New report documents $65 million Qatari campaign to influence U.S. education at all levels

Doha losing a lot of dough

Today’s Daily Kickoff covers Michigan Representative Hillary Scholten’s stance against extremist rhetoric, U.S. sanctions on Palestine Action, and the severe economic impact of the Iran war on Qatar’s LNG exports.

The moderate Michigan Democrat holding the line against Hasan Piker

Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) has emerged in recent weeks as one of the Democratic Party’s most outspoken voices against antisemitic influencer Hasan Piker —&nbsp;including standing as one of the few Michigan Democratic holdouts in endorsing Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in light of his relationship with Piker. Her stalwart outspokenness against antisemitism and resistance to her... <a href="">Read More</a>

AJC report calls out systemic antisemitism in far-right German AfD party

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party has embedded antisemitism into its core ideology, using coded rhetoric, conspiracy myths and historical revisionism to mobilize voters and undermine German democracy, according to a new report released by the American Jewish Committee.&nbsp; The AJC report details how the party rarely uses explicit anti-Jewish rhetoric in official statements, instead... <a href="">Read More</a>

Republican state senator aims to be ‘boring enough to win’ Rep. Angie Craig’s seat

Facing down a far-left candidate in a swing district near Minnesota’s Twin Cities, Republican state Sen. Eric Pratt is hoping he’s “boring enough to win.” In a bid to replace Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN), a moderate who flipped the district in 2018, Democrats nominated former state Sen. Matt Little, who defeated two primary rivals as... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2024/05/bidens-israel-threat-slammed-by-pro-israel-lawmakers-mainstream-jewish-groups/">Read More</a>

Meet the anti-Israel donors backing a neo-Nazi’s GOP congressional campaign

Examining the campaign finance reports of neo-Nazi influencer Dan Bilzerian prompts the question of who exactly would want to be associated with the hate-mongering candidate, who was badly defeated last week in his primary bid against Jewish congressman Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL). The next question is who would want to be associated with his associates.... <a href="">Read More</a>