Reporting on House Majority PAC's data center attack ads.
Donald Shaw
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Journalist based in rural western Massachusetts covering money in politics: campaign finance, dark money, and corporate lobbying. Co-founded Sludge in 2018, after previously working at OpenCongress and MapLight. Writes for Sludge and has contributed to More Perfect Union. Studied comparative literature at UMass Amherst and music at The New School, and tours as a musician.
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Donald Shaw writes Sludge , writes More Perfect Union and writes Article | The Nation .
Recently: “House Dems’ Super PAC Attacks Republicans Over Data Center Money While Taking Millions From the Industry” on Sludge (October 2026); “How Congress Is Cashing In on the AI Boom” on Article | The Nation (October 2026); “Black Caucus Groups Take $1.6 Million From Big Tech as Caucus Weighs Data Center Stance” on Sludge (October 2026); “Satellite Company Backed by a JD Vance Fund Wins Pentagon Award” on Sludge (September 2026); “Jake Sullivan Cashes In on the Corporate Speaking Circuit After Defending U.S. Support for Israel’s Gaza Assault” on Sludge (September 2026); “One of Elon Musk’s Loudest Online Boosters Is on His Super PAC’s Payroll” on Sludge (September 2026).
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