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  • The way this article is written really annoys me. The headline talks about a super PAC, but it begins talking about Trump’s PAC. “Super PAC” is a specific term referring to organizations that are not allowed to directly coordinate with campaigns (and they can have large, anonymous donations, which is where a lot of the “dark money” in politics comes from).

    Here’s the actual meat the headline is referring to:

    Save America, Trump’s leadership PAC, was able to stay in the black in March due to another $5 million refund in March from Make America Great Again Inc., the Trump-backing super PAC. The super PAC has transferred $5 million to the leadership PAC each month going back to last July, with less regular transfers before then.

    The leadership PAC initially seeded the super PAC with $60 million before he announced his candidacy. Now, MAGA Inc. can only send $2.75 million more back to Save America, raising questions about whether Save America will continue to be the vehicle to fund legal bills in several cases linked to Trump.

    Basically, the only reason that the super PAC is involved with paying for Trump’s legal bills in the first place is because Trump’s PAC is paying for the legal bills, and the super PAC is returning the “startup loan” that was given to them originally.

    The point is, the well is drying up fast and Trump’s PAC is going to be out of money real soon, and he’ll have to rely on super PACs to campaign for him entirely.