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Political Donors

donald trump
Tara Palmeri • October 3, 2024

Mar-a-Lago Murmurs: Vance ’28 Chatter, McCarthy’s Motives & Trump Money Troubles

A diagnostic sampling of the various anxieties at play in Palm Beach as the Trump brain trust prepares for the final push to November 5.
William D. Cohan • August 7, 2024
Katzenberg’s Batman
Rufus Gifford
My candid chat with Rufus Gifford, son of the legendary banker, and now Jeffrey Katzenberg’s partner in shaking the money tree and “creating connectivity” between the donor world and the Harris-Walz campaign.
Tara Palmeri • July 24, 2024
Kamala’s Donor Love Story
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Campaign finance reporter Brian Schwartz joins Tara for an inside conversation about Harris’s $100 million money bomb, how the campaign reactivated the Hollywood donor spigot, and whether Silicon Valley could give the Democrats a second look.
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Matthew Belloni • July 23, 2024
Harris-Walden ’24
Disney TV chief Dana Walden and her husband go back years with Kamala Harris, and the relationship between the potential POTUS and the ascendant Hollywood executive could be meaningful for both of them.
david sacks
Theodore Schleifer • May 14, 2024
Sacksfest ’24 & Melinda’s Split Decision
The latest details on Silicon Valley’s Trump fundraiser, the return of Palmer Luckey, and Marissa Mayer’s guest list. Plus: Gates insiders on why Melinda left the Foundation.
Dustin Moskovitz
Theodore Schleifer • March 19, 2024
DustinBucks
The Facebook co-founder and effective altruist Dustin Moskovitz spent up to $100 million to defeat Donald Trump last cycle. This time around, with an eye on beating back the Andreessens and Musks of the world, he is finally leaning into his power… and his checkbook.
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Tara Palmeri • February 22, 2024
Trump’s Donor Love Language
Fascinatingly, Trump’s $355 million financial penalty (plus interest) has some among the donor crowd warming to the presumptive nominee. Are they just being reflexively opportunistic, or genuinely sympathetic to the financial plight of a fellow billionaire?
joe biden
Theodore Schleifer • February 13, 2024
The Biden Donor Dilemma
As the president heads to the West Coast to raise money on the heels of the Hur Report, the big-money crowd is asking existential questions and finding familiar answers. Plus: the inside story of why the R.F.K. super PAC refunded $10 million to Bezos’ security guy.
Ken Griffin said he “supported” Nikki Haley, employing the past tense, which suggested that a donation had already been made.
Theodore Schleifer • January 30, 2024
Haley Donors in Mar-a-Lago Country
News from the Four Seasons Palm Beach summit: Ken Griffin’s cri de coeur, Marc Andreessen’s return to Washington, Tim Draper’s latest Haley check, and the Trump skeptics’ five stages of grief.
Major Republican donors, whose interests and economic persuasions have defined the party since the Reagan era, are at a crossroads this week.
Theodore Schleifer • January 24, 2024
The Trump Donors Come in From the Cold
Over the next few days, two Republican confabs may provide a final moment for the donor elite to take a breath and decide how much more money they are willing to let Nikki Haley burn before accepting reality.