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Subject: The congressional junket you can't refuse
Mary Jo Kilroy (a loyal Bad News reader) was elected to Congress at the height
of the financial crisis, in November 2008, to represent Columbus, Ohio, and the
surrounding area. She landed a seat on the Financial Services Committee, where
she had a chance to address the foreclosure crisis ripping through her state,
as well as to push for tougher regulation of Wall Street.
The congressional junket you can't refuse
Jun 21
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Mary Jo Kilroy (a loyal Bad News reader) was elected to Congress at the height
of the financial crisis, in November 2008, to represent Columbus, Ohio, and the
surrounding area. She landed a seat on the Financial Services Committee, where
she had a chance to address the foreclosure crisis ripping through her state,
as well as to push for tougher regulation of Wall Street.
As she learned to navigate Washington during her first term, one of the more
unexpected pressures she faced was not about the crumbling economy -- but about
a foreign trip,
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one that is the subject of a story I published today at The Intercept with
Akela Lacy.
It’s not just any congressional sojourn, but rather the regular trip to Israel
organized by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and sponsored by the nonprofit
arm of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC. “I would say
that I was ‘strongly encouraged’ to take the Steny Hoyer AIPAC trip. ‘Everyone’
is going except you,” recalled Kilroy, who resisted the pressure, telling AIPAC
that she didn’t want to go on a one-sided tour of the region.
Ten years later, pressure on the incoming Democratic freshman class to sign up
for Hoyer’s Israeli adventure has only grown more intense, particularly as
AIPAC is determined to prove its continued relevance. A Democratic base
increasingly wary of unchecked U.S. support for Israel has become more critical
of the group, which has been unable to push through its signature piece of
legislation, a bill that would criminalize or otherwise officially condemn
participation in a boycott of Israel for its ongoing occupation of Palestinian
territory.
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chair Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., told The
Intercept that incoming freshmen all receive general pressure to attend the
AIPAC trip. “There is always sort of pressure for every member to go on the
AIPAC trip, and I did not go on the AIPAC trip. I went on the J Street trip,
and I’m really glad I did. I think that there should be more choice for people
to go to Israel,” she said. “I think it’s important to go. But I think people
should go being comfortable with who they go with, and not everybody should
have to go on the AIPAC trip.”
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The full story is here.
The U.N. today released its report on the execution of Jamal Khashoggi,
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and finds Saudi Arabia guilty of the heinous crime. The nation’s Crown Prince
is unlikely to face consequences in terms of the U.S.-Saudi relationship as
long as Trump is in office.
In my book, I write about a lunch I had with Jamal just weeks before he was
chopped into pieces. He was hoping to start writing columns for The Intercept
as well as the Post, and it was something I would have been happy to make
happen, had he survived.
I was on San Francisco’s NPR station to talk about the book, and t
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he program is now online here.
Which reminds me:
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Don’t forget to buy the book if you haven’t yet! And if you already read it
and liked it,
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please leave a review. The other thing you can do, next time you’re in your
local library or bookstore, is ask if they’re stocking it, and have a public
meltdown if they’re not. (I’m not responsible for anything that might result
from taking this bad advice.)
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