A Mystery ‘News’ Site Is Helping Vivek Ramaswamy Push His Nasty Attack Ad

Republican slime bag and relentless troll Vivek Ramaswamy, who also happens to be running for governor of Ohio, has become the center of unethical ad campaigns after he released an attack featuring his Democratic competitor’s estranged mother, and a random ass news site is running a Facebook ad to boost the deplorable video.

The Buckeye Bulletin, which claims to be committed to “reliable journalism” and “strong editorial standards,” seems to have materialized out of nowhere to push pro-Ramaswamy content. The website has no bylines, no staff directory, no obvious advertising or subscription model, and no disclosure of who’s funding it. But sure, let’s trust the journalism, the Los Angeles Times reports.

A review of the outlet’s Meta advertising data shows the Lincoln Media Foundation, a nonprofit affiliated with the Lincoln Club, a major conservative donor organization in California, manages its Facebook and Instagram accounts. The club and foundation share at least two key executives, according to IRS records.

Neither the Bulletin nor the foundation responded to requests for comment.

The operation appears to fit the definition of “pink-slime” journalism: partisan content dressed up as local news so unsuspecting readers might mistake political propaganda for independent reporting.

And this isn’t the first time the Lincoln Media Foundation has been linked to such sites. In 2024, researcher Max Read identified seven alleged pink-slime outlets linked to the group that targeted battleground states ahead of the presidential election. The network spent more than $63,000 on Meta advertising, generating up to 18 million impressions.

Read told The Times that the Buckeye Bulletin appeared to be a repeat of the same strategy.

Since launching in March, the Bulletin has promoted Ramaswamy’s endorsements and policy positions while highlighting attacks against Democratic opponent Amy Acton, Ohio’s former public health director.

Last week, it amplified Ramaswamy’s controversial ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother, Donna Arthur, who calls her daughter a liar and urges voters not to support her. The ad omitted that Arthur lost custody of her children after her husband was indicted for raping Acton when she was a child. Democrats and Republican Gov. Mike DeWine criticized the omission, while President Trump and Vice President JD Vance defended the ad.

The Bulletin’s political posts are getting attention. One video about Acton received more than 4,800 likes, 1,500 comments and 500 shares. A post about a chemical explosion in Toledo received two likes.

The site’s Facebook and Instagram accounts have spent just over $10,000 boosting posts this year.

Experts say disguising political messaging as journalism can make audiences more likely to trust it. And with AI tools increasingly citing pink-slime websites, the problem extends beyond social media.

Ramaswamy can run whatever attack ads he wants. But when a mystery outlet with undisclosed backing helps amplify those attacks while masquerading as local journalism, Ohio voters deserve to know who’s really feeding them the news.

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