Demand Justice

Deception & Misdirection
Arabella’s “Dark Money” Wants to Silence Free Speech
Enemies of free speech apparently feel right at home in the country’s largest “dark money” lobbying empire. Case-in-point, the Dangerous Speech Project aims to “inoculate” Americans against right-wing “hate” and…
by Hayden Ludwig on January 31, 2023

Deception & Misdirection
Ludwig Talks Arabella Advisors
Hayden Ludwig talked about Arabella Advisors and “dark money” on Uncover California with Lori Mills radio show. He explained how Arabella runs a network of five nonprofits that funnel “dark…
by Hayden Ludwig on January 19, 2023

Foundation Watch
A Cool $21 Billion for Politics—Courtesy of George Soros
New filings reveal that George Soros’s nonprofit empire has poured out nearly $21 billion since 2000, making him perhaps the biggest ATM for leftist political causes in the world. At…
by Hayden Ludwig on January 4, 2023

Organization Trends
Sixteen Thirty Fund’s “Dark Money” Boosting Democrats in Midterms
To no one’s surprise, the Arabella network’s advocacy arms are spending heavily to boost Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections. Since the beginning of the midterm cycle in January 2021,…
by Hayden Ludwig on October 19, 2022

Organization Trends
The For-Profit DC Firm Staging America’s ‘Grassroots’ Movements
Behind the closed doors of an unassuming philanthropic consultancy in Washington, D.C., is one of the most powerful lobbying forces in the United States. The Atlantic has called it “the massive progressive dark-money…
by Hayden Ludwig on September 19, 2022

Deception & Misdirection
“Dark Money” Networks on the Left Pulled In $3.7 Billion in 2020
In 2020 alone, six networks raked in a stunning $3.7 billion in “dark money,” funds used largely for political activism whose donors are difficult—if not impossible—to trace. Some of these…
by Hayden Ludwig on May 12, 2022

Organization Trends
My Mistake on “Dark Money”—and How It Reveals Media Bias in Covering This Subject
A year ago, in March 2021, I testified to a Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing. And I made a mistake. I apologize for my mistake. Mr. Kotch was right, and I…
by Scott Walter on May 3, 2022

Organization Trends
Watch Out, Alaska, More Partisan News Is Coming Your Way
If you haven’t heard of States Newsroom, you soon will—the network of left-leaning outlets posing as just-the-facts news sites is expanding in force, with new offices in Juneau, Anchorage, and elsewhere in…
by Hayden Ludwig on April 15, 2022

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #211: Dark Money and Demand Justice
Last week, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faced questioning and speechifying from members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee as it considered her nomination for the seat on the U.S. Supreme…
by Hayden Ludwig, Michael Watson on March 28, 2022

Organization Trends
WaPo Fact Checker Carries Water for Leftist “Dark Money” Group Behind Biden’s SCOTUS Pick
One aspect of President Joe Biden’s pick for the coming Supreme Court vacancy isn’t up for debate: Whatever her credentials, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is the “dark money” left’s choice…
by Hayden Ludwig on March 23, 2022