r/politics • u/97zx6r • 1h ago
No Paywall Citing 'challenges,' AIPAC halts endorsements and direct contributions to candidates
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/21/nx-s1-6011531/aipac-campaign-contributions-israel-democrats•
u/casualfrog68 1h ago
Turns out, their contributions are toxic to candidates.
Excellent.
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u/KnightDuty 54m ago
I write for several progressive candidates and we repeated at every opportunity "as a rule we reject AIPAC". It does really good. So, yup.
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u/IllRest2396 Florida 1h ago
*publicly
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u/Hoz999 1h ago
They still have to disclose any contributions otherwise it’s a crime.
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u/EndsWithJusSayin 1h ago
Who's going to carry out the punishment? This administration has already shown if there's an R next to your name and you get on your knees for Trump then you're immune to any consequences.
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u/Ok-Economist-9466 1h ago
Lots of legal ways to get around that with PACs/Super PACs. " I didn't endorse Mr. X for senator, I just funded a Super PAC that ran an aggressive ad campaign saying Mr. Y is bad for state Z!"
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u/lettersvsnumbers 1h ago
That’s the whole point of SuperPACs and shell companies.
When rich people do it, it’s free speech.
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u/samueladams6 37m ago
I’m sure people who gleefully support an ongoing genocide would never break the law, and if they did surely all the politicians they bought off will be there to hold them accountable.
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u/MelatoninFiend 1h ago
Yeah right.
They're totally suspending endorsements and donations and definitely not just funneling their donations through a few more shell PACs so they're harder to track.
End Citizens United.
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u/KnightDuty 31m ago
Well once they realize they're wasting their money and they're going to lose regardless, they don't want to keep losing.
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u/AmericaVotedTrump 1h ago
Suddenly the new super pac An.Impressive.Policy.Advancement.Corp has spent millions toward pro Israel politicians
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u/colobo970 1h ago
Duplicitous pricks found out another chanel aye?
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u/MelatoninFiend 1h ago
Why donate to PACs when you could just buy billions of dollars worth of an overnight pump-and-dump cryptocurrency, and get the money directly into the pockets you wish to fill?
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u/stammerton 1h ago
Advance notice of any moves on the stock market perhaps? Oh wait, that’s Trump’s MO.
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u/EldritchSlut Indiana 1h ago edited 31m ago
Looking at who is taking Israeli money to help support Israel's genocidal ethnostate really helps to make good, informed, voting choices.
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u/Bittererr 51m ago
AIPAC is American money.
Doesn't mean it's a good thing but I'm tired of people covering for the rich Americans who actually fund AIPAC by pretending it's all foreign money.
Turns out the class war is the only real war after all and the latest line of attack from billionaires is to point overseas when they're the ones writing the checks.
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u/EldritchSlut Indiana 45m ago
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying organization founded in 1954 that advocates for policies supporting the U.S. - Israel relationship
You can use semantics as cover but we all know what's going on here.
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u/Bittererr 41m ago
Yes, it's an organization of Americans who donate their money to causes that support Israel.
When you claim it's foreign money you're just going to bat for billionaires.
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u/EldritchSlut Indiana 33m ago
You're right, American citizens are the middle men between Israel and US politician donations. You can be against billionaires and genocidal nationals at the same time too.
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u/lettersvsnumbers 1h ago
United Democracy Project
Affordable Chicago
Voters for Responsive Government
Blue Wave Action
Chicago Progressive Partnership•
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u/Kenneth-J-Moyers 1h ago
They never halt dark money funding though, they just start working through front organizations.
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u/afro-deezy-yac 9m ago
No disrespect to any Jewish people around the world. But the Israeli Government has gone full murder-hobo.
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u/WhatsRatingsPrecious 1h ago
Now they're going to go pure dark money donations.
Their endorsement is the kiss of death these days.
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u/MelatoninFiend 1h ago
They're too busy trying to ban biology and life-science textbooks that note male seahorses can give birth, and trying to get people to believe that classrooms have litterboxes so students can watch catgirls poop.
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u/ThonThaddeo Oregon 59m ago
Well shit, i forgot that was a real group. I was just referencing those front groups aipac uses sometimes.
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u/level_one_bulbasaur 1h ago
Oh so they’ve successfully laundered all that money through pacs and shell corporations now
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u/naththegrath10 54m ago
They will just do what they were doing in Dem primaries. Start up a bunch of shady other PACs with harmless sounding names and funnel it through them
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