Daily Mail reports on Dakota Meyer filing to change his daughter's name.

Let's label this photo "awkward."

Courtesy of the Daily Mail: 

Dakota Meyer has headed back to court and demanding his baby with Bristol Palin, Sailor Grace, legally have her last name changed from Palin to Meyer. 

The judge in the case has set a hearing for next month when he will decide whether or not to approves the name change.

According to court records obtained exclusively by Daily Mail Online, Dakota filed a change of name petition in Alaska Court on May 5. 

The records show that Bristol named their daughter Sailor Grace Palin on the birth certificate. Dakota is demanding that his newborn's name be legally changed to Sailor Grace Palin Meyer.

Now before that ridiculous troll shows up declaring how responsible Bristol and Dakota are acting as co-parents and how they are getting along so well it should be noted that if Bristol was on board with this Dakota would not have to file for it in court.

They would simply agree to the name change, skip going to court over it, and file the papers privately.

It should also be noted that Bristol has demanded that Tripp's school refer to him as "Johnson-Palin" despite the fact that his last name is legally "Johnston."

Yeah Bristol's not getting along with ANYBODY despite what the Palin fairy tale trolls might want us to believe.

By the way I understand that Dakota showed up at Tripp's soccer game this weekend.

Reports are that he was a little uncomfortable looking, and that Bristol spent the whole time with her eyes glued to her phone.

SarahPAC quarterly filing is out.

So according to the end of year filing SarahPAC took in $950,966 last year, spent $1,362,059, and ended the year with $380,963 on hand.

Now we have the first quarterly report of this year in which we learn that the PAC started with that $380,963.17, brought in an additional  $135,038.27, and spent $248,425.75, leaving only $267,575.69 cash on hand as of March 31, 2016.

Not exactly fiscally responsible are they?

As usual the bulk of the money went to various kinds of "consultants" including old favorites Grey Strategies, Northstar Strategies, and Timothy Crawford (The guy behind SarahPAC.)

All of that came to a whopping $99,375.

Postage and direct mail was another biggie.

Postage was $23,147 while Direct Mail was $33,273, with a combined total of $56,420. Give or take a few pennies.

It seemed that somebody at SarahPAC remembered at the last minute that they were supposed to be a political PAC so at the end of the month there were a bunch of donations to various candidates, with only one at the beginning of the month, all of which totaled a rather pathetic $24,000.

Carol Ryan and Marilyn Lane of Wasilla are also both apparently still on the payroll, so whatever "part time clerical" work they provide must still be worth something to Palin.

Though not that much because all told Carol Ryan only brought in $6,825 for the three months and Marilyn Lane about $6,686.

From appearances it is clear that SarahPAC is trying to trim the fat, but not nearly enough as each pay period they still spend substantially more than they bring in.

To say the PAC is drying up is an understatement, and it certainly helps to explain why Palin is kissing Donald Trump's ass so hard and shopping around a judge show that she is criminally under qualified to host.

In short, she is desperate.

And with her husband's medical bills, her son's legal fees, and her daughter fighting a court battle over custody of her newest tax write off, the desperation in the Palin household must now be all but overwhelming.

Websites from all over the internet descend to pick at the corpse of the rapidly fading SarahPAC.

Let's start with The Center for Public Integrity: 

SarahPAC is simply burning through more money than it’s bringing in. 

During 2015, SarahPAC expenditures ($1.4 million) outpaced income (about $950,000), federal records show. This, from a former politician who markets her “fiscal responsibility” bona fides and once urged lawmakers to “cut spending — don't just simply slow down a spending spree” as an elixir to the Great Recession. 

 By another measure: the $457,459 SarahPAC reported raising from July 1 through Dec. 1 represents its smallest half-year haul since its formation in early 2009. 

 Meanwhile, conservative politicians’ campaigns didn’t receive a dime of SarahPAC’s heavy spending during the second half of 2015. Only a handful of lawmakers directly received cash during the first half of 2015. 

This might surprise Palin supporters, who she solicits to “chip in $25 today to help us stack Congress with true conservatives” while asserting that SarahPAC is “working hard to support and elect conservative leaders.”

Ouch!

As I mentioned earlier I was really hoping that since Palin's national profile had been raised, partly because of her endorsement of Donald Trump and partly because her son was arrested for beating a woman, that she and her PAC would receive more scrutiny.

And that certainly appears to be the case.

Here is what HuffPo had to say: 

SarahPAC’s most dedicated donors of late 2015 — those giving more than $200 — are elderly: More than three in five such contributors listed their occupation as “retired” or some variation thereof. They are most likely to hail from California, Texas or Florida. 

But small-dollar donors, who don’t have to publicly reveal who they are or what they do, provided the lion’s share of SarahPAC contributions during late 2015. 

To woo them, SarahPAC offers public television-like incentives to supporters willing to make a more modest contribution. 

Backers donating at least $75 receive an autographed copy of Palin’s book “Sweet Freedom: A Devotional.” 

Those who give $100 take home a plush “SarahPAC mama grizzly bear” toy. 

Many of those donations — $22,325 in all during the second half of 2015, federal records show — funded SarahPAC’s purchase of Palin’s own book and those grizzly bear toys.

