Earlier today, we asked how we can know if a member of Congress is too corrupt to vote for and used their relationship with crypto as a way of diagnosing them. We could have just as easily pointed to the pro-genocide lobby led by AIPAC, a collection of the most vicious— and likely criminal— SuperPACs operating in our elections. There was a time “everyone” took money from AIPAC. Now recipients of their blood money aren’t just corrupt; they are enablers of genocide. There’s even a tool to guide you: Track AIPAC. So so much you can learn there. For example these are the 14 non-incumbent candidates AIPAC is behind this cycle:
Luz Rivas (D-CA)- $106,500
Laura Friedman (D-CA)-
Gil Cisneros (D-CA)- $61,086
Will Rollins (D-CA)-
Mark Messmer (R-IN)-
Sarah Elfreth (D-MD)- $173,970
April Delaney (D-MD)- $24,600
Wesley Bell (D-MO)- 827,094
Mondaire Jones (D-NY)- $315,673
George Latimer (D-NY)- $1,633,912
Addison McDowell (R-NC)- $22,250
Maxine Dexter (D-OR)-
Janelle Barnum (D-OR)-
Eileen Filler-Corn (D-VA)-
Only two Republicans during primary season; the rest are conservative Democrats. In the general, AIPAC and its scummy allies, often hidden in the shadows under other names (like 314 Action), will endorse many Republicans against progressives. And in some cases, where they are contributing to Democrats, they are also spending to help their Republican opponents. For example, so far Mike Lawler, Mondaire Jones’ opponent, has gotten $185,540 from AIPAC. Similarly, Will Rollin’s Republican opponent, Ken Calvert, has been endorsed by AIPAC and has taken $780,580 so far. Similarly, while they’re pushing Janelle Barnum in the primary, they have also been donating to incumbent Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer ($103,386). They are very sneaky… on every conceivable level.
If you want to measure the scumbaggery of the AIPAC pawns by the amount they’ve received from AIPAC (over their careers), here are the worst of the worst (House only):
Steny Hoyer (D-MD)- $1,736,244
Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)- $1,697,263
Ritchie Torres (D-NY)- $1,571,087
Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)- $1,367,247
Brad Schneider (D-IL)- $1,346,167
Glenn Ivey (D-MD)- $1,266,315
Shontel Brown (D-OH)- $1,091,836
Adam Schiff (D-CA)- $1,023,967
Haley Stevens (D-MI)- $990,064
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)- $907,284
Don Bacon (R-NE)- $829,976
Michael McCaul (R-TX)- $782,235
Ken Calvert (R-CA)- $780,580
Brad Sherman (D-CA)- $771,883
Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)- $737,266
Pete Aguilar (D-CA)- $734,428
Steve Scalise (R-LA)- $718,119
MAGA Mike Johnson (R-LA)- $636,313
Colin Allred (D-TX)- $625,472
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)- $620,732
Don Davis (D-NC)- $608,010
Brian Mast (R-FL)- $602,696
Elise Stefanik (D-NY)- $592,164
Abigail Spanberger (D-VA)- $569,876
Kathy Manning (D-NC)- $553,356
Miker Foster (D-IL)- $545,194
Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)- $539,905
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)- $532,136
Greg Meeks (D-NY)- $523,141
Mike Rogers (R-AL)- $508,494
Jake Auchincloss (D-MA)- $507,865
Jared Golden (D-ME)- $502,830
Many of these candidates are the same ones taking the sewer money from the crypto industry, as well as from the New Dems and Blue Dogs. What a coincidence!
This morning, The Intercept published a Ryan Grim piece about AIPAC’s increasingly ferocious war against progressives. He focused on Oregon, where AIPAC is desperate to defeat progressives Susheela Jayapal and Jamie McLeod Skinner and make sure corrupt conservative Democrats wind up with the party nomination instead. (Please consider contributing to Susheela and Jamie here.) “Jayapal,” he wrote, “is now staring down the barrel of millions in spending against her, yet progressive groups and aligned politicians haven’t come to the rescue, as they have in some previous races. Bernie Sanders and Squad members without competitive primaries are sitting on millions of dollars in cash on hand. Sanders, who is a lock for reelection and is holding onto nearly $10 million, previously declared a ‘war’ with AIPAC. He has endorsed Jayapal and sent a fundraising email on her behalf, but that’s nothing compared to AIPAC’s millions. AOC is the only Squad member who has yet to endorse in the race. The election is just over a week away, on May 21.
Also this morning, another top-notch Intercept investigative reporter, Akela Lacy, focused on one of the open seat races for a blue Maryland district, which pits nearly two dozen Democrats against each other. The top-ranking candidates are conservative state Sen. Sarah Elfreth, two other establishment candidates, Harry Dunn and Clarence Lam, and the progressive in the race, John Morse. AIPAC has been flooding the district with spending on Elfreth’s behalf— likely to prevent Morse from winning the seat, although the media narrative is all about their preference for her over Dunn, a garden variety pro-Israel Democrat. Neither he more Rlfreth are campaigning on Israel as an issue, “raising the question of why AipaC is involved in the race at all. In the last month, AIPAC’s super PAC, United Democracy Project, has poured $4.1 million into the race to support Elfreth... In individual campaign contributions, Dunn has outraised Elfreth almost 4 to 1, with $4.5 million to her $1.4 million. But considering the outside boost from AIPAC, the group has given Elreth’s campaign a significant leg up: The pro-Israel group’s super PAC has spent almost as much as Dunn has raised. Elfreth has distanced herself from AIPAC’s support and said she was unaware that the group’s super PAC would be spending on her behalf.”
Some of Elfreth’s biggest donors have contributed both to AIPAC and to Trump. As I’ve suspected all along “A United Democracy Project spokesperson told Jewish Insider the group was not concerned about Dunn’s position on Israel, but that it was spending on the race to ensure Elfreth won out over other candidates in the race it described as “anti-Israel.” That would be Morse, of course, the progressive candidate endorsed by Bernie, Shawn Fain, Sara Nelson and labor in general. Akela concluded that AIPAC’s sleazy SuperPAC “said it was supporting Elfreth because of her position on other issues like the right to abortion, climate change, and domestic violence. Dunn is campaigning on a similar platform, emphasizing the right to abortion, strengthening voting rights, environmental protection, and working toward Medicare for All.” Obviously, so has Morse.