The Pro-Israel Super PAC Cinematic Universe

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Nine PACs have received money from AIPAC’s United Democracy Project and Democratic Majority for Israel.

https://prospect.org/2026/06/22/pro-israel-super-pac-cinematic-universe/



Campaign finance disclosures released over the weekend provide a clearer picture of the millions of dollars pro-Israel PACs United Democracy Project (an affiliate of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC) and Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI) have spent thus far in the midterm primaries, and the lengths to which they have gone to hide their true influence. In 2026, more than 1 out of every 4 dollars in independent expenditures that the two groups have disbursed—almost $8 million out of a total of $30.66 million—have been funneled to nine different partners and shell PACs. Those numbers are likely higher, since the disclosures made to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) only go through the end of May, and they do not count possible outlays to dark-money PACs that do not have to disclose their spending.

Most of the transfers were disclosed only after voting concluded in the primary races, meaning that voters never got a chance to learn who was funding ads that could have influenced their vote. Despite the name Democratic Majority for Israel and AIPAC’s sloganeering that “being pro-Israel is good policy and good politics,” the two PACs repeatedly conceal their funding, knowing that after the genocide in Gaza and the disastrous lost war in Iran, their support can be toxic, particularly in Democratic primaries. “Any group that is willing to be used as a shell PAC for AIPAC should be ostracized from Democratic politics—this is what makes Democratic voters disillusioned with the party,” said Usamah Andrabi of Justice Democrats, one of the progressive campaign organizations that has responded to pro-Israel PAC spending this year. Spokespeople for the PACs did not respond to a request for comment.

IT HAS ALREADY BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED, including at the Prospect, that pro-Israel groups were routing campaign cash through anodyne-sounding pop-up shell PACs like “Elect Chicago Women” or “Affordable Chicago Now,” which received $5.3 million from United Democracy Project back in February for four races in Illinois, which resulted in two wins and two losses. That tactic, designed to confuse voters about who is behind the groundswell of support for certain candidates, has continued. But the new disclosures reveal how the groups are also transferring money to longtime PACs with historic ties to the Democratic establishment and center-left coalitions in Congress.

Recipients in May include Women Vote, the independent expenditure arm of the pro-choice women’s PAC EMILYs List, which often aligns with the favored candidates of Democratic leadership. DMFI gave Women Vote $500,000 on May 13, according to an FEC disclosure. Only three Women Vote independent expenditure campaigns came after that date: Marni von Wilpert in CA-48, Shannon Bird in CO-08, and a thus far token amount to Kaela Jo Berg in MN-02. Von Wilpert won her primary; the other two races have yet to be decided. (DMFI has endorsed an opponent of Berg’s in the MN-02 race.) Separately, Blue Dog Action PAC, associated with the Blue Dog Coalition, the conservative wing of the party in Congress, received $75,000 from DMFI.

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1. so, we're fans of the justice dems now?

this crap is splitting the party.