Look at what happens when Democrats lose their slush funds.
President Trump instituted DOGE—the Department of Government Efficiency—an earthquake in Washington that shook the Democrat Party’s financial house of cards.
Because it didn’t take long for the quants to uncover what many suspected: USAID was never just about foreign aid. Under the glossy packaging of “goodwill ambassadors for America,” USAID and a network of NGOs engineered a money-laundering machine that funneled taxpayer dollars back into ActBlue, the Democrats’ financial bloodstream.
That revelation explains the panic. For years, Democrats sold America the narrative of compassion and inclusivity while treating the U.S. Treasury like their personal Venmo. When the pipeline dried up, they scattered like Raid-sprayed roaches, exposed, twitching, and desperate for their next hit of other people’s money.
Gone are the days when Democrats could prop up their pet causes—DEI mandates, men in women’s sports, sexualizing second-graders—all funded by taxpayers. Now, they’re forced to peddle these same crackpot ideas in the open market. And shockingly, “biological males smashing your daughter in track meets” doesn’t exactly sell well among suburban women.
Even worse for Democrats, their brand of foreign policy clownery—flying around the world to repatriate illegal aliens who committed violent crimes—doesn’t inspire donors either. Their ideology is poison, and without stolen fertilizer, their fundraising garden is barren.
Politico’s Brutal Diagnosis
As Politico lays out, the Democrats’ financial prognosis is grim:
After a brutal 2024 election and several months into rebuilding efforts under new party leadership, the DNC wildly trails the Republican National Committee by nearly every fundraising metric. By the end of June, the RNC had $80 million on hand, compared to $15 million for the DNC.
And the gap — nearly twice as large as it was at this stage in Donald Trump’s first presidency — has only grown in recent months, a POLITICO analysis of campaign finance data found, fueled by several distinct factors.
Major Democratic donors have withheld money this year amid skepticism about the party’s direction, while the small-dollar donors who have long been a source of strength are not growing nearly enough to make up the gap. And the party has quickly churned through what money it has raised in the first half of the year, including spending more than $15 million this year to pay off lingering expenses from Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.
The DNC has less cash this summer than it did at any point in the last five years.
Translation: donors see the iceberg ahead and aren’t buying more tickets.
Democrats are pointing fingers at Chairman Ken Martin, which is about as logical as blaming the Titanic’s band director for the ship sinking. The problem isn’t Martin’s leadership. The problem is the product is garbage.
The article continues:
The fundraising troubles reflect ongoing questions about the DNC’s direction under Martin, who was elected earlier this year, and comes as the DNC has faced months of bitter infighting. Continued cash shortages could limit the party’s ability to rebuild for a new cycle. And the DNC’s money woes stand in particularly stark contrast to Republicans, who have leveraged President Donald Trump’s fundraising prowess to raise record sums.
That contrast is devastating. Trump is a fundraising magnet—breaking records not by laundering tax dollars through foreign aid scams, but by connecting directly with millions of Americans who believe in his results.
Desperation Masquerading as Optimism
Politico even gave Democrats a chance to spin. Former DNC Executive Director Sam Cornale tried to slap lipstick on the pig:
“Chair Martin and the DNC have raised more than twice what he had raised at this point in 2017, and our success in cycles thereafter is well documented. Under Ken, grassroots support is strong. It’s now time for everyone to get off the sidelines and join the fight. Rebuilding a party is hard — rebuilding relationships and programs take time and will require all hands on deck to meet this moment.”
So, in other words, “we’re broke, but we’re broke better than we were before.” That’s not a rallying cry—that’s a eulogy.
Even if Martin were the sharpest chairman in DNC history, it wouldn’t matter. Democrats are, at this moment, a dinghy with no paddles in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. And the storm clouds aren’t just forming—they’re already overhead.
At Least Four Storms Bearing Down
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Trump’s Performance – The Left has tried every dirty trick to stop him. Nothing works. The man performs. And the more he wins, the more money flows into Republican coffers.
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No Answer to Trump – Democrats don’t just lack money. They lack a message. Their “Orange Man Bad” playbook has expired. They’ve got no vision, no inspiration, and no candidate who can sell their nonsense.
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Refusal to Join Him – They could admit his policies work. They could join him on border security, safe streets, economic growth. Instead, they sabotage. That self-inflicted wound leaves them bleeding credibility.
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ActBlue Scandal – The biggest storm. President Trump has asked DOJ to investigate foreign donations to ActBlue, where as much as 60% of the money is believed to have originated overseas. If DOGE unravels this thread, Democrats won’t just be broke—they’ll be indicted.
The End of the Piggy Bank
For decades, Democrats used American generosity as their own piggy bank. USAID, NGOs, and ActBlue weren’t about democracy—they were about siphoning cash into the Party machine. That machine is broken.
And here’s the kicker: when forced to sell their ideology straight to the American people, they’re discovering no one wants it. Not the moms watching their daughters lose scholarships to biological men. Not the parents shielding their kids from rainbow propaganda in second grade. Not the working-class voters who watch illegals get benefits while they struggle to buy groceries.
So, Democrats face their nightmare: no money, no message, and Trump’s relentless success casting a long shadow over their circus.
They used to say “follow the money.” Trump did. And when the trail ended, it didn’t just expose corruption—it exposed the emptiness of the Democrat Party itself.
