Tag: Corruption

Political Corruption

Most of us agree that Washington is teeming with corruption that most of our elected officials are on the take in one form or another….if we know this is the case why is it never a political issue at election time?

This corruption has been going on for many years….we cannot lay the cause at the feet of Donny although it seems to be more out in the open since he has got his filthy hands on the reins of government.

Almost every week, there seems to be another story about the pay-to-play ethos that is dominant in Donald Trump’s Washington, DC. On July 30, the Wall Street Journal added a new one to the list.

The Journal described the president’s fervent interest in fundraising and how he checks almost nightly with his top fundraiser, Meredith O’Rourke, to find out “which companies and donors have cut checks and which haven’t, and for how much.” The story highlighted the way she channels his interest into making her pitch.

“’This is very important to the president. He’s asked me to call you and ask you for this donation…. The boss wants this money.’”

Nothing subtle there.

Then there is the way the administration has used tariffs as a lever to extract money and other things from businesses seeking relief or exemption from the tariff. For example, on July 31, MS Now reported that the Antwerp World Diamond Center in Belgium had presented the president with a large ring, which he dubbed the Freedom 250 ring, and that they subsequently received favorable treatment in Trump’s tariff regime.

That was no ordinary ring. It is made of eighteen-karat gold and is the size of a wristwatch. It has a hand-carved presidential seal on top, encrusted with 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 18 emeralds, and 6 rubies. And it has an engraved inscription to Donald John Trump. A few weeks after the gift was made, the report continues, “Europe’s diamond industry was exempted from Trump’s latest round of tariffs.”

The New York Times is right to caution that “There is no evidence that the gift of the ring directly affected the president’s thinking on the tariff exclusion for the diamond industry. But the new list of exemptions has renewed questions about which industries should be exempt from tariffs, and why.”

https://thefulcrum.us/elections/political-corruption-as-a-voting-issue-in-america

As blatant as his corruption is why do not the Dems use it against him?

There is a simple explanation….they are just as guilty and do not want an unflattering light shown on the them.

That is why we seldom hear about corruption in any election cycle.

Now is the time for this to be front and center for 2028.

But will it?

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Making Corruption Easier

Donny and his DC Gang of Idiots are known to be as corrupt as they come….sadly we cannot eliminate the Dems from that assertion either…..and now Donny’s SEC (not the football conference) is trying to make it even easier.

The Trump administration is moving to strip a rule barring private equity officials from engaging in “pay-to-play” schemes with government officials.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is planning to revoke Rule 206(4)-5 under the Investment Advisers Act, arguing that it chills employees’ political speech. The regulation, known as the “Pay-to-Play” Rule, bars investment advisers from getting paid to advise government clients for two years after making a political contribution to certain officials and candidates.

In the 16 years since the rule was implemented, it has only resulted in a handful of penalties. The proposed change comes after private equity spending increased in 2024, and flipped toward Republicans.

SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda released a statement last week arguing that the “blanket ban” had functionally undermined advisers’ constitutional rights. “Many investment advisers found it easier to simply prohibit all political contributions by their employees, thereby chilling speech and conduct otherwise protected by the First Amendment,” Uyeda said.

But the rule was intentionally written to be broad in order to address the difficulties state and local prosecutors had in proving quid pro quo deals, Axios reported Tuesday.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins also released a statement last week supporting the proposal, claiming that the rule “discourages full participation in the electoral process through contributions to candidates.

“People should not have to choose between their political-speech rights and a job in a particular industry,” he said.

If approved, the change will unleash a flood of bribes to public officials, and even invite private equity to pay tithes to President Trump himself.

(newrepublic.com)

Oh great….just what we need to make it even easier from politicians to line their pockets while fucking up the system completely.

I guess the old saying is wildly correct….”The US, the best government money can buy”.

At what point does anyone tackle this corruption?

I do not see the Dems coming even close to a solution for they are just as addicted to corruption as the GOP.

Will we hear anything about corruption in the next general election?

My thought is….probably not.

You thoughts?

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The Unscrupulousness Of AIPAC

It is no secret around here that I dearly hate AIPAC and what it has done to our political system….it has turned our elections into good and bad the good being whatever they tell the recipient of their money and in the meantime the country suffers from their sick influence….

