The Laundry’s Closed

How the DNC’s Fundraising Empire Just Collapsed

Jun 19, 2025

For years, the Democrats enjoyed a magic trick more dazzling than anything out of Vegas: turn taxpayer-funded “foreign aid” into a private domestic piggy bank. But the trick is over, the curtains have been yanked back, and now the DNC is frantically patting its pockets for spare change.

Thanks to a devastating exposé by The New York Times—of all outlets—we now know the patient is flatlining. The DNC’s cash reserves are so dire that officials are openly mulling taking out loans just to keep the lights on.

But what happened?

Let’s trace the three fatal wounds to the Democrat fundraising machine, starting with the juiciest.

💸 USAID: The Gravy Train Derails

Shortly after returning to the political arena, Trump quietly dismantled one of the Democrats’ most reliable cash-washing operations: USAID. Here’s how the laundering scheme worked:

U.S. taxpayer dollars were shipped abroad via “foreign aid.”
That money was shoveled into “non-governmental organizations” (NGOs)—activist outfits in all but name.
These NGOs, staffed by friendly ideologues, sent back generous political donations via individuals and PACs to—you guessed it—the Democrats.

It was a giant round-trip ticket paid for by taxpayers, cleverly disguised as “global humanitarianism.” Now that the spigot’s off, the DNC’s budget shortfall feels less like bad luck and more like withdrawal symptoms.

🧮 ActBlue’s Smurf Army Disbands

ActBlue, the Democrat’s donor platform, has been caught up in an increasingly public investigation into suspicious small-dollar donations. The problem? Too many broke people donating too much money—sometimes thousands of times in a single year.

Independent investigators discovered that many of these so-called “donors” had no idea they’d ever contributed.

Cue the board resignation. ActBlue's leadership fled like roaches in a kitchen with the lights flipped on. The new board has promised tighter donation security (translation: “Okay, we’ll stop now”), but the damage is done. The algorithmic ATM has gone offline, possibly forever.

🏦 The Mega-Donor Freeze-Out

Big-money donors are also ghosting the DNC. In the first four months of this year, only three individuals gave $100,000 or more to the national party. Kamala Harris’s recent New York fundraiser pulled in a paltry $300,000—less than a third of her previous haul. Even her laugh couldn’t save the evening.

With Democrats out of power, the party can no longer promise political favors or protection. Corporate sponsors, skittish about being tied to a sinking ship, are backing away. Campaign finance laws are finally being enforced (at least a little), and nobody wants to be the next headline.

🌀 The Purity Spiral

To make matters worse, the party is eating itself alive. David Hogg’s recent broadside against the DNC leadership only intensified an already fratricidal atmosphere. The Democrats’ attempt to stay ideologically fashionable has turned into an Olympic event of mutual cancellation.

Meanwhile, instead of rebuilding their ground game, the DNC has invested millions in a YouTube series called The Daily Blueprint, featuring slick production and...fewer than a thousand views per episode.

Apparently, when you’re bleeding donors, the natural solution is to burn more money on digital vanity projects.

🧾 The Bottom Line

What we’re witnessing is a full-spectrum collapse:

The USAID-to-NGO-to-DNC laundering pipeline is gone.
ActBlue’s smurf army has been exposed and gutted.
Big donors are on strike, spooked by scandal and irrelevance.

And most striking of all? Without an endless stream of forced cash and algorithmic donations, the Democrats have forgotten how to fundraise like normal people. No charisma. No message. No money.

As Trump ramps up for 2026 with a war chest filled by enthusiastic donors, the Democrats are left staging high-gloss YouTube episodes for an audience smaller than a county PTA meeting.

The laundry’s closed. The gravy’s gone. And the clown show is just beginning.