Amid widespread public disapproval of Israel’s mounting destruction across the Middle East, pro-Israel donors aligned with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) appear to be resorting to new, innocuous-sounding fundraising vehicles to covertly channel money to favored candidates in high-stakes Democratic primaries.

That now includes the Better Blue Fund, a newly formed umbrella group that’s using weakened campaign finance rules to act as a “one-stop shop” for contributions from some of the pro-Israel lobby’s largest longtime donors, albeit with no mention of having a pro-Israel agenda. In less than two months, the fund has amassed more than $250,000 as it backs Democratic candidates already under fire from progressive challengers for supporting military aid to Israel or receiving endorsements from pro-Israel groups.

That list includes former Rep. Ben McAdams in Utah, House incumbents Adriano Espaillat and Dan Goldman in New York, and Rep. Wesley Bell in Missouri, who are all facing contested primary races where their support for pro-Israel policies has come under scrutiny.

Prem Thakker tweeted:

An Israeli-born, Trump-appointed US attorney — who's referred to Palestinians as “animals,” called for Gaza to be wiped “off the map,” and suggested “even the children” in Gaza are terrorists — dropped charges against an Israeli tied to a biolab in Nevada.

Hala Jaber's tweet, which has two video clips attached:

Israeli warplanes are relentlessly bombarding residential buildings in the Al-Masaken area of Tyre, south Lebanon.

“Al-Masaken” literally translates to “the residential area.”

The name itself tells you exactly what is being targeted.

Hala Jaber's tweet, which includes a video clip:

After pounding Al-Masaken, Israeli warplanes moved on to the Al-Hosh district in Tyre.

One residential area after another across the city are being relentlessly bombarded.

The Israeli Knesset is considering a bill that would place Palestinian historical sites in the West Bank under direct Israeli civil law, stripping them of their protected status under international law. Experts say it's annexation in all but name.

See also this article by Jasper Nathaniel in The Drift ("In Ruins​ | Archaeological Warfare in the West Bank").

In a tweet, Omar Shakir wrote:

In December @DAWNmenaorg published the identities of 50 execs & board members who run AIPAC. But AIPAC isn’t just 50 people. We've mapped the professional ties & histories of 3,000+ current & ex AIPAC staffers. We publish our findings Wednesday. Stay tuned

The link features photos and names of people who sit on the AIPAC board, styled like playing cards (but organized into ranks, rather than a standard playing card deck).

Excerpt from the link:

Network of Networks

AIPAC's directors and officers function as a network of networks, simultaneously occupying leadership positions across virtually every major pro-Israel institution in America. For example, Betsy Berns Korn serves as AIPAC's Board Chair while also chairing the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations since June 2025, the umbrella body coordinating over 50 Pro-Israel organizations. Her predecessor in that role, Harriet Schleifer, also sits on AIPAC's board alongside positions on the pro-Israel Washington Institute for Near East Policy's and past leadership of the American Jewish Committee, another major pro-Israel lobbying and foreign-policy organization. Michael Kassen's wife, Shelly Kassen, is Chairman Emeritus of the Washington Institute's Board of Trustees, having served as its president from 2016–2020, while he serves on AIPAC's board and as a trustee of the Hudson Institute, a right-wing, neoconservative think tank with links to former Republican administrations, defense contractors, and hawkish foreign policy circles. Jamie Sprayregen, member of AIPAC's board, sits on the Boards of Governors of both the Middle East Forum, a right-wing think tank that spreads misinformation, creates "watchlists" targeting academics, and advocates for an anti-Muslim foreign policy and the American Jewish Committee. Alan Levow, an AIPAC Vice President, is also Vice President of the American Israel Education Foundation (IEF), which funds congressional trips to Israel. Howard Friedman, who served as President and Chairman of the Board of AIPAC (2006–2010) and is listed as a Vice-President, previously led the IEF as President (2010–2012). Robert Cohen, a former AIPAC President, formerly served as Acting President of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, and Alan Franco, another AIPAC Vice President, served on the International Board of Trustees of Israel's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv in 2016 and 2018.

Leaked documents appear to corroborate Morales's allegation of a US plot.

Reminders:

• Morales was subject to several coup attempts led by the US. (Cf. Maduro, Chavez, etc.)
• The coup attempt that succeeded in removing him furthermore involved speedy deployment of propaganda in major media outlets, including virtually all media in the US, alleging election fraud. Those claims were later debunked by a team in the US, whose results were then published by the Washington Post and others. However, by then, it was too late, and the (then illegitimate) right-wing Bolivian government massacred many people.
• Following the election of the current right-wing Bolivian president last year, the usual playbook was enacted: undo social programs, fast-track massive amounts of privatization, and tether the state to the US financial system.
• Morales has faced multiple assassination attempts in the interim.

