Jane Fonda is putting her political money behind candidates on the far left.

The actress’s Climate PAC has directed millions of dollars toward progressive and socialist candidates ahead of the November midterm elections, supporting Democrats whose climate policies and broader political views closely mirror Fonda’s own.

According to the group’s latest federal campaign report covering the 2025-2026 election cycle, the PAC raised roughly $8 million and spent more than $5 million on congressional, state and local contests this year—largely without drawing public attention.

The filing shows about $1.8 million went toward operating expenses, while $3.4 million was distributed directly to candidates and $228,000 was sent to other political committees. The PAC still had approximately $5 million on hand.

Fonda, 88, has spent decades as a prominent political activist. She was branded “Hanoi Jane” after being photographed atop an anti-aircraft gun during a 1972 visit to North Vietnam at the height of the Vietnam War, and she has since become a longtime supporter of progressive candidates.

In 2019, she was arrested several times outside the US Capitol while helping lead “Fire Drill Fridays,” a series of demonstrations calling for action on climate change and support for the Green New Deal.

Much of the PAC’s spending has come through $5,000 donations to contenders in competitive House races, including contests in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and other states that could play a role in determining control of Congress.

The organization also contributed $5,000 to Dr. Annie Andrews, the Democratic Senate hopeful challenging appointed Republican Sen. Darline Graham of South Carolina in a race that has recently become more competitive. Andrews appeared in a campaign advertisement with her Republican father, who insisted she was “not some crazy socialist.”

Fonda’s PAC has additionally supported Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a progressive Democrat running against Republican former NFL broadcaster Michele Tafoya.

In Wisconsin, the PAC made the maximum $5,000 contribution to gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, a self-described socialist whose once-promising campaign faltered after she faced criticism over an earlier call to “cancel Thanksgiving.”

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The “Barbarella” star’s political operation has not limited its reach to major federal campaigns. It also gave $5,000 to a county commission candidate in Oregon, underscoring its interest in down-ballot races.

In 2025, Fonda’s contributions totaled $40,000 in Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County, an area shaped by abandoned coal mines and Superfund sites. Democrats subsequently took control of the county council.

She also donated $5,000 to Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson’s congressional campaign. Pearson was expelled from the state House after participating in a gun-control demonstration on the chamber floor, though he was later returned to office.

Michigan congressional candidate William Lawrence, a co-founder of the Sunrise Movement, also reported receiving $5,000 from Fonda’s PAC in his latest Federal Election Commission filing. The climate advocacy group he helped establish has called for sweeping measures to address climate change. In 2013, when he was 22, Lawrence faced felony trespassing charges after chaining himself to an Enbridge Energy pipeline.

Lawrence said he allowed his Democratic Socialists of America membership to lapse this summer, shortly before winning his primary. He is now challenging GOP Rep. Tom Barrett in Michigan after spending about $700,000 to secure the nomination. Since then, Lawrence has accelerated his fundraising, collecting $3.7 million during the election cycle, including support from additional environmental organizations.

An Emerson College poll conducted October 14 showed Lawrence ahead of Barrett, 53% to 45%, among likely voters.

Fonda also gave the maximum allowable contribution to Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, 80, who co-authored the Green New Deal with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the progressive “Squad.” The proposal advocates transitioning the country to 100% clean energy.

The Climate PAC says its mission is to “end the stranglehold the fossil fuel industry has on our lives and our planet by electing climate champions at the state and local level.”

Fonda told the Los Angeles Times last year that she admired Republicans for taking control of state legislatures and county councils. “Down ballot, if you come in, especially for primaries, you can really make a difference,” she said. The Post has contacted the PAC for comment.

Fonda has also shown an ability to attract major donors. As The Post reported this spring, billionaire hedge fund manager Tom Steyer gave $310,000 to her PAC before receiving Fonda’s endorsement in his unsuccessful campaign for governor.

Former President Barack Obama revived his criticism of President Donald Trump’s opulent White House renovations during a campaign appearance in Detroit with Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed.

“He is very focused on home renovation. He should be on HGTV,” Obama told supporters in Michigan, drawing laughter from the crowd.

Obama mocked several of Trump’s construction projects, including a proposed ballroom that he said would be larger than the White House. He also took aim at the president’s well-known preference for gold décor.

“What’s up with the gold?” Obama asked. “I mean, he’s got the one that’s looking like Saddam Hussein opened a cheesecake factory.”