After AIPAC failed to defeat El-Sayed in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary—after spending $32 million—it said that it remains committed to defeating El-Sayed and his “radical, anti-Israel” agenda in the general election. Which means it is poised to sink tens of millions of dollars in supporting Republican Mike Rogers. It also said that Haley Stevens, his opponent, had presented “an authentic Democratic agenda.” Meaning that El-Sayed did not? And they think that Mike Rogers, a MAGA Trump supporter, does compared with El-Sayed?

How can AIPAC say that El-Sayed does not present an authentic Democratic agenda when his socialist stance is much more in line with the principles stated in the Declaration of Independence than most centrist Democrats’? And making it sound like AIPAC cares about an authentic Democratic agenda is deceitful, when in the same breath they make clear that they will support Mike Rogers, a Trump lackey, in the general election.

AIPAC’s one-dimensional perspective is clearer now than ever. They will fight for the unequivocal U.S. support of Israel at any cost, even if it means having the Republicans and Trump remain in power and destroy our nation.

They are like the Evangelicals to whom there was nothing more important than the creation of a conservative judiciary that would reverse Roe v Wade and other liberal policies, such as LGBT rights, even at the cost of supporting perhaps the most Godless, misogynistic President that the United States has ever had and his MAGA allies. In both cases, they have made a bargain with the devil that will ultimately cost them their souls.

https://thefulcrum.us/governance-legislation/the-unscrupulousness-of-aipac-political-spending-u-s-policy

These fools will do anything to bolster support for Israel even if it means the destruction of the nation.

One can support Israel that is their prerogative but not at the cost of our country and our way of life.   Period!

This institution should be barred from dealing out influence….well not just them….the whole concept of lobbyists needs to be flushed down the crapper.   Period.

Thoughts?

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It’s Good To Be A SCOTUS Associate

We all have seen the reports about the underhanded money making of our Supreme Court judges and now a new one has come up….this one is about conserv judge Alito…..

The supreme court justice Samuel Alito gained up to $2.9m from his fossil fuel interests between 2005 and 2024, a new review of financial disclosures shows.

The analysis from the non-profit advocacy group and judicial watchdog Court Accountability, shared exclusively with the Guardian, found that even at the lowest range of estimates, Alito gained almost $400,000 from his oil and gas interests since being tapped for the high court by George W Bush in 2005.

The findings come as the supreme court prepares to take up a case in which the oil companies Suncor Energy and Exxon asked the justices to find that federal law prevents subnational governments from filing lawsuits against fossil fuel producers for the climate-warming effects of their products.

The supreme court said this month it will hear oral arguments in the case on 5 October, the opening day of its new term. The Trump administration, which is siding with the oil companies, has asked for 10 minutes of argument time. Court Accountability and other groups have called for a Senate committee to investigate Alito, the sole supreme court justice with holdings in energy companies, and said he should recuse himself.

He and the court rejected those calls.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/samuel-alito-oil-gas-assets-supreme-court-analysis

And he sits on the highest court in the nation and makes judgements on any legal actions brought against oil companies….this puts him up there with the corruption of Thomas.

SCOTUS is getting more corruptible by the session….and in doing so is destroying most modern laws….

When rationalizing its alarming injection of politics into legal decision, conservatives on the John Roberts Supreme Court are dumping years of legal analysis and precedent in favor of historical arguments. In essence, legal theory appears to be taking back seat to what law in America used to look like, says Florida International University philosophy Associate Professor Eric Scarffe.

They’re using history, said Scarffe, to do what judicial philosophy long has not: remove judgment from judging.

“Rather than promoting judicial restraint, … key cases reveal how the ‘history and tradition test’ has been weaponized to enable one of the most radical revisions to this nation’s constitutional order since the New Deal,” argued Scarffe. “It has been used not only to overturn previous decisions and precedent, but also to fundamentally shift the way the Court engages in judicial review.”

Courts traditionally weigh interests, assess evidence, and openly confront competing constitutional values. But cases like the Wolford v. Lopez, which the court used to strike down Hawaii’s restrictions on carrying firearms on private property that is open to the public, the court made a decision based entirely upon whether a sufficiently similar restriction existed at some point during the nation’s founding.

https://www.alternet.org/roberts-court-reform-politicized/

The judges now are nothing more than political hacks and do not deserve the positions they have been given…

It is beyond time for some massive Supreme Court reforms and changes.

Or we continue to have these hacks destroy the Constitution one ruling at as time.

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What The Hell Is “Anti-Weaponization Fund”?

I have been hearing this term, anti-weaponization fund, a lot in recent days…..but just what the Hell is it and how does it work?

