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title: "Filings: Meta reduced its $65M midterms budget by $25M through refunds, primarily from a super PAC it launched in 2025 with $45M to fight state AI bills (Theodore Schleifer/New York Times)"
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published_at: "2026-10-16T21:35:00.000Z"
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# Filings: Meta reduced its $65M midterms budget by $25M through refunds, primarily from a super PAC it launched in 2025 with $45M to fight state AI bills \(Theodore Schleifer/New York Times\)

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**Published:** 2026-10-16T21:35:00.000Z
**Category:** Regulation
**Topics:** meta, funding

## Summary

Meta reduced its $65 million midterms budget by $25 million through refunds, primarily from a super PAC it launched in 2025 with $45 million to fight state AI bills\. The company had outlined a $65 million budget last year when it embarked on an effort to elect state politicians friendly to the A\.I\. industry\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://www.techmeme.com/261016/p21>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50142772>)
- [Story source](<https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-the-federal-reserve-secretly>)