David Armiak
@armiak.bsky.social
Research Director and Investigative Journalist at The Center for Media and Democracy. Anthropologist. Proud father. Music nerd.
SCOOP: The rightwing extremist group Turning Point USA is holding rallies in Ohio at University of Cincinnati and Miami University in December with anti-ESG zealot Vivek Ramaswamy. Recent polls show Ramaswamy in a tight race with Amy Acton for Governor.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
SCOOP: The rightwing extremist group Turning Point USA is holding rallies in Ohio at University of Cincinnati and Miami University in December with anti-ESG zealot Vivek Ramaswamy. Recent polls show Ramaswamy in a tight race with Amy Acton for Governor.
Moms for Liberty attempting to rename Pride Month “Parental Rights Month.”
June 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Moms for Liberty attempting to rename Pride Month “Parental Rights Month.”
Ballotpedia’s top known funders are all major funders of right-wing infrastructure. 👇 When you use Ballotpedia, you are not only offering it legitimacy, you are providing it with the Google juice it needs to move higher in search results. Quit Ballotpedia!
May 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Ballotpedia’s top known funders are all major funders of right-wing infrastructure. 👇 When you use Ballotpedia, you are not only offering it legitimacy, you are providing it with the Google juice it needs to move higher in search results. Quit Ballotpedia!
People often don’t believe me when I tell them that Ballotpedia is a right-wing op. Here is a great example where they promote a Heritage Fdn critique of a SPLC piece that correctly characterizes Alliance Defending Freedom & Jerry Bower as Christian extremists. Sound neutral?
May 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
People often don’t believe me when I tell them that Ballotpedia is a right-wing op. Here is a great example where they promote a Heritage Fdn critique of a SPLC piece that correctly characterizes Alliance Defending Freedom & Jerry Bower as Christian extremists. Sound neutral?
Walker speaking at the Bradley and Koch-funded CROWE center on campus is about as surprising as the sun rising this morning. Once a shill, always a shill!
April 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Walker speaking at the Bradley and Koch-funded CROWE center on campus is about as surprising as the sun rising this morning. Once a shill, always a shill!
This is wrong on so many levels. Fuck Musk.
April 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is wrong on so many levels. Fuck Musk.
Koch’s astroturf operation Americans for Prosperity pretending like Libre Initiative isn’t a registered project of itself on X. AFP and Libre Initiative are literally the same org.
January 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Koch’s astroturf operation Americans for Prosperity pretending like Libre Initiative isn’t a registered project of itself on X. AFP and Libre Initiative are literally the same org.
SCOOP: The Leonard Leo-tied group tasked with fighting woke capitalism, Consumers' Research, brought in $8.2 mil in revenue and spent $10 mil in 2023, its latest IRS filing obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy shows.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
December 3, 2024 at 2:04 PM
SCOOP: The Leonard Leo-tied group tasked with fighting woke capitalism, Consumers' Research, brought in $8.2 mil in revenue and spent $10 mil in 2023, its latest IRS filing obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy shows.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
NEW: Tom Jones's group American Accountability Foundation brought in over $1 mil in revenue for the first time in 2023, its latest IRS filing obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy shows. The filing has been published on AFF's Sourcewatch page.
www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?ti...
www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?ti...
November 27, 2024 at 5:10 PM
NEW: Tom Jones's group American Accountability Foundation brought in over $1 mil in revenue for the first time in 2023, its latest IRS filing obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy shows. The filing has been published on AFF's Sourcewatch page.
www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?ti...
www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?ti...
