Senior Adviser at QuincyInst.org. Investigative Journalist at Large at ResponsibleStatecraft.org. Send tips to my secure email: eliclifton @protonmail.com https://eliclifton.com/https://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3msyfuiyqtc2fIsrael 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. https://theintercept.com/2026/08/13/israel-palestine-benjamin-netanyahu-likud-crazy/13 Aug 2026 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyfuiyqtc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3msr35wbv3c27LAST DAY TO PREORDER https://bookshop.org/p/books/israel-s-lobby-america-in-the-grip-of-a-foreign-power-eli-clifton/16ed5a856e6a2af0?ean=9781668210840&next=t&next=t&affiliate=124839 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.10 Aug 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3msr35wbv3c27https://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3mr2oi2z65s2gTwo 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/ https://responsiblestatecraft.org/aipac-stevens/20 Jul 2026 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2oi2z65s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3mov2sbqegs23Pro-Israel PACs and super PACs have now raised over $160 MILLION to spend on midterm political races. More live updated data here: israelslobby.com https://israelslobby.com22 Jun 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mov2sbqegs23https://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3momdwwnko22kToday, at the newspaper owned by Trump’s biggest donor, Miriam Adelson.19 Jun 2026 02:59 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3momdwwnko22khttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3mojqdadml223"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/J3CEXtwNo318 Jun 2026 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mojqdadml223https://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3moiphwyyws2dPro-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.com17 Jun 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3moiphwyyws2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3moimuuayfc2vI’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. https://bookshop.org/p/books/israel-s-lobby-america-in-the-grip-of-a-foreign-power-eli-clifton/16ed5a856e6a2af0?ean=9781668210840&next=t&next=t&affiliate=12483917 Jun 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3moimuuayfc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3mguvrbs7rk2rTrump'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. https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-iiran-war-israel-us-foreign-policy/#12 Mar 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mguvrbs7rk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3mglnmyrfa22rHaving 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.09 Mar 2026 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mglnmyrfa22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3mfhghdypuk2cReminder: The White House says it’s “fake news” to suggest Iran’s nuclear facilities weren’t “obliterated” in June.22 Feb 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhghdypuk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3mdynoe23dc2sFormer 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. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20260114/118814/HHRG-119-FA00-TTF-FinerJ-20260114.pdf04 Feb 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdynoe23dc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3md75rpan2c2l“Footage shows Mr. Pretti was holding a phone, not a gun, when the agents took him to the ground and shot him.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/minneapolis-shooting-federal-agents-video.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share24 Jan 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3md75rpan2c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3md2o74s74c2gTikTok’s new owners 👇 https://responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tiktok-israel/23 Jan 2026 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3md2o74s74c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3mc2azwqmgk2i"A male voice — it is not clear whose — can be heard uttering two expletives: 'Fucking bitch.'” https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/01/09/moments-before-ice-shooting-minneapolis/10 Jan 2026 05:16 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc2azwqmgk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3m2krrcmmrs23The 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.06 Oct 2025 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2krrcmmrs23https://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3m2icum6gps2kVan Jones brought his A-game to audition for the anchor seat at the new Bari Weiss approved CBS Evening News 🔥🔥🔥 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Oct 2025 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2icum6gps2khttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3m2gfaildz22p“Babies are dying every day in Gaza.” Who is killing them?05 Oct 2025 05:42 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2gfaildz22phttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3m2fwdrnias2gNew York Times columnist Thomas Friedman laughing at Van Jones’ “dead Gaza baby” joke. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Oct 2025 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2fwdrnias2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3m2fwcj2dyc2gVan Jones repeats “dead Gaza baby” as a punch line. New York Times columnistThomas Friedman laughs along.05 Oct 2025 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2fwcj2dyc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3m2cmmflxrs2jExecs 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. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tiktok-israel-2674151514/03 Oct 2025 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2cmmflxrs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3m26pspvmz22iNew TikTok coming soon. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2025 04:30 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m26pspvmz22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3m255wbozmk2eLeaked 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. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tiktok-israel/01 Oct 2025 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m255wbozmk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/eliclifton.com/post/3m23juy7ups2mHow 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. https://responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-influencers-netanyahu/30 Sep 2025 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:6pcdldll3n6sshowvflu7ojw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m23juy7ups2m