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Fulcrum: How a Handful of Independents Could Break Washington's Duopoly and Finally Take On Citizens United featured - 23rd September 2026
This week in Washington, America's largest political constituency is meeting in one room at a crucial moment. From September 23–25, the Independent National Convention convenes at the JW Marriott, with 45% of Americans identifying as independent and the movement facing its next challenge: turning numbers into political power.
The Dozen : An American SuperPAC Snapshot in 2026 featured - 30th July 2026
Twelve committees moved $4.85 billion through American politics in four years, accounting for over 35% of total expenditure. Behind them sits a room of maybe forty people. The convenient fiction about American campaign finance is that it is a mass phenomenon — millions of small donors, a distributed civic act. The plumbing supports that story: ActBlue and WinRed processed roughly $8.9 billion between them across the 2022 and 2024 cycles, most of it in increments small enough to be a lunch. But the rails are not the money. Strip them out and what remains is a far smaller structure, where twelve committees accounted for $4.85 billion of actual political spending over those two cycles. Each of those twelve resolves, on inspection, to a handful of names. Often to one.
DATA Annual Meeting Snags Incredible Lineup, Ven Tie-ins featured - 29th March 2014
Hub Culture is working with the Digital Asset Transfer Authority to make tickets, donations and hotel rooms available in Ven to support the first DATA Annual Meeting, 9-11 April in Washington D.C.
