Crypto exchanges, artificial-intelligence companies, and online betting firms drove record corporate spending in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections as of August 21, 2026, with a small group of billionaires and corporations directing unprecedented sums. Trump-aligned Silicon Valley figures including Marc Andreessen spent roughly $100,000 through crypto PACs in races like Massachusetts's 4th congressional district Democratic primary within days.
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The new kingmakers: Crypto, AI and betting firms fuel record spending on the 2026 midterms - www.reuters.com/legal/legalin... A handful of billionaires and companies are driving corporate spending in U.S. midterm elections this year, and they aren’t the usual power brokers who have sat atop the political food chain in Washington in previous decades.
Relatively new. They're the ones who put this cabal in power. Reuters: The new kingmakers: Crypto, AI and betting firms fuel record spending on the 2026 midterms https://www. reuters.com/legal/legalindustr y/new-kingmakers-crypto-ai-betting-firms-fuel-record-spending-2026-midterms-2026-08-20/ @ Reuters
www.joemygod.com/2026/08/top-... Reuters reports: A handful of billionaires and companies are driving corporate spending in U.S. midterm elections this year, and they aren’t the usual power brokers who have sat atop the political foo...