How AIPAC Tries to Dominate the Business of Politics

About this episode

The episode discusses the influence of AIPAC and dark money super PACs in the Illinois' 9th Congressional District primary election.

On March 17th, the candidate Daniel Biss defeated 15 other democratic challengers in the primary election for Illinois' 9th Congressional District. It was one of the most closely watched in the country, in which Biss, and other candidates, were up against millions of dollars in ad spending from dark money super pacs like "Elect Chicago Women", and "Chicago Progressive Partnership". These vaguely-named pacs were all fronts for AIPAC, the big-spending Pro-Israel lobbying group which threw money...

Topics covered

• politics
• elections
• lobbying
• campaign finance
• super PACs

Keywords

• AIPAC
• Daniel Biss
• Illinois
• super PACs
• campaign finance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AIPAC, Elect Chicago Women, Chicago Progressive Partnership

Places: Illinois, Chicago

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