Thanx to Axios we can have our answer….

President Trump sued his own administration, settled and will now spend $1.776 billion of taxpayer money to pay people who say the government targeted them politically.

Why it matters: The “Anti-Weaponization Fund” turns a personal Trump settlement into a new government program, shields decisions on who gets the money from the courts and limits information about what the public knows about where the funds go.

The backstory: Trump sued the IRS and Treasury in January for $10 billion over the 2019 leak of his tax returns. The settlement gives Trump, his sons and the Trump Organization a formal apology but no money, and it bars the IRS from auditing Trump’s past tax returns.

  • Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump’s former criminal defense lawyer, created the Anti-Weaponization Fund with the Treasury Department’s Judgment Fund.

How it works: The attorney general will handpick the five-member commission that decides who will collect money from the fund, which ends in December 2028.

  • Those decisions can’t be appealed or challenged in court. The settlement does not require public disclosure of payouts.
  • The settlement lets the fund spend part of the $1.776 billion on itself, including staff, travel and facilities. The Justice Department and the White House did not answer Axios’ question about whether there is any cap on those costs.

There is so much more….

https://www.axios.com/2026/05/20/trump-anti-weaponization-fund-judgment-fund-explainer

Donny spends more time with the court systems than he does running the country….and when he does focus on the country he is running it into the ground.

Anyway the Fund and Blanche…..

The nomination of Todd Blanche to be the next permanent attorney general has foundered in part over a controversial “anti-weaponization fund.” On Friday, President Trump offered a strong defense of the fund, which could further complicate Blanche’s road to confirmation, reports CNN. Blanche, the acting AG, has said the fund is “dead,” but GOP Sens. Thom Tillis and John Cornyn want a written guarantee he won’t revive the $1.8 billion measure. Critics call it a slush fund for Trump allies.

In his Friday post, Trump insisted the fund wouldn’t benefit him personally, but would compensate “victims of government abuse,” per Reuters. The president stopped short of saying the fund should be revived, but his lengthy defense of it may give further ammo to other senators wary of its resurrection. Trump also insisted that Blanche, “a good man, should be immediately approved” as AG. On Thursday, the president floated the idea of temporarily withdrawing the nomination until Tillis and Cornyn leave the Senate in January. The fund stems from Trump’s settlement of a lawsuit with the IRS, another source of controversy, and GOP senators on Thursday blocked an attempt to modify that deal.

Donny is so full of shit…he does NOTHING that does not benefit him….PERIOD!

Then acting AG issued a edict….

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued an order Sunday evening formally rescinding plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of President Trump.

The order came after Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn threatened to block Blanche’s confirmation for the permanent position to lead the Justice Department.

“The Attorney General’s May 18, 2026 Order establishing the Anti-WeaponizationFund (“Fund”) is rescinded and shall have no force or effect,” the order states.

“For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Order is intended to contradict or otherwise be contrary to prior representations by the Department of Justice that the Fund is not operative. No Members were appointed; no funds were transferred; no process for receiving claims was established; no claims were paid. Nevertheless, several frivolous lawsuits have been filed challenging the Fund, and at least one court has declined to dismiss those claims as moot,” it continues. “This Order establishes, beyond any doubt, that there is no Fund.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/todd-blanche-anti-weaponization-fund-order/

Wassup with this?  I do not trust this turn.

Enough said.

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How Deep Is The Rot?

The ‘rot’ I refer to in this post is that of AIPAC and the Democrats.

Addressing a reported Israeli government-funded online influence campaign aimed at sabotaging the administration’s diplomatic efforts, a furious Vance accused “certain elements within the Israeli government” of actively trying to derail peace negotiations and manipulate American public opinion. He went so far as to target the operators behind the foreign-backed campaign, telling them directly to “go to hell.”

Yet, even as fierce criticism of Israel reaches the very apex of American politics, a profound, schizophrenic rupture divides Washington. While the American public, influential media personalities, and top-tier politicians are openly turning against Israel’s unbridled violence, the traditional power structures continue to toe the line.

This is explicitly evident in Congress, where establishment politicians remain busy acting as defense contractors for Tel Aviv. Lawmakers are quietly pushing forward with Section 219 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027. Far from distancing the US from the ongoing regional bloodbath, this legislation aims to permanently integrate and synchronize the US and Israeli militaries under a joint “Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative.”

