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Eli Clifton

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Senior Adviser at QuincyInst.org. Investigative Journalist at Large at ResponsibleStatecraft.org. Send tips to my secure email: eliclifton @protonmail.com eliclifton.com

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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 25/09/2026
America’s military-industrial complex is the global engine of freedom and democracy…at least, that’s what Washington tells itself. Take a closer look at the Lords of War — the weapons-industry executives who are getting rich off of America’s endless wars. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiER...
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Lords of War: Meet America's War Profiteers
YouTube video by Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
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One Signal Publishers @onesignalbks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
John Mearsheimer talks about his book with Stephen Walt, and @eliclifton.com and @ianlustick.bsky.social 's new book ISRAEL'S LOBBY: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikK_...
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Episode 7: A Must Read Book on the Israel Lobby
YouTube video by John Mearsheimer - Offensive Realism
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Sludge @sludge.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“AIPAC’s spending to support pro-Israel politicians is just one side of the coin,” said @eliclifton.com. "On the other side is the implicit—and increasingly explicit—threat that opposing the increasingly unpopular flow of U.S. aid to Israel will be met..." readsludge.com/2026/08/22/h...
Excerpt of quote by Eli Clifton of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, in a Sludge news article on AIPAC PAC giving in the 2026 cycle: https://readsludge.com/2026/08/22/here-is-how-much-aipac-has-given-to-every-member-of-congress-this-cycle/
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 18/08/2026
“AIPAC don't talk about Israel. And I think that that's the admission… that their actual issue is toxic.” @eliclifton.com and Ian Lustick, co-authors of ‘Israel’s Lobby,’ explain to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social why the cost of AIPAC’s election interference is getting higher. zeteo.com/p/aipac-expo...
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 13/08/2026
Israel now exhibits the traits of a "crazy state," the moniker Israel's grand strategists have typically used to characterize its enemies. For Israel’s Lobby to be successful, U.S. policies toward Israel and the Middle East must themselves be crazy. theintercept.com/2026/08/13/i...
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Israel Justified Its Wars by Calling Enemies “Crazy.” Now, the Warning Signs All Apply to Israel.
Benjamin Netanyahu shocked the world with violence in Gaza — then took an unhinged Israel to the mainstream.
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One Signal Publishers @onesignalbks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Join @eliclifton.com & @ianlustick.bsky.social in conversation with @mazmhussain.bsky.social & @ryangrim.bsky.social on Wednesday, August 12 at 7PM ET for a conversation about ISRAEL'S LOBBY! www.dropsitenews.com/p/live-wedne...
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 11/08/2026
“What is helping fuel antisemitism in this country… is the notion that Israel is the collective Jew.” @eliclifton.com and Ian Lustick, co-authors of ‘Israel’s Lobby,’ talk to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the outsized influence of AIPAC. Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/aipac-expo...
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Background Briefing with Ian Masters @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We’re joined by @eliclifton.com and Ian Lustick discussing their new book Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power and the extent to which AIPAC’s power has peaked as Washington’s most powerful kingmaker. soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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Has AIPAC's Power As Washington's Kingmaker Peaked?
Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, ex
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 10/08/2026
LAST DAY TO PREORDER bookshop.org/p/books/isra... Tomorrow is the release of Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power, a deeply researched book into how the far-right government of a small Middle Eastern country came to hold a controlling interest in US foreign policy.
