The Bulwark: From Nonprofit to Profits
The DDT Institute tax filing for 2019, really the first year DDT Institute received serious money, lists total revenue of $3 million and expenditures of $1.6 million, nearly all of…
Organization Trends
The Bulwark: Making a Business of Trump Derangement
But in practice, “the Never-Trump ethos is crucial to [The Bulwark], especially at a time when liberal media outlets feel snakebit by the perceived overreach of resistance-style journalism.” The Bulwark…
The Bulwark: Take Away Trump
The Bulwark team will never admit it, and they may not even realize it, but Donald J. Trump has been their god. They owe him for everything they have accomplished.
NGOs Are Often BGOs—Basically Governmental Organizations
By tradition, American nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are our civil society backbone, where private money provides great things without government interference. Soup kitchens, animal shelters, schools, and churches are some of…
InfluenceWatch Friday
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The DDT Network: A Rich Never Trump Machine Built to Last
Defending Democracy Together (DDT), a Never Trump advocacy group created by former Republicans Bill Kristol and Sarah Longwell, has sprawled into a network of left-leaning political action committees, policy nonprofits…
The Lincoln Project Sells Revenge Rather Than Results: What You Get for Your Money
Political attack ads can change minds if the message is nuanced and accurately aimed at persuadable voters. The Lincoln Project, a Never Trump super PAC formed by erstwhile Republican consultants,…
The Lincoln Project Sells Revenge Rather Than Results: Unburdened
When Biden was replaced, Democrats were hoping Americans would forget this problem and look ahead to Harris. But the Lincoln Project wouldn’t let it go. On October 9 they let…
The Lincoln Project Sells Revenge Rather Than Results: Who Are These People?
At $1 million, Lincoln’s largest single donor for 2024 appears to have been Michael Moritz, a billionaire investor from the San Francisco area. The second largest donor during the 2024…
The Lincoln Project Sells Revenge Rather Than Results: Unforced Errors
here has been no shortage of Lincoln Project scandals. One was the decision to allow Showtime to film their work during the 2020 campaign, and in the process preserving for…