The lobbying industry is around $9 billion a year. AIPAC has a record breaking year. They contributed $13 million to campaigns this year. Big oil spent $120 million. I think nyt is just following the facts here.

@@MrYishaiShields you do realize that this very podcast tells us AIPAC spent $14 million on this race alone?

They do

I am SHOCKED that the ministery of truth..allowed ur comment...try doing it online; they will delete it. Cheers from Palestine

Look up their leaked memo

AIPAC is to be admired for working to protect Israel from annihilation by working tirelessly to support those that defend our ally and oppose those that would destroy Israel our ally. Our ally faces murderous Islamists in Gaza (2.2million) Lebanon ( 8 million) Syria ( 22 million)Yemen ( 35million ) and Iran ( 88 million) A total of 145 million arrayed against Israel whose population is only 9 million ! Money brings aid to those in need . People across the world are helped by caring people who collect money to help others. AIPAC has acted in this capacity and should be thanked.

Lol. You are clearly under the age of 30 bc it's obvious that you have no clue what you are talking about.

You do realize AIPAC is an American PAC fully funded by Americans, not the Israeli govt or anything.

AIPAC is to be admired for working to protect Israel from annihilation by working tirelessly to support those that defend our ally and oppose those that would destroy Israel our ally. Our ally faces murderous Islamists in Gaza (2.2million) Lebanon ( 8 million) Syria ( 22 million)Yemen ( 35million ) and Iran ( 88 million) A total of 145 million arrayed against Israel whose population is only 9 million ! Money brings aid to those in need . People across the world are helped by caring people who collect money to help others. AIPAC has acted in this capacity and should be thanked.

You have no clue why you're saying this. Other than you don't like Jews.

i'm not sure if bowman is directly backed by money from muslim states - but he certainly owes his entire political career to the alliance between anti-semitic factions on the socialist / islamist-adjacent corbynist-left

quite a difference between russia's attempts and aipac's .. what lobby groups represent your interests ?? are they too all legal ?? and how do you know that they aren't registered ..?? what other countries have a lobby .. UK france japan cananda etc ??

AIPAC is all American. Any lobbying group is OK as long as the people doing the lobbying are American. Big difference.

@@direwolf6234 If any lobby groups represents my interests and are illegal then they should be shut down... because they are illegal? Why does it matter who they benefit if they are illegal?

@@ssun190because inherently citizens have a right to support other democracies or countries

Rejection hurt the ego of this guy😅😅😅

Bro..why AIPAC... hasn't registered itself...as a lobbiest on behalf of a foreign country?

Jamaal is a nut case who campaigned with Hamas supporter Nihad Awad, spread 9/11 conspiracy theories, 10/7 rape denier, etc.

This isn’t election interfering. APAC is an American organization staffed by Americans. They lobby for influence the same way tobacco companies, other interests in other countries from all over the world, do exactly the same.

😂 they lobby for the interest of a foreign country at the expense of American life and dollars. Not for a product or preserving a right.

@@Owenalpeif shit got rough they would be fairweather friends and would flee our country like the golden pheasants they have been emulating in Palestine, real Americans don’t have 50 million dollars to bribe the politicians and fund media campaigns against anyone who disagrees with you. Real Americans have nowhere else to go and we’re not interested in y’all lighting the world on fire and then running off to play in your little apartheid state to leave us with the bill. We aren’t stupid, but the games you’re playing are.

@@Owenalpe So this is something by APAC and it's lobbiests registering under an expanded Foreign Agents Registration Act could handle or is this already done?

@@OwenalpeLike Russia Today? It was staffed by mostly Americans but it was a Russian psy op under the guise of a media station. It was eventually shut down. AIPAC is staffed by Americans but its interest are to serve the Zionist Israel interests. It should be limited just like the Russian psy op.

No, it won’t forgive those who want to destroy Israel, and the only protection of the Jews.

AIPAC is to be admired for working to protect Israel from annihilation by working tirelessly to support those that defend our ally and oppose those that would destroy Israel our ally. Our ally faces murderous Islamists in Gaza (2.2million) Lebanon ( 8 million) Syria ( 22 million)Yemen ( 35million ) and Iran ( 88 million) A total of 145 million arrayed against Israel whose population is only 9 million ! Money brings aid to those in need . People across the world are helped by caring people who collect money to help others. AIPAC has acted in this capacity and should be thanked.

You’re talking about propaganda, not education. Zionism is an ethnic supremacy ideology Israel chooses to adopt. They’re not forced to slaughter 30,000 people. They want to do it. Ask Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israeli Defense Minister and convicted (by an Israeli court) of supporting terrorism and acolyte of Baruch Goldstein, the child murderer and Zionist martyr. He openly admits all Arabs must be removed from Israel and the Al-Aqsa Mosque must be removed.

A foreign country is interfering in an election, it feels wrong. Its bad enough we have the russians and Gulf states interfering, but we give the israelis a weird pass.

A foreign country is interfering in an election, it feels wrong. Its bad enough we have the russians and Gulf states interfering, but we give the israelis a weird pass.

