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Pro-Israel donors raise hundreds of thousands in last-minute funds to unseat Ilhan Omar
(www.middleeasteye.net)
AIPAC operations need to be made illegal.
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Definitely. Blatant foreign interference in US elections.
If it were just this. The encroachment of this organisation is unfathomable
Not just AIPAC, it needs to extend to ANY foreign money.
Not just any foreign money, it needs to extend to any PAC.
They should be forced to register as agents of a foreign government.
But then how will centrist Democrats know what their policies are?
You mean super PAC operations?
Getting Citizens United overturned to stop PAC operations would be a good thing, but I'm specifically speaking of the funneling of money from foreign sources into PACs that are causing this current issue. We shouldn't be allowing foreign entities to sway our fucking elections.
Sabotage seems reasonable at this point
As a Jew, allow me to say: back the FUCK up off my Ilhan Omar!
Go back to missing the point of the story of Passover, you dense shitasses
This Jew agrees, she’s an amazing representative. She’s genuine, caring, honest, a take-no-shit badass, and an effective lawmaker. Her story is inspirational and should be a model for anyone who wonders if there are any good elected officials left.
Best wishes to Ilhan Omar, she is a strong voice for good in congress.
Minneapolis loves Ilhan. Have fun wasting money lol
Also the fundraising was like 100k when the difference between Omar and Samuel's war chests is over a million. They're gonna have to do a lot more than that to even hit parity.
Let them waste it!
I'll be voting for her in the primary tomorrow.
If that's true, it's a waste of money. The primary isn't even close; there's a good reason why AIPAC didn't get involved.
Israel now supports Nazis…. I guess the real zionists were right the nation state thing is a bad idea
I can't imagine it doing much. Samuels is a joke, Omar has no serious competition and neither does Klobuchar. It's unfortunate because despite what you think about these politicians, competition is a good thing to prevent stagnation.
How is this any different than Oligarchy.