“I don’t wear masks like him. Every time you see him, he's got a mask. He could be speaking 200 feet away from me, and he shows up with the biggest mask I've ever seen.” — Donald Trump, 9/29/20
"A lot of people don't want to wear a mask. There are a lot of people think the masks are not good." — Donald Trump, 9/16/20
"There's no reason for [Biden] to have masks on. We get tested. I'm tested. I have people tested...So, I'm in sort of a different position. And maybe if I wasn't in that position I'd be wearing it more." — Donald Trump, 9/16/20
"The concept of a mask is good, but it also does you're constantly touching it, you're touching your face, you're touching plates. There are people that don't think masks are good." — Donald Trump, 9/15/20
"We have Labor Day weekend coming up but did you ever see a man that likes a mask as much as [Biden]? And then he makes a speech and he always has it not always but a lot of times he has it hanging down because you know what, it gives him a feeling of security." — Trump, 9/3/20
"I've never been against masks, but I do believe they have a time and a place." — Trump, 7/11/20
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1. Progressive Champions PAC, a super PAC created last month, says on its website that its mission is to “elect bold, progressive candidates up and down the ballot.”
A Popular Information investigaiton reveals that it's a GOP front group.
Following along for receipts.
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2. Progressive Champions just booked 400K in ads attacking Cait Conley, a Dem candidate in New York’s 17th District competing in the June 23 primary. The ads claim that Conley is “not progressive" and tie her to Trump.
3. Popular Information previously reported that Real Change PAC, another sham progressive PAC, sent a message to supporters from a email address — the domain of a GOP comms shop and top vendor of the CLF, the House Republican super PAC.cavalryllc.com
3. In his testimony before a House committee, however, AG Blanche said that there would be NO WRITTEN MODIFICATIONS to the settlement and that he would continue to defend it in court.
1. For the SECOND TIME IN SIX MONTHS, a foreign real estate development led by Jared Kushner has been derailed by a GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION SCANDAL and mass protests.
Follow along for all the gory details.
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2. Jared and Ivanka are developing a $4 billion resort centered around an uninhabited island in Albania.
The massive project, which includes 10,000 hotel rooms, is located in one of Europe’s most environmentally sensitive areas.
1. Real Change PAC, a super PAC that purports to be "committed to progressive values," has spent millions of dollars in Democratic primaries.
It is actually a Republican front closely tied to House Republican leadership.
An email completely exposed the dirty tricks operation.
2. When you registered for the Real Change PAC email list on its website, the confirmation email came from a Cavalry LLC domain. Cavalry one of DC’s premier GOP communications shops.
3. According to FEC filings analyzed by Popular Information, the CLF -- the primary super PAC of the House Republicans -- spent over $10 million in the 2024 cycle buying digital ads through Cavalry.
1. Lead Left, a super PAC created on 4/24, purports to stand "against MAGA extremists."
It has spent $3M+ in Democratic primaries.
But it's funders and motivations have been secret.
Until now.
It's a GOP dirty tricks operation.
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2. Popular Information found that Lead Left is linked to Caleb Crosby, a Republican operative. Crosby is the treasurer of the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), the primary super PAC of the House GOP.
In Texas, Lead Left spent 900K supporting Maureen Galindo in the Democratic House primary. Galindo, a sex therapist, pledged to turn an ICE detention facility a “prison for American Zionists.”
Her campaign less than 11K. (She lost last night.)