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Jan Schakowsky retracts endorsement in a congressional race over candidate’s AIPAC funding

JL;DR SUMMARY Representative Jan Schakowsky has retracted her endorsement of Donna Miller, a congressional candidate in Illinois, due to Miller's financial ties to donors associated with AIPAC and other out-of-state interests. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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U.S. Israel RelationsAipacDemocratic PoliticsProgressive DemocratsPro Israel LobbyJan SchakowskyDonna MillerIllinois Congressional RaceUnconditional Military AidCongressional Endorsements

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Illinois, United States
"Schakowsky endorsed Donna Miller, the Cook County commissioner, in the 2nd Congressional District last month."
Washington DC, United States
"Back in early 2020, nearly 20,000 people attended AIPACs policy conference in Washington, D.C."
Israel
"the only public sign of its conference came from acknowledgement in Israeli media that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had canceled his plans to attend in person."
New Jersey, United States
"This months primary in New Jerseys 11th Congressional District was a coming-out party for AIPACs current strategy."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"The United Democracy Project has so far spent more than $750,000 in support of Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin in the 7th Congressional District, according to its federal filings."
Evanston, Illinois, United States
"and Daniel Biss, the Jewish mayor of Evanston who is the grandson of Holocaust survivors"

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