NEWS: Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin concedes defeat to Lashawn Ford. AIPAC spent a ridiculous sum of money to prop up her support as her candidacy brought together CTU, AIPAC and Lori Lightfoot but they couldn’t overtake Danny Davis chosen successor
iran: if only there were an easy way to choke off 20-30% of the international oil trade to make the global economy feel our pain
the humble strait of hormuz:
SCOOP: you know AIPAC is spending millions on Illinois congressional races. It’s publicly stayed out of Tuesday’s Senate race - but AIPAC donors are funding Lt. Gov. Julianna Stratton’s campaign. And a former AIPAC president is on her finance committee. https://t.co/LFSj66W9l4
An unholy alliance of AIPAC, Crypto, and DraftKings are buying Illinois' primary elections, stop progressive candidates, and install MAGA aligned conservative Democrats.
If they win, they'll deploy this playbook across the 45 states that have upcoming primaries. Here are the receipts corporate media isn't covering: https://t.co/eCvAxRIeR6
We spoke w/almost a dozen former Krishnamoorthi staffers who described a nearly round-the-clock fundraising operation, working 80 or 100 hours a week, in which some workers burned out after only a few months.
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