PAC Boosts U.S. Taxpayer Candidate With X, Facebook Spending; Aims To Cost GOP Senate Seats
(Source: MIRS.news, Published 10/21/2026) A political action committee (PAC) that openly promotes itself as attempting to cost Republicans control of the U.S. Senate by promoting Libertarian and other conservative third-party candidates has produced 20 advertisements, commercials and songs for Michigan’s race, including an AI-crafted music video promoting U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate Tim Long.
StarkFreedom PAC, founded by New Hampshire activist Aaron Day, said in a press release that its Michigan material was running in 19 placements on X and Facebook, counting placements on each platform separately. The release did not disclose spending totals or audience reach, however independent reporting has Day's PAC spending $2.5 million on Long and five other third-party candidates across the country.
The 3½-minute music video, “Same Company,” pairs industrial waterfronts, a motorist traveling before dawn and an AI-generated man singing into a microphone with allegations connecting Rogers’ political backing to Blackstone and the massive proposed Saline Township data center.
Its recurring refrain promotes Long, of Taylor, as another ballot option: “There’s a line out of Taylor. Tim Long!”
Day’s group openly describes its strategy as promoting third-party candidates to attract Republicans dissatisfied with their party who are unwilling to vote for a Democrat. It is backing minor-party and third-party Senate candidates in eight states.
“Long is closing the gap in Michigan, and we’re not done adding ads. We fund the margin. It costs the GOP the Senate,” Day said in the release.
The PAC calculates that Long averaged 1% in three polls naming him, conducted between Sept. 21 and Oct. 14, compared with an average 1.3-point gap between Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in those same surveys.
That comparison does not establish that Long’s supporters would otherwise vote for Rogers or that the PAC’s advertising has changed their preferences.
A Rasmussen Reports survey conducted Oct. 12-14 found El-Sayed receiving 46%, Rogers 44% and Long 2% (see related story). The telephone and online survey of 798 likely Michigan voters had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
“Same Company” alleges that Blackstone’s chief executive put millions of dollars behind Rogers and links the investment firm to financing for the Saline Township data center. The video presents those connections as a reason to choose Long.
The PAC’s Michigan page also features material targeting Rogers over surveillance, financial holdings and campaign messaging.
Day previously ran for U.S. Senate in New Hampshire in 2016. In the release, he pointed to that campaign and his recruitment of candidates for the state’s two U.S. House races as a model for the current effort, claiming their votes provided the margin in all three contests.
StarkFreedom identifies itself as a federally registered independent expenditure-only committee. It says its research, creative work, legal drafting and compliance are produced in-house using artificial intelligence.
In 2024, Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) defeated Rogers by 19,006 votes. The Libertarian candidate received 56,697 votes. The Green Party candidate received 53,978 votes. The U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate received 41,363 votes and the Natural Law Party candidate received 18,779 votes.
