A progressive candidate has launched a primary challenge to a House Democrat from North Carolina, seeking a redo of the candidates’ 2022 contest that saw significant interference by the pro-Israel lobby and corporate interests. Nida Allam announced her campaign on Thursday, with backing from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and a slate of progressive groups on launch. She’s running on a…
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Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts made a surprising announcement last month: The moderate Democrat said he would no longer accept donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Spurning AIPAC was not, on its face, shocking. In the more than two years since Israel’s onslaught in Gaza began, numerous members of Congress have pledged not to accept money from the lobby…
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In late 2023, Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina made headlines when she used her position as chair of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce to stage something akin to a show trial. Committee members berated the presidents of Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Pennsylvania about their failures to confront alleged antisemitism on their campuses.
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