The US was sold the way a hedge fund quietly buys up a public company -slowly, over years, through stacks of paperwork & friendly go-betweens, until one morning the shareholders wake up & find the board has been replaced & new owners are running the place skeletonattic.substack.com/p/the-mercer...

Just in case we all forgot how sleazy Brittany Kaiser is: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittan...

Just when you think they couldn't get more delusional: www.levernews.com/the-church-o...

Thousands of people rallied Saturday in the cradle of the modern Civil Rights Movement to mobilize a new voting rights era as conservative states dismantle congressional districts that helped secure Black political representation. https://to.pbs.org/49MM4mz

This is obscene and not the way Democracy is supposed to work.

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🚨Trump just named Marc Andreessen’s wife to the SF Presidio Trust board, along with other MAGA allies & ultra-wealthy tech figures. Meanwhile, the Tech Bros have made it clear that they want to build a “Freedom City” in the Presidio. sfstandard.com/2026/05/14/t...

Asked @microsoft-copilot.bsky.social to find me some articles on Floyd Brown (the founder of Citizens United and an avid racist). It gave me numerous articles that all returned a 404 or 403 error.

Shaming works. Keep screaming. LOUDLY.

Yesteryear’s entrepreneurial revolution has produced two unexpected offspring: oligarchs and corporate bureaucrats (via Bloomberg Opinion)

The South’s new redistricting fight could reach far beyond Congress

"I’ve noticed an unfortunate trend — that too many American billionaires or near billionaires have curious ties to the mafia state of Russia. Some have curious ties to Deutsche Bank. Many have curious ties to data mining, and some financed Trump." #Mercer www.bettedangerous.com/p/american-m...

The Citizens United series is, in part, an attribution document. Every billionaire we name in it - the Mercers, the Kochs, Adelson, Singer, Crow, Seid, the Bradley family - sits on something. A museum board. A university trustee seat. A think-tank advisory committee. (1/?)

The Council for Nat'l Policy (incl. Kellyanne, Bannon, DeVos, Mercers, & 2 men whose families funded the largest voting machine vendor in the U.S.) has set a deadline of 2020 for restoring “religion and economic freedom & Judeo-Christian values” under the Constitution. 12/27/2017 By Jennifer S. Cohn

The Mercers funded Cambridge Analytica → Cambridge Analytica worked closely with AIQ → AIQ built and deployed the tools used in Mercer political projects. This is an ecosystem connection, not a direct funding relationship.

The Justice Department is preparing to seek the dismissal of a pending bribery and fraud case against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, potentially ending prosecution efforts following a defense campaign led by one of President Trump‘s personal attorneys.

The legal showdown between Elon Musk and OpenAI exposed the personal and financial fault lines beneath Silicon Valley’s defining boom. on.wsj.com/3R9oVoc

AggregateIQ (AIQ) originated as SCL Canada and worked as a subcontractor for SCL/Cambridge Analytica on multiple projects. AIQ built Ripon, the software platform used by Cambridge Analytica for the Cruz campaign — a campaign the Mercers also funded.

Rebekah Mercer remains involved in: Heritage Foundation (trustee) Heritage Action (board member) 1789 Capital (co‑founder) Parler (co‑founder; platform used for political organizing) Mercer Family Foundation (major funder of conservative infrastructure)

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentence of election conspiracy theorist Tina Peters following pressure from President Trump, the latest instance of Trump using his powers to reward those who echoed his baseless claims of mass fraud as the cause of his 2020 loss. https://to.pbs.org/4wQ3yZx

CNP “We will not try to reform the existing institutions.We only intend to weaken them, and eventually destroy them.We will maintain a constant barrage of criticism against the Left. We will attack the very legitimacy of the Left. We will not give them a moment’s rest. We will use guerrilla tactics"

Rebekah Mercer remains active in Republican politics through Make America Number 1 and other vehicles. The architecture persists even as the Bannon relationship ends. This shows the infrastructure outlasts any individual operator and is still growing strong today.

Rebekah Mercer issues a public statement ending the Mercer-Bannon relationship. Robert Mercer sells his stake in Breitbart. This is not just a personal falling-out — it is the moment when Bannon the operator loses his money source and must rebuild.

The Mercer Family Foundation 990s show the architecture of Mercer philanthropy: direct grants to the Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute, Club for Growth, Citizens United (the organization), and dozens of other conservative entities.

House AI talks focus on vetting powerful models

The Mercers are "apoplectic" that Obama wins reelection, per Mayer's reporting. Bannon channels that frustration into a strategic expansion: the Government Accountability Institute (GAI) is funded to produce opposition research (1/2)

Mercer commits approximately $10 million to Breitbart News based on Bannon's business plan. This is not a charitable donation; it is an equity investment in a media company conceived as an information-warfare platform.

