cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/48650874
Once the guardian of the bipartisan pro-Israel consensus, it is now a polarizing force in the party.
June 12, 2026, 5:01 a.m. ET
When Brad Lander opened his Democratic primary bid for New York’s 10th Congressional District late last year, he made a promise that would once have meant political suicide: He would not do “AIPAC’s bidding” in Washington.
Now the June 23 primary is almost here, and AIPAC has been a recurring theme throughout the campaign. A progressive Jew and self-described liberal Zionist, Lander challenged his opponent, the pro-Israel incumbent Dan Goldman, to take a “people’s pledge” to limit money from super PACs. He has sent a steady stream of text and email blasts comparing AIPAC with Wall Street and crypto — a new, unholy trinity of corrupting influences in democratic politics.
Foreign interference affecting individual US politicians, and especially allowing foreign money to influence US elections, is the number one thing I think needs to change about the American government. More important even than stopping the MAGA movement.
I would support a constitutional amendment that categorizes politicians accepting money from groups like AIPAC as treason.
Mexico just made it so anyone getting political money from foreigners is removed from office and can’t win an election.
It just sounds like common sense. And yet. It’s not the standard.
And the second-most thing is corporate interference.