帮助科内尔·韦斯特在2024年登上总统选票的非营利组织，当年所有资金均来自一个由埃隆·马斯克资助的保守派政治网络，泥浆新闻（Sludge）审查的税务记录显示。
The nonprofit that helped get Cornel West on presidential ballots in 2024 received all of its funding that year through a conservative political network that has been bankrolled by Elon Musk, tax records reviewed by Sludge show.
“人民高于政党”帮助支付了请愿活动费用，使左翼人士韦斯特在2024年登上各州选票，当时民主党警告他可能扮演“搅局者”角色，从卡玛拉·哈里斯手中抽走选票并帮助特朗普。一家名为“州际优先事项”的非营利组织在其2024年税务申报表中披露向该组织提供了770万美元拨款，占“人民高于政党”当年报告筹集收入的全部。
People Over Party helped pay for petition drives to get the left-wing West onto state ballots in 2024 as Democrats warned he could play spoiler by drawing votes from Kamala Harris and helping Trump. A nonprofit called Interstate Priorities disclosed a $7.7 million grant to the group on its 2024 tax return, accounting for all of the revenue that People Over Party reported raising that year.
“建设美国未来”是一个接受过马斯克数百万美元捐款的暗钱团体，其2024年税务申报表披露向“州际优先事项”捐赠了1010万美元，与“州际优先事项”当年的全部报告年收入完全吻合。
Building America’s Future, a dark money group that has received millions from Musk, disclosed on its 2024 tax return giving Interstate $10.1 million, exactly matching Interstate Priorities’ entire reported annual revenue that year.
《华尔街日报》报道，2022年流经“建设美国未来”的数千万美元来自马斯克。2024年，该团体从一名匿名捐赠者处获得7450万美元，正如泥浆新闻此前报道。没有直接证据表明马斯克作出了这笔捐赠，但这笔款项到账的同年，马斯克花费约2.9亿美元帮助特朗普和共和党当选，并与与“建设美国未来”有联系的顾问合作。本周期，马斯克已花费近4.5亿美元帮助共和党保持对国会的控制。
The Wall Street Journal reported that tens of millions of dollars that moved through Building America’s Future in 2022 came from Musk. In 2024, the group took in $74.5 million from a single anonymous donor, as Sludge previously reported. There is no direct evidence Musk made that donation, but it came the same year Musk spent about $290 million to elect Trump and Republicans while working with consultants tied to Building America’s Future. This cycle, Musk has spent nearly $450 million to help Republicans keep control of Congress.
“州际优先事项”、“建设美国未来”和“人民高于政党”均未回应置评请求。
Interstate Priorities, Building America’s Future, and People Over Party did not respond to requests for comment.
为“人民高于政党”提供资金的这些团体，还聘用了与马斯克政治运作有联系的顾问和董事。
The groups that financed People Over Party also employed consultants and directors with ties to Musk’s political operation.
州际组织主管雷·扎博尼同时担任未来联盟政治行动委员会的财务主管，该超级政治行动委员会的资金主要来自“构建美国未来”的捐款。2024年，该超级政治行动委员会向选民发布关于哈里斯对以色列立场的对立信息，向穆斯林选民强调她对以色列的支持，向犹太选民质疑她对以色列的支持。根据联邦选举委员会记录，扎博尼的咨询公司红叛媒体公司也收到了马斯克的美国政治行动委员会约170万美元的付款，主要用于政治直邮。
Interstate director Ray Zaborney also serves as treasurer of Future Coalition PAC, a super PAC funded largely by contributions from Building America’s Future. In 2024, the super PAC targeted voters with contrasting messages about Harris’s position on Israel, emphasizing her support for Israel to Muslim voters and questioning her support for Israel to Jewish voters. Zaborney’s consulting firm, Red Maverick Media, has also been paid about $1.7 million by Musk’s America PAC, primarily for political mailers, according to FEC records.