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[-] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 171 points 1 year ago

Every single Dem politician should be screaming about this at the top of their lungs. This is a direct threat to them as well, but they're not gonna do it.

Why?

Because AIPAC and their billionaire donors are telling them to stand down.

Establishment Dems put more effort into resisting Mamdani than they put into resisting Trump since 2016.

[-] TheMinister@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 year ago

Can you share some source for this aipac claim? I mean, fuck aipac, but I just want to make sure we don’t go down the shouting about the evil Jewish billionaires controlling everything route.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 year ago

Cuomo is one of war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal defense team members. He has worked tirelessly on behalf of AIPAC for years.

Regardless, AIPAC gets all its special favors for terrorist state Israel by complete regulatory capture in the US. It’s how they’ve convinced Americans to give up their own constitutional right to free speech - if you criticize Israel too harshly, American gestapo will arrest you.

So, of course they consider Mamdani an existential threat. Once voters realize socialist policies help them in a tangible way instead of further funneling money to billionaires like Miriam Adelson, there is going to be a political reckoning resulting in AIPAC having no power and Israel being left to fend for itself without US intervention. They’re terrified of this scenario.

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[-] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's no "source", AIPAC deals directly with politicians and those discussions are not public. But we know that AIPAC gives lots of money to Democrats to the point that they can and have dictated policy, and we know that AIPAC's spokesperson has been on national news shows specifically to fearmonger about Mamdani both before and after the election. Most direct source here is gonna be using your noggin.

AIPAC's spokesperson has been on national news shows specifically to fearmonger about Mamdani

Wouldn't this be a source?

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[-] DNS@discuss.online 8 points 1 year ago

Brother in Christ, Democrats have been controlled opposition for quite some time. It wasn't until Bernie, AOC, Mamdani, and others of their class that began to stand out from the Establishment. With Citizens United, there isn't much of a difference in terms of which party sucks Corporate dick.

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[-] IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Democrats are obsessed with Israel. This ain't hard evidence, but it's telling

https://youtu.be/Ms8tGyopFrQ

[-] nednobbins@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is an interesting question and I didn't have an immediate answer. Let me start off by pointing out that many many Jews in the US are horrified at the genocide in Gaza and do not want to be associated with AIPAC at all. The Jewish community in the US seems to be engaging in very serious internal debate on the topic (https://mondoweiss.net/2017/03/daughter-defense-apartheid/).

AIPAC itself doesn't seem to have any direct statements about Mandami at all. They do make the dubious claim that there "are more than 6 million pro-Israel Americans" (https://www.aipac.org/). Since there are an estimated 7.1 to 7.7 million Jews in the US (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews) they claim to represent the vast majority of Jews in the US.

I'm guessing that OP is referring to a sermon by Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove (https://pasyn.org/sermons/2025/on-the-record/). I can't find any statements on if he is or is not an official member of AIPAC but he is generally described as a very conservative by various Jewish publications. Jonathan Shulman then encouraged rabbis across the country to sign the letter. (https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-873068). He left AIPAC after 18 years because "the group's brand was becoming increasingly toxic amid the war in Gaza." As of Friday, over 1,000 rabbis have signed (https://jewishmajority.org/a-rabbinic-call-to-action).

My read on this is that AIPAC is now known to be bad marketing and it's already getting rebranded; the people behind it will just regroup under a new name. While they didn't claim responsibility for the letter, their supporters created and spread it.

edit: typos

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[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 14 points 1 year ago

Dude literally said they spent more trying to fight him than they would be taxed. It really is just a dick measuring contest with rich people. They do not take risk assessment seriously.

[-] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

They are the same group of billionaires. Just with different T-shirts to perform for the poor

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 91 points 1 year ago

Translation: "The GOP really can't afford for democratic socialism to spread throughout the country. We will be labeled as criminals, called evil, jailed as terrorists and violaters of human rights. The wealthy will be less wealthy. The poorest will have more needs net. This is unacceptable!"

[-] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 83 points 1 year ago

With the squawking of the Rs, and the deafening silence from the Ds not pushing back and making this a talking point, every establishment figure is scared of this guy.

Good.

