The "superPAC" is a relatively new beast that emerged as a result of two court rulings, including an important 2010 ruling by the Supreme Court. The "superPAC", which is officially known as an "independent expenditure-only committee", has become an increasingly popular method of influence fo...
What is a SuperPAC? Understanding what it means for you.Prior to Citizens United, it was simply illegal for corporations or unions to make contributions to and expenditures on behalf of any candidate for federal office. If a corporation or union wanted to participate in federal elections, i...
Aug. 9, 2012 -- To start, what a Super PAC is not: "A popular video game for smartphones." No shame though if that was your initial thought. A statistically significant number of people, when asked a question like the one in the headline and given four potential answers, chose the ...
Clara Spera, Ginsberg's granddaughter, chastised the PAC in astatementto the Washington Post stating it "has no connection to the Ginsburg family and is an affront to my late grandmother’s legacy." Earlier in the election cycle, Musk had written big checks to groups supporting Hou...
Meta, Amazonand OpenAI CEO Sam Altman last month donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund. And billionaireElon Musk’ssuper PACspentaround $200 million to help electTrump. But Biden made a complicated assertion as both Republicans and Democrats have relied on Silicon...
Why is Bluesky growing? Two days before the sign-up surge, Trumpannouncedthat he would tap billionaires Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to be part of his second administration, co-leading the new Department of Government Efficiency. Musk's super PAC also spent around$200 million supporting Trump's 202...
And he said Trump should accept an endorsement from tech mogul Elon Musk, even though Musk has business interests in China. He also said Trump would have an array of talented people to fill key roles in his administration. In particular, he praised Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.)...
Vivian Jenna Wilson, the transgender daughter of Elon Musk, says she is leaving the U.S. over Donald Trump’s return to the White House. “I’ve thought this for a while, but yesterday confirmed it for me. I don’t see my future being in the United States,” she said in aThreads...
“He’s very supportive of the industry, and the industry is very supportive of him,” says Eberhart, who said Trump’s backing of cheap energy is good for American consumers. A Trump supporter on the other side of the green divide is Musk, who created his own Trump-aligned PAC. As of...
One dictionary definition of an oligarch is a "very wealthy business leader who helps to run the government." That would seem to fitElon Musk, the world's richest man, who personally gave more than $130 million (and his super PAC gave $200 million) to help Trump win back the White Hou...