Campaign Blog
How the Israel Lobby Became Rep. Auchincloss's Top Campaign Funder
$933,000+ in Pro-Israel Money Has Flowed to Jake Auchincloss Since 2020
January 17, 2026
AIPAC-connected money is now Rep. Jake Auchincloss's single largest source of campaign funds. The same billionaires funding his campaigns have poured over $230 million into electing Donald Trump.
How Pharmaceutical Industry Money Blocks Congressional Drug Price Reform
Nearly $1 Million in Pharma Money Bought Jake Auchincloss and an $8.8 Billion Congressional Giveaway
January 17, 2026
The pharmaceutical industry’s investment in American politics delivers extraordinary returns. After a secret $4 million dark-money donation from PhRMA to the Republican-aligned American Action Network, drugmakers recently secured $8.8 billion in savings over the next decade through GOP-led rollbacks of drug price negotiation provisions in the “One Big Beautiful Bill”...
Pharma's Playbook: How Auchincloss Adopted Big Drug's Talking Points on Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform
Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) negotiate drug prices between manufacturers and insurers. Rep. Auchincloss's legislation targeting them uses language identical to pharmaceutical industry PR campaigns designed to deflect blame for high drug prices.
December 26, 2025
When a congressman sounds exactly like the pharmaceutical industry's PR campaign, it's worth asking why. Rep. Auchincloss's PBM bill uses the same buzzwords PhRMA has spent millions promoting.
Rep. Auchincloss Criticizes Citizens United But Won't Cosponsor the Amendment to Overturn It
December 16, 2025
Auchincloss calls Citizens United a threat to democracy in his newsletter—but won't put his name on the amendment to fix it. Follow the money to understand why.
Six Weeks After Shireen Abu Akleh's Killing: Rep. Auchincloss Accepts $24,000 Trip from AIPAC's Charitable Arm
December 13, 2025
In late June 2022, Rep. Jake Auchincloss and his wife Michelle boarded a flight to Israel, their travel fully funded by the American Israel Education Foundation.1 The week-long trip, which ran from June 26 to July 2, came just six weeks after Israeli forces killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh...
The Blockchain Eight: How Rep. Auchincloss Became Crypto's Man in Congress
From Personal Investments to Policy Favors, Auchincloss Has Consistently Delivered for the Cryptocurrency Industry
December 09, 2025
The IRS can track your Venmo transactions, but Rep. Auchincloss voted to let DeFi platforms traffic billions in unreported crypto trades. Follow the money to understand why.
The Auchincloss Influence Machine: How One Biotech Firm Built a Policy Pipeline
RA Capital, No Patient Left Behind, and Rep. Jake Auchincloss: A Case Study in Corporate Policy Capture
December 01, 2025
In our previous investigation, we documented how Rep. Jake Auchincloss received over $815,000 from pharmaceutical industry sources from 2020-2024. One donor network stands out for its sophistication: RA Capital Management, a Boston-based biotech venture capital firm that has constructed an influence machine connecting campaign contributions, policy research, and legislative outcomes...
What the Largest Basic Income Study in American History Found
Researchers gave 1,000 low-income adults in Texas and Illinois $1,000 per month with no conditions. The results show promise for UBI proposals.
November 25, 2025
The OpenResearch Unconditional Cash Study — the largest randomized controlled trial of unconditional cash transfers in American history — released three years of data in 2024. The study offers the most rigorous evidence to date on what happens when you give low-income Americans money with no strings attached.
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