wait i didn't even realize this - 2/3 of the lincoln project's expenditures - more than $40 million! - was spent on two political communications firms, each owned by one of the co-founders of the lincoln project lmao come on!

$24.5 million to Summit Strategic Communications, owned by lincoln project co-founder reed galen.

as far as i can see in their disclosures they only other contract they've ever had to report for political reasons was $12,000 in 2018 lol.

$17 million to TUSK Digital, which at least has been doing political consulting for a little while. most recently they received a few million in 2016 from carly fiorina's presidential campaign lmao

couldn't find anything about Ashton Media, which got a paltry $4,350,000. opensecrets had trouble finding out much about them, too! they were incorporated last year!