Campaign-finance context
Corporate Money in Politics is the broader money-and-influence question; Chorus, Sixteen Thirty Fund and Political Influencer Disclosure separates donor anonymity, sponsorship disclosure, coordination, and editorial control. Check current law before relying on the PAC type summaries below.
El-Sayed and Habibi PAC
El-Sayed - AE-006 - Habibi PAC and Campaign Finance Standards compares a verified leadership-PAC registration with earlier corporate-PAC pledges, super PAC reform proposals, and AIPAC criticism. Keep donor source, committee type, independent spending, and direct contributions distinct. The original article, registration, and interview provenance are in Source - El-Sayed - Habibi PAC and Earlier Funding Pledges - 2026-11-06.
Types
- Traditional PAC
- Can donate directly to candidates
- Super PAC
- Can’t donate directly, but can spend infinitely
- Hybrid PAC
- Can do both, if they follow finance guidelines.
Progressive Victory
- Hybrid PAC
- History
- Started July 2022
- Sam Drzymala
- Leveraging Influencers to Protect Democracy with Sam Drzymala of Progressive Victory - The Great Battlefield Podcast
- [Sam Drzymala](x.com)
- Digital Director for Obama and Cory Booker
- PROGRESSIVE VICTORY PAC - committee overview | FEC
- schedule_b-2024-07-22T01_04_50.csv (file not included in this release)
- People paid
- Browse Receipts | FEC
- Vaush
- Destiny
- Creepy Ohio Canvassing event for women
- Brianna Wu
- Left after 4 months
- Major impacts
- Due to narcissistic personality, wanting to control everything
- Dylan Burns
- “Took the role of consultants”
- WhackTV
- Lonerbox
- Counterpoints
- Streamers advertising canvassing events
- Dark money
- Weekly meetings
- NDAs
- Coordinating content
- Progressive Victory LLC
- Doesn’t have to report who their paying
- $500-$7000 a month
- https://www.innovativefundraising.net
- PROGRESSIVE VICTORY: IN THE DARK - YouTube