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50 Republican Senators VOTED to advance NDAA with SEC. 1217

Section 1217 AIMS to Integrate The U.S. and Israeli Militaries.

Senate Democrats have blocked Republicans' National Defense Authorization Act, which would've given an additional $1,100,000,000,000 to the Department of War and deepened military ties with Israel.

Here are the traitors who voted in favor of it

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Still can't believe how many American liberals get mad that you take genocide *too* seriously

Because when you point out which politicians support genocide, whether Republican or Democrat, you're bad if you point out Democrat Zionists or AIPAC shills 😵‍💫

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What a strange, sleazy, disturbing man...

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Overstating AIPAC’s influence only helps AIPAC

Noah Berlatsky at Everything Is Horrible:

AIPAC is loathed on the progressive left. That’s understandable. I am on the progressive left and I loathe AIPAC. The American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee is a domestic lobbying group dedicated to pushing politicians to support Israel and defend its policies, including its disgraceful treatment of Palestinians. Since the horrific Hamas attack on Israel on 10/7 and Israel’s even more horrific response, AIPAC has embraced disgusting genocide denial. Most recently, it’s been shilling for the indefensible joint US/Israel war of aggression on Iran. AIPAC is a vile garbage dump of war-mongering and atrocity-promotion. Fuck them and all their works. Often, though, left denunciation of AIPAC goes beyond pointing out that it is a reprehensible organization, and goes on into conspiratorial charges of vast, shadowy power. AIPAC has many wealthy donors and it has been known to spend heavily in Democratic primaries—$14 million in Illinois’ recent elections. Therefore, the argument goes, AIPAC is essentially bribing elected officials and uses its vast resources to control US policy on behalf of a foreign power. This attribution of sinister, sweeping influence to AIPAC has a couple of major downsides. First, it dovetails queasily with antisemitic conspiracy theories about wealthy alien Jews using their money to corrupt the noble institutions of Anglo-Saxon democracy. Second, overstating AIPAC’s power actually helps AIPAC—the organization very deliberately cultivates a myth of undefeatability to try to scare politicians into doing its bidding. Again, though, that undefeatability is a myth—and so is the idea that AIPAC’s (diminishing) power comes primarily from its money.

AIPAC was powerful because Democrats supported Israel

AIPAC has long been a powerhouse in Democratic primaries. But a lot of that power was based not on bribing officials, but on the fact that Democrats were broadly supportive of Israel. As recently as 2016, 43% of Democrats sympathized more with Israel compared to only 29% saying they sympathized more with Palestinians—a 14 point gap. When Democrats support your issue by 14 points, you have a lot of leverage in Democratic primaries. There was a time, not that long ago, when AIPAC endorsements were valuable for Democrats because Democratic constituencies broadly agreed with AIPAC —just as NRA endorsements have been important in Republican primaries because most Republican voters agree with the NRA.

In both cases, progressives will sometimes default to a kind of vulgar conspiratorial corruption narrative, framing donations as bribes. But the truth is that donations are more a signal of approval than an effort to sway votes. The NRA and AIPAC would both spend money in primaries to tell voters which politician agreed with them on the issues. This was effective because voters in the primaries largely agreed with the lobbying groups on the issues and trusted those groups to tell them who to vote for. To be clear, AIPAC and the NRA are both ugly orgs lobbying for ugly things. But their power has been in the fact that voters like those ugly things and even see those ugly things as an important part of their partisan identity. AIPAC and the NRA both appealed to and weaponized those identities. That’s where their influence came from, not from distributing shadowy bribes to encourage politicians to vote against their consciences.

AIPAC is a weakening org

You can see that AIPAC’s power was based on public opinion, not money, because as public opinion has shifted, their influence has also fallen drastically. Democratic support for Israel’s policy of apartheid and slow (and then fast) genocide has been declining for years, despite AIPAC’s best (or worst) efforts. In 2018, 27% of Democrats said they sympathized with Israel over the Palestinians vs. 25% who said they sympathized with the Palestinians. Today, in 2026, that number is only `17% who sympathize with Israelis and 67% of Democrats who sympathize with the Palestinians. That’s a massive change over the course of a decade, and Democratic politicians have noticed. Illinois Senator Dick Durbin—a longtime recipient of AIPAC donations—was the first Senator to call for a cease-fire in Gaza. Even more shockingly, he voted for Bernie Sanders’ bill to condition military aid to Israel. Even considering that Durbin is retiring, this reversal is difficult to explain if AIPAC were bribing him for his votes. After all, AIPAC checks still cash when you’re reited. It’s easy to explain Durbin’s actions, though, if he is following his constituents. When they supported AIPAC, so did Durbin. When they stopped, so did he.