Maybe if AIPAC was a small podunk lobby outfit, but they aren’t. They are immensely powerful in both parties, also the ads they run have nothing to do with Israel. So it’s completely disingenuous and voters may not be aware of this. It’s ok, we can have a conversation about the very real effect that lobbying has on our political process, the congress it’s just carved up for the various special interests - with the US/Israel special relationship being one of the biggest.

@@bigtuna45 not sure why this is called a “special” interest. It’s an interest just like any other voter has an interest. In terms of the ads, well obviously any ad writer wants to address issues which he thinks will sway the most voters. If you want to support someone who is pro-choice, obviously your ads against the opponent will focus on any issue which you think will weaken the opponent, not only on the abortion issue. And vice versa.

@@David99356 Special Interest v interest, honestly I don’t really care about whatever word you choose to call it. The main issue is the pervasive influence that lobbying has in the us political system, specifically groups with large amounts of money that can influence politicians. This is obvious and is not up for debate. You’re also wrong about your last point, AIPAC aren’t talking about Israel at all in their ads, that’s why it’s completely disingenuous.

the EXACT argument of the Anti-Defamation league (who spends most of THEIR time defaming people by calling them "Anti-semitic" for pointing out how damaging the policies of Israel are...)

Against who?

A reporting of facts. What is inaccurate in the reporting here?

OUT!!!

BO,,,,,,,, to BOWMAN !!! He is out! Thanks god!

AIPAC is to be admired for working to protect Israel from annihilation by working tirelessly to support those that defend our ally and oppose those that would destroy Israel our ally. Our ally faces murderous Islamists in Gaza (2.2million) Lebanon ( 8 million) Syria ( 22 million)Yemen ( 35million ) and Iran ( 88 million) A total of 145 million arrayed against Israel whose population is only 9 million ! Money brings aid to those in need . People across the world are helped by caring people who collect money to help others. AIPAC has acted in this capacity and should be thanked.

AIPAC is to be admired for working to protect Israel from annihilation by working tirelessly to support those that defend our ally and oppose those that would destroy Israel our ally. Our ally faces murderous Islamists in Gaza (2.2million) Lebanon ( 8 million) Syria ( 22 million)Yemen ( 35million ) and Iran ( 88 million) A total of 145 million arrayed against Israel whose population is only 9 million ! Money brings aid to those in need . People across the world are helped by caring people who collect money to help others. AIPAC has acted in this capacity and should be thanked.

What about the Zionist supremacist who are acting like Nazis they are bigger terrorist than political Islamist

The South African case against Israel over the crime of genocide was the strongest case ever made before the court because the high threshold of genocidal intent was laid bare. The court will rule its a genocide because it is a textbook genocide, I say that with tremendous sadness.

"A better approach would be to address the issue head on through educating lawmakers and the public about why Israel has been forced to act the way it has, that there is no genocide happening, etc." A better approach would be to not lie like you are above. Israel is an occupying force (recognized as such for decades), and the Palestinians have a right under international law for armed self defense from Israel. Nearly every NGO and humans rights organization on earth at this point recognize Israel's actions as the genocide it is, even if the zionists in the US government refuse to admit the truth.

@@112428Expressing my opinion is not lying. Palestinians have refused their own state due to their insistence on there being no Jewish state. There would be no occupation if they accepted it.

@@Scdoo100 "There wouldn't be an occupation if the people we're illegally occupying accept it." Palestinians were never offered an independent state. That you think otherwise shows how uninformed you are on this topic. All deals offered had the end result of Israel still controlling them.

@@112428The League of Nations offered a state in 1948.

AIPAC is to be admired for working to protect Israel from annihilation by working tirelessly to support those that defend our ally and oppose those that would destroy Israel our ally. Our ally faces murderous Islamists in Gaza (2.2million) Lebanon ( 8 million) Syria ( 22 million)Yemen ( 35million ) and Iran ( 88 million) A total of 145 million arrayed against Israel whose population is only 9 million ! Money brings aid to those in need . People across the world are helped by caring people who collect money to help others. AIPAC has acted in this capacity and should be thanked.

This did not start on October 7. You can only oppress a people for so long before they fight for their freedom

You are clearly biased... History and the conflict didn't start on Oct 7 it's been going on for decades... The occupation ,apartheid, ethnic cleansing is the root of the problem and until there is a Palestinian state and freedom the conflict will continue... Problem is Israel is controlled by a radical Zionist faction hell bent on having Jewish majority throughout all of historical Palestine... Netanyahu and others from the far right have used the term from the river to the sea ... Jewish majority and control from the river to the sea.... That's why the state of Israel is using military occupation and apartheid in the West Bank and controlling Gaza ... To force the Palestinian population out

AIPAC is to be admired for working to protect Israel from annihilation by working tirelessly to support those that defend our ally and oppose those that would destroy Israel our ally. Our ally faces murderous Islamists in Gaza (2.2million) Lebanon ( 8 million) Syria ( 22 million)Yemen ( 35million ) and Iran ( 88 million) A total of 145 million arrayed against Israel whose population is only 9 million ! Money brings aid to those in need . People across the world are helped by caring people who collect money to help others. AIPAC has acted in this capacity and should be thanked.

