The Democratic National Committee is running on fumes, and chairman Ken Martin is headed for a full-blown mental breakdown, according to a pair of blistering reports.
A New York Times report published Sunday revealed that the committee is $2 million in the hole and begging vendors to sit on their invoices until after the midterms.
The DNC quietly put the Southeast Washington building up as collateral last year to land a $15 million line of credit and bankroll off-year races, according to DC deed records not previously reported, according to NOTUS. The party has pawned the property, which it only partially owns, in past cycles. But going back to the well ahead of 2026 for the biggest off-year loan in committee history set off alarms among members who saw it as one more flashing red light.
"Ken gaslighting us about the DNC's finances and not being transparent about the financial situation makes us doubt if he can oversee the DNC during the most important primary of our lifetime," an unnamed DNC member told NOTUS.
The Republican National Committee is sitting on $128.5 million, and President Trump's main super PAC, MAGA Inc., closed out June with roughly $400 million in the bank.
The DNC has downplayed the alarm. Roger Lau, the committee's executive director, told the Times that the request for vendors to hold their invoices was "nothing more than standard negotiations with vendors over contracts and payment processes."
Meanwhile, the pressure mounting on Martin is showing, according to the Times:
In a pique of frustration in early July, he threw his phone at the desk of a junior aide while upbraiding the person. The phone-tossing incident resulted in a formal complaint to the D.N.C.'s human resources department.
The fallout from the phone-throwing episode was described by half a dozen people familiar with the incident, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss internal party matters. None of them witnessed the encounter, and there was some dispute over how aggressively the phone was tossed. Mr. Martin was said to have thrown the phone at the desk, rather than at the aide.
Unsurprisingly, the DNC refused to comment on the incident.
To make matters worse, Martin has reportedly developed a "growing sense of paranoia" about a possible push to dump him and is "paralyzed by the idea of leaks."
"It pisses me off when I see leaks out of this building," Martin lamented during a meeting in May. "No more of that shit. No more."
"My success is your success," he added. "So the weaker I am, the weaker all of you are."
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Iran Blasts "Freeloader" Zelensky For Ordering Deadly Attack On Caspian Vessel "At Israel's Behest"
A dangerous merging of conflicts?
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-oman-hold-hormuz-talks-us-pauses-airstrikes-second-day
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Machete-Wielding Islamic Terrorist Killed By Cops After Deadly Berlin Pride Attack
Ballout was shot dead after advancing towards officers with a bladed weapon...
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/manhunt-underway-islamic-state-suspect-after-deadly-car-attack-berlin-pride-parade
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ASU Just Made 'Influencing' A College Major
As universities churn out debt-loaded leftists who hate America...
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/asu-just-made-influencing-college-major
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Hawaii's Lieutenant Governor Indicted In "Biggest Bribery Scandal In State History"
Luke, a Democrat, was indicted by an Oahu grand jury on Friday
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/hawaiis-lieutenant-governor-indicted-biggest-bribery-scandal-state-history
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US One-Way Attack Drone Found Adrift In Hormuz Offers New Look At Western Capabilities
"Iranian fishermen found an American drone of the LUCAS ...
(BUT THE PENTAGON HAS WON THE CORRUPTION RACE.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/military/us-one-way-attack-drone-found-adrift-hormuz-offers-new-look-western-capabilities
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France Recorded 5,000 Excess Deaths During Heat Wave: Officials
The excess deaths happened as temperatures broke records in the country..
(EUROPEANS HAVE NOTED THAT MORE EUROPEANS DIE FROM HEAT OR LACK OF AC THAN AMERICANS ARE
KILLED BY GUNS. THAT IS IF YOU DON'T COUNT SUICIDES.)
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/france-recorded-5000-excess-deaths-during-heat-wave-officials
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UK Cities Roll Out More Diversity Barriers; Vehicle-Ramming Threat Now The Norm
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
A family summer beach event in the UK city of Nottingham now sits behind portable anti-ram steel barrier, the latest admission that open borders have turned public spaces into soft targets.
Local authorities across Britain are quietly installing more of what critics now call "diversity barriers" - heavy portable steel devices designed to stop vehicles being driven into crowds.
The annual artificial "Nottingham Beach" event opened this week behind a line of bright red Husson H-Stop units
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/uk-cities-roll-out-more-diversity-barriers-vehicle-ramming-threat-now-norm
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Black Man calls restaurant to drop charge and delete video of his family dine-n-dashing
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Positive racism
Liberal woman is blaming “white men” for the Islamic extremist who ran over people at an gay march