There are numerous other signs that AIPAC’s power over Democrats is much reduced now that they are promoting policies that are wildly unpopular with Democrats. Anti-Zionist Zohran Mamdani won his race for mayor of New York despite a huge effort by AIPAC and Zionist donors to defeat him. In a New Jersey House primary, AIPAC spent big against Tom Malinowski, a moderate Zionist who had suggested putting some conditions on military aid to Israel—and ended up thereby helping to elect an outright anti-Zionist in Analilia Mejia, who won a stunning upset victory. In Illinois, (as I discussed last week) two House candidates with major AIPAC funding lost their races.

You can also see AIPAC’s diminishment in the way Democrats talk about it. An AIPAC endorsement used to be something you’d boast about, because a lot of Democrats liked AIPAC and the candidates who it endorsed.

No longer. Seth Moulton, a moderate current House rep challenging further left Senator Ed Markey in Massachusetts, loudly returned AIPAC donations as one of the first acts of his campaign. Centrist Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego said that taking AIPAC money is “akin to endorsing” the Gaza genocide and Iran war. Right-leaning California Governor Gavin Newsom, a 2028 presidential contender, boasted that he never had and never would take money from AIPAC. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker—a 2028 presidential contender and a past AIPAC donor—said that AIPAC is now “an organization that was supporting Donald Trump and people who follow Donald Trump.”

For Democrats, being associated with AIPAC is now toxic. It’s like being linked with, say, the NRA. AIPAC has attempted to address this by funneling its donations through front groups with innocuous names like Elect Chicago Women and Affordable Chicago Now. But this just makes it look devious and untrustworthy, and further harms the candidates at whom it shovels cash. AIPAC did fund a couple of winning House candidates in Illinois House races; money can help in a primary, and AIPAC is not yet so completely toxic that it will sink candidates who have other endorsements and strengths. But its power is eroding—and the more its power erodes, the more Democrats are willing to defy it. It’s a virtuous circle, and one that progressives should do everything they can to encourage.

[...] Biss did take money from J-Street. J-Street is pro-Israel, and it’s not an org that I love. But it’s very different from AIPAC; in fact, it was formed to combat AIPAC from the left, and AIPAC and its supporters loathe it. J-Street currently supports human rights conditions on aid to Israel and opposes the war in Iran. These are deep, important differences with AIPAC, and eliding them so you can imply Biss is supported by AIPAC is, in my opinion, a gross smear. To be clear, I wanted Kat Abughazaleh to win in IL-9 and donated to her campaign. She is further to the left than Biss, not least on Israel; she has called Israel’s actions a genocide, which they are, while Biss has refused to do so. More, in the last days of the campaign, one of Biss’ former students revealed that he had had an inappropriate relationship with her. This is a serious issue, and I think says ugly things about his character and his fitness for office.

Excellent piece from Noah Berlatsky on AIPAC and the Democratic Party.

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American evangelical pastor Chuck Baldwin: “All the wars we have fought in the Middle East were at the request of Israel and for its benefit… and every American president since George W. Bush, through Obama, Trump, Biden, and then Trump again, was nothing but a puppet in the hands of Israel…”

القسّ الإنجيلي الأمريكي «تشاك بالدوين»: «كل الحروب التي خضناها في الشرق الأوسط كانت بناءً على طلب إسرائيل ولصالحها.. وكل رئيس أمريكي منذ جورج دبليو بوش، مرورًا بـ أوباما و ترمب و بايدن، ثم ترامب مجددًا، لم يكن سوى دمية في يد إسرائيل ..