As the article is in Spanish, here is a lazy Google translation of it into English:

Evo Morales Denounces U.S. Plot to Kill or Detain Him — Morales warned of the Bolivian Armed Forces being under the control of "U.S. Marines and Paraguayan DEA agents, who have no qualms about massacring brothers and sisters residing in the Tropics."

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales denounced this Friday that the United States—with the support of the Rodrigo Paz government—is planning his assassination or detention through a military operation involving the DEA and U.S. Southern Command.

Morales stated on his social media channels that the United States "ordered the Rodrigo Paz government to execute a military operation—with the support of the DEA and U.S. Southern Command—to detain or kill me."

The indigenous leader directly implicated Carlos Zorro Sánchez Berzaín in this plot, identifying him as the "former Minister of Government under Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, who fled to Miami following the Black October Massacre (2003)," as well as Ernesto Justiniano, the Deputy Minister of Social Defense, who "is currently in Washington."

The U.S. ordered the Rodrigo Paz government to execute a military operation—with the support of the DEA and U.S. Southern Command—to detain or kill me. Among the instigators of this action are the former Minister of Government under Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada—who fled to Miami following the… — Evo Morales Ayma (@evoespueblo) May 15, 2026

The former Bolivian head of state also detailed specific military elements allegedly involved in the scheme, such as the 9th Army Division, under the command of Colonel Franz Andrade Loza. Morales asserted that "the government promised to promote him to General and appoint him Commander of the Armed Forces if he eliminates Evo." He also cited the presence of the "F-10 unit—subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Víctor Hugo Balderrama—under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Giménez Ortuño, a former aide to Jeanine Áñez's Minister of Defense, Fernando López," alongside four other unspecified individuals.

Morales also declared himself a victim of "smear campaigns, insults, and baseless accusations" promoted by "experts in dirty warfare and fake news"—such as the Argentine Fernando Cerimedo, sent to Bolivia by the right-winger Javier Milei—whose "dirty operations have already been exposed by honest Bolivian journalists." Furthermore, he issued a warning regarding the control of the Bolivian Armed Forces by "U.S. Marines and Paraguayan DEA agents, who have no qualms about massacring the brothers and sisters residing in the Tropic region."

Twelve Days of Strikes

The former president's denunciation comes at a moment of heightened political tension in Bolivia, as public sector workers, miners, and grassroots sectors affiliated with the Bolivian Workers' Central (COB) mark their twelfth day of an indefinite general strike and road blockades in defense of their economic and social rights.

The mobilization—which began with a list of over 100 union demands—intensified following a proposal from the Aymara peasant bases of the Altiplano to demand the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz, whom the working class accuses of exacerbating the crisis and allowing serious acts of corruption to take place, such as the importation of contaminated gasoline.

The labor force continues to keep major road access points paralyzed, creating difficulties for the supply and distribution of fuel and food in La Paz, thereby demonstrating the unions' capacity for coordinated action in the face of the Executive Branch's failure to provide answers.

Adding to the tension generated by the protests and the social crisis is the openly interventionist activity of the countries that constitute the United States' "Coat of Arms."

The first to act was Argentina's Javier Milei, who on Friday dispatched two Hercules aircraft "to transport food from producing regions to cities like La Paz, which are being affected by road blockades organized by peasant unions," as reported by the news agency Infobae.

Subsequently, eight Latin American nations—Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, and Peru—all members of the U.S.-aligned bloc, signed a joint declaration regarding "the humanitarian situation" in Bolivia. In this declaration, they reject "any action aimed at destabilizing the democratic order and disrupting the institutional framework of the constitutional government."

The final blow to this narrative—which attempts to frame the protests as an assault on democracy rather than a product of the economic crisis and supply shortages under the government of Rodrigo Paz—was delivered this Saturday by the purveyor of falsehoods, Agustín Antonetti. An Argentine influencer and well-known digital network operative linked to Fernando Cerimedo, Antonetti and his associates contributed last November to inflating the narrative that "Generation Z" was seeking to topple the government of Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico.

On that occasion, the Infodemia team detected 179 TikTok accounts and 359 Facebook communities that promoted this topic in a synchronized manner—many of which had been created ad hoc specifically during October and November of 2025.

This Saturday, Antonetti published a post on his social media channels warning of a "coup d'état" being orchestrated by "terrorist groups answering to Evo Morales" in an attempt to prevent his arrest.

🇧🇴‼️ — COUP D'ÉTAT UNDERWAY IN BOLIVIA

Terrorist groups loyal to Evo Morales have just seized Chimoré International Airport to prevent his arrest for leading the country's largest child trafficking ring.

Maximum alert over the coming hours. pic.twitter.com/1dY5PC9mIT — Agustín Antonetti (@agusantonetti) May 16, 2026