The New Republic72%
Clarence Thomas Pal Harlan Crow Maxed Out Donations to John Fetterman 92%
By Robert McCoy94%
7/16/2026, 4:48:24 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 22 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 71.6% saturation with 212 hits. Analysis detected 1,209 faulty-reasoning hits from 296 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 86.9% and a BS Rank of 92% (1,751 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 92.00% of the article peer group.
Harlan Crow, the billionaire patron of Republican-aligned causes, groups, and politicians, has found a new beneficiary in rightward-shifting Democratic Senator John Fetterman.
Crow, who is also a known Nazi memorabilia collector, has long heaped money on conservatives, most notably lavishing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with extensive gifts and favors for years, all of which Thomas failed to disclose and were only revealed thanks to a ProPublica investigation.
On June 30, Crow gave $7,000—the maximum allowed donation—to Fetterman’s campaign, according to a Federal Election Commission filing reported Wednesday by The Intercept.
Elected in 2022, Fetterman flipped a red seat after projecting a progressive image that quickly faded once he assumed office.
He has taken a staunchly pro-Israel stance that borders on monomaniacal; this week, he stated he has “no plans” to leave the Democratic Party but would do so if it becomes “the anti-Israel party.”
His unbridled support for Israel, and increasing alignment with President Donald Trump on other issues, led his staffers to jump ship en masse last year.
This metamorphosis has apparently attracted conservative donors other than Crow.
As the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported earlier this year, Fetterman’s war chest has been lined by donors such as billionaire Ed Glazer and investor Matthew Ocko.
And while Crow usually wields his financial largesse in service of right-wingers, he has also given occasionally to corporate-friendly Democrats, such as Representatives Josh Gottheimer and Henry Cuellar, as well as former Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, according to the Revolving Door Project.
Numerous Pennsylvania Democrats are reportedly considering challenging Fetterman in 2028.
A remarkable Quinnipiac University poll of registered Pennsylvania voters, released Wednesday, has his approval rating at 77 percent among Republicans and just 19 percent among Democrats.
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