<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Just Foreign Policy</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:info@justforeignpolicy.org">info@justforeignpolicy.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 3:28 PM<br>Subject: Tell NYT: Report who's funding "pro-Israel" SuperPAC's Iowa attack ads<br>To: <<a href="mailto:naiman.uiuc@gmail.com">naiman.uiuc@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<div align="left"><div style="width:190px;float:right;border:1px solid black;margin:0em 1em 1em;padding:1em;text-align:center" class="m_454852119310946073action-box"><span style="font-size:larger"><b>Tell the NY Times: Report on who is funding the attack ads by a "pro-Israel" SuperPAC in Iowa<br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On January 28, the </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New York Times</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tLMpDUkrSOxAWNkc38h8L9hM1elXtUmq" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">reported</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> that a “super PAC” that calls itself “Democratic Majority for Israel” was airing attack ads in Iowa against a frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination. DMFI was </span><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=G1IALkna7S%2Fh7BAqfUn6ethM1elXtUmq" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">launched</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> last year to <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fJemtnilASrcXjj9Ftbsn9hM1elXtUmq" target="_blank">counter the progress activists have made</a> within the Democratic Party in challenging U.S. support for Israel’s military occupation of Palestinian civilians. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">But the </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Times</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> didn’t tell readers anything about where DMFI gets its money for these attack ads. </span></i></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Times article extensively quoted Mark Mellman, who was identified as “the president of Democratic Majority for Israel and a longtime Democratic pollster.” But previous reporting and its own website strongly suggest that Wall Street oligarch Todd Richman, “co-chair” of DMFI, is a key money man behind this effort to combat human rights advocates in the Democratic Party.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jewish Telegraphic Agency</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0jyJNFS5ohYdV%2BTYbsLaLthM1elXtUmq" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">describes</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Richman as "a J.P. Morgan executive who is also a major donor to the party”, and his J.P. Morgan </span><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0jyJNFS5ohbNIPQt9fotDNhM1elXtUmq" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bio</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> says he specializes in managing money for “high-net-worth individuals”. On </span><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=i6cXrCnAdnL%2FNW0lEdusTdhM1elXtUmq" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">his bio</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on his blog at the </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Times of Israel</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> defending AIPAC from criticism for hosting Trump, Richman is described as “a financial advisor and managing director with a firm based in New York City … active in several pro-Israel and Jewish organizations most notably AIPAC … He previously worked as a non-profit executive for such organizations as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the American Jewish Congress." His </span><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7DRbtknekDUnpkgHGgY%2Bw9hM1elXtUmq" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">bio at DMFI</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> describes him as "a top Democratic fundraiser raising money for several Members of the House leadership and several US Senators including; Sherrod Brown, Amy Klobuchar, Joe Manchin, and Jeanne Shaheen… Richman has served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention and was a John Kerry Trustee in his 2004 bid for the Presidency. He has also led and participated in several missions to Israel with elected officials." </span></p>
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