SCOOP: The Conservative Partnership Institute gave the first known grant ($795K) to insurrectionist Cleta Mitchell's FAIR Elections Fund in 2023, its latest IRS filing obtained by CMD details. CPI also sent $20K to her Election Integrity Network.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
November 27, 2024 at 12:29 AM
SCOOP: The Conservative Partnership Institute gave the first known grant ($795K) to insurrectionist Cleta Mitchell's FAIR Elections Fund in 2023, its latest IRS filing obtained by CMD details. CPI also sent $20K to her Election Integrity Network.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
SCOOP: Russel Vought's Center for Renewing America brought in $4.4 mil in revenue in 2024, according to its latest IRS filing obtained by CMD. Vought is a Project 2025 architect & Trump's nominee to return as director of the Office of Management and Budget.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
November 26, 2024 at 11:07 PM
SCOOP: Russel Vought's Center for Renewing America brought in $4.4 mil in revenue in 2024, according to its latest IRS filing obtained by CMD. Vought is a Project 2025 architect & Trump's nominee to return as director of the Office of Management and Budget.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Heritage's largest grant of $500K was to Heritage Action, which brought in $12.7 mil in revenue & spent $14.3 mil in 2023, according to its latest IRS filing obtained by CMD. Heritage Action again sent cash to Leonard Leo's CRC Advisors, $240K in 2023.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
November 25, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Heritage's largest grant of $500K was to Heritage Action, which brought in $12.7 mil in revenue & spent $14.3 mil in 2023, according to its latest IRS filing obtained by CMD. Heritage Action again sent cash to Leonard Leo's CRC Advisors, $240K in 2023.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
SCOOP: The Heritage Foundation, architects of Project 2025, brought in $101 mil in revenue, and spent $108 mil in 2023, its latest IRS filing obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy shows. Heritage disclosed net assets of $348 million at the end of 2023.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
November 25, 2024 at 9:18 PM
SCOOP: The Heritage Foundation, architects of Project 2025, brought in $101 mil in revenue, and spent $108 mil in 2023, its latest IRS filing obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy shows. Heritage disclosed net assets of $348 million at the end of 2023.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Michigan SCOOP: U.S. Sen. candidate Dr. Sherry O'Donnell (R) is holding "Michigan’s Faith, Family, and Medical Freedom Conference" in Detroit on Apr 6 & Grand Rapids on Apr 7. Agenda includes: "The assault on our children," "defending religious freedom" & "the threat of the WHO"
March 28, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Michigan SCOOP: U.S. Sen. candidate Dr. Sherry O'Donnell (R) is holding "Michigan’s Faith, Family, and Medical Freedom Conference" in Detroit on Apr 6 & Grand Rapids on Apr 7. Agenda includes: "The assault on our children," "defending religious freedom" & "the threat of the WHO"
ALEC SCOOP: The American Legislative Exchange Council is soliciting signatures from its state lawmaker members for a letter to Congress asking it to extend the provisions in the Trump tax cuts of 2017 that will expire at the end of 2025.
#ALECExposed
#ALECExposed
March 27, 2024 at 5:37 PM
ALEC SCOOP: The American Legislative Exchange Council is soliciting signatures from its state lawmaker members for a letter to Congress asking it to extend the provisions in the Trump tax cuts of 2017 that will expire at the end of 2025.
#ALECExposed
#ALECExposed
U.S. Sen candidate Eric Hovde (R-WI) spoke alongside insurrectionist Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) and Sheriff Mark Dannels of Cochise County, AZ at the Waukesha County Lincoln Day Dinner, CMD has learned. Dannels is an adherent of the rightwing “Constitutional Sheriff” movement.
March 20, 2024 at 10:23 PM
U.S. Sen candidate Eric Hovde (R-WI) spoke alongside insurrectionist Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI) and Sheriff Mark Dannels of Cochise County, AZ at the Waukesha County Lincoln Day Dinner, CMD has learned. Dannels is an adherent of the rightwing “Constitutional Sheriff” movement.
The Pro-Trump doctors' Freedom Summit featuring insurrectionists Simone Gold and Mike Flynn is coming up on March 15th in Naples. Anyone going?😷 Recall that Gold and Flynn are both deeply tied to the Council for National Policy.
#ShadowNetwork
March 9, 2024 at 10:01 PM
The Pro-Trump doctors' Freedom Summit featuring insurrectionists Simone Gold and Mike Flynn is coming up on March 15th in Naples. Anyone going?😷 Recall that Gold and Flynn are both deeply tied to the Council for National Policy.
#ShadowNetwork