This source reports that Ziklag, a private network of wealthy Christian donors organized as a 501(c)(3), funded election-focused and culture-war activity while advancing a long-term plan to reshape major sectors of American life according to a biblical worldview.
The article is published by ProPublica and describes an investigation based on internal newsletters, videos, strategy documents, and fundraising material obtained by ProPublica and Documented. It focuses on Ziklag's electoral strategy, donor network, and explicitly Christian long-term political vision. A local two-minute Vimeo excerpt package now preserves the Wallnau ballot-initiative passage referenced in that reporting. A separate Documented-hosted Vimeo excerpt, 1001297249, now preserves part of a September 27, 2023 Ziklag FAM Committee meeting about swing-state county targeting, possible TPA / Turning Point Action app use, and county-level organizer assignment.
Checkmate, Watchtower, and Steeplechase.991564992 excerpt directly supports the Wallnau ballot-initiative mechanism described in the article: citizen-initiated ballot measures, transgenderism as a wedge issue, swing-state targeting, and ballot initiatives as a tool for grassroots turnout.1001297249 FAM Committee excerpt directly supports a separate internal-meeting mechanism: focus on swing states and 19 counties, possible TPA / Turning Point Action app use or white-labeling, and assigning named people or organizations to priority counties.The article describes Checkmate as Ziklag's election-integrity / voter-roll challenge operation. It reports that Ziklag planned to fund groups working on voter-roll challenges and allied election-integrity infrastructure, including a planned 800,000 investment in EagleAI's roll-cleaning project. The article also reports stated objectives to secure additional Arizona votes and remove registrations or voters Ziklag characterized as ineligible in Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, and Wisconsin.
The Vimeo 1001297249 FAM Committee excerpt adds direct discussion-level support for swing-state / county targeting and possible app-enabled voter or constituency activation. It should be treated as evidence of strategy discussion, not evidence that a particular app, vendor, county lead, or field operation was funded or deployed.
Evidence limit: this summary has reporting-level evidence for the Checkmate plan and current repo filing evidence for broader Usatransform grantmaking, but it does not preserve the complete Checkmate budget, grant agreements, data files, or implementation records.
The article describes Watchtower as the parental-rights / anti-transgender-rights operation. It reports that Ziklag aimed to galvanize voters around parental rights and opposition to transgender-rights policies, including a messaging and data lab intended to supply partner groups with shared parental-rights messaging. It also reports Wallnau describing ballot initiatives in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, and Ohio as a mechanism for turnout.
The local Vimeo 991564992 excerpt gives direct video-excerpt support for the Watchtower ballot-initiative mechanism: Wallnau discusses citizen-initiated ballot measures, transgenderism as a wedge issue, swing states, signature gathering, ballot language fights, parental-notification framing, and the claim that ballot initiatives could deliver swing states.
Evidence limit: the local excerpt is only about two minutes and does not name Protect Kids Colorado. It supports the reported mechanism but not funding execution, legal control, sponsorship, campaign effect, or any specific later initiative's funding source.
The article describes Steeplechase as the pastor-and-church turnout operation. It reports that Ziklag urged conservative pastors to mobilize congregants to vote and described pastor summits, church-focused messaging and events, and pastor resources. It also reports connections to or coordination with conservative faith-voter groups such as Turning Point USA's faith-based arm, the Faith and Freedom Coalition, and America First Policy Institute.
Evidence limit: this is reporting-level evidence for a church-mobilization lane. It should not be used to claim participation by any specific church, pastor, or congregation without a separate source.
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