This institutional blind spot is why the entire alliance is beginning to look utterly ridiculous.

https://original.antiwar.com/ramzy-baroud/2026/07/28/is-it-just-about-aipacs-money-or-does-the-us-israel-rot-run-far-deeper/

The rot runs deep….AIPAC money speeds the rot….

But to me the silliest notion is that Israel is a democracy…that statement is laughable…

There are numerous myths espoused by Jewish and non-Jewish supporters of Israel that deny the violent displacement of Palestinians from Israel in 1948 as well as support for the belief that the June 1967 six-day war was preemptive. The worst of the mythologies deal with whether Palestinians left their homeland “voluntarily” in 1967—there was nothing voluntary about it. The myth heard most often, however, is cited by members of Congress—the contention that Israel is a democracy—indeed, the “only democracy in the Middle East.”

Israel was not a true democracy from the outset in 1948, since more than one-fifth of Israel’s citizens were subject to military rule based on Britain’s mandatory emergency regulations. These regulations denied Palestinians basic human and civil rights. Palestinians were subject to the rule of local Israeli military governors who were in a position to destroy their lives and their livelihood. Some of this pressure was alleviated in the late 1950s, only to worsen in the wake of the Six-Day War in 1967.

Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza never received equal treatment from any Israeli government. Israeli settlers in the West Bank who commit crimes are tried in Israeli courts, if they are tried at all, while Palestinians are tried in Israeli military courts. Currently, there are seven million Jews living in Israel and Palestine, and an equal number of Palestinians in the same space. The apartheid governments of Israel make it certain that there will not be equal rights, let alone true democracy, for both Jews and Palestinians.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/21/the-mythology-of-israeli-democracy/

The sooner the world faces reality the sooner this crap can end.

Oh sorry I digress….let’s return to the ‘rot’….

This rot has been in the GOP’s heart since the beginning….and now the Dems are just as rotten as the GOP, that is for the most part…..the coward that is the leader of the Dems, Jeffries is ass deep in the influence of Israel….

When House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries sent out a recent “dear colleague” letter, its second sentence cited “the position articulated by… pro-peace organizations like J Street.” The congressman and J Street were opposing an amendment to block $3.3 billion in military shipments and other aid to Israel.

Jeffries contended that the measure was “overly broad.” On the same day, using the same phrase “overly broad,” J Street issued a statement declaring that “we support Leader Jeffries’ decision to oppose the amendment.”

Both Jeffries and J Street respectfully noted that many members of Congress had understandable reasons to back the measure. The next day, July 15, a record 103 Democrats voted in favor of blocking weaponry to Israel.

While attempting to prevent a high number of yes votes, Jeffries and J Street had emphasized mutual agreement to validate a position that amounted to support for arming genocide.

After the House vote, J Street said that “we welcome House Democratic leadership taking a stronger stance on using U.S. leverage to pressure the Israeli government to change course.” But there are no credible reasons to believe that J Street or the “House Democratic leadership” are serious about using U.S. leverage to “change course” in ways that would really impede the genocidal state of Israel.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/28/how-hakeem-jeffries-and-j-street-teamed-up-for-arming-genocide/

This rot is starting to stink.

I will vote for anybody that wants Israel to be held accountable for the genocide they have committed.

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Fraudsters Can Run Wild

Yesterday I posted about Donny’s new thing of letting corporate bosses have instant access to his babblings of Truth Social so they can run to the markets and make money before the fact….that is disgusting but there is more disgusting stories….

The DOJ is abandoning the Corporate Crime Enforcement stuff.

US President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is systematically taking a softer approach to corporate crime, letting companies and executives that have admitted to wrongdoing off the hook with no charges.

The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that “so far this year, 12 companies have pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges. At least six companies have reached deferred prosecution agreements, including refiner Phillips 66 and medical-waste specialist Stericycle, acquired by Waste Management in 2024.” The Journal added that while Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche and other officials have signaled that the Justice Department is “focusing on prosecuting employees rather than companies, it has also granted leniency or dropped charges against people it accused of wrongdoing.”

“The Trump DOJ’s grotesque retreat from corporate crime enforcement leaves Americans increasingly vulnerable to tainted food, workplace exploitation, environmental destruction, widespread ripoffs, and all-around illegal corporate predation,” said Rick Claypool, a researcher at the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen who has been tracking the fall of corporate enforcement during Trump’s second White House term—which has been rife with corruption and profiteering at the very top.

