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When Democratic US Rep. Haley Stevens announced her ++stunning flip++ to endorse Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers on Sunday, she did so with ++two registered agents++ of the Israeli government standing behind her, according to a ++report++ from Drop Site News.

The person who opened the press conference outside a Detroit church was Abigail Ronson, a spokesperson for the Rogers campaign, whom Drop Site found had ++registered++ as an agent working on behalf of the Israeli government under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) on May 18, 2026.

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[-] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago

And those two agents names? Mike Rogers and Haley Stevens.

[-] BuckFutter@timeyak.com 33 points 7 hours ago

Looks like the checks have cleared. Pathetic and disappointing to see.

[-] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 hours ago

You know it's not the money that's the problem.

It's the LOVE of money that is at the root of this evil.

[-] BuckFutter@timeyak.com 2 points 6 hours ago

Lol, It does have a very Jerry Maguire esque type of feeling to it…you could also reference that scene in spaceballs where lonestar and barf debate on getting involved with the spaceballs: why are we risking our lives to save a runaway princess…barf no, we aren’t doing it for the money, we are doing it for a shit ton of money…

[-] zoloftt@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I just learned a fun word for this. Avarice

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 12 points 7 hours ago

Not just Israel:

The registration lists Ronson as a part-time contractor for Clock Tower X, a communications company owned by Brad Parscale, a former campaign manager for President Donald Trump.

In May, Responsible Statecraft and The Intercept reported that through Clock Tower X, Parscale has run a multimillion-dollar operation funded by the Israeli government aimed at influencing American public opinion, which has turned dramatically against Israel amid its genocidal assault on Gaza and systematic ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the West Bank.

This campaign reportedly involves producing and distributing pro-Israel content aimed at younger Americans, particularly conservatives and evangelical Christians, creating articles meant to influence artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude to give answers favorable to Israeli narratives, and conducting text messaging campaigns to direct Americans toward pro-Israel content.

Anyone that takes AIPAC money is beholden to Israel, and Israels only priority is Israel.

That's the entire reason they bought off neoliberals and Republicans, they don't care who wins as long as Israel does.

We need to actually crack down on this shit, the only reason AIPAC exists, is after their last one had to register under FARA, Israel created AIPAC and immediately donated a shit ton of money to the congressional committee that determines who has to register.

This shit isn't impoitintix, we just need politicians not already bought into the system, and we're gonna get a lot closer to that after tomorrow

[-] toast@retrolemmy.com 1 points 29 minutes ago

impoitintix

I'm guessing this is one or more typos, but I am at a loss here. What?

[-] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Uh... yeah, of course. Many Israelis have dual citizenship.

I'm fine with registered agents, it's the unregistered agents that disturb me.

I'd assume that every senate candidate has at least one Israeli registered agent, and is receiving money from pro-Israeli Super PACs.

Because they're Americans, too, and they want to control government as much as every one else does, and you must "pay to play" in USA.

Ironically, any Palestinian with dual citizenship would also be an "Israeli registered agent".

If Palestinians want to change US policy, they must do the exact same thing. They must pay. Public support means nothing here.

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