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Background Briefing with Ian Masters @ianmastersmedia.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Tuesday's Briefing: Johnathan Buma | Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social | Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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July 21, 2026 - Johnathan Buma | Scott Horton | Eli Clifton
Russia's Useful Idiot Who is Destroying the FBI Will Go to Moscow in October As a Guest of Putin's Murderous FSB | Russia's Penetration of U.S. Industrial Innovation, Science and Hi Tech | Is the DSA
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 20/07/2026
Two of Trump and the GOP's biggest donors - Paul Singer and Jan Koum - are the LARGEST individual donors to the super PAC backing Haley Stevens over Abdul El-Sayed in the in the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan. responsiblestatecraft.org/aipac-stevens/
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Pro-Israel GOP donors fueling Rep. Stevens' Dem primary in Michigan
AIPAC and United Democracy Project are getting millions from Republican billionaires and out-of-state donors to beat back challenger Abdul El-Sayed
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 22/06/2026
Pro-Israel PACs and super PACs have now raised over $160 MILLION to spend on midterm political races. More live updated data here: israelslobby.com
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Israel’s Lobby Tracker
Track pro-Israel PACs, Super PACs, donors, candidates, races, and outside spending in the 2026 federal election cycle.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 19/06/2026
Today, at the newspaper owned by Trump’s biggest donor, Miriam Adelson.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 18/06/2026
"Anyone who wants to know why US Middle East policy remains dysfunctional should start by reading this book," says @stephenwalt.bsky.social about my forthcoming book w/ Ian Lustick, “Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power.” AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER : t.co/J3CEXtwNo3
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 17/06/2026
Pro-Israel PACs and Super-PACS have reported $79.8M in spending and $149.8M raised for the 2026 federal cycle. Get LIVE updates on how Israel's Lobby is influencing campaigns across the country with this new data journalism tool. israelslobby.com
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 17/06/2026
I’m excited to announce that my forthcoming book, coauthored with Ian Lustick, is now available for preorder! "Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power" exposes the networks of US and Israeli oligarchs capturing the policymaking process. bookshop.org/p/books/isra...
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 12/03/2026
Trump's decision to go to war can't be understood by looking at US interests. The best explanation is to examine Israel's desire to drag the US into this war and the control that pro-Israel donors hold over US foreign policy. We are in the grip of a foreign power. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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How the Israeli Tail Wags the American Dog
The US attack on Iran may be less about American security than about the priorities of Israel’s government.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 09/03/2026
Having laid the groundwork for the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran that is currently resulting in civilian deaths in Iran and putting US service members in harm’s way, Jared Kushner took to the town to celebrate Rupert Murdoch’s birthday! They’re not like us.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 22/02/2026
Reminder: The White House says it’s “fake news” to suggest Iran’s nuclear facilities weren’t “obliterated” in June.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 04/02/2026
Former deputy national security advisor Jon Finer revealed in a Truth in Testimony disclosure that he has gone into the weapons business, taking a role at Anduril. This appears to be the first acknowledgement of his new job. docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/...
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 24/01/2026
“Footage shows Mr. Pretti was holding a phone, not a gun, when the agents took him to the ground and shot him.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 23/01/2026
TikTok’s new owners 👇 responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...
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TikTok investor: 'Embed the love and respect for Israel' in the US
In a 2015 email, Oracle CEO Safra Catz said 'we have to fight the battle' before kids get to college. She might get her wish now.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 10/01/2026
"A male voice — it is not clear whose — can be heard uttering two expletives: 'Fucking bitch.'” www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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The ICE agent’s cellphone video: Five key moments
Cellphone footage shows what happened in the moments before and after an ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 07/10/2025
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the lobby group ostensibly responsible for maintaining U.S.-taxpayer funded aid to Israel as it wages a genocide in Gaza, is now lecturing about what “good and moral Americans” should do.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 06/10/2025
Van Jones brought his A-game to audition for the anchor seat at the new Bari Weiss approved CBS Evening News 🔥🔥🔥
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 05/10/2025
“Babies are dying every day in Gaza.” Who is killing them?
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 05/10/2025
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman laughing at Van Jones’ “dead Gaza baby” joke.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 05/10/2025
Van Jones repeats “dead Gaza baby” as a punch line. New York Times columnistThomas Friedman laughs along.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 03/10/2025
Execs at Oracle, the likely new owner of TikTok, are VERY outspoken in Israeli media about the company's "mission to support the State of Israel" & "unequivocal support for Israel." Insufficiently pro-Israel Oracle staff receive mental health counseling. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...
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Oracle execs: Love Israel or maybe this isn't the job for you
Employees who disagreed were reportedly referred to company mental health services
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 02/10/2025
New TikTok coming soon.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 01/10/2025
Leaked email reveals communication between company leading the TikTok purchase and former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak. “We believe that we have to embed the love and respect for Israel in the American culture,” wrote then-Oracle CEO Safra Catz. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...
