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2022-12-02 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

US senator says Biden working to limit Smotrich and Ben Gvir influence in next gov’t

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Posted by trailing wife 2022-12-02 03:24|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Israel interferes in our domestic politics all the fucking time. No American can be president without the approval of AIPAC, the arm of a foreign country that is somehow allowed to influence our Congress.

Is this one of those things where it's OK when Israel does it but not OK when anyone else does it? I have a sneaking suspicion that it is.

Fuck off with that. How about this: we stop interfering in your domestic politics if you stop interfering in ours? No deal, eh?

Posted by Spike the Hairy6811 2022-12-02 05:40|| 2022-12-02 05:40|| Front Page Top

#2 NoAmerican can be president without the approval of AIPAC, the arm of a foreign country that is somehow allowed to influence our Congress.

Those eeeevil Juice, huh, Spike? Kanye fan much?

Posted by Frank G 2022-12-02 06:27|| 2022-12-02 06:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Why did Hillary, Biden and Trump all have to have AIPAC's approval?

Turnabout is fair play. We have a green light to meddle in Israel's domestic politics.

AIPAC PAC release first slate of endorsements

According to a tweet from AIPAC, since its launch 10 weeks ago, the pro-Israel PAC has raised over $1.67 million in contributions to the PAC that can be given directly to candidates and an additional $1 million in contributions to campaigns through its online portal.

“We support pro-Israel Democratic and Republican members of Congress and congressional candidates to secure the future of the U.S.-Israel relationship,” the tweet stated.

This Is How AIPAC Really Works.
An AIPAC and Capitol Hill veteran explains the lobby’s tactics of reward and retribution.

One thing that should be said about Representative Ilhan Omar’s tweet about the power of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (more commonly known as AIPAC, or the “Israel lobby”) is that the hysterical reaction to it proved her main point: The power of AIPAC over members of Congress is literally awesome, although not in a good way. Has anyone ever seen so many members of Congress, of both parties, running to the microphones and sending out press releases to denounce one first-termer for criticizing the power of… a lobby?

Somehow, I don’t think the reaction would have been the same if she had tweeted that Congress still supports the ethanol subsidy because the American Farm Bureau and other components of the corn/ethanol lobby spend millions to keep this agribusiness bonanza going (which they do). Or that if she had opposed the ethanol subsidy, she would have been accused of hating farmers.

That’s American politics; the only difference between all the domestic lobbies that essentially buy support for their agenda is that AIPAC is working for a foreign government, a distinction but not much of a difference when the goal is to maintain a status quo that is not necessarily in the national interest.

Posted by Spike the Hairy6811 2022-12-02 07:12|| 2022-12-02 07:12|| Front Page Top

#4 It's NOT Biden doing it. We all know who is behind efforts like this.

As far as "them doing it to us." No help needed from the 'off-shore' S&G neighborhood. We've got our own S&G branch office right in the Congress.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-02 07:19|| 2022-12-02 07:19|| Front Page Top

#5 "Meddling" is such a harsh word. Think of it as Regime Change Lite!

Posted by SteveS 2022-12-02 11:02|| 2022-12-02 11:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Kanye should just apologize for the misunderstanding and donate a million dollars to Ukrainian Freedom Fighters in the Azov Battalion.

How long till Ye is visiting Ukraine? Has anyone asked him about his thoughts on Bandera?

Posted by Spike the Hairy6811 2022-12-02 11:10|| 2022-12-02 11:10|| Front Page Top

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