Tom Steyer
Democratic donor/activist
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How coverage of Tom Steyer shifted in the last 3 days vs the prior 28.
Coverage volume jumped — Political Endorsements and Social Media Influence, but the underlying story is unchanged.
Coverage volume · last 28 days
3.0× normal3 episodes in 3d vs 1 typical · tone mostly negative · 3 outlets
As of Aug 11, 2026
Recent Mentions (1,959 total)
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“ Because he fraudulently got his way through. Chris, hadn't he rigged the election. You don't hear what the Wisconsin election. So the Wisconsin election board, you don't believe them. Yeah, I haven't seen any federal cases against Elon Musk for election rigging. Oh, so if it's not a federal case, it didn't happen. Below Mike Bloomberg's, below Tom Steyer, both Democrat donors. So Elon Musk has donated a lot to elections. That's great. But don't forget, this idea that Elon Musk has made money on politics, Elon Musk got decimated in his businesses because he got involved.”
2:21· open transcript“ Because he fraudulently got his way through. Chris hadn't he rigged the election. You don't hear what the Wisconsin election. So the Wisconsin election board, you don't believe them. Yeah, I haven't seen any federal cases against Elon Musk for election rigging. Oh, so if it's not a federal case, below Mike Bloomberg's, below Tom Steyer, both Democrat donors. So Elon Musk has donated a lot to elections. That's great. But don't forget this idea that Elon Musk has made money on politics, Elon Musk got decimated in his businesses because he got involved.”
52:09· open transcript“ Yeah, you know, oh, I will say this, and you guys pointed it out on your show, that Tom Steyer, you did the Tom Steyer mansplaining episode. But Tom Steyer also had a few moments that I think if Katie Porter had said it, it would have been a bigger deal, but folks sort of dismissed it because it was Tom Steyer. So I think there might be a little bit of truth to the, you know, she's a woman and women aren't supposed to behave that way. I also think it has a lot to do with the question that she didn't answer, which was what do you say to the...”
5:08· open transcript“ People come in and buy them. And Tom Steyer and Jeff Bezos, by low and so high. Wait, wait a second. I'm going to get there. So this commodity that we've decided to join into, it's completely made up out of thin air. It's not like I'm buying wheat futures of this future. It's only made up because we artificially put a limit on how much energy they could produce before we say, wait a minute, you're killing the environment. You want to go over that. You have to go buy these credits. So.”
6:51· open transcript“ A few years ago, she was in advance of the home of lefty billionaire Tom Steyer, where he was announcing he was pumping tens of millions of dollars in the midterm efforts of the Democrats and his wife explained their plan to the assembled crowd. And Barker said she was stunned. Stunned to learn there was absolutely no plan to even try to win back the voters that the Democrats had lost to Trump, mainly working-class voters. This was the moment that she realized.”
2:54:40· open transcript“ Very wealthy people buy them, and then they get to sell it back to Dominion for whatever they feel like charging them. And if Dominion's really in trouble because it's 100 degrees and it is sticky and everybody has the air conditioning going and we're all using more electricity, the Dominion energy desperately needs these. Tom Steyer or some of these other profiteers can sell this back to us for whatever we want and we're the ones who end up paying for these.”
7:30· open transcript“ The latest campaign finance records show the Stop the Squeeze campaign has raised $400,000 so far. It is one of several campaigns that have formed to fight the tax combined. All of those campaigns have so far raised. Let me just apologize in advance if on KABC or KSFO or even on the YouTube channel, you start seeing nonstop ads for or against the billionaire's tax because it is estimated that that might be double what we saw with Tom Steyer.”
12:10· open transcript“ to trade for carbon credits where the ultra wealthy, right, guys like Tom Steyer and Jeff Bezos, can speculate in carbon credits so that your power bill goes up when the temperature goes up or down. And they profit on it. They've gotten working people to capitalize the market. Hold on for a second. Explain to us what this means because we've done it before, but now that you actually see your power bill, folks.”
3:09· open transcript“ Yes. And Will would love to get paid for doing commercials, but no one believes him. So if I went on my internet and did on Instagram and I said, hey, you know what? Healthcare shouldn't bankrupt you. And, you know, you want a house. It feels impossible. There's polluters out there. The AI is coming forth. That's why I'm supporting Tom Steyer for governor. People may not think that that's an ad.”
31:11· open transcript“ It was actually on the lawn of Tom Steyer's mansion in San Francisco when he brought out his new director of his organization. And her mission, that cycle, was to spend $60 million to help the Democrats. And she literally announced, and I write this in my book, nothing left. She literally announced to the crowd of these extremely rich white people clapping at her every word like drunken seals.”
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