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Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-MI), the cartoonish caricature of a Zionist liberal who once claimed that “Israel comes to me in my dreams,” was thrust into the national spotlight when AIPAC pumped $32 million into her senate campaign, the largest single donation from any PAC or donor for any Democratic in this election cycle.
This week, that proved to be poison when Abdul El-Sayed narrowly beat her for the Democratic nomination.
El-Sayed, who joins the growing train of progressives toppling the Democratic establishment in places like New York City and Colorado, used this Big Money donation (which amounted to about $62 million, creating a 12-1 donation advantage over El-Sayed) against her in debates, speeches, and campaign ads.
AIPAC’s main response to El-Sayed’s attacks was that Stevens would fare better come November against “evil” Republican Mike Rogers. But one day after El-Sayed’s victory, Israel’s hypocrisy shines as always as AIPAC begins donations to Rogers’ campaign.
Our guest, investigative journalist Eli Clifton, whose new book with Ian Lustick Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power is now available for pre-order, explains why he expects AIPAC to well outspend its $32 million primary efforts in November, as well as why the campaign is about to get “much uglier.”
00:00 Intro
02:16 Stephen Miller can't cope with Abdul El-Sayed
06:12 Ted Cruz also has a meltdown
08:23 But Laura Ingraham thinks El-Sayed is hot
11:11 Eli Clifton interview
13:29 People in Michigan HATE AIPAC
16:52 Van Jones gets WRECKED
25:07 How AIPAC stole the presidency from Jimmy Carter
34:18 How AIPAC has responded to Eli's reporting on them

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Returning to Useful Idiots this week is 4-time combat veteran and host of Daniel Davis Deep Dive on YouTube: Lt. Col. Daniel Davis!
In the early stages of the second Trump administration, Davis was considered for a top job under the now-former Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. He almost got the job until Laura Loomer intervened.
That’s right. The Islamophobic, arch-Zionist bigot who’s currently visiting Ukraine and extolling the virtues of arming Zelensky’s government got Daniel Davis’s nomination quashed because Davis has been critical of Israel. So of course that’s a no-go in the so-called America First administration.
This week, we tap into his military expertise to discuss the growing conflicts under Trump’s watch, from the Ukraine proxy war to the regime-change war against Iran.
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00:00 Intro
00:54 Trump mocks Lindsey Graham at his own funeral
03:25 Lindsey Graham EXPOSED collaborating with Netanyahu against ICC
07:44 Rahm Emanuel tells FAKE story about confronting Zohran Mamdani
08:14 Lt. Col. Daniel Davis interview
13:51 Davis SHREDS "ignorant" pro-war general
26:20 Trump fakes death count of US soldiers
28:57 More making fun of Lindsey Graham
40:14 Ukraine joins the Iran War

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This week, the Republican-led House Ways and Means Committee issued a subpoena to the independent online news outlet Breakthrough News, demanding all of the organization’s internal communications, financial records, and more.
This comes on the heels of Marco Rubio’s State Department issuing a near-100 page report on communism in Cuba and its left-wing international supporters, describing Breakthrough News as being “intimately linked to the Cuban regime.”
To discuss this, we spoke with journalist and host at Breakthrough News, friend-of-show Rania Khalek.
00:00 Intro
02:37 Why's the Washington Post this excited about killing Iranians?
08:48 A blatant and definitional call for US war crimes
10:38 Rania Khalek interview
27:05 Is Israel blackmailing Lebanon's president?
36:51 Rania DESTROYS Israeli Emily Schrader
44:02 Hezbollah is blocking an army of rapists from invading

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