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Defend American Jobs

Republican-aligned affiliate of the Fairshake super-PAC network
Tracked because Mirror to Protect Progress on the Republican side. Same funder base, opposite branding. Together with Fairshake, allows a single industry to play both sides of close races.
Editorial summary · AI-drafted from public records

Defend American Jobs is the Republican-leaning affiliate of Fairshake, used to channel crypto-industry money into Republican primaries and general elections.

Facts on record18
Connections mapped15
Sources cited5
✦ Thin coverage gap +35 connected to 15 entities · only 18 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 4P 11S+3 3I
Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
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Documented financial relationships span 0 money flow chains, while 10 elected officials hold documented connections.
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Connected Officials
Calculation Methodology

Contract values are summed from documented money flow chains where this entity appears as a source or destination node. Amounts are drawn from USASpending.gov, FEC filings, SEC EDGAR, or LD-2 lobbying registrations.

Donor contributions aggregate documented amounts from the donor_interests table, sourced from FEC individual and PAC contribution filings.

Connected officials are elected officials in our database with a mapped relationship (lobbying, board membership, campaign contribution, etc.) to this entity.

Annualised flow represents the total documented dollar amount traced through money flow hops involving this entity. Where hop-level amounts are unavailable, the chain-level documented total is used as a conservative upper bound.

All figures are drawn from public filings. Estimates are conservative — undisclosed transactions, dark money, and vanish-point hops are excluded from totals. This is a minimum documented floor, not a ceiling.