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These criminals are proud of their treason

209 Republicans and 6 Democrats just voted to integrate our military with Israel’s military, and you can hear them clapping in the background.

This is disgusting. Every single representative who voted in favor of this bill has just committed treason. We are no longer a sovereign nation.

Today is the day the United States of America died and the United States of Israel was born.

Gotta say, if it only takes 6 Democrats to sell the US to Israel, then the balance of power is well and truly fucked. Democrats will never get a majority consensus on anything and Republicans are united against the people. Americans have no say anymore, if they ever had any.

80% of Americans: We don’t want to support Israel!

Congress: Let’s join armies with them.

America is not a democracy. It’s run by a bunch of money hungry sellouts who fuck the people over daily.

Democrats like congressman Ritchie Torres face backlash for pro-Israel stances as Americans’ views of Israel sour

Alice Speri at The Guardian:

At a campaign event in the Bronx last month, a congressional candidate quizzed a cheering crowd: “What do you think would happen if the US ended all aid to Israel?” At a Thanksgiving gathering with voters, another candidate in the same race fielded questions about affordability – but also about “moral leadership” when it came to Israel’s war in Gaza. A third candidate vying for the same seat devoted much of his campaign’s launch video to lambasting the current member of Congress representing the district over the funding he’s received from the pro-Israel lobby.

The incumbent in question – congressman Ritchie Torres – is one of the most staunchly pro-Israel advocates in Congress. Dalourny Nemorin, one of his challengers for the Democratic nomination to represent the district calls him the “poster boy” for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or Aipac. “Ritchie Torres cares more about Bibi than he does about the Bronx,” Michael Blake, another challenger, said in the launch video.

Torres’s seat is not likely to be in danger – he is widely popular in his district, which spans a vast swath of the Bronx. But the messaging of his several challengers for the Democratic nomination to represent the district – five candidates have entered the race so far – underscore how major shifts in Americans’ views of Israel are beginning to seep into political campaigns. Public perceptions of Israel have soured after two years of its war on Gaza, and the historic election of Zohran Mamdani has proved that reflexive support for Israel – once viewed as a prerequisite for political viability – may no longer be a safe bet.

Across the country, candidates who are openly critical of Israel – including a record number who are of Palestinian descent – are entering local, state and federal races, donning keffiyehs and denouncing “genocide” in campaign materials. In Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate bid seeks to replicate Mamdani’s insurgent campaign; in Georgia, Ruwa Romman, the first Palestinian-American elected to state-level office, is running for governor a year after being denied a speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention.

In New York City, which holds primaries in June, voters said they preferred Mamdani’s approach to Gaza over that of his challengers. Several incumbent Democrats – including Daniel Goldman and Adriano Espaillat – are on the defensive over their pro-Israel stances. The race to replace Torres has put a particular spotlight on the changing calculus, with most other candidates in the race denouncing Israel’s actions as “genocide” and running aggressively against his record – even when that has meant walking back their own past support for Israel.

[...] Israel’s war in Gaza played an outsized role in the New York City mayoral election. While he did not back down on his pro-Palestinian stance even as it offered a frequent attack line against him, Mamdani ran a campaign that focused primarily on affordability. Candidates looking to tap into his momentum are trying to emulate that focus while also connecting cost of living issues with the US government’s massive funding of Israel. [...]

Mamdani served as a “barometer” for the temperature around the question of Palestine, said Nemorin, a public defender and member of Democratic Socialists of America who is also challenging Torres. The more than $21bn the US sent to Israel since October 2023 alone offer a way to link the issue to voters’ material interests. “There’s a conversation about where our tax dollars go,” she said. “The federal government is funding wars that lead to genocide”.

Despite the messaging, Torres remains the clear favorite. His campaign is awash in cash including $1.6m he has received from pro-Israel lobby groups, according to Track Aipac, a project that tracks the lobby’s funding of US politicians. That funding has become a talking point against him as a large number of New Yorkers hold unfavorable views of the pro-Israel lobby.

Pro-Israel Apartheid lobby group AIPAC has come under fire in recent years among Democrats over their role in meddling in Democratic primaries. It’s time to boot AIPAC’s influence from the Democratic Party!