[Peace-discuss] JFP: Tell NYT: Report who's funding "pro-Israel" SuperPAC's Iowa attack ads

[Robert Naiman]

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Date: Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 3:28 PM
Subject: Tell NYT: Report who's funding "pro-Israel" SuperPAC's Iowa attack
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*Tell the NY Times: Report on who is funding the attack ads by a
"pro-Israel" SuperPAC in Iowa **Sign the petition
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Retweet @NYTimes
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Dear Robert,

On January 28, the New York Times reported
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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 launched
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last year to counter the progress activists have made
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within the Democratic Party in challenging U.S. support for Israel’s
military occupation of Palestinian civilians.

*But the Times didn’t tell readers anything about where DMFI gets its money
for these attack ads. *

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.

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency describes
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Richman as "a J.P. Morgan executive who is also a major donor to the
party”, and his J.P. Morgan bio
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says he specializes in managing money for “high-net-worth individuals”. On his
bio
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on his blog at the Times of Israel 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 bio at DMFI
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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."

At a time when big money interests are attempting to buy our democracy,
readers deserve to know who is funding the efforts to sway public
opinion. *Urge
the New York Times to tell its readers where “Democratic Majority for
Israel” gets its money for attack ads in Iowa by **signing our petition*
<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IoO87I2CQHdzdk9FZpVZuNhM1elXtUmq>*
and **retweeting our tweet to the NYT*
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Erik Sperling, Sarah Burns, and the Just Foreign Policy Team

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