1.0Center for Public Integrityhttps://publicintegrity.orgadminhttps://publicintegrity.org/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="FBLUf4YBH8"><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/politics/can-this-dark-money-group-help-the-democrats-keep-the-senate/">Can this ‘dark money’ group help the Democrats keep the Senate?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://publicintegrity.org/politics/can-this-dark-money-group-help-the-democrats-keep-the-senate/embed/#?secret=FBLUf4YBH8" width="600" height="338" title="“Can this ‘dark money’ group help the Democrats keep the Senate?” — Center for Public Integrity" data-secret="FBLUf4YBH8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Screenshot from an attack ad produced by Patriot Majority USA that targeted Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Cotton of Arkansas. This dark money group aligned with the Democrats has spent about $7 million on negative ads in three key Senate races. YouTube Key findings: Patriot Majority USA has spent more than $7 million on political […]https://i0.wp.com/static-00-www.publicintegrity.org/files/styles/5col/public/img/Cotton+Patriot+Majority+USA.PNG?ssl=1