The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Feb 4, 2025
Today’s Script
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New Federal Election Commission filings by multi-billionaire and quasi Trump cabinet member Elon Musk show he and his companies spent at least $288 million dollars in the 2024 election cycle, even more than expected.
We reported last October that Musk poured millions into his America PAC, offering a borderline-legal $47-dollar bounty for referring unregistered voters to a website collecting personal contact information. Open Secrets reports that Musk poured $118 million dollars into the PAC, just between July and October 2024.
Musk coughed up another $20 million dollars to fund the RBG PAC, funding misleading advertising suggesting Justice Ginsberg agreed with Trump on abortion.
In October, Musk contributed another $925,000 dollars directly to a Trump PAC, Trump 47 Campaign Committee, Inc.
Musk’s filings show that contributions in $10,000 dollar increments flowed to most state GOP committees around the country, many payments coming in late October.
Curiously, the most recent filing shows Musk put another $45 million dollars in the America PAC AFTER the election, perhaps to make donations to the Trump inaugural fund, or begin funding the 2026 midterm cycle.
Other notable donations included $2.3 million to the Sentinel Action Fund, $1 million to the Early Vote Action PAC, $825,000 to the Hispanic Leadership Alliance, and funding two Congressional campaigns.
Find links to the FEC and Open Secrets data for even more Musk contributions at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org. I’m Brian Beihl
Today’s Links
Articles & Resources:
Federal Election Commission – Individual Contributions of Elon Musk
Open Secrets – Top 2024 Election Cycle Contributors
Open Secrets – Organizations Disclosing Donations to America PAC (Texas), 2024
Open Secrets – 2024 Election Cycle Contributions Supporting Donald Trump
Politico – Elon Musk was behind mysterious pro-Trump super PAC that invoked Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Groups Taking Action:
Issue One, Public Citizen, American Promise, End Citizens United, Equal Citizens
Register or Check Your Voter Registration:
U.S. Election Assistance Commission – Register And Vote in Your State
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