Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, a consultant class is raiding the Democratic Party and getting “generationally wealthy” along the way New from me and @adambonica.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2163...

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We found that as of right now 73% of your campaign donation goes back to the consultants and vendors (!!!), four times more than just 20 years ago. Only 13% to ads. Even I was shocked.

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Never one to willingly hand it to The West Wing but one of my favorite scenes was when Matt Santos was running for President and in his first meeting with consultants they were down on him and Josh said "of course everyone here gets a piece of the ad buy" and then they were like "he's awesome"

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Jeebus the visuals here.

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Being the most compromised media organization given the competition is a real achievement.

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