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This year, Trump bought stock in hundreds of companies, including AI companies, defense contractors and crypto firms, whose bottom line is tied to his admin's policy decisions. The president is supposed to regulate industry, not day trade on it. readsludge.com/2026/05/14/tru…

Trump bought up to $5 million of Boeing stock in Q1, per a new disclosure.

President Trump just disclosed up to $5 million of Nvidia stock purchases in Q1 in a new financial filing. This week he’s flying to Beijing with Jensen Huang on Air Force One, personally pushing Nvidia H200 AI chip sales to Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance & other Chinese firms.

BREAKING: Trump has pivoted from bonds to buying individual stocks in hundreds of American companies, according to a new financial disclosure reviewed by Sludge. readsludge.com/2026/05/14/tru…

New at @thenation: Who’s Funding the Super PAC Attacking Graham Platner? thenation.com/article/politi…

New, via @EXPOSEDbyCMD: The Bayer-funded Modern Ag Alliance has spent millions on ads and lobbying to shape Roundup policy—and shield the company from health-related lawsuits involving tens of thousands of cancer claims. readsludge.com/2026/05/01/bay…

New post on some new Democrat-aligned "dark money" entities tied to Sunflower Services... Contours Inc, Government That Works, Build the Bench, and more. readsludge.com/2026/04/30/a-n…

NEW: A New Web of Secret Money Is Shaping Democratic Races Across the Country readsludge.com/2026/04/30/a-n…

Fossil fuel donors have shoveled at least $28.8 million to two Republican congressional super PACs this cycle, as the GOP considers total legal immunity for climate change damages—and as Big Oil profits jump from the war in Iran. readsludge.com/2026/04/21/gop…

Netflix spent a record $3 million on lobbying last year—and hired Ballard Partners, the firm led by a top Trump fundraiser, to lobby the White House—as it pushed for a merger that would have given it control over nearly half the streaming market. readsludge.com/2026/04/28/net…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren tells Sludge: “Corporate consolidation has created a world where, year after year, Netflix has jacked up prices for millions of customers just because it can." 👀 readsludge.com/2026/04/28/net…

NEW: Netflix Raised Prices After Pocketing a $2.8 Billion Windfall Anti-monopoly advocates say the timing of the price hikes undermine the streaming giant's argument that it does not hold monopoly power. readsludge.com/2026/04/28/net…

Around four dozen billionaires have given *half* the money raised by two giant Republican super PACs this cycle, according to our new analysis. Meet the oligarchs bankrolling the GOP's defense of Congress: readsludge.com/2026/04/21/gop…

While many Democratic candidates in battlegrounds are out-raising their Republican rivals, the GOP holds a strong edge in super PAC fundraising. Fossil fuels, crypto, tobacco, and other deregulated industries are donating tens of millions of dollars: readsludge.com/2026/04/21/gop…

Top donors to super PACs SLF and CLF, spending to hold Republican control of Congress: - Pro-Israel donor Miriam Adelson: $40M - Citgo owner Paul Elliott Singer: $22.5M - SpaceX's Elon Musk: $20M - Trump megadonor Steve Wynn: $7M - Chevron: $7M ... complete list in our latest:

NEW: Around half the money fueling the two super PACs allied with Republican leaders in Congress this cycle has come from billionaire donors, according to a new Sludge analysis of FEC data. readsludge.com/2026/04/21/gop…

NEW: $44 million in secret-donor money flowed into the super PACs aligned with congressional leaders in Q1 from their affiliated "dark money" groups. readsludge.com/2026/04/20/the…

House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Greg Steube's spouse bought her first tech stock soon before the quantum computing company announced it had won a defense contract. No household in Congress had ever bought $IONQ before. readsludge.com/2026/04/16/spo…

MAGA Rep. Greg Steube, who co-sponsored the PELOSI Act attacking "insider trading" in Congress... has a spouse who made a timely stock purchase in a quantum computing company. Steube has access to classified materials on the House Intelligence Committee. readsludge.com/2026/04/16/spo…