The former president also accused Trump of using the office to advance the financial interests of himself, his family and his political allies.

“The one thing that the current president is focused on other than home improvements is enriching himself and his family and his cronies,” Obama said.

As examples, Obama cited Trump’s cryptocurrency ventures and government contracts involving companies linked to the president’s children, describing them as part of a broader pattern of self-enrichment.

“We have lost count of all the deals he and his family have done. You can’t keep up. Meme coins, taxpayer-funded contracts for his kids’ companies,” Obama said.

He further argued that financial dealings involving Trump’s associates reflected a broader culture of favoritism within the administration.

“This is a culture that’s set at the top,” Obama said.

Obama also ridiculed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, saying the administration appeared more concerned with the image and perceived masculinity of U.S. troops than with more urgent military issues.

“He’s focused on important matters like the jawline and the testosterone levels of our troops,” Obama said. He also criticized the livestreaming of executions, which he said was being used to promote what he called a “manly warrior spirit.”

Obama followed with a personal jab at Hegseth: “How much time do you think this man spends in front of the mirror every day?”

El-Sayed, a former public health official, is seeking to consolidate Michigan’s Democratic base after narrowly winning a divisive primary by less than one percentage point. He faces Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers in the general election.

Obama’s visit to Detroit, where roughly three-quarters of residents are Black, could help El-Sayed strengthen his support among Black voters.

Earlier in the day, Obama campaigned in Ohio, where he accused President Donald Trump and his Republican allies of promoting what he described as “cruelty and indecency.”

 Obama stepped into one of the nation’s ugliest midterm fights as he worked to rally Democratic voters in the battleground state.

He took specific aim at Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who has doubled down on an advertising campaign featuring the estranged mother of Democratic rival Dr. Amy Acton. 

Trump and Vice President JD Vance have also defended the ad, even as Republican leaders across Ohio, including Gov. Mike DeWine, have called for its removal.

‘In recent days, we’ve seen there is no line he will not cross, no low he will not sink to,’ Obama said of Ramaswamy, noting that Acton has ‘spoken movingly about her painful childhood and all she’s experienced: abuse, neglect and homelessness.’

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‘There’s a decency we should expect out of our public officials,’ Obama continued. ‘And I don’t know what’s happened where the standards of behavior are so low that somebody could run an ad like that.’

Obama, 65, remains the Democratic Party’s best motivator nearly a decade after leaving the White House. 

He was set to campaign in Michigan later on Saturday night, lending the Democratic Party his star power in midwestern battlegrounds that will help determine the balance of power in American politics next week.

Obama shared the stage with Acton and former three-term Ohio Senator Sharrod Brown who is looking to unseat Republican Senator Jon Husted.

Although Ohio has become more reliably Republican, it has been a hotly contested battleground this year. 

Trump and Vance have both visited the state in recent weeks to drum up support for Husted and Ramaswamy. And the controversy over Ramaswamy’s ad has ratcheted up the already high temperature.

Ramaswamy has defended his decision to press ahead with the ad as fair game.

Trump aggressively defended the ad, which has emerged as a national flashpoint in the midterms’ final days, as he voted in West Palm Beach on Saturday.

‘This is a disgrace,’ Trump said. ‘The mother said that Amy Acton is a liar and she’s no good. And you know what? I don’t think you can get a better reference on that.’ 

He added that if his own mother had said anything bad about him, it would be front and center.

The Ramaswamy campaign video features Acton’s birth mother, Donna Arthur, calling her ‘a liar’ and insinuating she has mental health issues.

Acton, Ohio’s COVID-19-era health director, has made no secret of facing homelessness and abuse as a child. 

Arthur lost custody of her children after their stepfather, Arthur’s husband, was indicted on a charge of rape involving Acton.

The abuse allegedly happened from December 1976 to April 1978. Cledith Arthur failed to show for a court appearance and became a fugitive. Donna Arthur remained married to him until his death in 2004.

Appearing before Obama, Acton spoke as if addressing Ramaswamy directly.

‘My opponent has chosen to exploit, intentionally, my childhood to save his stumbling campaign, but it’s not going to work,’ she said. ‘Decency still matters.’ 

She added: ‘Mr. Ramaswamy, you are not just out of touch, you are out for yourself and you are a danger to my state. Apparently there is no low to which you won’t stoop.’

