Deceptive pro-Harris manifesto tied to pro-Trump group [Video]

It looks like Kamala Harris’s political manifesto, but the catchily titled “Progress 2028” is actually a fake document that a funding watchdog says was produced by a dark money group with ties to Donald Trump’s billionaire backer Elon Musk.

Researchers say Progress 2028 — purportedly a liberal counter to the conservative initiative Project 2025 — is riddled with misinformation and is behind a series of Facebook ads that distort the Democratic contender’s policy positions about key issues such as immigration and gun control.

Backing it is a group called Building America’s Future, a conservative dark money network which has reportedly received funding from Musk, the world’s richest man and a vigorous campaigner for Republican Trump’s re-election bid.

The operation, shrouded in secrecy, illustrates what researchers describe as a complex web of deception to mislead or alienate Democratic voters in a polarizing election race that is one of the closest in …