The Squad is about to fight for its political life. The war in Gaza has set the stage for a huge primary battle in 2024.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee or AIPAC, the powerful Jewish lobby, has set its sights on progressive candidates like the Squad who dare to criticize Israel or its leaders, funding negative attack ads during their primaries.
The group is expected to spend about $100 million on the efforts. Lobbyists like them hold American democracy at the palm of their hands. They make a mockery out of American democracy. They become America's kingmaker.
They can even make US lawmakers go after their perceived enemies like the Squad today and punish them or make their lives not easy. Ask those university presidents from Harvard and U Penn who were forced to resign.
Lobbying (which, honestly in today's political reality, is tantamount to legalized bribery) should banned. Trying to differentiate lobbying from bribery is simply splitting hairs. They are siblings from the same mother.
Along with lobbying, dismantling the electoral college will get America closer to an ideal democracy. A 2023 Pew Research Center survey found that 65% of Americans support changing the way presidents are elected so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency. It only makes sense if you want the people's voice to prevail. 👍
It's about time to get rid of the ridiculous electoral college, which was a compromise by the founding fathers and become disastrous over the centuries. It's also about time to get rid of lobbying, which is nothing but legalized bribery. 🥶
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