Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for Senate in North Carolina, released an ad stating that he has “driven thousands of miles across North Carolina trying to fix our country and help working families.” But campaign finance filings reveal that Whatley’s campaign committees have spent over $100,000 since last September on travel in a $2 million private jet. A paper trail links these payments to a felon convicted of defrauding the federal government.
Opponents of California’s proposed billionaire tax are running an ad falsely claiming that the initiative would require everyone to itemize and report all their assets to the state. The ad was sponsored by Californians Against Wasteful Spending and Higher Taxes, a project of the California Business Roundtable (CBRT). CBRT’s PAC is funded by several billionaires, including Peter Thiel.
The New York Post has repeatedly claimed that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani “doxxed” wealthy New Yorkers by publishing a property ownership list last month as the city implements the new pied-à-terre tax. But Mamdani did not doxx any New York City residents because the same information has been public for decades. Nevertheless, the false claim has now spread to other major media outlets.
