What The Lever Reported This Week:
• How The Israel Lobby Silenced Democratic Dissent — After AIPAC targeted a Jewish Democratic congressman, most Dem lawmakers won’t risk pressing Israel to stop its war.
• An Insurance Giant Stalls Mental Health Care Reform — As mental health advocates pushed for a bill to expand insurance coverage, Michigan’s largest insurer lobbied against it.
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• Biden Approves Israel Arms Deal Despite His Own Security Order — The U.S. is supplying the weapons and munitions for Israel’s assault on Gaza, despite its new directive banning arms transfers to human rights violators.
• YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Chicago Workers Get Vacations — Plus, wages are going up across the auto industry, Big Oil’s hopes for an oil train run into trouble, and Michigan passes an ambitious climate plan.
Stuff To Watch Or Listen To:
• LEVER TIME: What The Sam Bankman-Fried Verdict Means For Crypto — The Lever speaks with cryptocurrency critic Molly White about the criminal trial of former cryptocurrency titan Sam Bankman-Fried.
• MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Clueless (w/ Karen DiConcetto) — The MVC team unpacks Amy Heckerling’s potentially harmful consumerist satire.
• VIDEO: Most Democrats Won't Criticize Israel's Right-Wing Government. This May Be Why. — Frank Cappello breaks down “How The Israel Lobby Silenced Democratic Dissent”
War’s have been recorded since the beginning of written history. As in Every War there will be Avoidable Deaths of Non Combatants. AIPCA is interfering with our elections by condemning and working hard to removed from Office any political members of Congress who speak out against the US Support of Israel’s right wing government.
Removing any member of Congress who doesn’t support Israel’s Right Wing Government is self defeating and will only prolong The War between Israel and Hamas.
I feel your pain. Last evening I watched most of a video of interviewer Lex Fridman speaking to John Mearsheimer (Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3) You might find it as interesting as I did. I learned about differing ways to view conflict in the world. Fascinating really. They do touch upon the Israel Lobby in the United States.