Claypool called the Trump Justice Department’s lenient approach to corporate criminals “an absolute outrage” and that the trend is “going from bad to worse.”

The Journal lays out several examples of the Justice Department abandoning enforcement efforts against prominent companies. “In matters involving Alibaba, EagleBank, and Abbott Laboratories, the department declined to charge companies even when prosecutors thought executives or managers were involved in the wrongdoing,” the newspaper reported. “In those cases, the department didn’t charge any individuals.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-corporate-crime-enforcement

This is pathetic that he would allow these pieces of shit have such freedoms…..all this sounds like his buddy Putin’s playbook in Russia for over twenty years.

Where are those elected cowards we call Democrats in all this corruption?

Well most are sitting in their offices counting the cash lobbyists throw at them….what I am saying in case you missed it….the Dems are NO better than the GOP when it comes to corruption.

I have said my piece.

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Is There Hope?

As the midterms inch closer and closer…..the common thought is there will be a blue wave in November.

Will that change anything?

Nope just a few faces in Congress and the usual banter will stay and nothing will get done…..as usual.

Let’s be real….the Dems lose voters every time they open their mouths….this op-ed says it all….

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/contributors/2026/06/15/democrats-wont-win-elections-by-talking-down-to-people/90459752007/

The Dems have nothing to offer the voter at this time other than to replace some MAGA twats…

What will that accomplish for the next two years?

No seriously….what will that accomplish?

Even as Democratic party leaders retreat into caution, empty rhetoric and procedural theater amid the rise of fascism in the United States, many ordinary Americans have stopped waiting for them. Across the country, including in my Chicago neighborhood, people have begun organizing among themselves to protect our immigrant neighbors and friends from state violence enacted by ICE, with measures including rapid-response phone trees, volunteers monitoring ICE and vulnerable neighborhood areas, mutual aid funds for detained neighbors, and community groups sharing legal resources and safe shelter.

These efforts are emerging not because the Democratic party has suddenly discovered courage and principle, but precisely because it has not. People are stepping in where their political representatives have cowered, choosing to defend their neighbors directly rather than waiting for permission from institutions that have proven unwilling to act. These acts are small, improvised and often invisible outside the communities within which they occur, but they reveal something essential: democracy does not begin with politicians and institutions that promise to save us. It begins when people decide they will not abandon one another. Following that instinct – to build the care and protection we need ourselves rather than defer to a thoroughly corrupted two-party system – is essential for broader democratic renewal. If that spreads, if Americans insist that good government grows from the bottom up rather than the top down and refuse to let grassroots movements be co-opted for politicians’ careers that put party loyalties over care for people in need, then the possibility of a real democracy may yet live.

It is no secret that I have not found anything the Dems have done in the last few decades as good for the people they claim to represent…..yes there was ACA but Obama let the industry write that act so who do you think it would benefit the most?

There is the problem….special interests have the final say on most legislation….we are not the major concern just to keep them happy and the loot pouring in.

We need a change….PERIOD!

Change is NOT coming just more of the same hollow promises and the same corruption that infest DC.

The Dems problems are bigger than the local stories in the news these days….

It will be tempting for Democrats to blame the Graham Platner mess on the inept vetting of a single candidate. But the editorial board of the New York Times argues that the fiasco illustrates a larger problem for the party, and not just in Maine. Democrats keep pouring their hopes into compelling personalities instead of a clear governing agenda, the editors write. “The next charismatic outsider will struggle to succeed if there is nothing solid beneath the charisma,” they warn. “Personality is not a platform.” The editorial points to a pattern: a self-described “big tent” party with remarkably little open debate over what it actually wants to do on major issues.

On immigration, for example, Democrats oppose President Trump’s aggressive tactics, but what do they propose beyond that in terms of who should be allowed in, and how? The same lack of clarity is found on housing costs, public education, the coming disruption from artificial intelligence, and more. Voters, including many Democrats, see a party they describe as weak or ineffective, a notion reinforced by a vague post-2024 “autopsy” that dodged specifics. The Democratic Party, in short, needs a message more than a messenger. “It is a party still hoping a contender will spare it the harder work of deciding what it stands for.”

Read the full piece.

Your establishment Dems have a new plan for the party, Promise To America, and it is the same spineless crap they have been feeding the population for decades….

Centrist Democratic politicians, upset by the wins of Democratic Socialists in the recent primaries, have issued a statement of their convictions. Called “The Promise to America,” it sounds good, responding to many of the problems we face. But they are empty promises, even if well-meant.

