The Dark Money Scandal Rocking Democratic Influencers

There Are No Girls on the Internet

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Society & Culture, Technology

4.4 • 820 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Last week in Wired, Taylor Lorenz published an exposé on Chorus, a new force in Democratic politics that is funding Democratic influencers. Her piece has sparked major controversy among political influencers and their observers online.

In this episode, Bridget breaks down what the article reveals (and what it leaves out), and explores what this fight says about money, power, and trust in American democracy.

Read the full piece here: https://www.wired.com/story/dark-money-group-secret-funding-democrat-influencers/

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0:44.4	Hi, this is Future Bridget. We did a whole very detailed episode breaking down the controversy about how political content creators in a program called Chorus are paid.
0:50.0	And I realized after that episode was recorded that I did not make it explicitly clear that I am not connected to chorus in any capacity.
0:57.9	I am not on their payroll. I am not a chorus member.
1:00.0	By way of my own financial disclosures for the last year, the majority of my income has come from my various podcast gigs and a few speaking training gigs.
1:11.4	And I just wanted to make that clear.
1:13.3	Okay, here's the episode.
1:18.9	There are No Girls on the Internet
1:20.2	as a production of IHeart Radio and Unbossed Creative.
1:27.0	I'm Bridget Todd, and this is There Are No Girls on the Internet.
1:33.3	Last week, journalist Taylor Lorenz published a piece in Wired called A Dark Money Group
1:38.6	is secretly funding high-profile Democratic influencers. The article blew up on social media, namely on threads.
1:46.6	And here to talk through it with me is producer Mike.
1:49.0	Mike, thank you for being here.
1:51.5	Happy to be here. Thanks for inviting me.
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