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[Benny @Benny05]

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[a nice enough person online 🍉 @bigkiitten]

great photo of Jane and #BernieInChicago by the @Suntimes

[Benny @Benny05]

@capitolfax Is your blog going to be publishing excerpts of Illinois news again? Miss seeing Rich and Isabel!

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

I want to congratulate the workers at @ruaaup for taking the courageous step to go on strike. You are inspiring the labor movement across this country. I am proud to stand in solidarity with you.

[Keith Boykin @keithboykin]

BREAKING: Justin Pearson has been reappointed to the Tennessee House of Representatives.

He joins Justin Jones, who has already been reappointed. The Tennessee Three will be reunited.

[Brandon Johnson @Brandon4Chicago]

Tune in now as I join @TheDemocrats as we celebrate our world-class city being chosen to host #DNC2024: https://t.co/9G42t0ho5n

[Faiz @fshakir]

Pro-union city with a pro-union mayor-elect

[Benny @Benny05]

@JayeGraham20 @TomP__TomJWells @subirgrewal @GlenThePlumber

[Benny @Benny05]

Bon chance from @ProgressiveWing !

[Benny @Benny05]

Bon chance from @ProgressiveWing !

[Meteor_Blades @Meteor_Blades]

As a lifelong democratic socialist who went to prison for refusing the draft during the Vietnam War, the tankies supporting Putin’s invasion of Ukraine are really pissing me off with their fake opposition to imperialism. It’s not only objectionable when the U.S. engages in it.

[James Thompson @JamesThompsonKS]

If this is true, then why didn’t the GOP back the Capitol police on January 6th and after?

[Lucy 🕊️ Solidarity Forever @JustaCoinToss]

Instead of sending a single use mask and test to a person's home when they request it- shouldn't Biden send these items to public libraries or health clinics. How does a homeless person request a test/ mask be sent to them?

[Eli Clifton @EliClifton]

The reports co-author, Brian Katulis, is VP for Policy at Middle East Institute.

The UAE is Middle East Institute's single biggest funder. https://t.co/Kis2iquMVG

[Eli Clifton @EliClifton]

...many of whom have well established track records of seeking influence over US-foreign policy, often at the expense of US taxpayers, the US military and inhabitants of the Middle East, many of whom continue to suffer from violence, corruption, and deprivation. [FIN]

[Eli Clifton @EliClifton]

But with extensive ties between the report's coauthor/reviewers, Gulf states, Israel and the weapons industry, CAP is backsliding in its efforts to distance itself from problematic actors...

[Eli Clifton @EliClifton]

Back in 2019, CAP chose to stop accepting funding from UAE because: “This funding never impacted any CAP position or policy, but everybody here agrees it’s just the right thing to do.” https://t.co/OVqFdbzQjW

[Eli Clifton @EliClifton]

When asked to comment on the pervasive ties between the reports authors/reviewers and UAE, Israeli and weapons industry funding, CAP responded:

[Eli Clifton @EliClifton]

And Center for American Progress senior fellow Rudy DeLeon.

DeLeon has a second affiliation that wasn't disclosed in the report.

He's a director at weapons firm General Dynamics, where he earned $306,888 in 2019. https://t.co/ASa9UJRi9G

[Eli Clifton @EliClifton]

Retired Israeli diplomat Dan Arbell. https://t.co/4bZwHE82a3

[Eli Clifton @EliClifton]

The report “thank[s] the following individuals for reviewing earlier drafts of this report and offering helpful comments," including:

Celine Touboul, CEO of the Economic Cooperation Council Foundation, an "Israeli think-tank and policy planning org." https://t.co/9AGNML9Ml2

[Eli Clifton @EliClifton]

.@AnnelleSheline and I reported on the problematic potential conflicts of interest between the report's policy prescriptions and the financial interests of the authors/reviewers as well as how CAP fails to address the failures of the past two decades of U.S. policy in the region.

[Eli Clifton @EliClifton]

A new American Progress report urges weapons sales to Gulf states & closer US-Israel cooperation.

UNDISCLOSED BY CAP: One author is a VP at a UAE funded group and 1/2 the reviewers have $ ties to Gulf states, Israel or the weapons biz. [THREAD] https://t.co/puAjvlivTU