Garry Tan, founder of venture capital firm Y Combinator, has created a dark money group specifically to stand for what he calls “entrepreneurship” -- but he has so far used to attack unions and fight taxes on the ultra-wealthy.3
It’s just one part of a lobby machine used to ensure that there are no guardrails put on Big Tech, including AI, which is projected to earn $1.8 trillion in revenue in the next six years.4
These tech bros are propping up the Trump regime's surveillance and crackdowns on Americans, including ICE raids and deportations.
Here in California, the Big Tech lobby spent $12 million last year to squash legislation that would regulate data centers, rein in predatory AI pricing, and hold corporations accountable for harmful social media content. Most of these bills died in the legislature or were vetoed by Governor Newsom.5,6,7
And with the 2026 midterms looming, Big Tech is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to ramp up for the elections. Meta alone has one lobbyist for every six members of Congress.
Courage California needs to be ready to call out every dollar Big Tech spends to swing the 2026 election -- and educate on the issues from the perspective of working families, not billionaires. Will you chip in?
Whether it’s our Courage Voter Guide, Courage Score, or our voter education programs, a central piece of Courage California’s work is calling out the money behind the politics and countering their influence with grassroots people power. We need to be prepared to take on Big Tech in a big way.
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Let's raise people's voices in 2026 together!
~Irene, along with Annie, Angela, Isidra, Cecilia, Jen, and Lindsay (the Courage team)
