Who's Funding What

Following the money behind the message. Who funds which politicians, which ad campaigns, and what the spending is actually trying to say. Receipts, not rants.

Crypto regulation

Crypto's $245M Shadow Campaign

~$160.4M tracked

Fairshake and its affiliates ran the largest industry super PAC of 2024 — and almost never mentioned crypto in the ads.

FairshakeDefend American JobsProtect Progress

Climate / energy

Drill, Baby, Donate

~$19.8M tracked

Oil and gas giants pumped $219M into the 2024 election — then collected policy returns worth billions.

Energy Transfer LP / Kelcy WarrenChevron CorporationAmerican Petroleum Institute (API)Oil & Gas Industry (OpenSecrets sector aggregate)

Campaign finance

Elon Musk's $290M Political Machine

~$339M tracked

The world's richest man bet his fortune on Trump — and kept betting after he won.

Elon MuskAmerica PACRBG PACBuilding America's Future

Drug pricing

Receipts at the Pharmacy Counter

~$4.5M tracked

How pharmaceutical PACs and dark money rewarded the Democrats who quietly narrowed Medicare drug-price negotiation.

Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)Center ForwardPfizer Inc. PAC

AI regulation

AI's $27 Million Proxy War: OpenAI vs Anthropic

~$43.6M tracked

Two AI labs poured tens of millions into a single Manhattan congressional race — and the winner told them both to get lost.

Leading the FuturePublic First ActionJobs and Democracy / Defending Our Values