It appears at least one member of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project has found a brand spanking new grift in the aftermath of the 2024 election.
After being totally crushed on Election Day, Democrats are preparing a new type of “resistance” against President-elect Donald Trump and Republican leaders.
This time around, the left is abandoning the pink hats and rabid purple-haired protests and adopting a more comprehensive strategy that relies on influence, power, and messaging. Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson is reportedly set to play a crucial role in this new “resistance,” according to a New York Times report.
Democrats have a growing belief that their efforts must extend beyond the political sphere, trying to go on offense in a splintered media environment where conservatives have amassed more influence. One new liberal dark-money group began prospecting for donors with a pitch that it would unearth unflattering revelations about the Murdoch family and Elon Musk — both pro-Trump media magnates.
The group, called the Two Plus Two Coalition, plans to “target the hidden sources of disinformation and expose them for what they are,” according to a donor prospectus being circulated this past week. The group asked donors for a minimum investment of $1 million, and was aiming for an annual budget of $10 million to $15 million.
The group’s senior adviser, Rick Wilson, a former Republican operative who was a co-founder of the Lincoln Project, said in an interview on Thursday that his organization would operate as an opposition research firm but with a military-grade intelligence-gathering operation that went far beyond the document vetting typical of a political campaign.
“A lot of people in the center and on the left have for a long time sort of bemoaned Fox, but they haven’t done anything about it,” Mr. Wilson said. […]
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