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[–] 233 points 5 days ago (16 children)

She's AIPACS tool. She calls herself a "nonjewish zionist". They hate for no reason whatsoever, based on ethnicity.

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  • [–] 87 points 5 days ago (9 children)

    The parties reaction to this will be telling. Anything less than expulsion from the party is unacceptable. Her being the neoliberal establishment pick, even if she was clearly defeated. Makes me wonder if they're just going to try to burn it all down on the way out.

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  • [–] [S] 135 points 5 days ago (4 children)

    “Congresswoman Stevens is not a current member of the Michigan Democratic Party, nor will she be in the future,” Michigan Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertel wrote on X Sunday.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    I've never heard of this woman. Is she still running to maintain her seat in this election?

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  • [–] 23 points 5 days ago* (1 child)

    Haley Stevens is in the House. She did not run for re-election, choosing instead to run for the MI senate seat. She lost that primary to El-Sayed.

    She will still be in Congress from now until the new one is seated in January. After that, she has no known job and is not running for anything at the moment.

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  • [–] 41 points 5 days ago (2 children)

    The bar is so low that I'm impressed Chuck even condemned it. I hope they at least censure her.

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  • [–] 21 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    Wait, he did? That's low key shocking! As someone who likes working with them, its shocking that he spoke out against supporting them. Low bar indeed, but damn.

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  • The DNC is an unfunded joke. There is an insurgent left wing coming up. This has all the makings of a dem civil war. Schumer and Jefferies are both AIPAC funded. I expect absolute and total shenanigans. Democrats will find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

    Wait, she's not Jewish??

    I say this as a Jewish anti-zionist: what the actual fuck?? Like... I grew up indoctrinated into zionism and left when I got old enough to start paying attention to news. So... what's her damage?

    Maybe this sounds silly, but I have a lot of pity for Jewish liberal zionists. It's a cult. And I'm familiar with Christian Nationalist zionists (also a cult, but different one). I feel sympathy for people operating on childhood brainwashing.

    And I kind of get folks like Biden, who probably formed an opinion before '67.

    But what's her fucking deal? I can have grace for people who were born into this or are really old, but she just sounds like she learned that Israel is an apartheid state in college and said, 'Neato!'

    I am so much more disgusted with her now than I was when I assumed that she was a member of the tribe. ULGH.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (3 children)

    Fellow Jewish anti Zionist here. The answer is easy… AIPAC money. She could be an apocalypse seeking Nat-C, but most likely just the cash.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago* (2 children)

    I don't buy it.

    You can find countless politicians -- most of the Democratic party -- who have learned how to support Israel in 2026: you promise in a closed door meeting to guarantee funding for Likud, never bring up Israel unprompted, and if asked, talk about how terrible Netanyahu's leadership has been for Jewish security. And then you launder the cash as hard as you can and hope no one notices.

    Most AIPAC candidates don't talk about Israel these days. AIPAC is well known for running ads on whatever topic seems most likely to hurt their critics without talking about Israel.

    I think Stevenson started from a place of being a pro-imperialist nat sec ghoul, but now is just having a public mental breakdown, tbh.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago

    By all accounts she’s not too bright AND being pressured by her Zionist fiancée to toe the party line.

    You’re absolutely right that AIPAC has become very unpopular in some circles and ‘smart’ democrats owned by them keep their mouths shut for the most part.

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