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Pro-Israel Donors Power Last-Minute Surge of Espaillat Spending

As a reader-funded independent news outlet, we operate free from the influence of governments, advertisers, and corporate backers. This is essential to our mission: to report on what matters most, beholden only to the truth. In that spirit, we made a commitment to ensure that our journalism is free for everyone, not locked behind a paywall. But that means we rely on the voluntary support of our community of readers. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our work today. A su...
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Blue Dog PAC Treasurer Gets $1.2 Million Backing From Affiliated Super PAC

Blue Dog Action Fund, the super PAC spending arm for a fiscally conservative caucus of House Democrats, has already spent $1,200,000 in ad buys backing Rep. Mike Thompson’s bid for reelection this cycle while he sits as treasurer of the Blue Dog Political Action Committee, an affiliated organization that also contributed $5,000 directly to his campaign.The Blue Dog Coalition, who claim to represent “the center of the political spectrum” by pursuing “fiscally responsible” economic policies and a...
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Super PAC Network Backing Connie Chan Received Hundreds of Thousands from AIPAC

Drop Site is reader-funded. No paywalls. No advertisers. No billionaire owners. Just journalism that answers only to you. If you value this work, please consider making a tax-deductible donation today.San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan has pledged not to accept support from “AIPAC or its lobbyists and representatives” in her bid for California’s 11th congressional district, but federal campaign records show that the pro-Israel organization is working behind the scenes to funnel money to suppor...
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The Iran War Is Crushing Nebraska Workers. Dan Osborn Is One of Them

With the cost of fertilizer and energy inputs surging due to the war on Iran, Nebraska’s farming industry, always squeaking by on the thinnest of margins, is being thoroughly brutalized. The town of Lexington is in free fall amid the closure of a beef processing facility that served as the town’s foundation. And in Omaha, a city where AI severely threatens employees in the primary industry of insurance, anxiety is at an all time high. It’s not a great time to be a politician who’s the son of a b...
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Rep: Delia Ramirez: "Money is the most TOXIC poison in this place"

Today our team at Drop Site published my interview with Illinois congresswoman Delia Ramirez, one of the leading progressive voices on Capitol Hill. We sat down for just about twenty minutes to discuss the role that influential special interest groups and lobbies like AIPAC, defense and private prison contractors, and large multinational corporations like Amazon have played in impeding her push for a higher minimum wage, blocking bombs to Israel, & abolishing ICE.Subscribe to Drop SiteYou can fo...
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Despite Denials, AIPAC Is Now Funding Campaign of Ala Stanford In Philadelphia

AIPAC has been funneling money into the campaign of Dr. Ala Stanford in Pennsylvania’s 3rd congressional district, before the next slate of Democratic primaries, new federal campaign filings reveal.Stanford has denied taking AIPAC money in the race for an open Philadelphia seat, but the records show the pro-Israel group has been secretly routing money directly to her campaign and into a super PAC supporting her that backs candidates who are involved in science or medicine. The structure allows S...
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Rep. Angie Craig's Campaign Is Quietly Distancing the Minnesota Senate Hopeful From AIPAC

As a reader-funded independent news outlet, we operate free from the influence of governments and corporate backers. This is essential to our mission: to report on what matters most, beholden only to the truth. In that spirit, we made a commitment to ensure that our journalism is free for everyone, not locked behind a paywall. But that means we rely on the voluntary support of our community of readers. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our work today. Keep DSN Reporting...
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With the House Eyeing Another Iran WPR Vote, Pro-Israel Democrats Explore Routes to Delay

Story by Julian AndreoneDemocrats in the House are preparing to force a vote on another War Powers Resolution as early as next Wednesday. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters that, this time, he is optimistic the effort to cease American hostilities in Iran will win the votes of the Democratic holdouts on the Massie-Khanna effort earlier this month.Jeffries was referring to Democrats who voted against the WPR introduced by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-KY), w...
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Hakeem Jeffries Whipping Votes Against Trump’s So-Far-Unbridled War on Iran

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries will whip votes in support of the War Powers Resolution this week, multiple Democratic sources told Drop Site News.Whipping the vote means that Democratic leaders will apply pressure to colleagues to vote in support of the resolution to constrain Trump’s war ambitions, making defections more costly internally. The whip team is run by the party’s number two in the House, Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts.The decision comes after a group of progressive D...
The Washington Post •

In Trump’s orbit, some muse about mandatory military service

Christopher Miller, who led the Pentagon during the chaotic closure of Trump’s tenure in Washington, detailed his vision for the ASVAB and a range of other changes as part of Project 2025, the conservative Heritage Foundation’s aspirational government-wide game plan should the presumptive Republican nominee return to the White House. Though Trump has not publicly endorsed its policy proposals, Miller is among a cluster of influential former administration officials and GOP lawmakers who have mus
ProPublica •

Philips Agrees to Pay $1 Billion to Patients Who Say They Were Injured by Breathing Machines

A Royal-Philips breathing machine user shows the device the company sent her as a replacement after a recall. It was missing vital components.

