And billionaire Trump donor Elon Musk ā€“ who is overseeing the administrationā€™s controversial effort to rapidly shrink the federal government ā€“ has criticized ActBlue, seeking to tie it to protests and acts of vandalism against his electric-vehicle company Tesla. He has argued, without evidence to substantiate his claims, that some prominent Democrats ā€“ including one who died in 2019 ā€“ were funding ActBlue and the protests.

ā€œSomething stinks about ActBlue,ā€ MuskĀ postedĀ earlier this month on his social media platform, X.

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    challenging? sure, but if there were ever conditions for the viable split it would be now. Progressives could splinter Democrats enough for mainstream dems take notice. Whatā€™s needed is a desire to make it happen and a few capable leaders to unite folks behind the ideaā€¦ AOC and Bernie may be able to pull it off but havenā€™t indicated any desire yet