Thread by @kenvogel

NEW: Ex-@Google chief ERIC SCHMIDT (who chairs the @DeptofDefense's @InnovationBoard) donated $750k last month to the new Dem super PAC @futureforwardUS.

It produced this ad linking TRUMP to white supremacists & PUTIN, & plans to spend $20M+ on TV ads. docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/…

LA CLIPPERS FAM FOR BIDEN: The pro-@JoeBiden @UniteCountryPAC last month received $500k from CONNIE BALLMER, according to a new @FEC filing.

Ballmer is the wife of @LAClippers owner (& former @Microsoft chief) @Steven_Ballmer.

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BIG GOP $ RALLYING TO SAVE SENATE: McCONNELL-linked @Senate_Fund super PAC raised $8M last month, mostly from mega-donors:
• Bernie Marcus: $2M
• Reyes bros (food distributors): $1.5M
• Warren Stephens: $1M
• @Linda_McMahon: $500k
• Liz Uihlien: $500k
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BIDEN SUPER PAC RAISES $7.5M: In June, after @JoeBiden blessed @prioritiesUSA as his official super PAC, it raised $7.5M (more than 2xs what it raised in May), from a mix of small & large donors, including:
• Jim Simons: $2M
• John Pritzker: $500k
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One of the biggest donors to the super PAC devoted to helping Democrats retake the Senate, @MajorityPAC, last month was ...

RUPERT MURDOCH'S daughter-in-law, KATHRYN MURDOCH.

She donated $1 million, per new @FEC report.

TRUMP's super PAC @AmericaFirstPAC raised only* $2.4M last month, most of which came from 2 people he appointed to administration posts:

• @Linda_McMahon (ex-@SBAgov head): $1M
• @WoodyJohnson4 (@USAmbUK): $1M

* BIDEN's main super PAC @prioritiesUSA raised $7.5M last month.