After years of legal battles, Philips has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to settle lawsuits waged by thousands of people who say they were injured by breathing machines capable of releasing toxic particles and fumes into their noses, mouths and lungs.

The proposed settlement unveiled Monday between the global manufacturer and plaintiffs’ lawyers wil
Evanston RoundTable •

Misuse of EV stations in city garages may prompt hourly fee or tickets

Officials at the Maple Avenue and Sherman Plaza parking garages have received several complaints about electric vehicles occupying charging stations for hours on end, leading some Evanston City Council members and officials to discuss imposing hourly charging rates or issuing citations to electric vehicle owners.

Images obtained by the Evanston RoundTable show many vehicles remaining in place at charging stations for anywhere between four and nine hours at a time, treating charging stations as
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Street sign approved honoring Evanston Civil Rights legend

The Evanston Parks and Recreation Board voted unanimously Thursday to approve the installation of an honorary street sign named after 95-year-old Civil Rights leader and native Evanstonian Bennett J. Johnson.

If City Council approves, the street sign will be placed on Washington Street between Custer and Sherman avenues.

Johnson, an educator and activist who worked with iconic Black American figures such as the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Muhammad Ali and Malcom X, spent a significant portio
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'Shame on you': Protesters interrupt 4th Ward meeting to call for cease-fire

Dozens of protesters marched into the Fourth Ward meeting at Robert Crown Community Center on Tuesday night demanding the adoption of a cease-fire resolution condemning violence in Gaza and the West Bank.

As demonstrators sang “cease-fire now” and chanted “Free Palestine” and shouted “shame on you,” Fourth Ward Council Member Jonathan Nieuwsma attempted to calm the crowd but ultimately promised to “close this meeting” and “go home” if the interruption continued.

Nieuwsma said while he probably
Medill on the Hill •

Video: Rep. Deluzio talks threats to democracy in exclusive interview

Medill News Service reporter Julian Andreone interviews Rep. Chris Deluzio in his office in Washington on Dec. 7, 2023. (Luis Castaneda/MNS)

WASHINGTON — Congressman Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., an Iraq War veteran, former voting rights attorney and former labor union organizer, worked in election security for Pitt Cyber before entering Congress in 2022.

Now, Deluzio joins Medill News Service for an exclusive interview from Capitol Hill to speak about his unique experience in assessing threats to Ame
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Senators debate effects of regulating Wall Street and press corporate CEOs on exploitation of American consumers

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., presses JPMorgan Chase CEO and establishment mega donor Jamie Dimon on criminals’ use of major banks and cryptocurrency during a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on Wednesday. Julian Andreone/MNS

WASHINGTON — Ordinarily, Chairman Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, begins each hearing in the Senate Banking Committee with an opening statement on the matter at hand, but he was beaten to the punch on Wednesday by JPMorgan Chase CEO and billionaire
Medill on the Hill •

Latest SCOTUS ethics concern centers on former clerks returning as counsel

From left: Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justices Samuel A. Alito and Elena Kagan. Standing from left are Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. (Fred Schilling/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States)

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has recently come under fire for a host of ethical issues revolving around gift disclosures, privately funded travel, forgiven loans and other fina
Medill on the Hill •

Supreme Court hears case to determine whether non-bankrupt shareholders can use bankruptcy law to circumvent lawsuit liability

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case drawing widespread interest and close attention due to its involvement of the infamous Sackler family, who launched the painkiller OxyContin in 1996 and bear significant responsibility for fueling an opioid crisis that has killed more than one million people.

Nearly all 50 U.S. states have filed lawsuits against the Sacklers and their pharmaceutical company, Purdue Pharma. Various Native American tribes, local governments, Can
Medill on the Hill •

Senators debate CFPB effectiveness in protecting consumer interests and stimulating economic growth

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who served as the first special advisor of the CFPB under the Obama Administration, questions CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Nov. 30, 2023. (Julian Andreone/MNS)

WASHINGTON — Senators discussed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s role in preventing recessions by regulating banks and financial institutions and debated whether the agency is operating within its jurisdiction in a Senate Committee o
Medill on the Hill •

Senators debate CFPB effectiveness in protecting consumer interests and stimulating economic growth

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who served as the first special advisor of the CFPB under the Obama Administration, questions CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Nov. 30, 2023. (Julian Andreone/MNS)

WASHINGTON — Senators discussed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s role in preventing recessions by regulating banks and financial institutions and debated whether the agency is operating within its jurisdiction in a Senate Committee o
Medill on the Hill •

‘America can never be first if America’s alone’: Chris Christie rips Trump, calling him a ‘coward’

Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie delivered a foreign policy address before fielding questions from supporters and undecided voters at the conservative-leaning Hudson Institute on Wednesday. (Julian Andreone/MNS)

WASHINGTON — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, decried anti-Israel sentiments on college campuses and in American politics during a foreign policy address at conservative think tank Hudson Institute on Wednesday.

Christie recently
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