Missed that one.
Seconded. The controlled media is the danger to the Republic.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597
Definition of expenditure
1 : the act or process of expending an expenditure of energy
2 : something expended : disbursement, expense income should exceed expenditures
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expenditure
https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/expenditures.php?cmte=C00401224&cycle=2020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_(ethics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrinsic_value_(ethics)
Knowledge.
Control someone's knowledge, you control their power.