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Pro-Israel US groups plan $100m effort to unseat progressives over Gaza
Pro-Israel groups are pumping millions into this year’s heated congressional races, singling out progressives who have voiced criticism of the Israeli government and its relentless campaign in Gaza.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) is betting that $100m will be enough to fight back a wave of progressive dissent over Israel’s war in Gaza this election cycle. After investing heavily in the 2022 midterms, Aipac is now doubling down on its electoral efforts.Aipac and other pro-Israel groups, such as Democratic Majority for Israel, have already identified some high-profile targets in this year’s congressional elections – including the New York congressman Jamaal Bowman and the Missouri congresswoman Cori Bush.
Progressive leaders have made clear that they will not go down without a fierce fight, and outrage over the war in Gaza, which has killed more than 33,000 Palestinians, has rallied supporters to push back against pro-Israel lobbying groups. The unexpected strength of the “uncommitted” primary campaign in states such as Michigan and Minnesota has underscored that Gaza is weighing heavily on the minds of progressive voters this election cycle, and their mobilization could complicate campaign efforts by groups like Aipac.
But combating $100m is no easy task, and progressives will need to use every possible resource to protect some of their most vulnerable candidates.
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Journalism can't help it's self, it has to word things in ways that get readers attention, even if it tugs gently on the edges of truth. As long as the race is portrayed as 50-50, arguments can be made either way. So playing up Trump is more sensational than talking about Biden.
Still, it bothers me.
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I understand it here in Europe, because unless there are some serious behind-the-scenes plans that we have no information about, it doesn't look like the leaders are taking the possibility as seriously as they should. Just like the last time.
In US, I agree, there isn't the need for the defeatist attitude yet. But that is IMO more of a symptom of the general news model - negative news get more attention.
Slava Ukraini!Truth and love must prevail over lies and hatred
I don't know, some in Europe are taking the possibility seriously, e.g. David Cameron recently went to the US and met with Trump:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/w...ne-israel.html
There are situations when the President has more impact than others. EX: Trump gives the marching orders to the GoP as a whole now, and similar to the SCOTUS a defection or 2 is allowed in order to allow lip service defenses of indefensible actions.
All Biden can do in this case is refuse to sign a bill that comes to him, as we don't have a supermajority that would allow the Dems to just push through whatever they want past unending obstruction.
Yes, this is a old problematic situation and there are no good guys in it unlike fictional stories.
I stopped signing online petitions simply because it did nothing but fill up my inbox with spam, but when you are younger even a meaningless protest is better than sitting around doing nothing. Of course it's easy to lose faith in a system that is handicapped at every turn by the same one of the two parties in our two party system.
Well the Aid getting passed is good news, thanks for that!
Thank you for providing missing context.
I believe that spreading of misinformation (Scientific and not) is a huge problem that's become even more rampant. When the vast majority of misinformation spread comes from conservative sources by any metric, it's clear that there's a political motivation to lie by american conservatives.
As above, Biden can't simply "fix" a situation that's been problematic for decades in such a short time frame without actual legislation to do it. Obama may have used executive orders as shortcuts but those are much easier to undo, so rather than shifting all the rules every 4-8 years I think everyone can agree it's better to have something a bit more permanent if a fix is to be had. Considering the unending obstruction to anything resembling a positive action by Dems, it seems disingenuous to try and blame him for refusing to defy the rules & laws we live under as easily as folks like Trump do.
I think anyone assuming a Guilty vote is proof he's been unfairly targeted was going to vote for him already. However there are some conservatives who've been on the fence about voting for such a despicable man, and this would shake more of those voters from voting for him IMO.
I think it's an overcorrection from 2016 where everyone was laughing off a potential Trump presidency and ever since some have been in a state of PTSD. I personally don't trust the voting public not to wind up reelecting him
You've brought up AIPAC before, and it doesn't seem like they are truly out to improve our politics. If calling for a cease-fire alone is worth facing their ire, I wonder what they would do to someone just for criticizing Netanyahu specifically?
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I had forgotten that I posted that earlier.
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