The Mercers invest a reported $15 million to create Cambridge Analytica as the American-facing operation of SCL Group. Rebekah Mercer joins the board. Bannon joins the board. The company is presented publicly as a data-analytics firm; (1/2)

The Mercer Family Foundation 990s show the architecture of Mercer philanthropy: direct grants to the Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute, Club for Growth, Citizens United (the organization), and dozens of other conservative entities.

The four threads are labeled: Sex-Crime-adjacent, Far-Right, Russia-adjacent Faud-adjacent These are just ways of organizing the kind of documented relationships we are looking at. "You are the company you keep" skeletonattic.substack.com/p/bannon-ii-...

This is the list of people Steve Bannon hired, replaced, defended, campaigned with, traveled with, briefed, did business with, or otherwise kept around him over twenty years. All are criminal or adjacent. 'Bannon II: The Company He Kept' skeletonattic.substack.com/p/bannon-ii-...

Racism is still on the throne of this country. substack.com/@mikaanderso...

The hearings Wednesday and Thursday before the House and Senate Armed Services committees delved into the Trump administration's 2027 military budget proposal, which would boost defense spending to a historic $1.5 trillion. https://to.pbs.org/4cKIWK8

“What the Roberts Court is making possible,” @adamserwer.bsky.social argues, “is a country where white people can maintain their political dominance at the expense of Americans who are not white.” He examines what to expect following the Voting Rights Act ruling:

I'm finally writing again! This is the first in 5 posts about the political machine that grew to pass Citizens United. Steve Bannon is central to that process, so the first piece is all about him. x.com/SkeletonAtti...

Guys, I hate having to do this & I'm sure you're being bombarded for money already, BUT I'm trying to get creative w/out letting my oppo know I'm running yet. Anything, helps🙏 I'm exploring a run for San Jacinto, City Council in CA. Donors- Pls leave name! 🙌 www.gofundme.com/f/join-me-as...

"I started writing this piece because I realized I wasn’t seeing anyone in the media seriously question whether CENTCOM’s casualty numbers - killed, wounded, and missing - were actually accurate...Where is our Fourth Estate - our independent media observers?" open.substack.com/pub/skeleton...

"I started writing this piece because I realized I wasn’t seeing anyone in the media seriously question whether CENTCOM’s casualty numbers - killed, wounded, and missing - were actually accurate...Where is our Fourth Estate - our independent media observers?" open.substack.com/pub/skeleton...

THREAD There are two Rileys in this story. William “Bill” Kyle Riley. Sascha’s adoptive father, former cop, helicopter pilot, the man Sascha alleges abused & trafficked him. Sascha Riley (born Manuel Sascha Barros) the survivor telling his story. They are not the same person.

We have 3 new Deep Dives coming out in the next couple of days. This is the last existing post from our Substack page: Two Blueprints Why Heather Marsh's Networked Hope is Better Than Curtis Yarvin's Silicon Crown skeletonattic.substack.com/p/two-bluepr...

The Chilling Truth: DOGE’s Security Flaws Mirror Russia’s Election Meddling skeletonattic.substack.com/p/the-chilli... Frozen in Time The Dangers of Halting AI Regulation skeletonattic.substack.com/p/frozen-in-...

White House Under Siege: Starlink’s Secret Network Sparks Outrage and Security Fears skeletonattic.substack.com/p/white-hous... Elon Musk, Russia, and the Web of Influence The Billionaire, the Kremlin, and the Buzz skeletonattic.substack.com/p/elon-musk-...

We explain how Project 2025 will gut the regulatory system that protects ordinary investors. After the Depression, agencies were built to prevent fraud, enforce transparency, and keep markets honest. Project 2025 will strip these agencies of independence and weaken their rules.

Here are screenshots of some of the DD we published on X. Sharing from/to X doesn't work so we have to use screenshots! These deep dives were what started our partnership, and sharing the love of digging for facts others have not focused much on. Xo skeletonattic.substack.com/p/deep-dives...

Manafort: How Did He Get This Way? Published June 14, 2024 His connections with Russia include meetings in a Red Mafia owned hotel; multiple flights to Moscow; a relationship with the original OG oligarch, Deripaska; and hiring a Russian spy. What could be more innocent than this?

What's ACTUALLY going on with El Salvador, Don Jr., & "The Cool Dictator" Nayib Bukele Published Jun 14, 2024 "The fact that Donald Trump Jr.- on his podcast - is stating that he may buy a home in El Salvador to have a "Place to Run" to avoid prison time is very telling."

Welcome to Kay & Susan's research. We dive headfirst into the world of power players, serving up facts about today’s democracy influencers while focusing where the media does not. #DeepDive Next are some of our existing materials as a re-introduction to our work.