Like a super PAC, which is shorthand for super political action committee, Our Revolution can raise unlimited sums from wealthy patrons that dwarf the limits faced by candidates and conventional PACs. For comparison, VoteVets alone, a super PAC that supports liberal veterans for public office and is backing Buttigieg, has spent $2.1 million airing ads for the former mayor so far. But the tax-exempt political nonprofit he founded in 2016 functions much like one – but without having to reveal who its donors are. Super PACs — lightly regulated political committees that may raise and spend unlimited amounts of money to support or oppose political candidates — are Sanders scourges. A mysterious super PAC supporting Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign is making a late attempt to save her candidacy with a $9 million ad buy in states voting next Tuesday.

The term Super PAC has helped soil the reputations of all PACs, even those that cannot spend unlimited amounts of money. Some of the groups, including the pro-Sanders Our Revolution… Our Revolution (sometimes known by its initials OR) is an American progressive political action organization spun out of Senator Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign to continue its work. Unlike a super PAC, Our Revolution is not required to disclose its donors. “I do not have a super PAC, and I do not want a super PAC,” he declared to cheers after trouncing Clinton in the 2016 New Hampshire primary. With the new group, both halves of the title of Mr. Sanders’s post-campaign book in 2016, “Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In,” are now the names of entities that sprung out of his movement. In addition, Our Revolution … Like a super PAC, which is shorthand for super political action committee, Our Revolution can raise unlimited sums from wealthy patrons that dwarf the limits faced by candidates and conventional PACs. Some PACs, such as unions, Our Revolution, or DSA, can only take donations from their members. (Our Revolution posts the names of donors, but not the amounts.) Our Revolution is also the title of a book by Sanders released in November 2016. This optic …

Though Our Revolution is not a super PAC, it is a tax-exempt political nonprofit that was allowed to raise unlimited sums without disclosing its donors under the court ruling. The organization's mission is to educate voters about issues, get people involved in the political process, and work to organize and elect progressive candidates.

Claim: “Everyone on this stage except Amy (Klobuchar) and me is either a billionaire or is receiving help from PACs that can do unlimited spending.” This can limit resources. Our Revolution was founded in 2016 by Sanders as a PAC (not the same as a super-PAC) to combat the Democratic party's war on Progressive candidates across the country through dozens of dirty tactics, including intimidation, election-rigging, and starving those candidates of party funding for their campaigns. Our Revolution received $9.5 million in contributions since 2016 through 2018, but unlike Super PACs, which Sanders often decries, the group is not required to disclose the identity of its donors.

National Nurses United for Patient Protection, a super PAC that supported Sanders’ 2016 run, disclosed that it donated $300,000 to Our Revolution. Our Revolution is not a super PAC. Sixteen Thirty Fund, a nonprofit group that allows donors to anonymously funnel large contributions to progressive and liberal causes, was the source of a $100,000 contribution in 2017. A super PAC backing Warren, called "Persist PAC," filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday. The Biden super PAC, Unite the Country, is the biggest spender so far, pumping nearly $5 million in advertising into Iowa.