{"id":355479,"date":"2026-06-25T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T00:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-billionaire-donors-funnel-money-into-elections\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T01:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T00:00:08","slug":"how-billionaire-donors-funnel-money-into-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/how-billionaire-donors-funnel-money-into-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"How billionaire donors funnel money into elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/tNP65ijwnWE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"How billionaire donors funnel money into elections\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tNP65ijwnWE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a good time to be a billionaire political donor. Decades of Supreme Court cases have eliminated key guardrails keeping political spending in check, and campaigns have developed tactics for skirting many of the remaining rules. CNN\u2019s Gianna Toboni explains.<\/p>\n<p>Stream the full episode now on the CNN app: https:\/\/cnn.it\/3QYQwZq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a good time to be a billionaire political donor. Decades of Supreme Court cases have eliminated key guardrails keeping political spending in check, and campaigns have developed tactics for skirting many of the remaining rules. CNN\u2019s Gianna Toboni explains. 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