In Ohio, Obama also called out Trump’s inability to lower costs, a key campaign promise, noting that the president has instead focused on building a new White House ballroom and helipad on the South Lawn.

‘I don´t know if you’ve noticed, but he seems very focused on home renovation,’ he quipped. ‘He should be on HGTV.’ 

He went on: ‘There’s gold everywhere. He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.’

The former Democratic president acknowledged that the nation has Trump for another two years, until his term ends. But voters are not stuck with Trump’s allies, he said.

‘We’re not stuck with a spineless Congress and Republican governors who are handling lawlessness and carelessness and cruelty and indifference for working people,’ Obama said. 

‘After two years of chaos and cruelty and corruption and incompetence … you get a chance to say enough is enough.’

President Trump, sounding hoarse, cast his ballot alongside first lady Melania Trump in West Palm Beach on Saturday. He vowed to maintain the exhausting campaign schedule that has taken him from rally to rally in support of Republican candidates ahead of the midterm elections.

“It’s a strain on your voice. It’s a strain. You know, it’s not normal, what I’ve done,” Trump told reporters after voting. He then left for a campaign rally in Georgia.

“It’s hard because I’m not campaigning for myself – I’m campaigning for other people, some of whom I don’t know.”

Trump said he could return to South Carolina after visiting the state Wednesday to campaign alongside embattled appointed Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.). Graham is locked in a close race and was in Florida on Friday night.

He praised Ohio Sen. John Husted (R-Ohio), calling him a “John – great athlete” and a “big, powerful strong guy,” while also offering an optimistic assessment of Republicans’ chances of retaining control of the House.
Even while back in Florida, Trump skipped a round of golf. Instead, he hit balls with unidentified golf professionals. “I wasn’t in the mood to play. Because I’m too busy,” he said.

When asked how he could work with Democrats, Trump acknowledged the historic difficulties presidents face during midterm elections but argued that his unusually active campaign schedule could help Republicans.
“A sitting president always does badly in the midterms,” he said. “There’s no president that’s ever campaigned like I have.”

Trump also criticized former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. Obama was campaigning in Ohio and Michigan on Saturday, while Clinton had criticized Trump’s redesigned Rose Garden.
“They’re critical because we beat them,” Trump said.

“Obama was a lousy president. Clinton was not bad, but he got caught up in a lot of scandals. Outside of the scandals he would have been a good president.”

Trump also declined to rule out pardons for lower-level White House staff members. After being asked about a Washington Sun report that broad pardons were being considered for junior aides involved in deportation, war or trade matters, he sought to reassure glamorous aide Margo Martin, who was traveling with him.
Trump addressed Martin directly when questioned about the report.

“Margo, you’re not going to have to worry about it, okay?” Trump told her. He bristled at a question about whether he was preparing to attack Iran, while leaving open the possibility of further action. “I may have to finish it off or maybe they’ll make a deal, but I’m not sure.”

Asked why corruption had become a leading concern for voters, Trump offered a brief response: “Because the Democrats are very corrupt.”

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The president voted in his adopted home state after brushing aside polling averages showing his approval rating at 38% or lower.

“I’m not at 38,” he told the Washington Examiner. “I don’t believe I could be beaten by anybody. I think that if I needed it, which I don’t, I think 60.”

Trump is not on the ballot this year, but he has urged voters to view the midterm elections as a referendum on his presidency.

Florida’s Senate contest features Republican Sen. Ashley Moody against Democratic state Rep. Angie Nixon, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. Moody is favored, while the race to replace term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to be more competitive.

Former Republican Rep. David Jolly, now running as a Democrat, is challenging Trump ally Rep. Byron Donalds in the gubernatorial race.

Trump spent the night at Mar-a-Lago between two campaign rallies and chose to vote in person. His decision came hours after he urged supporters in other early-voting states on Truth Social to cast their ballots by whatever method was available to them.

“If you have a mail-in ballot, return it immediately and, if not, GO VOTE at the Polls RIGHT NOW, and get everyone you know to VOTE FOR THE REPUBLICAN IN EVERY RACE, UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT!” Trump wrote in one post aimed at New Jersey voters.

“There is a lot of cheating in vote by mail,” Trump claimed Monday.

The Justice Department has intensified prosecutions of people accused of illegal voting in the weeks leading up to the elections. The department also told election officials in California that they must help identify noncitizens on voter rolls or risk becoming the subject of federal “scrutiny,” the New York Times reported.

