How a Foreign Policy Lobby
Bought Congress
$81.9M in pro-Israel lobby money has flowed to 196 members of Congress — 260 Democrats and 270 Republicans. Here's exactly how the pipeline works.
Billionaires & corporations fund AIPAC
Top donors include WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum ($7.4M), Miriam Adelson ($5M), Bernard Marcus ($3M). Evangelical org CUFI adds 10M members of grassroots pressure.
Money flows through 50+ front PACs
United Democracy Project, DMFI, 314 Action, pop-up PACs with names like 'Elect Chicago Women' — designed to obscure the source. Ads never mention Israel.
$150M+ spent buying congressional seats
Direct PAC donations to candidates, plus massive independent expenditure campaigns to defeat anyone who opposes the agenda. Largest outside spender in congressional elections.
Purchased politicians vote in lockstep
Block ceasefire resolutions. Approve arms sales. Defend unconditional military aid. Silence dissent. Those who break rank get primaried with millions in attack ads.
US weapons fuel the destruction
$3.8 billion/year in military aid. 2,000-lb bombs. F-35s. Approved by the same politicians who took the money. Over 40,000 killed in Gaza since October 2023.
The cycle continues
Defense contractors profit. Lobbyists raise more. Next election cycle, spending increases. 3.5x growth since 2020. The machine feeds itself.
Congress Can't Agree on Anything
Except Israel
Healthcare, guns, climate, wages — decades of gridlock. But when Israel needs money or protection, suddenly both parties vote together.
| Issue | Status | Bipartisan? |
|---|---|---|
| Universal Healthcare | Gridlocked 30+ years | ✕ |
| Gun Control | Gridlocked 20+ years | ✕ |
| Climate Action | Gridlocked 15+ years | ✕ |
| Immigration Reform | Gridlocked 20+ years | ✕ |
| Minimum Wage Increase | Stalled since 2009 | ✕ |
| Police Reform | Failed 2021 | ✕ |
| $3.8B/yr Military Aid to Israel | Passed unanimously | ✓ |
| Anti-BDS Legislation | Passed 97-3 (Senate) | ✓ |
| Iron Dome Funding ($1B) | Passed 420-9 (House) | ✓ |
| Block Ceasefire Resolutions | Bipartisan majority | ✓ |
The only thing that unites a bitterly divided Congress is money from the same lobby. That's not bipartisanship — that's a purchased consensus.
Wall of Shame
The politicians who took the most pro-Israel lobby money. Every dollar is documented in FEC filings.
George Latimer
Shontel Brown
Janelle Bynum
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Ritchie Torres
Henry Cuellar
Jacky Rosen
Grace Meng
Tony Gonzales
Ted Cruz
