 Prominent progressive lawmakers like Corey Bush, Jamal Bowman and Ilhan Omar are all in danger of losing their seats in Congress because they called for a ceasefire. And since they called for a ceasefire and dared to criticize Israel, all of them have primary opponents being bankrolled by APAC, which is a genocide-supporting organization that endorses both Democrats and Republicans, including election-denying insurrectionist Republicans, which is a really great organization for Democrats to get in bed with. But APAC is going after these progressives, and they vowed to spend $100 million this cycle alone to defeat candidates like Jamal Bowman, and they even recruited a primary opponent against him who they're now bankrolling, and they've done the same to Corey Bush. They're bankrolling her opponent, Wesley Bell, who's now leading her by 22 points, according to at least one poll. And they're in real danger of losing because APAC endorsed candidates, they have not just the endorsement of this really powerful lobbying group, but that endorsement comes with hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign cash from APAC's Trump-supporting Republican donors like Paul Singer and Bernie Marcus. So they're able to get their message out there much more effectively than progressives like Corey Bush, for example, who raise money exclusively through small donations from her constituents. So they're up against a political behemoth this cycle, and candidates like Summer Lee, they have won despite APAC's involvement, but oftentimes it doesn't work out that way. For example, Nina Turner lost after the Israel lobby intervened in her race against Chantel Brown, and they've even defeated incumbents because as Slade explains, APAC's most successful Sally in 2022 was kicking Andy Levin, not only one of the most prominent Jewish members of the House, but also a former synagogue president out of his house seat in Michigan in favor of a more conservative non-Jewish representative in Haley Stevens. Levin had dared to indicate support for a two-state solution introducing a bill that would have prevented U.S. aid from being used to fund Israeli settlements in the West Bank and that recognized East Jerusalem as occupied territory among other provisions. And again, that was in the 2022 cycle before Israel's genocide campaign in Gaza, and they've only ramped up since then, but before ramping up, Slade also reports that they spent more money on Democratic Party primaries than any other outside spending group. So if that's what they spent before they upped the ante, imagine how bad it's going to be this time. Well, you don't actually have to imagine it because they told us they're willing to spend at least $100 million to defeat people like Cory Bush and Jamal Bowman. So more money from Republican donors is going to be flooding Democratic Party primaries this time in order to prop up genocide-supporting conservative Democrats. And this has been going on for a very long time, hence why members of Congress are completely out of step with the American people on this issue. A majority of Democratic Party voters want to ceasefire, but yet only a handful of members of Congress support one. Why is that? Well, it's because they're either bankrolled by APEC or they're afraid that they'll get an opponent who will be bankrolled by APEC if they speak out. It is a legitimate threat to our democracy and a group that lobbies on behalf of a foreign country's neoconservative interests shouldn't have this much sway over American elections. But the institutional left and progressive organizations opposed to Israel's genocide have had enough, and they're putting their foot down finally, and they've joined forces to push back against the influence of APEC. A key lacy of the Intercept reports, a group of 25 progressive organizations, including Justice Democrats, the Working Families Party, the If Not Now movement and Jewish Voice for Peace action launched the Reject APEC Coalition Monday. The coalition plans to organize against APEC across electoral, political and digital arenas. One facet of the plan calls for a seven-figured electoral spending campaign to defend members of Congress being targeted by APEC. Now, their website is still fairly bare bones since the project just launched, but they state that their two primary goals are to first counter the influence of APEC through their collective organizing effort and to second put pressure on all candidates running for federal office to take the Reject APEC pledge and reject endorsements and contributions from APEC or any other PAC aligned with them. Now, they go on to list more organizations included in this coalition, which include Justice Democrats, U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, If Not Now Movement, the Working Families Party, Sunrise Movement, Showing Up for Racial Justice, Empower Change Action Fund, the Democratic Socialists of America, CommonDefense.us, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, Center for Popular Democracy Action, Our Revolution, Dream Defenders, Progressive Democrats of America, Roots Action, Grassroot Global Justice Action, Justice's Global Action, Future Coalition, Peace Action, National Iranian American Council Action, and Gen Z for Change. Now, obviously, there are seven figures still pales in comparison to the nine figures that APEC is willing to spend. Having said that, though, this is still a really, really good idea. And as soon as they accept donations, I would highly encourage people to support them. I hope they sell merch as well, because I think that a lot of people would be on board with an effort like this. And I love that they're not just trying to counter APEC's influence, but they're also trying to put pressure on Democratic politicians to wean them off of APEC's teat by naming and shaming them. So that way, we're now able to show up to town halls with our elected officials and ask them, Hey, have you signed the reject APEC pledge? If not, why? Why do you support this conservative organization? I mean, this is exactly what is needed. Because if Democratic Party voters learn about APEC's toxic influence, they're not going to be supportive of this. If they know that this organization is funding insurrectionists and endorsing insurrectionists, and Democrats are welcoming that organization support, it is going to raise questions about any Democrat who accepts support from this organization. In fact, that's already kind of starting to happen. So we need to turn APEC into a political liability for Democrats so that way they can't meddle in Democratic Party primaries in the future. And this is a really, really good first step towards that goal. So I fully support it.