Description
A new Brennan Center for Justice report reveals that just 40 billionaire donors have poured an unprecedented $2.4 billion into the federal midterm elections, with the top five individual mega-donors backing Republicans.
Thom Hartmann breaks down how big money and crypto PACs are buying American democracy on election eve. Plus: Donald Trump promises preemptive pardons for Elon Musk and DOGE officials, why Abdul El-Sayed's Senate odds surged after an establishment endorsement backfired, taxpayers foot the bill to keep dying coal plants polluting, Trump's DOJ scrambles to the Supreme Court to purge California ballots, and Trump delivers his final campaign pitch at his botched Reflecting Pool renovation.
Video Chapters
00:00 - Billionaires Buy Midterms
01:25 - Trump Pre-emptive Musk Pardon
02:48 - Michigan Senate Odds Surge
03:59 - Taxpayers Fund Coal Bailouts
05:18 - DOJ Challenges CA Ballots
06:43 - Trump Reflecting Pool Stunt
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