MS NOW: Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate

Dark Money Group Offers Influencers $1500 To Post Against Progressive

Campaign finance rules, especially those covering 'Dark Money' are almost non-existent in the United States, so when news that someone was offering to pay influencers $1500 a post for attacking the former journalist for left-leaning Media Matters, Kat Abughazaleh, it was assumed it was a national organization with deep pockets, such as AIPAC. Then there was some possibility that it could have been through her main opponent, Daniel Biss. That was…

MS NOW: Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate

MS NOW: Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate. “A week out from a crowded and contentious Democratic primary in Illinois’s 9th Congressional District, Amanda Informed, an online influencer in Florida received an email with an offer: one negative post about candidate Kat Abughazaleh on Instagram and TikTok, for $1,500.”