republican billionaires, including Howard Lutnick, the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald; Paul Singer, a hedge fund manager; Charles Kushner, the father of Jared Kushner and real estate magnate who went to jail for tax evasion and for retaliating against a federal witness (and whom Trump pardoned); and Timothy Mellon, the reclusive heir to the Mellon banking fortune, who has pumped in over $150 million. (Mellon also gave $25 million to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s failed presidential campaign.) MAGA, Inc., according to a memo it released this summer, aims to spend at least $100 million in ads to portray Harris as “the most radical liberal ever to run for President.”

MAGA, Inc., since its founding in 2022, has been a critical player in Trumpworld. Its first executive director was Taylor Budowich, a former Trump White House aide, who refused to cooperate with the House January 6 committee and who testified to the grand jury that investigated Trump’s alleged swiping of classified documents. He joined the Trump campaign in August. Other staffers have included Steve Cheung, now the Trump campaign’s combative spokesperson, and Chris LaCivita, co-manager of Trump’s current presidential bid.

Medicare is frequently a hot issue during a presidential campaign, in particular because seniors tend to vote at high rates. Harris’ campaign cites her accomplishments regarding Medicare, pointing out that the Biden-Harris administration capped out-of-pocket spending for Medicare beneficiaries and limited the cost of insulin for recipients at $35 a month. It also provided Medicare the authority to negotiate lower prescription drug costs. And Medicare solvency improved during the Biden years.

Repeatedly during the 2024 campaign, Trump has vowed not to cut Social Security or Medicare, though in March he did say in an interview, “There is a lot you can do in terms of entitlements, in terms of cutting.” (When he was president, Trump did propose Medicare cuts.) Tax experts have noted that Trump’s proposal to exempt taxes on Social Security would lead to Social Security and Medicare receiving $1.6 trillion less in revenue in the next ten years and push each into insolvency sooner. (Project 2025—which Trump has tried to distance himself from—calls for changes in Medicare that would move more recipients into Medicare Advantage plans that are run by private insurance companies, and, according to Fortune, this could increase the financial pressure on Medicare.)

Mother Jones contacted MAGA, Inc. and asked if the super PAC intended for the mailer to look like an official notice and if it was concerned a recipient might at first be scared, believing his or her Medicare had been cancelled. It did not respond.

Mailers often convey the most scurrilous political attacks. Yet they tend to receive little media attention and routinely escape fact-checking and rebuttal. (As I reported recently, in Michigan, Jewish Republicans mailed out campaign literature accusing Harris, whose husband is Jewish, of being bad for Jews.) So it’s unlikely that the seniors who saw this faux notice exclaiming Medicare has been shut down will subsequently receive a counter explaining that Medicare was not cancelled and is not being destroyed by Harris.

Political campaigns can be sleazy affairs. But there is something particularly odious about billionaires attempting to frighten Medicare recipients with phony messaging in order to persuade them to vote for a guy who has proposed Medicare cuts and who will shower the wealthy with large tax breaks. But to them, this must seem a solid investment.

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Alex Pfeiffer, communications director at the pro-Trump super PAC MAGA Inc. received kudos from Breitbart News on Saturday for developing an “analytical mindset” and factual approach in his prior career in right-wing journalism. While he was a producer for Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight, Pfeiffer privately blamed Donald Trump for the January 6 insurrection and described the then-president’s supporters as “terrorists, but especially dumb ones.”

Pfeiffer, a former reporter at Carlson’s The Daily Caller who followed him to Fox, appeared on Breitbart’s Sirius XM show March 15.

“I like that you’re a journalist by trade, before you got into the political game, because I think you approach things factually and with an analytical mindset, very similar to how we do at Breitbart,” Breitbart Washington bureau chief Matthew Boyle told him.

Boyle is correct to the extent that, in practice, success in right-wing journalism means looking past or lying about Trump’s depraved behavior in order to make money from his zealous supporters and own the libs.

Pfeiffer was one of numerous Fox employees whose private messages were revealed through Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation suit against Fox. Those communications showed that Fox’s top executives and big stars, including Carlson, amplified Trump’s lies that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen even though they knew those claims were false out of fears that if they did not do so, their Trump-obsessed viewers would abandon the network.

The Dominion filings show Pfeiffer describing Sidney Powell, the Trump lawyer responsible for some of the most absurd conspiracy theories about Dominion that aired on Fox, as “a fucking nutcase” who was “lying.” Trying to push back against the election denial conspiracy theories that Fox viewers wanted to believe was like “negotiating with terrorists,” he complained, “but especially dumb ones. Cousin f----- types not saudi royalty.”

But Pfeiffer’s most revelatory comments came in messages to Carlson during the host’s January 6, 2021, broadcast, just hours after a violent mob of Trump supporters stalled the peaceful transition of power by storming the U.S. Capitol. In language that could have come from a member of the January 6 select committee, Pfeiffer condemned Trump “for everything that happened today.”

“Millions believe that the election was stolen because of Donald Trump and demagogues like this Drew guy,” Pfeiffer said, referring to right-wing reporter Drew Hernandez, who had suggested to Carlson’s audience that antifa infiltrators had been responsible for the violence that day.

“They take the president literally,” Pfeiffer continued. “He said it was stolen. They believe him. He is to blame for everything that happened today.”

“The problem is a little deeper than that I’d say,” Carlson responded.

“Obviously the problems are deep but at the core of it is Trump saying it was stolen,” Pfeiffer replied.

“Not the core,” Carlson replied. “Awful but a symptom.”

“He promoted today’s rally a month ago and said it would be ‘wild,’” Pfeiffer said. “Come on.”

“There is just too much circular logic going around,” he added an hour later. “Yes millions of people think the election was stolen, but they didn’t just wake up with that belief. They were told it was stolen and that was amplified in talk radio/memes etc.”

Texts between Tucker Carlson and Alex Pfeiffer from a filing in Dominion Voting System's lawsuit against Fox News.

“The president of the United States has told his supporters daily for months that the election was stolen,” Pfeiffer texted Carlson later that night. “His allies parroted this. He promoted a massive rally in DC. They all flew in. He then encouraged them to go to the Capitol and the rest is history.”

He went on to criticize Trump’s “lies giving people hope” that the election would be overturned and his refusal to “disavow” the QAnon movement.

Pfeiffer apparently got over all that pretty quickly. His LinkedIn profile shows that he was promoted that month from investigative producer on Carlson’s Fox show to investigative & editorial producer with his hand in Carlson’s Fox Nation programming as well. He remained in that role for more than a year, as Carlson launched a 1/6 Truth movement based on the fraudulent premise that the federal government had masterminded the attack as a pretense to target Trump’s supporters and mocked concerns about QAnon.

Pfeiffer finally left Fox to start his own communications firm in June 2022 and quickly aligned with the former president’s most loyal supporters. He joined the MAGA Inc. super PAC three months later, alongside Trump stalwarts Chris LaCivita, Steven Cheung, and Tony Fabrizio; the former two now play senior roles in the Trump campaign.

The group has raised tens of millions of dollars from major Republican donors and made headlines earlier this month for an ad which aired before the State of the Union attacking President Joe Biden for his age. For right-wing journalists like Boyle and operatives like Pfeiffer, that is apparently worse than his opponent “making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House.”

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