
APEX Rebrands as Better Blue Fund After $100M Primary Spending Spree
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The Maxi and Honcho Show por Joseph deslauriers
29 may 2026
14:39
Notas del episodio
The lobby formerly known as APEX's United Democracy Project has quietly rebranded as the Better Blue Fund after spending nearly $100 million crushing progressive Democrats in primaries. Tonight Maxi Holler and the crew break down how the same donors—Paul Singer, Mark Rowan, Jeff Yass, and the late Bernard Marcus—are building a new vehicle to keep doing what UDP did, only quieter. We trace the money architecture, the hybrid PAC loophole, and why the old name went radioactive after taking down Jamal Bowman and Cori Bush.
Hancho translates the dark money playbook through his Bensonhurst lens: when an outfit gets too much heat, you spin off a clean shell. Chubajin Janie walks through the FEC filings, Karen Crotchfield explains why Citizens United and SpeechNow made this legal, and Jimmy Fiddler brings sources from the Hill on why donors wanted a quieter pipe. The bar regulars weigh in on what it feels like when out-of-state billionaires pick your congressman.
Verse for tonight: Proverbs 17:23. A wicked man takes a bribe in secret to pervert the course of justice. The bribe has a new name. The remedy is still the same—show up on primary day in numbers the lobby can't follow.
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