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  SHARED FOR EDUCATION AND INFORMATION ABOUT ANTI-DEMOCRACY  AIPAC AND THEIR TACTICS!  BREAKING: In the final days of this heated primary race to fill Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat, through another shell PAC,   AIPAC has dropped almost half a million dollars against our candidate, Saikat Chakrabarti.  Rush $15 now to help us fight back → A new super PAC that had money funneled to it from AIPAC and DMFI just dumped $475k into CA-11 at the last minute to stop Saikat from advancing to the general election in November. Why? Because Saikat is the most progressive candidate in this race, who poses the biggest threat to the pro-Israel lobby’s power in DC. He has never minced words about the genocide in Gaza, and he’s the only candidate to call for a full arms embargo against Israel from the start. Plus, he helped start Justice Democrats to primary corporate Democrats with candidates who reject AIPAC and corporate PAC money — the whole reason AIPAC started spen...

  Follow and Share on Social Media AIPAC & Iran: Mapping the Dark Money Controlling US Foreign Policy Screenshot  AIPAC has flooded Hakeem Jeffries campaign with more than a million dollars in earmarked donations   -  SLUDGE AIPAC PAC operates a website that allows its members to direct donations to AIPAC-endorsed candidates of their choosing. AIPAC processes payments with Democracy Engine, which disburses the funds to the candidates. It was described by  Bloomberg  as a workaround that gives unpopular PACs “a more politically palatable route for directing campaign cash to favored lawmakers.”  —  SLUDGE Follow the money  A Blank Check for Israel and the War with Iran. America did not enter the war with Iran because it was attacked or was about to be attacked. It seems to have entered after concluding that once Israel moved, American involvement would be unavoidable. “We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action. We knew that that ...

  Morning Digest: How Maine Democrats plan to implement ranked-choice voting for governor this fall The state Supreme Court stands in their way, but they're hoping for some help from ... Alaska David Nir and Jeff Singer Feb 12 Maine state Sen. Rick Bennett, a former Republican running for governor as an independent, could keep anyone from getting elected with a majority if the current rules stand. (credit: Rick Bennett Facebook) Leading Off ME-Gov Democrats in the Maine legislature began a new push on Tuesday to urge the state Supreme Court to revisit a nine-year-old opinion saying that general elections for state office can’t be decided using ranked-choice voting. Lawmakers seeking to force the issue  passed a bill  explicitly saying that general elections for governor and the legislature can be conducted using RCV. They also approved a separate resolution requesting that the state’s highest court issue a new advisory opinion about whether this system can be im...