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Trump’s Senate Pick Is Losing. Look Who’s Paying For Him.

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The detail that stopped me cold in Michael Whatley’s filings was one single box. Under “employer,” the filing for Trump’s Energy Secretary literally says: “US Dept of Energy.” They aren’t even trying to hide it. We have at least 10 more investigations like this dropping before Election Day. If you want to fund the dig and put the next batch of receipts in front of millions of voters, step up as a Founding Member or gift a subscription. Trump’s Senate Pick Is Losing. Look Who’s Paying For Him. Also: The judge, the lawyer, and the peanut farmer Trump didn’t see coming Scott Dworkin Oct 1 What you’re about to read isn’t sitting on a cable news teleprompter. It exists because we spent hours and hours digging through records Trump’s people hoped nobody would ever read. Before we dig into the receipts, tap the ❤️ like button and restack this post so the algorithms can’t hide it. It’s a huge help. We don’t take corporate cash, and we have no billionaire publisher telling us to take it easy on...

NC Senate filings: four Trump officials

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  NC Senate filings: four Trump officials Scott Dworkin Oct 1 Earlier today, we published proof that sitting Trump cabinet members and appointees are quietly pouring more than $150,000 into Michael Whatley’s Senate race in North Carolina. It’s an exclusive scoop. Nobody else has reported it. That investigation went out to everyone for free. I refuse to put stories like this behind a paywall when voters need to see the receipts before casting their ballots. But if you value that work and want to help us keep digging every single day through November, you can become a paid subscriber right here for 35% off. Running down 5,000 pages of filings isn’t free. Cross-referencing donor databases takes hours of tedious, unglamorous research. And with 33 days left until the midterms, our team has 10 more of these investigations lined up across the country. We don’t take corporate sponsorships. We don’t have a billionaire backer writing checks to cover our overhead. The only reason anyone gets ...