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The STOCK Act of 2012 was supposed to end congressional insider trading. Twenty years later, the exemptions are so broad that nearly every trade is legal.
Americans for Prosperity, the JDavis Fund, and a web of LLCs form the largest donor network in American politics. Here's exactly where the money goes.
Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, and General Dynamics control 85% of all defense contracts. The congressional oversight problem is structural.
From the MSTR trade to stablecoin holdings to NFT royalties, Trump-era officials have found a new asset class that blurs the line between government and personal finance.
The FEC allows unlimited contributions to 'dark money' groups that don't have to disclose their donors. These seven vehicles make it happen.
AI companies received $11B in federal contracts in the last two years. The companies with the most to gain are also the ones buying congressional stock.
When the $52B CHIPS Act came up for a vote, 12 members already held positions in the semiconductor companies that would benefit. That's not coincidence.
Federal procurement rules require competitive bidding. Except when they don't. These 7 FAR exceptions swallow 40% of all federal spending.
America PAC is just the visible top of a much deeper network. Here's the full structure of Trump's political financing apparatus.
Regional Fed presidents are subject to trading restrictions. But the restrictions have so many loopholes that the average trade window contains more movement than a typical quarter on Wall Street.
While DOGE claimed to cut federal spending, SpaceX, Tesla, and Neuralink affiliates quietly secured over $10 billion in new and renewed federal contracts. Here is the full pipeline.
At least 10 congressional members purchased stock in federal contractors within 30 days before a major contract award was announced. These are not coincidences. They are patterns.
Arabella Advisors manages six dark money groups that have moved over $1.4 billion to left-leaning candidates since 2010. The layering is deliberate. The transparency is zero.
OGE Form 278-T disclosures reveal over $220 million in stock transactions by Trump family members and administration insiders during Q1 2026. The timing of these trades is not random.
The Koch network is the largest unacknowledged political money operation in America. Americans for Prosperity, the network PAC, and their donor class have shaped every major Republican policy since 2004.
Palantir has won $3.2 billion in federal contracts since January 2025. Its stock is up 140%. Three members of the oversight committee personally own Palantir stock.
Elon Musk poured $250M into America PAC in 2024. FEC filings show most of it flowed to firms with Trump and Koch ties — and the original donor is legally undisclosed.
Five companies control 85% of defense contracts. Six senators and 12 House members on Armed Services committees personally own stock in them. Total value: $45M.
Arabella manages six dark money groups that have moved $1.47B since 2010 — including $280M in 2024 alone. The donor layering is deliberate. The transparency is zero.
38% of federal contracts in FY2024 were awarded without competitive bidding. The 'urgency' exception was used 847 times — 72% of those went to companies whose executives donated to the current administration.
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