WASHINGTON, 16 Nov. - (ANA) - A site tracking politicians' funding from AIPAC is causing a stir in Washington. However, its founders say it is meeting a primary demand: voters want more transparency into the lobby group and other corporate political donors.

 

Their website, Track AIPAC, allows users to easily see how much politicians have received from the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, something a growing number of journalists, researchers, and voters have been doing independently.

 

The co-founders of Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption, Cory Archibald and Casey Kennedy, went public this week following what they say were threats of doxxing from the lobby group itself over social media.

 

"Why are we sending American tax dollars to be used for war crimes? Why are we sending American-made weapons to murder women and children and innocent civilians? So, I just started doing some digging for myself, and I was kind of surprised to see how the information was always accessible, but it wasn’t made easily accessible," said Kennedy on the online show Breaking Points, alongside Archibald, one of their first media appearances since their names were revealed to be behind the AIPAC-tracing website, which started with a Twitter account in 2024, quickly drawing over 100,000 followers. He says he went public after AIPAC started tagging him and posting his personal information on social media.

 

"We really started to see the difference in how elected officials began to engage because of the change we were having on the dialogue," said Archibald. She noted that Seth Moulton, a Democratic representative from Massachusetts, along with several other members of Congress, had recently said he was rejecting AIPAC money, and that she will hold them accountable.

 

"More and more candidates are running on an anti-AIPAC platform. We have people to come to us and ask us to help vet candidates, and we even have members of Congress that have reached out to us and wanted a dialogue," she said. "That's a lot of how we know the impact that we're making."

 

AIPAC is one of the largest, and arguably the best-known, pro-Israel lobby groups in the US. For decades, it has been considered bipartisan. However, in recent years, a growing number of its major supporters, including right-wing Christians, have been aligned with the Republican Party.

 

Throughout the last several election cycles, progressive Democratic leaders have spoken out against the group. In recent months, however, a growing number of centrist Democrats have been distancing themselves from AIPAC, in some cases publicly announcing they would not accept donations.

 

As Israel continues its military assault on Gaza (despite a recent ceasefire agreement), more politicians appear to be facing scrutiny from voters over their ties to AIPAC.

 

"We set out to make working with AIPAC a political liability," said Archibald, noting that this sentiment has grown in the past several years, and their site is simply meeting a demand.

 

The co-founders of Track AIPAC are mindful that there are other pro-Israel lobby groups (or alternative sites AIPAC could use) that could still accomplish some of the same goals. They are already looking into expanding their research. In addition, they say they are looking into tracking other major lobbyists, such as oil companies.

 

"Our next target is the big oil lobby," said Kennedy.    - (ANA) - 

 

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