AIPAC se convierte en PAC y SuperPAC para cubrir sus huellas mientras apunta a los progresistas

Es probable que veamos incluso más dinero yendo… para apoyar a estos candidatos que se perciben como demócratas moderados que están a favor de Israel, y para protegerlos si son titulares o para derrocar a [sus oponentes] si son progresistas. . –Don Waxman, UCLA

Jessica Buxbaum
Por Jessica Buxbaum
AIPAC SuperPac Feature photo

WASHINGTON – The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the leading organization of the Israel lobby in the United States, launched two political action committees (PACs) last month in a move largely seen as an attempt to retain control amid a political climate becoming increasingly more critical of Israel. One of the newly formed

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George Soros Donated $7M To Hillary Clinton’s Super PAC Last Year

Clinton’s campaign raked in $37 million at the end of 2015, while Bernie Sanders’ campaign raised about $33 million, mostly from donors giving less than $200.

MintPress News Desk
Por MintPress News Desk
George Soros

WASHINGTON --- Bolstering her opponents’ claims that presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is beholden to Wall Street and the wealthy elite, newly released donation records show that her biggest donor is controversial billionaire investor and liberal “kingmaker” George Soros. A report filed Sunday with the Federal Election Commission by

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The Republican Party & the Buckley Rule: What Lies in the Future for the GOP?

William F. Buckley Jr. left, talks with Ronald Reagan at the South Carolina Governor’s Mansion in Columbia S.C., on Jan. 13,1978, after the two debated the Panama Canal Treaty. Buckley Jr., the erudite Ivy Leaguer and conservative herald who showered huge and scornful words on liberalism as he observed, abetted and cheered on the right’s […]

Frederick Reese
Por Frederick Reese

The Republicans are up against the ropes. After an election cycle in which the Republicans felt that a clean sweep was inevitable, the reality that the Republicans now only hold control in the House due to gerrymandering has not been lost on them. From state-based attempts to change the way electoral votes are allocated to aggressive schemes to

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Senate Candidate Says New York City Mayor’s Pledge Of Super PAC Support Came Out Of The Blue

A photo of the former governor of Maine, Angus King, on April 1, 2010. (Photo by CurtFletcher via Flikr) When New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced last week that he’d be founding a Super PAC and spending some of his money in Maine in support of Angus King, the Independent candidate for U.S. Senate […]

Nathaniel Herz
Por Nathaniel Herz
A photo of the former governor of Maine, Angus King, on April 1, 2010. (Photo by CurtFletcher via Flikr)

When New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced last week that he’d be founding a Super PAC and spending some of his money in Maine in support of Angus King, the Independent candidate for U.S. Senate was as startled as anyone. “I can tell you without any equivocation that I had no idea he was going to do this Super PAC thing,” King said.

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‘Super’ PACs set to disclose big donors Tuesday

  AP Photo   WASHINGTON (AP) — Get ready to find out who the millionaires are behind this year’s presidential election. Shadowy outside groups funded by anonymous donors and working on behalf of candidates they support have pummeled Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and others for the past two months by spending millions of dollars on […]

This June 7, 2011, file photo shows Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson waving to reporters as he arrived for Sands China's annual meeting in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Get ready to find out who the millionaires are behind this year's presidential election. Shadowy outside groups funded by anonymous donors and working on behalf of candidates they support have pummeled Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and others for the past two months by spending millions of dollars on mostly

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