How can I say that? First, Democrats have been saying similar things for years. Yet despite the rhetoric, the people are hurting. Why? It’s not just because of Trump and the Republicans; it’s because the government—Democrats as well as Republicans—have lost sight of the meaning and implications of our founding principles. It is to those principles that Democrats must dedicate themselves. See my article, “People are Hurting – The U.S. Must Return to Our Founding Principles.”

https://thefulcrum.us/democracy/democratic-party-reform-2677168767

It is a yawn!  Do Not fall for the promise that is nothing more than an appeasement to try and counter the progressive trend.

But there is a glimmer of hope….

Progressive candidates have swept to victory against establishment opponents in Democratic primary races across the US, including on Tuesday, as voters turn out in support of working-class champions who have spurned corporate money and vowed to pursue transformative change at the national, state, and local levels.

The Working Families Party (WFP) celebrated a five-for-five sweep for the US House candidates it backed in California primaries, as Mai Vang, Connie Chan, Aisha Wahab, Randy Villegas, and Angela Gonzales-Torres each advanced to the November general election. As Common Dreams reported, Villegas—who is running to unseat incumbent Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.)—advanced despite the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s intervention in support of his opponent Jasmeet Bains, a corporate Democrat.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/progressives-win-democratic-primaries

We can only hope that this trend continues and that voters are starting to wake up.

You will hear more about WFP in the near future.

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AIPAC Under Fire

In the past because of their proportional influence over Dem candidates the DNC is offering up a resolution to not accept AIPAC money…

A Democratic National Committee member is proposing a symbolic resolution for consideration at a DNC meeting next month to reject the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s massive spending on Congressional races.

The measure, sponsored by a young DNC member from Florida, could put party leaders on the spot about the pro-Israel lobbying group’s outsized role in Democratic primaries.

A lobbying behemoth that for decades courted lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, AIPAC has become an increasingly toxic brand in the Democratic Party.

In recent years, Israeli leaders and their backers in Washington have become more closely aligned with Republican politicians. At the same time, however, AIPAC’s super PAC has focused tens of millions in spending on Democratic primary races.

DNC Resolution to Reject AIPAC Funding Puts Democratic Leaders in the Hot Seat

That was in 2024 and they are still trying to lessen AIPAC influence over Dem candidates.

Then in 2026, April to be exact the DNC voted down a resolution….

A Democratic National Committee (DNC) panel voted on Thursday to reject a resolution condemning “the growing influence” of dark money and corporate-backed outside spending in Democratic races, particularly the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

At the DNC’s spring meeting in New Orleans this week, the resolutions committee voted to kill the push, which would have been nonbinding, as scrutiny over the pro-Israel lobby grows amid the midterms.

“The use of massive outside spending to support or oppose candidates based on their positions regarding international conflicts or foreign governments raises concerns about undue influence over democratic debate and policymaking, potentially constraining elected officials’ ability to represent the views of their constituents,” reads the resolution, submitted by Florida DNC member Allison Minnerly, pointing out AIPAC in particular for spending some $14 million in the Illinois Democratic primaries last month.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5823840-dnc-aipac-resolution-fails/

So AIPAC keeps it’s control over the funds in DNC…..

There are a few individuals within the DNC that do not want the corrupting money from AIPAC…..

Rep. Ro Khanna has become the first member of the US Congress to sign a “peace pledge” promising to swear off funds from the Israel lobby and block US support for countries that violate human rights.

The pledge was created by the political action committee Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, which runs the widely shared “AIPAC Tracker” social media campaign that names and shames politicians who receive support from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and other pro-Israel groups that have spent tens of millions in recent election cycles to influence members of Congress.

Lawmakers who sign the pledge agree not to take money from AIPAC or pro-Israel lobbying groups and promise to make campaign finance reform a key priority.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/khanna-aipac-pledge

At least Khanna is doing the right thing….I will be watching to see who joins Khanna and who keeps their hand out to AIPAC….it will make a difference who I support.

Thoughts?

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The Real Political Power

This is a look at the real political power in American elections…..AIPAC.

A PAC that has buckets of cash to influence our elected officials in favor of everything Israel.

 

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/defending-aipac

 

This PAC should be broken down for what it is…..foreign money in our system for the influence of corrupt politicians.

I believe that AIPAC is too influential and has its tentacles in all aspects of our government…..this can no longer be acceptable.

Any thoughts?

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