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Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jun-2024 18:55:40 JST Aral Balkan

Israel buying US politicians? Never.
#israel #palestine #gaza #settlerColonialism #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #genocide #USA #unitedStates #USPol #money #politics #lobbying #democracy #institutionalCorruption
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1. Screenshot of BorrowBox app on iPhone showing excerpt of page from The Washington Post Wednesday, June 26, 2024: George Latimer resoundingly defeated Rep. Jamaal Bowman in the Democratic primary for New York's 16th Congressional District on Tuesday night, according to an Associated Press projection, ousting a member of the far-left faction of his own party after a blistering contest that divided the candidates on race, class and the Middle East conflict and cost more than any House primary in history. Highlighted: Latimer benefited from his own incumbency, building on deep roots in the community after decades spent in local poli-tics. He was also aided by massive spending against Bowman, mostly by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's super PAC, which aims to unseat lawmakers it deems unsupportive of Israel. lotal outside spending in the race neared $25 million. (End highlight.) Bowman and his allies railed… Page 4 of 52
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