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TikTok investor: 'Embed the love and respect for Israel' in the US
In a 2015 email, Oracle CEO Safra Catz said 'we have to fight the battle' before kids get to college. She might get her wish now.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 30/09/2025
How much are social media influencers being paid by Israel? @nickclevelandstout.bsky.social found receipts showing influencers receiving between $6,143 to $7,372 per post to promote Israel's preferred talking points to U.S. audiences. responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-influ...
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Israel is paying influencers $7,000 per post
Netanyahu referred this week to a 'community' pushing out preferred messaging in US media — and boy are they making a princely sum
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 22/09/2025
“Four US citizens, including three children, were among five people killed Sunday by an Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese government.” www.cnn.com/2025/09/21/m...
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Four US citizens killed, including three children, in Israeli strike on Lebanon, says Lebanese government | CNN
Four US citizens, including three children, were among five people killed Sunday by an Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese government.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 16/09/2025
UN: Israel is committing genocide. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds
GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, a...
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 09/09/2025
New CBS News ombudsman Kenneth Weinstein formerly ran a think tank that took massive funding from foreign governments and weapons firms. The think tank then produced reports that were beneficial to those countries/companies and didn't disclose the potential conflict of interest.
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CBS's new ethics chief led arms industry, foreign gov't funded think tank
Under Kenneth Weinstein's leadership, the Hudson Institute published reports calling for more military spending without disclosing potential conflicts of interest
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 01/09/2025
When the International Association of Genocide Scholars says Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza, maybe Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, leading scholars’ association says
Israel’s foreign ministry called the resolution “disgraceful,” but it added to a growing chorus from rights groups concluding that Israel is committing genocide.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 01/09/2025
Germany, Italy, Japan, South Africa, the USSR, and Iran have all undergone regime change. Why not Israel too? foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/i...
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The Question of Israel’s Right to Exist is a Red Herring
Israel’s critics should be talking instead about regime change.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 08/08/2025
The Center for American Progress, which previously received funding from foreign govts and major weapons firms, is no longer disclosing their funders. CAP joins the ranks of dark-money think tanks like American Enterprise Institute and Foundation for Defense of Democracies
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 03/08/2025
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 30/07/2025
GHF's anonymous "sworn statements" by other contractors denouncing whistleblower Anthony Aguilar contain two different misspellings of "Israel." Do GHF contractors really have no idea how to write the name of the country they are based in?
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 30/07/2025
If you just came to the conclusion that Israel is intentionally creating a famine in Gaza, why didn’t you take the words of Israeli political leaders seriously for the past 20 months? They literally said this is what they were going to do.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 30/07/2025
Logic leading to a dangerously large carveout for “Never Again.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 04/07/2025
He said the quiet part out loud. John Podhoretz is either antisemitic or simply doesn’t care about antisemitism.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 18/06/2025
I was one of the last analysts from a US thinktank to visit Iran and speak with Foreign Ministry officials and nuclear negotiators. They were flexible on key issues and eager to reach a deal with Trump, if Trump could just take "yes" as an answer. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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America is sleepwalking into another unnecessary war | Eli Clifton and Eldar Mamedov
Here we are, on the brink of another Middle East conflict with Iran – one that was entirely preventable
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 17/06/2025
“Iran has prepared missiles and other military equipment for strikes on U.S. bases in the Middle East should the United States join Israel’s war against the country, according to American officials who have reviewed intelligence reports.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...
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Iran Is Preparing Missiles for Possible Retaliatory Strikes on U.S. Bases, Officials Say
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 17/06/2025
The last public assessment by the U.S. intelligence community is that: “Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme leader Khomeini has not authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003.”
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 16/06/2025
Nothing says “peace through strength” like letting your biggest recipient of foreign aid start a war by murdering your negotiating partner.
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Eli Clifton @eliclifton.com · 13/06/2025
Bipartisanship. The Republican Jewish Coalition and Democratic Majority for Israel making it crystal clear where they stand on Israel undermining U.S. nuclear diplomacy in the Middle East and exposing U.S. troops in the region to retaliation for Israel’s unilateral actions.
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