As AIPAC becomes increasingly toxic beware United Democracy Project.

[pat_k]

As Democratic lawmakers and candidates refuse donations from AIPAC, be on the lookout for support from United Democracy Project, which is a super PAC of AIPAC.

On edit: There are a host of other AIPAC covers, some with similarly misleading names like Americans for Good Government (AGG) or Because I Care PAC (BICPAC).

https://www.trackaipac.com/candidates

[magicarpet]

1. Thanks for the heads up.u

[2naSalit]

2. K&R

[Fiendish Thingy]

3. AIPAC has numerous front organizations they funnel money through

Somebody should post a list

[pat_k]

5. I added a link to Track AIPAC on edit

Here is their list of Israel Lobby Group Acronyms

AIPAC: American Israel Public Affairs Committee

AGG: Americans for Good Government

AMP: American Principles

AUSD: Americans United in Support of Democracy

BICPAC: Because I Care PAC

CAJD: California Jewish Democrats

DMFI: Democratic Majority for Israel

FIPAC: Friends of Israel PAC

GCSC: Grand Canyon State Caucus

JAC: Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs PAC

JSTREET: J Street PAC

LFAS: Louisianans for American Security PAC

MDACC: Maryland Association for Concerned Citizens PAC

MSTD: Mainstream Democrats PAC

NORPAC: formerly known as North Jersey PAC

PIA: Pro-Israel America PAC

RJC: Republican Jewish Coalition

TPOH: To Protect Our Heritage PAC

USI: U.S. Israel PAC

And a comprehensive list of pro-Israel PACs they are tracking (60 of them)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h3JASnY_LJ3sOOvBeXkDExfiL5a8Mx_5Oy2hZrCn6TU

United Democracy Project (UDP) is on the comprehensive list.

They also provide a list of pro-Israel U.S. House and U.S. Senate Candidates/Officeholders if you scroll down the home page. Can also search by district.

I'm particularly interested in the names like UDP or Americans United in Support of Democracy (AUSD) that are clearly designed to appeal to naive pro-democracy supporters.

[Fiendish Thingy]

10. Thanks!

This should be its own OP.

[Exp]

13. Please post an new Orig Post for this! Thanks. nt

[pat_k]

15. Shall do later today or tomorrow.

I'm looking for sources that provide more info focused on contributions by election cycle for recipients -- would be interesting to see if any have stopped accepting in recent years.

[leftstreet]

4. DURec

[mopinko]

6. they had 1 in il9 called

something like- elect more women.

[moonscape]

7. Whoa. Sherrod Brown accepts a lot.

Edit: this is over career, that’s why it’s so high.

[pat_k]

9. Yes, I want to poke around and get a good source that breaks it down by year.

If the elected/candidate has stopped accepting pro-Israel money, knowing when that happened would be important -- particularly for the folks who have been kicking around Democratic politics for ages.

[Ponietz]

8. Thank you

AIPAC could be the most insidious canker among many.

[calimary]

11. WOW! What a great link!

It’s got every candidate with photo and brief bio.

For example: MIKE ROGERS Candidate for U.S. Senate, MI [R]

Israel Lobby Total: $1,003,000 (highest funding I noticed on quick glance).

But there were more candidates who hit seven-figure donations. BIGGER, ones too.

[progressoid]

12. I wish he was the highest.

Both of my Senators from Iowa have him beat.

Grassley : $1,310,549

Ernst : $2,446,900

[murielm99]

14. K&R