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June 18, 2026

Democrats Compete over Who Hates Israel More

Jews on the brain.

Next week, two progressive candidates, Claire Valdez and Antonio Reynoso, will face off for the Democratic nomination for New York’s 7th congressional district, which includes parts of Brooklyn and Queens. A newly formed super-PAC recently stepped in to run ads for Reynoso, leading Valdez—who already had a super-PAC backing her—to speculate that AIPAC must be behind the new group. While Valdez’s supporters agreed, it eventually became clear that AIPAC had nothing to do with the group, which got most of its support from a major teachers’ union. Seth Mandel explains what happened next:

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