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FWIW is a "insider" type newsletter that is aimed at campaign staff & other politicos. It usually provides breakdowns of social media trends and campaign spending on all of the major digital platforms.

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spoilerYoung voters in Wisconsin and Arizona are being flooded with “pro-Gaza” ads attacking Democratic U.S. Senate candidates for supporting Israel in the campaign’s final week. What the voters may not know: the ads are likely paid for and created by Republican operatives.

On October 15th, someone named Gary Backus filed a statement of organization with the FEC for a new Super PAC called “The Progressive Century Project.” The timing is noteworthy: new PACs that raise and spend after the 16th of October do not have to file reports disclosing their donors until after Election Day.

On October 19th, the group filed its first expenditure report for over $113,718 on text messaging and direct mail that supports the Green Party candidate for U.S Senate in Arizona and opposes Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego. Since then, they have filed two more similar expenditure reports (see here and here), bringing their current total spend in the Arizona race to $342,154.

Voters have already seen mailers landing in their mailboxes, which urge them to support the Green Party candidate, Eduardo Quintana. “End the genocide!” “Shrink our bloated military budget!” several of the mailers read.

Then, last Thursday, the PAC filed a report noting a $247,000 digital advertising spend against Sen. Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin’s competitive U.S. Senate race. Some of that has already been spent on Facebook, where the group is running video ads from a bare-bones Facebook page targeting voters under 34 years of age.

Maybe if your candidates weren't supporting a FUCKING GENOCIDE random PACs couldn't run ads attacking you on this?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

It is happening though. Republicans are literally running ads in Michigan that point out her weak stance on Palestine. In nearby Pennsylvania, they’re running ads saying she’s not pro-Israel enough.

Is everyone questioning her Palestine a bad actor? No. Are they groups putting big money into this advertising faithless? Very much yes.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Then maybe she shouldn't have supported a genocide

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours ago

But then they might run ads in Pennsylvania saying she isn't pro-Israel enough.

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