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Dark money groups have pumped $1 billion into GOP effort to retake the Senate

Author:     Jake Johnson
Source:     AlterNet / Common Dreams
Publication Date:     October 23, 2022
 Link: Dark money groups have pumped $1 billion into GOP effort to retake the Senate
Stephan:   As I watch the various television channel news operations and listen to the interviews with ordinary Americans talking about how they will vote, I am stunned at how little people seem to understand about what is going on. beneath the surface. There seems to be no real conception of how corrupt the government is, and how big an influence the corporate and uber-rich dark money manipulates the electoral process, although there is a sense the government is not to be trusted. This article describes some of the factual reality that most of the media never covers, or covers adequately.
MAGAT Republican Mitch McConnell, personally corrupt and the leader of Republican corruption. Credit: Creative Commons

Shadowy organizations that are legally allowed to hide their donors have pumped nearly $1 billion into the Republican Party’s effort to retake the U.S. Senate, according to an NPR analysis released Saturday.

The finding comes a month after Senate Republicans tanked a bill that would have required dark money groups to disclose their donors and funding sources.

In total, NPR found that “more than $1.6 billion has been spent or booked on TV ads in a dozen Senate races, with $3 out of every $4 being spent in six states—Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Ohio.”

“Most of that money is coming from dark money outside groups with little-to-no donor transparency—and Republicans are getting a huge boost from them,” the outlet reported.

Nearly 90% of the money spent on pro-Republican television ads this midterm cycle has been from dark money groups, according to NPR‘s analysis of ad data. By comparison, 55% of spending on ads boosting Democrats has come from dark money organizations, which have exploded in number and influence since […]

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