Just shut up tou know nothing

2 million Muslims live in Israel. 2 Arabs are Justices on Israel’s Supreme Court. 17% of Israel’s parliament minsters are Arabs . Israel’s universities are filled with Arab students. 47 % of pharmacists in Israel are Arabs . Arabs own thousands of businesses in Israel. Israel is a model of integration . There are few countries in the world and none in the middleeast that are as integrated as is Israel.

AIPAC is to be admired for working to protect Israel from annihilation by working tirelessly to support those that defend our ally and oppose those that would destroy Israel our ally. Our ally faces murderous Islamists in Gaza (2.2million) Lebanon ( 8 million) Syria ( 22 million)Yemen ( 35million ) and Iran ( 88 million) A total of 145 million arrayed against Israel whose population is only 9 million ! Money brings aid to those in need . People across the world are helped by caring people who collect money to help others. AIPAC has acted in this capacity and should be thanked.

even though i'm not, say for the sake of argument that i'm a bowman supporter. i might see your comment & say 'palestinian children need help now', under the guise of countering your statement. if you knew i was going to say that, how would you come back at me, & how did your original statement anticipate / could have better anticipated that & other possible responses? ie - rather than us treating this argument or situation as a game, to what extent might 'gaming out' your statement be useful to your position?

I genuinely can't tell if this is a Poe or not. No normal, rational person would believe such absurdities, but the Boomers who still take the New York Times seriously might 🤔

How does that knowledge change anything?

That's a lie and you know it. Most people support his progressive views. The problem is that you've been deceived by the propaganda coming from AIPAC. Bowman is the leader we need and not the bought sleazeball Latimer. My generation is fully behind Bowman and your view only helps solidify this fact. Israel's crimes can never be forgiven or forgotten any who support their genocide of the Palestinians and illegal land thefts in the West Bank is no ally to the Progressive cause. Only racists support an apartheid regime like Israel and I hope one day you realize how disgusting Latimer's candidacy is. History will not look kindly at those who support bigots or are willing to sell their souls for power.

This is just a plain ignorant statement. If you don't understand how he and the others involved in this action were trying to use their leverage to get more done, then you really need to read up on it. The BIF passed - Bowman's act was symbolic in the end as there was more that needed to be accomplished to move our country forward than just infrastructure spending. The BIF was bundled with other legislation that was important. When the package was unbundled, he voted against it.

You do realize you've provided zero backup for your accusations, right?

@@chasdawes7541 You do realize that the NYT has their own agenda. You do realize that there's video of Bowman making antisemitic - in addition to anti-Zionist statements - all over social media. It's all there if you want to view it - you choose not to look at it, bury your head in the sand. He specifically said that Jews in his district "isolate themselves" in addition to other terrible statements. He's said multiple times that no rapes took place in the Oct 7 attacks. It's all there online.

Get your ethno-supremacist hasbara out of here

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What did he say? Please keep it to things he's actually said

Israel has nothing to do with Judaism, no matter how much racist zionists want to conflate them.

The Israeli government speaks for all Jewish people? Is it not okay to criticize governments anymore?

AIPAC is to be admired for working to protect Israel from annihilation by working tirelessly to support those that defend our ally and oppose those that would destroy Israel our ally. Our ally faces murderous Islamists in Gaza (2.2million) Lebanon ( 8 million) Syria ( 22 million)Yemen ( 35million ) and Iran ( 88 million) A total of 145 million arrayed against Israel whose population is only 9 million ! Money brings aid to those in need . People across the world are helped by caring people who collect money to help others. AIPAC has acted in this capacity and should be thanked.

that's ridiculous. What about the RUSSIAN FEDERATION who ACTUALLY works hand in glove with the REPUBLICAN PARTY (deeply penetrated via BLACKMAIL) and has been waging non-stop asynchronous WAR on America since Putin took over. RUSSIA IS THE ENEMY. THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE ENEMY AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

bro what iranian lobby? They can barely run their planes over there, much less have the cash to properly interfere over here. In addition, the dems are much more receptive to the Gulf states, who have deeper pockets and are enemies of iran.

Is this all-powerful "Iranian lobby" in the room with you right now?

@williamjameslehy1341 no they are pumping money and kick bacls liteeally into your Whitehouse and litreally running your foreign policy through their own agents and bag men. The very fact nothing has been done about any of it by the security state in usa suggests to me unfortunately the usa security state and civil service are also post modernist cultural Marxists who actively support and are sligmed with islamists by indoctrination and are fine with it. In fact I am not 100% confident thete wasn't a neo Marxist elitest coup in the usa already. Started decades ago with the foundations set under 2 terms of Obama and executed finally in 2020. Based loosely on how Erdoğan and his party took over turkey for the brotherhood. I am waiting foe early 2025 if my suspicions are correct to see if there was a rich person's elitest neo Marxist coup.

Please cite your sources. Otherwise, take your anonymous profile and go back to your Russian troll farm.