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[–] 134 points 3 months ago (13 children)

Aren’t donations by AIPAC really foreign interference?

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  • [–] 45 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    They’re also by wealthy American zionists which gives them some cover.

    It still doesn’t make sense why any politician can accept money from a lobby group whose only goal is to send Americans’ money to a foreign country that continually spies on America.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    No, it's domestic. The US gives Israel money, not the other way around.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    You're conflating two things, and maybe it's a joke and I missed the punchline. Aipac is a national jewish interest lobby group. The US also sends billions of tax payer dollars to Israel.

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

    So there’s actually people who aren’t Israeli citizens giving money to AIPAC?

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  • [–] 42 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Israel is a cancer not a country.

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  • [–] 39 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Maybe don’t accept blood money in the first place

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  • [–] 24 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I often wondered about running for office just to take all the PAC money possible and then ignore them if elected. You know, like do a reverse Sinema or Fetterman.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago

    AIPAC wants what's BEST for America which is why they PUNISH Politicians who want to Give TAXPAYER DOLLARS to Americans INSTEAD of Israelis!

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago

    My fear is so many of these Dems are being performative. That they knew they couldn't block Israel's aid, so they went along only because they knew it'd fail.

    That's not counting those who are approaching it like "I'm voting against Israel until the media cycle gets off the Epstein-Iran War"

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago

    Would it be less surprising if the American Israel Public Affairs Committee didn't stop paying bribes to politicians who voted to punish Israel?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    The next part of his speech that no one talks about is just as important: "...we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite".

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    This is all posturing, in my opinion.

    bOtH pArTiEs finance Israel, we built that country for a reason and it's doing exactly what it was created to do.

    Churches aren't as powerful as they once were, but they're as rich as ever, and they also funnel billions more into Israel. It's the nexus of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, so... of course.

    ... and they don't pay taxes for some reason, fancy that. So all Americans directly and indirectly support Israel financially at every level.

    Democratic leadership knows this just as well as Republican, and it's not as if you have an alternative. Every vote is pro-Israel, whether you like it or not. It's a lot more pervasive than many realize.

    I'm not advocating not voting, I still vote. But it's all pro-Israel. Seventy years of this, it's undeniable.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    There it is, folks. There is just no appeasing Lemmy at this point. Might as well fire up the gas chambers again and march the jews back. Then maybe --big maybe-- we might start building some kind of political majority to defeat repubs and not just a slim majority in the house or senate. But i'm not holding my breath lol

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Ah, shit. I can't see AIPAC anymore without thinking it's a Political Action Committee for Artificial Intelligence companies.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

    Enough of the Dem voters wont let filthy genociders or their supporters win elections. And its not up for negotiation. So all Dem candidate better wise TF up to that and stop taking AIPAC bribes, like this half of the party did.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Well, the proof is in the pudding on that one. Some dems will become afraid of losing that kickback/bribe money for sure.

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