Arabella Advisors’ ‘Dark Money’ Monster Helped Leftists Gain Power

Watchdog group Americans for Public Trust recently blew the whistle on the “news” website Courier Newsroom, which was operating as a front for ACRONYM, a Democratic-aligned group, to target 2020 swing states. It’s a win for transparency, but the font of “dark money” for leftists is bigger—$600 millionbigger.

Courier Newsroom is a creation of Arabella Advisors, a little-known liberal behemoth and consultancy responsible for a hidden river of cash that poured out $600 million in 2018. Arabella is the left’s best-kept secret that proves something money-in-politics reporters have failed to notice: nonprofits—not the parties—drive our politics.

Consider two key factors that influenced the 2018 midterm elections: rivers of hidden spending by groups on the left and historic turnout among liberal voters.

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