DOJ sued the state on Thursday and asked it to segregate the votes of 20,000 people until their citizenship status could be “determined.”

Trump referenced that probe Saturday: “It could be as high as a million votes. The 20,000 is just a little bit, and that had to do with the past election, not this current election.”

The Pentagon has released a fresh collection of declassified UFO files, including a 2010 investigation into reports of strange creatures near a Utah ranch.

The report records residents’ alleged encounters with ‘skinwalkers,’ from a dog-like animal with a human-shaped nose to towering shadows and unexplained lights.

In Navajo tradition, a skinwalker is considered a malevolent witch believed to possess the ability to assume an animal form.

During an encounter in January 2010, one man described seeing a hunched figure that he estimated stood about six feet tall and weighed roughly 250 pounds.

According to the report, ‘The head was described as looking like a German shepherd dog without the pointed nose. The nose was described to be more similar to a human nose.’

The testimony also describes loud howling outside homes. One witness said the cries attributed to a supposed skinwalker prompted nearby coyotes to howl in response.

Other newly declassified accounts describe a portal appearing near a lake, which one witness called ‘a doorway to another world.’

Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) collected the accounts after its personnel visited the Fort Duchesne area in March and April 2010.

Despite extensive redactions, the report’s map locates the investigation around Skinwalker Ranch, the 512-acre Utah property in the Uintah Basin associated with alleged paranormal activity.

The man who reported the January sighting said light shining on the figure revealed short black-and-gray fur, pointed ears and a short tail.

Investigators recorded his description of the creature’s movement: ‘It ran like it was leaping.’

He also claimed that its howl served as a warning that it was passing through the area.

The same witness said he had another encounter two nights before his March 24 interview.

He told investigators that he was inside his home at about 8pm when a large shadow sped past the front of the building.

His dogs began barking and pursued what he believed was a skinwalker, which he said repeatedly collided with a barbed-wire fence.

The witness said the figure moved ‘like a track star’ before escaping toward an abandoned farmhouse across the road.

He stayed inside for the approximately 30-minute incident, observing events from his doorway.

Investigators searched the fence and recovered fur caught on a barb, which they submitted for laboratory analysis.

The findings pointed to an ordinary explanation for the material collected.

Two unidentified fence samples shared the same canine DNA sequence as a control sample taken from a dog on the property.

BAASS said the matching results, similar appearance of the hairs and freely roaming dogs strongly suggested they came from the same animal, although the DNA match alone was not definitive.

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A woman also recalled seeing what she believed was a ‘portal’ roughly 20 years before her 2010 interview.

She described a clear, stationary formation about 30 to 40 feet high that rippled like water and resembled a heat shimmer, which she observed from approximately 100 feet away.

The woman said it gave her a peaceful feeling and remained visible when she left.

She told investigators she came to interpret it as a doorway to another world after reading a ‘Skinwalker’ book.

Other interviews concerned different figures, which were not all explicitly identified as skinwalkers.

Witnesses describing the towering shadows said they had heard a ‘growling roar’ outside their home around 11pm on March 22, 2010.

The sound occurred twice, lasting roughly five to 10 seconds each time, according to their account.

Another man recalled a three-foot-long, hairy arm reaching through his bedroom window in winter 2003.

He described four long fingers, no visible thumb and dog-like nails, saying the arm withdrew when he shouted.

A young woman described a hunched, female-looking figure with shoulder-length black hair and ragged clothing jumping between rooftops around 2009.

She said her mother also saw it and called 911, prompting a police response.

The witness identified the figure as what she said was known in Ute culture as the ‘Basket Lady.’

A separate woman reported an eight-foot, hairless creature crouched on a horse shelter in September 2009 before leaping away.

She acknowledged seeing it only briefly from behind. Her four-year-old daughter reportedly compared it to a kangaroo.

The report also records accounts of mysterious balls of light.

One witness described a blue orb hovering near Bottle Hollow Lake before moving toward Skinwalker Ridge.

Another woman recalled seeing a small aqua-blue light hovering in a tree outside her home in February 2010.

It disappeared ‘in the blink of an eye,’ she said.

She described it as dim and said it did not illuminate the tree.

Another account described floating lights that appeared to move behind objects when a witness’s presence was noticed, a behavior he interpreted as an attempt to hide.

Investigators installed motion-triggered cameras and continued gathering testimony, but the report does not establish that the figures were supernatural or determine what caused the lights.