Israel wants to draw the U.S. into a war with Iran. This has been cooking for a long time.
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The US is already at war with Iran, attempting to starve the people of Iran with sanctions and engaging in proxy wars against the IRR, including with funding to Israel. Israel does not have the power to direct the US to attack Iran.
Ok how is this anything but bribery.
Lobbying = legal bribery
We need to stop pretending the "moderate" Dems and progressives are on the same team.
Moderates almost all take that dirty AIPAC money to turn a blind eye to genocide, and AIPAC still donates to republicans as well
They're not the only ones, lots of "big money donors" play both sides.
And they'll do anything they can to keep politicians who can't be bought off from keeping office.
The only way to save our political system is kicking out all these "moderates" from the Democratic party so at least one option actually wants to help citizens more than they want donations.
Dems have always been a loose coalition compared to the lockstep republicans. Its also why the left is the majority in the country yet it can't keep a majority of power.
Dems voters agree on most stuff...
The issue is Dem politicians are way more right leaning than voters.
Because organizations like AIPAC donate heavily against progressives in primaries, and donate to DNC leadership because primaries legally don't have to be fair.
And if a Dem progressive does overcome that dirty money and win, these rightwing organizations will keep donating millions against them to prevent progress.
You can't treat Dem voters and moderate Dem politicians as one group. We don't even have the same fucking goals.
Well as a dem voter I can say middle east policy does not effect my vote one iota so I think dem voters don't agree on most stuff necessarily.
And people wonder how Hitler was elected...
I just can't imagine a significant amount of the dem party just doesn't care their tax dollars are funding a genocide.
Maybe they don't care, they just still have the sense of shame not to openly admit it as candidly as you just have.
There is no shame here. No tax dollars would be spent around it if we had nothing to do with the region. We should exit it all because everything we have done has always resulted in bad results. This is definately an issue were neither party does a good job but the republicans have never, ever, shown to be better at getting to a good outcome. Therefore its not something that effects my voting. What gets me is all the hand wringers that want to vote or not vote to get an even worse outcome. Good job if we get that result. Hope you are good with were it goes.
There is no shame here.
It's refreshing to see such honesty.
I just wish it wasn't about being cool with genocides. Don't expect anymore replies.
Bibi be like... Biden, you think you can just now bow to the heel of Israel? I'll show you!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Quarterly campaign finance reports reveal the Democratic representatives Jamaal Bowman of New York and Cori Bush of Missouri – progressive “squad” members – will face formidable challenges in their 2024 congressional primaries, partly due to the influence of pro-Israel lobbying groups.
The powerful pro-Israel lobbying group American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) is expected to lavish $100m on efforts to defeat progressive candidates it views as insufficiently supportive of Israel in 2024 – and the latest campaign finance reports in closely watched races pitting high-profile progressives against moderate challengers offer a preview of where the group may prioritize spending.
Asked about Aipac’s support for Latimer and its affiliation with Democracy Engine, a spokesperson for the group, Marshall Wittmann, told the Guardian, “We strongly support George Latimer who is a strong advocate for the US-Israel relationship in clear contrast to his opponent who is aligned with the anti-Israel extremist fringe.” (He did not directly address the question about Democracy Engine.)
Pro-Israel groups – which include Aipac Pac, United Democracy Project and Democratic Majority for Israel – notched some notable wins during the last election cycle, ousting the progressive congressman Andy Levin of Michigan in his incumbent-versus-incumbent primary and blocking candidates such as Donna Edwards of Maryland and Nina Turner of Ohio from advancing to general elections.
Aipac poured more than $4.5m into the March primary in California’s 45th congressional district to prop up their preferred candidate, Joanna Weiss, but she ultimately lost to a progressive, Dave Min.
Tlaib easily fought back a 2022 primary challenge and faces no opposition in her 2024 race so far, and she has already formed joint fundraising committees with both Bowman and Bush to help boost their financial standing.
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