Brad Middleton is a frequent contributor to liberal candidates. Below is a sample of his contribution history.
Warnock For Georgia – 11/9/22 - $50
· Supports a Student Loan Forgiveness for All
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Jamie Harrison For Senate – 9/19/20 - $50
· Supported Biden’s unconstitutional Student Loan Forgiveness
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Theresa Greenfield For Iowa – 9/19/20 - $50
Doug Jones For US Senate – 2/6/20 - $20.02
Sara Gideon For Maine – 2/7/20 - $20
Mark Kelly For Senate – 2/7/20 - $20
Biden For President – 2/7/20 - $50
Biden For President – 10/18/19 - $25
Kia For Congress – 6/21/17 - $50
Kia For Congress – 4/1/8/17 - $200
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As OpenSecrets notes, "Only a tiny fraction of Americans actually give campaign contributions to political candidates, parties or PACs. Just 0.97% of the United States population contributed more than two hundred dollars to federal candidates, PACs, parties, and outside groups [last cycle]" This is the reason campaign contributions are such an instructive tool in analyzing civil servants, because only the most avid partisans - less than one percent - write a check to a candidate.
September 2023 - Present - U.S. Department of Education –Senior Advisor
May 2022 – September 2023 – FSA - Senior Advisor for Strategy
May 2013 - May 2022 – US Senate – Education Policy Director for Dick Durbin
January 2013 - May 2013 – US Senate - Legislative Assistant for Dick Durbin
May 2011 - January 2013 – US Senate - Western IL Outreach Coordinator for Dick Durbin
May 2009 – May 2011 – US Senate – Legislative Assistant for Dick Durbin
January 2009 – November 2009 – US Senate - Legislative Correspondent for Dick Durbin
June 2008 – January 2009 – US Senate – Staff Assistant for Dick Durbin
May 2007 – August 2007 – US Senate – Intern for Senator Barack Obama
June 2006 - December 2006 – US Senate – Intern for Dick Durbin
January 2006 – May 2006 - U.S. House of Representatives – Intern for Rep. Lane Evans
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While Brad Middleton worked as Dick Durbin's education policy director, Senator Durbin proposed a plan for full loan forgiveness for students of career colleges like Corinthian Colleges and ITT Tech, suggesting that taxpayers should foot the bill through a stimulus package that was supposed to be COVID-19 relief. This move would essentially transfer the financial burden of student loans to the American taxpayers.
“Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and other Democratic lawmakers unveiled a plan to provide full debt cancellation for defrauded student borrowers in the next coronavirus relief package. Durbin’s package would specifically target debt relief to students that attended the now defunct ITT Tech and Corinthian College. The Coronavirus Emergency Borrower Defense (E-BD) Act from Durbin would provide relief to three categories of borrowers. The first two are those students who attended ITT Tech and Corinthian. These schools closed after findings of fraud from investigations by the Department of Education and state attorneys general.”
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Brad Middleton posted an image on Facebook of Trump and Putin kissing on the day of Trump's impeachment, suggesting Trump colluded with the Russians.
On Facebook, Brad Middleton celebrated Obamacare passing in the US Senate on December 24, 2009:
And then again on March 21, 2010, Brad Middleton celebrated the House agreeing to the Senate amendment on Obamacare:
