President Donald Trump is slated to issue a memorandum on Thursday targeting ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s main fundraising platform – taking aim at one of the key pillars of the financial infrastructure for Democratic candidates.

Taking a page from authoritarians around the world, Trump is targeting his political opposition with criminal investigations.

Meanwhile, Trump ally Elon Musk has repeatedly blasted ActBlue on his social media platform, X. O n March 8, for example, he appeared to suggest that "ActBlue-funded groups" were behind the recent wave of nationwide protests against his electric vehicle company, Tesla.