Friday, March 13, 2026

We’ve Already Established What You Are.

Now we're just haggling over the price.

From MSNOW:

Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Chicago Democratic primary candidate

Progressive House candidate Kat Abughazaleh told MS NOW the secretive campaign is “filled with false and defamatory claims.”

A week out from a crowded and contentious Democratic primary in Illinois’s 9th Congressional District, Amanda Informed, an online influencer in Florida received an email with an offer: one negative post about candidate Kat Abughazaleh on Instagram and TikTok, for $1,500. 

The request, which came from a secretive political organization called Democracy Unmuted, was forwarded to her by Matt Anthes, founder of Advocators, a digital marketing agency focused on politics and advocacy through micro-influencers.

They're scared of her.

Good.  They should be. 

Honestly, any influencer (god, how I loathe that word) who gets this offer should take the money and then just post a copy of Kat's own "negative" ad:




No Half Measures

3 comments:

Ginny said...

Drat, I’m in the 8th District, and double-dog drat, I already voted by mail. I hate dirty tactics almost as much as I hate this whole “influencer” economy.

dinthebeast said...

I hope she wins.

-Doug in Sugar Pine

Anonymous said...

A primary with three candidates is "crowded?" The fewest you can have and call it a contest is two.