Rep. Henry Cuellar has declared victory in Texas’s 28th congressional district despite the fact that the runoff was too close to call on Wednesday morning. AIPAC spent nearly $2 million on the anti-choice, NRA-backed Democrat in Texas’s 28th district. It looks like it narrowly paid off.
Pelosi’s delegation hit Israel just two weeks after Amnesty International released its report on Israeli apartheid, where the human rights organization called for an end to the “system of oppression and domination.”
When Biden blamed Hamas for the Gaza war in May, he was ignoring Democratic voters who by more than 4 to 1 blamed Israel for the violence. “That tells you the story right there. Democrats were not understanding why Biden’s not at least criticizing both sides,” political scientist Shibley Telhami tells Americans for Peace Now.
Almost 70% of Democratic voters, who know where their local lawmakers stand on the issue, now say that their congressional representatives support Israel more than they do.
“Wonder why Democratic Majority for Israel’s negative ads against Nina Turner for Congress have nothing to do with Israel?” tweeted Wisconsin Rep. Mark Pocan. Recent polling clearly shows why: support for the country is dropping among Democratic voters.
The Democratic Party Establishment has all hands on deck trying to stop Nina Turner as her race with Shontel Brown is a microcosm of wider battles going on in the party. And to no surprise Israel is a factor.
Former NYPD captain Eric Adams, who is currently in the lead for Democratic nomination to become New York City mayor, says he plans to retire to the Golan Heights when his political career is over. Really.
Former NYPD captain Eric Adams, who is currently in the lead for the Democratic nomination to become New York City mayor, says he plans to retire to the Golan Heights when his political career is over. Really.
Bill Maher tells New York Rep. Ritchie Torres that he was “incredibly gutsy” for defending Israel’s recent attacks.
The Democratic Party is about to become the latest “existential threat” to the Jewish state. And there’s one thing you can be sure of, Zionists won’t take U.S. defection lying down. Tom Friedman worries that things here could “blow up.”