the lies are so contagious among republican elites, don't look for logic, follow the money. ex-president donald trump has built up a war chest of more than $100 million. with all things trump, it's not quite what it seems. i'm not talking about how he inflated his totals for the first half of the year, i'm talking about how it's evidence of the grift that goes on even as trump cows republicans to staying in an abusive relationship because for all the fundraising over nonexistent mass voter fraud, trump has spent no money on the fruitless fraud that continue to keep the big lie alive in the heart of his hard core supporters. the president deceived his donors a former ftc official told the guardian. they asked to give money so he could contest the election results, and spent the contributions to pay off unrelated debts. he's not going to waste his money on what arizona republican jack sellers called an adventure in never never land. he wants his small dollar and