[-] jtj4135@lemmy.zip 32 points 1 year ago

The establishment Democrats might have signed their own death sentence by attacking Zohran Mamdani

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[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 77 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

“If Mamdani lied on his naturalisation documents, he doesn’t get to be a citizen, and he certainly doesn’t get to run for mayor of New York City. A great American city is on the precipice of being run by a communist who has publicly embraced a terroristic ideology,” Representative Andy Ogles from the Republican party said in an October 29 news release, after asking US Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Mamdani.

Andy Ogles you are pathetic. Have you considered calling him a poopoo head?

Republican.

Ah!

[-] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 51 points 1 year ago

Will they apply this same standard to the first lady and her anchor child?

[-] 51dusty@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

or to Musk? it is a fact he lied on his naturalization documents regarding his studies and employment. nothing will be done.

[-] Sunflier@lemmy.world 60 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nazis did that to the Jews. First they'd torment them (check), then they'd strip them of their citizenship (almost there), then they'd "deport" them to camps (we got those, so check), then they'd exterminate them with Zyklon B (we're not there yet, but soon).

[-] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Assuming Mamdani is a commie and a radical islamist, he made no attempt to hide it - as evidenced by the fact that the very fascists who want to strip him of his citizenship are themselves aware of it.

This naturally leads to the following question: what do the fascists make of the fact that a majority New Yorkers voted for him, thereby indicated that they WANT a communist islamist running their city?

Are the fascists implying that most New Yorkers are fucking morons who can't see a dangerous individual when they see one, or that a majority of New Yorkers should be either deported or thrown in the slammer for communist tendencies and terrorism?

What the fascists fail to realize is that they're spitting in the face of several million people and insulting their intelligence, and that sure as hell won't earn them any good will.

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 year ago

A lot of kentuckians thought they had a right to vote for mayor of New York and governor of Virginia

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Trump lost NYC 1:5 in 2024

So

Are the fascists implying that most New Yorkers are fucking morons who can't see a dangerous individual when they see one, or that a majority of New Yorkers should be either deported or thrown in the slammer for communist tendencies and terrorism?

Por que no los dos?

I mean, four out of five NYC voters could clearly recognize a dangerous individual when they see one, as evidenced by the results. But Trump et al live in bizarroland where they are innocent.

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[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago

I'm actually surprised there was no widespread attempt to claim Kamala Harris wasn't a citizen like there was with Obama

[-] chocrates@piefed.world 25 points 1 year ago

They were still campaigning against Biden. No doubt that would have come up if we had a 2 year campaign for her

[-] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 year ago

New York is a ~~Democratic HELLHOLE full of DISASTER that NEEDS ICE to Set it Straight!~~ Great American City!

[-] Leonyx@kbin.melroy.org 18 points 1 year ago

Ogles cited rap lyrics Mamdani wrote in 2017 supporting the “Holy Land Five”, a reference to five men in the Holy Land Foundation, a Muslim charity, convicted in 2008 of providing material support to the Palestinian group Hamas. Some lawyers have criticised the case’s evidence and use of hearsay.

They are so going to be glued to that and will spin antisemetism so hard.

[-] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ogles cited rap lyrics Mamdani wrote in 2017 supporting the “Holy Land Five”, a reference to five men in the Holy Land Foundation, a Muslim charity, convicted in 2008 of providing material support to the Palestinian group Hamas. Some lawyers have criticised the case’s evidence and use of hearsay.

I heard Mamdani killed Darnell Simons

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[-] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 11 points 1 year ago

Well, go on then. Don't worry, I'm sure there won't be any backlash for that at all...

[-] Nunar@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I can't tell if they're high, or just really, really stupid.

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[-] CircaV@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Can they actually do that?? Someone please advise.

[-] crapwittyname@feddit.uk 13 points 1 year ago

There's a hidden division in your question, whether intentional or not. "Can" they do that. Do you mean "are they legally allowed to do that", or "do they have the power to do that"?
In the former, no. In the later, possibly, yes.

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[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 10 points 1 year ago

It really doesn't matter with this administration. They have shown time and time again that the old adage of "better to ask for forgiveness than permission" unfortunately works pretty effectively. Ffs the turd is adjudicated guilty of fucking rape... FUCKING RAPE and is very likely a pedo to boot, and a third of the country voted for him!

If you're born lucky, you live your life without consequences. There is no just god, smoke crack and worship no one.

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