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Connection Map
Key Connections
→ Bernie Moreno elected official
Supported Candidate
Defend American Jobs spent more than $40 million on the Ohio Republican Senate primary and general election supporting Bernie Moreno against Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown.
→ Sherrod Brown elected official
Opposed Candidate
Defend American Jobs concentrated spending against Sherrod Brown in the Ohio Senate race by supporting his opponent Bernie Moreno.
← Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) company
Affiliated super PAC funding
Fairshake-affiliated entity Defend American Jobs was funded by a16z during the 2023-2024 cycle.
← Fairshake institution
affiliation
Defend American Jobs is an affiliate PAC in the Fairshake network.
← Jim Justice elected official
Supported by
Pro-crypto super PAC Defend American Jobs spent more than $3 million supporting Justice's Senate campaign.
← Jimmy Patronis person
funding/receiving
Defend American Jobs PAC, a Fairshake crypto super PAC affiliate, spent over $700K on ad campaigns supporting Patronis in the Florida special elections.
← Mark B. Messmer person
Outside Spending Support
Defend American Jobs (Fairshake crypto Super PAC) spent $504,020 supporting Messmer's 2024 primary campaign.
← Craig A. Goldman person
financial support
Defend American Jobs PAC (affiliated with Fairshake) spent independent expenditures on behalf of Goldman's 2024 election campaign.
Facts (18)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 161d ago · Avg age: 188d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (15)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Pending Review The committee reported a beginning cash-on-hand balance of $1,302,328.61 in January 2025 and concluded the Q1 2026 reporting period with $2,150,782.38, signaling a sustained 'war chest' strategy despite heavy primary spending.
Date: 2026-03-31 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review Defend American Jobs (C00836221) received $9,000,000 in transfers from affiliated committees (Fairshake) between January 2025 and March 31, 2026, accounting for approximately 88% of its total receipts during that period.
Date: 2026-03-31 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review In the Q1 2026 reporting period, Defend American Jobs shifted 40% of its 'Media Production' budget to the firm Screen Strategies Media, the same vendor utilized by the parent Fairshake PAC for Democratic-aligned expenditures, indicating centralized tactical control across the bipartisan network.
Date: 2026-04-15 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review Defend American Jobs shared the same treasurer and compliance office (228 S Washington St, Alexandria) with at least 14 other Republican Super PACs during the 2024 cycle, centralizing crypto-industry political operations within a single GOP establishment vendor node.
Date: 2024-06-15 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review Over the 2023-2024 cycle, Defend American Jobs made approximately $57 million in total independent expenditures, of which more than $40 million was concentrated on the Ohio Republican Senate primary and general election supporting Bernie Moreno against Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown.
Date: 2024-06-15 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review The FEC's electronic database systematically double-counts crypto-to-cash conversion transactions for Fairshake and likely its affiliated PACs, meaning published receipt totals for the Fairshake network overstate actual capital raised by an estimated $40 million for the 2024 cycle, per DL News forensic analysis confirmed by OpenSecrets deputy research director Brendan Glavin.
Date: 2024-06-15 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review Defend American Jobs disbursed independent expenditures to Main Street Media Group (PO Box 25093, Alexandria, VA 22313) totaling at least $1,507,944 in the 2024 cycle for media buys in Utah Senate races, per FEC filing image 202406169649032623.
Date: 2024-06-15 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review In September 2024, Fairshake transferred $15 million to Defend American Jobs and $5 million to Protect Progress in the same reporting window while receiving only approximately $1.1 million in new donor receipts in that period, confirming that Fairshake operates as a capital-pooling intermediary that disburses from accumulated reserves rather than same-period receipts, structurally dissolving any direct donor-to-IE tracing.
Date: 2024-06-15 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review In the 2025-2026 FEC reporting cycle (January 2025 through March 2026), Defend American Jobs received $9,000,000 in transfers from affiliated committees and $350,000 in itemized individual contributions, with zero direct contributions from other PACs or party committees.
Date: 2026-06-15 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review Defend American Jobs's FEC-registered committee ID is C00836221, not C00835975 as cited in the source database; C00836221 was registered March 29, 2023 with treasurer Lisa Lisker at 228 S Washington St Suite 115, Alexandria, VA 22314.
Date: 2023-06-15 Added: 03 May 2026
✓ verified Pending Review Defend American Jobs's spending was concentrated in races where the Republican primary contained meaningful divergence on crypto-policy positioning.
Date: 2024-06-15 Added: 03 May 2026
Partially Corroborated Defend American Jobs was a leading outside spender in the 2024 Ohio Republican Senate primary won by Bernie Moreno.
Date: 2024-06-15 Added: 03 May 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Fairshake — 2024 Cycle Summary
Partially Corroborated Defend American Jobs shares treasurer and operational vendors with the Fairshake parent committee, consistent with affiliated-PAC governance.
Primary Source Defend American Jobs is registered with the FEC as committee C00835975 and reports under the super-PAC regime.
✓ verified Pending Review Defend American Jobs receives the bulk of its funding via transfers from the Fairshake parent PAC, channelling crypto-industry money into Republican primaries.
Date: 2024-06-15 Added: 03 May 2026
All Connections (15)
→ Bernie Moreno elected official
Supported Candidate primary since 2023
Defend American Jobs spent more than $40 million on the Ohio Republican Senate primary and general election supporting Bernie Moreno against Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown.
→ Sherrod Brown elected official
Opposed Candidate primary since 2023
Defend American Jobs concentrated spending against Sherrod Brown in the Ohio Senate race by supporting his opponent Bernie Moreno.
→ Protect Progress institution
affiliation secondary since 2024
Fairshake transferred $15 million to Defend American Jobs and $5 million to Protect Progress in the same reporting window, indicating they are sibling affiliated PACs within the Fairshake network.
← Fairshake institution
affiliation primary since 2024
Defend American Jobs is an affiliate PAC in the Fairshake network.
← Jim Justice elected official
Supported by primary since 2024
Pro-crypto super PAC Defend American Jobs spent more than $3 million supporting Justice's Senate campaign.
← Jimmy Patronis person
funding/receiving primary since 2024
Defend American Jobs PAC, a Fairshake crypto super PAC affiliate, spent over $700K on ad campaigns supporting Patronis in the Florida special elections.
← Mark B. Messmer person
Outside Spending Support primary since 2024
Defend American Jobs (Fairshake crypto Super PAC) spent $504,020 supporting Messmer's 2024 primary campaign.
← Craig A. Goldman person
financial support primary since 2024
Defend American Jobs PAC (affiliated with Fairshake) spent independent expenditures on behalf of Goldman's 2024 election campaign.
← Troy Downing person
campaign support primary since 2024
Cryptocurrency-focused PAC Defend American Jobs spent $509,959 supporting Downing in the 2024 Republican primary. Downing later introduced H.R. 5748 (Retirement Investment Choice Act) to allow crypto in 401(k) plans, directly benefiting the digital-asset industry.
Affiliated super PAC funding primary since 2023
Fairshake-affiliated entity Defend American Jobs was funded by a16z during the 2023-2024 cycle.
← GENIUS Act instrument
PAC network spending influence inferential since 2024
The Fairshake super-PAC network's 2024 spending was concentrated in races involving members positioned to vote on the GENIUS Act; Defend American Jobs is part of this network.
← Cynthia Lummis elected official
potential_pac_support inferential since 2026
Defend American Jobs is a crypto PAC; Lummis is closely associated with crypto legislation.
← Defend American Jobs PAC organization
alias inferential since 2026
Defend American Jobs PAC appears to be a variant or alias of the entity listed as 'Defend American Jobs' in the database of known entities.
← Riley M. Moore person
campaign_support primary since 2024
The cryptocurrency super PAC 'Defend American Jobs' (affiliated with Fairshake) spent $713,230 on independent expenditures supporting Riley Moore's 2024 primary campaign, nearly matching his total campaign contributions at that point ($871,000).
← Kirsten Gillibrand elected official
affiliation inferential since 2024
Defend American Jobs PAC is listed in the known entities; Fairshake-affiliated PACs include Defend American Jobs PAC.
Sources (5)
2026-05-09 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Defend American Jobs not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Defend American Jobs — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Defend American Jobs — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Defend American Jobs — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Defend American Jobs — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt