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Eli Clifton

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Sr Advisor @QuincyInst. Co-author of forthcoming book, Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power. Send secure emails to eliclifton@protonmail.com

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Eli focuses on money in politics and U.S. foreign policy. He previously reported for the American Independent New Network, ThinkProgress, and Inter Press Service. Clifton is co-author of the Center for American Progress’s report Fear Inc.: The Roots Of the Islamophobia Network In America. Eli has been a fellow at The Nation Institute and the Type Media Center. His work has appeared on PBS/Frontline’s Tehran bureau, The American Prospect, The Intercept, the South China Morning Post, Right Web, L…

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Pro-Israel Group That Attacked UPenn Was Funded by Family of Penn Trustee

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By Eli Clifton
| The Intercept Verified
When Canary Mission, the pro-Israel “blacklist” group, turned its sights on the University of Pennsylvania, it didn’t just perform its usual work of compiling dossiers on students, professors, and campus organizations. Instead, Penn merited greater attention: Canary Mission produced a highly produced report — one of several dozen “campaigns” the blacklist group has put together since the October 7, 2023, attacks against Israel.
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Donors to Bob Menendez Legal Defense Linked to Iran Exiles MEK

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By Eli Clifton
| The Intercept Verified
Sen. Robert Mendendez, D-N.J., is fighting charges that he accepted money in exchange for assisting foreign governments. That legal defense is being paid in part by donors with links to a former terrorist organization, a sign of the senator’s need for fast cash. In September, federal prosecutors hit Menendez and his wife with a raft of bribery charges and, more recently, obstruction of justice.
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Nuclear Panel Packed With Defense Industry Interests

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By Eli Clifton, Ben Freeman
| Truthdig Verified
This article was co-published with the Guardian. Nine of the 12 members of a high-level congressional committee charged with advising on the U.S.’s nuclear weapons strategy have direct financial ties to contractors that would benefit from the report’s recommendations or are employed at think tanks that receive considerable funding from weapons manufacturers, the Guardian and Responsible Statecraft can reveal.
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