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Facing Voter Pressure, Swing-State Democrat Swears Off AIPAC Cash (theintercept.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Domino@quokk.au to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] Klause@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 3 months ago (2 children)

From a German point of view this is interesting watching American Democrats get bullied into pro-Israel positions by lobby money. Reminds me how staatsräson is used to silence critics. It's good to see fear of the people is overtaking fear of a foreign state to influence Democrats.

[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Now let us hope it's not too little too late.

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 5 points 3 months ago

I hope more follow suit.

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