I have said before, but it bears repeating, donating to SarahPAC should be a universally recognized sign of mental illness. 

The new financial filings have also attracted the interest of the International Business Times, Inquisitr, Al Jazeera, and Blasting News.

If you will allow me to do a little of my Snoopy dance here I would just like to point out that this is essentially what I predicted would happen as far back as 2010.

Sarah Palin will NEVER successfully, or even seriously run for office again, and will over time will fade from the spotlight until her name is only mentioned as one of the $100 questions on Jeopardy.

The Daily Beast digs deep into SarahPAC's spending methods.

Courtesy of the Daily Beast: 

Sarah Palin and her folksy turns of phrase returned to the stump last week, trailing amped-up Trump fans and self-serving fundraising requests in her wake. 

“In order to get Sarah to political events to support endorsed candidates we need your help to fundraise her travel,” said an email from Sarah PAC after her “historic” Trump endorsement.

It’s true, travel is expensive. After all, what self-respecting reality TV star stays at a Holiday Inn these days?

And where does all of that money come from?

According to Federal Election Commission reports, in the first six months of last year, Sarah PAC—Palin’s organization that purports to be dedicated “to help[ing] elect principled, conservative leaders” spent $16,062 on a private charter in Jackson, Wyoming, $3,855 on a “car and driver” in Long Island City, New York, and a total of $4,364 at La Playa Hotel in Naples, Florida. 

So as much as Palin rages against the Washington political machine, the consultant class and all the “elites,” the spending by Sarah PAC shows that it remains the same lifestyle-fundin’, consultant-payin’ organization it has been since she launched it in 2009. 

Now, it’s all legal and—to be fair—$35,000 of the $825,556 that Sarah PAC began with in 2015 ($493,507 of which was raised in the first six months of last year) actually went to federal candidates and causes in the first half of last year: $25,000 to candidates for federal offices and $10,000 to the Navy Seal WFF Family Foundation, a charity for the families of the Naval special forces. 

But after that, it seems that the PAC has had more to do with pumping up Palin and her entourage than pumping up conservative candidates. 

For example, $38,000 was spent on speechwriting—$36,000 of which went to Aries Petra Consulting LLC, owned by longtime Palin aide Rebecca Mansour.

Of course that last expense may not be showing up in future filings, as RAM has moved on up.

Well not so much "up" as "over" to the dark side.

I think my favorite part of this article is how it lists the lists how the donations have dwindled over the years:

A look through FEC filings for Sarah PAC throughout the years, shows the bulk the money—largely from small donors —has been spent disproportionately on the people who run the PAC as well as fundraising efforts and direct mail. 

For example, in 2010, the first election cycle after Palin’s unsuccessful bid for vice president, Sarah PAC raised $5.7 million, spent about $4.4 million, of which $467,000 went to conservative candidates. 

The numbers from 2012 aren’t terribly different: $5 million raised, $5.1 million spent, $298,500 went to candidates. 

And in 2014, SarahPac raised $2.8 million, spent $3.1 million with $205,000 of the haul going to candidates.

I never get tired of watching Palin's credibility and support crumble all around her.

Of course most of this we have already documented ourselves here on IM over the years, but the fact that a news outlet like the Daily Beast is talking about it ahead of the next filings shows that there may be more scrutiny this time around, and I imagine they will have much to scrutinize.

And by "much," I mean expenditures, not incoming donations.

The most recent SarahPAC filings show a continued trend toward eventual bankruptcy. Update!

So the most recent SarahPac filings were posted the other day, and they continue to indicate a trend toward reduced support and deficit spending on the part of the once powerful PAC.

In a nutshell:

Total Receipts   $2,790,849 

Total Spent   $3,115,232 

Begin Cash on Hand   $1,149,939 

End Cash on Hand   $825,556 

Debts   $0 

Date of last report   December 31, 2014

As you can see the PAC is still taking in far less than it is spending, which I think puts that whole "Sarah Palin is a fiscal conservative" argument to rest.

I did a little wading through the filings and it appears that the same players are still present as in years past.

There does seem to be some change in the numbers with consultants earning more than was spent on "postage" this time around. (Though important to keep in mind that this only covers the time between November 25 and December 31st.)

For instance the PAC paid Consultants around $60,000 in this time period.

However it only paid $15,000 for "postage." (It should be noted that this does not include the $2,193.95 they spent on Christmas cards.)

The PAC also spent $453.37 on pins. And I have no idea what that means.

If you are looking for the biggest waste of resource ever that might be the $7,000 the PAC paid for speechwriters. Considering how Palin's speeches are received it seems that somebody is being robbed blind here.

$6000 went to Aries Petra Consultants which is really RAM, and $1,000 went to Jessica Gavora.

You can compare this filing to the one back in April, and see that Palin is essentially hemorrhaging money faster than her supporters can open a vein and refill her coffers.

At this rate SarahPAC may be history by 2017. If not before.

Yeah I know, it breaks my heart too.

Update: Somebody pointed out that Open Secrets was combining 2013 numbers and 2014 numbers, which is true.

So for the record in 2014 SarahPAC brought in $1,623,039 give or take a dollar or three.

And spent $1,904,773 give or take a dollar or three.

You can check the numbers yourself here.  (If there are any accountants in the house feel free to weigh in.)