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The DNC Is Choosing AIPAC Donors Over Young Voters
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Hawk lays out the growing conflict between AIPAC-funded Democrats and the progressive base they need to win the 2026 midterms. At the center of the story is Hasan Piker, a popular online media figure who connects with young voters, particularly young men, a demographic that broke heavily for Donald Trump in the last election. Despite that political reality, prominent Democrats including Cory Booker, Alyssa Slotkin, Ruben Gallego, and Mallory McMorrow have publicly refused to appear on Piker's platform, labeling him an anti-Semite while offering little to no evidence to support the claim.
Hawk walks through the AIPAC donation records for each politician named, totaling millions of dollars in pro-Israel money flowing to the very Democrats now attacking Piker. Cory Booker's $5.8 million from AIPAC comes under particularly sharp scrutiny after a clip from the I've Had It podcast shows the hosts pressing him directly on his financial ties to Israel and his attendance at a Netanyahu photo op weeks after his celebrated Senate filibuster.
The broader argument is that DNC establishment Democrats are once again crafting the constituency they want rather than responding to the one they have. With the United States now in a war with Iran, the Gaza genocide past two and a half years, and young voters already disengaged, the coordinated attacks on Piker represent a choice: protect corporate and foreign lobbying money, or compete seriously in November. Hawk makes clear he sees those as mutually exclusive.
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