Topic: Political donors

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (C) is led away handcuffed by officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force at the Nassau, Bahamas, courthouse on December 19, 2022. (KRIS INGRAHAM/AFP via Getty Images)

How dark money drove the crypto fraud

Lisa Gilbert
Peter Thiel (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

Peter Thiel: MAGA's mega-donor

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) (Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images)

Consultants "sick" about work for Sinema

Igor Derysh
Mitch McConnell and Kyrsten Sinema (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Sinema talks to Mitch — but not Biden

Igor Derysh
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP magic: The "pre-checked box"

Jon Skolnik
Donald Trump | Contractors working for Cyber Ninjas, who was hired by the Arizona State Senate, examine and recount ballots from the 2020 general election at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on May 8, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump allies' dark money funds AZ audit

Jon Skolnik
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Josh Hawley (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Hawley, MTG lead GOP post-riot cash boom

Igor Derysh
Democratic presidential candidate South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Donor: Buttigieg bundler offered access

Igor Derysh
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden (Getty images/Salon)

Biden's campaign may need Super PAC

Eoin Higgins - Common Dreams
Entertainer Seth MacFarlane speaks during a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) (Chris Pizzello/invision/ap)

The politics of Seth MacFarlane's comedy

Matthew Rozsa
Democratic presidential candidate, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (Getty/Drew Angerer)

Who's leading the Wall Street primary?

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Bernie Sanders; Cory Booker; Joe Biden; Kamala Harris; Kirsten Gillibrand (AP/Salon)

Will Bernie run? And does it matter?

Conor Lynch
Elizabeth Warren; Bernie Sanders (Getty/Mark Wilson/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Salon)

Big donors bolting from Democrats?

Conor Lynch
FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2014 file photo, then-Labor Secretary Tom Perez speaks in the South Court Auditorium in the White House compound in Washington. South Carolina Democratic Party chair Jaime Harrison is exiting the race for Democratic National Committee chairman and throwing his support to Perez, solidifying the former Labor Secretary’s place as the front-runner in the still-volatile contest. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (AP)

Democrats' fundraising fail

Matthew Sheffield
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-62044p1.html'>Kim Seidl</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=1226820'>samdiesel</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>/Salon)

GOP donors: Rich and far right

Sean McElwee, Jesse Rhodes, Brian Schaffner
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (AP/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Chicago's donor class

Sarah Lazare