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https://www.boughtbyzionism.org/jared_golden
Representative Jared Golden (D-ME)
Bought for the Total Amount of:
$ 817,681
Representative Jared Golden of Maine has been a steadfast supporter of Israel, a stance that aligns closely with the $817,681 he has received from AIPAC. This significant sum has clearly influenced his voting record, including his opposition to both the ceasefire resolution and the McCollum Palestinian Rights Resolution. Golden has consistently voted in favor of pro-Israel measures, including sending $41 billion in unconditional military aid to Israel while it continues its genocidal campaign against Gaza. According to the Lancet, it is estimated that 180,000 Gazans will die as a result of this ongoing genocide. Golden’s financial ties to AIPAC reveal a troubling connection between his political actions at the expense of Palestinian lives.
Golden’s unwavering support for Israel extends to his public statements, including his praise of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu after the war criminal addressed Congress. Golden stated, “I appreciated Netanyahu’s recognition of the Trump administration’s work to pass the Abraham Accords and of the Biden administration’s strong support for Israel after the deadliest attack against Jews since the Holocaust.” This statement whitewashes the brutal Israeli military campaign in Gaza, which has targeted civilian infrastructure, hospitals, and homes. Golden’s subsequent remark, “I pray for their return and the return of all the hostages, and for Hamas to lay down its arms so this deadly conflict can end,” ignores the fact that Israel has rejected ceasefire deals and bears all the responsibility for the ongoing devastation in Gaza.
In May 2024, Golden criticized President Biden for withholding military assistance to Israel, insisting, “I think war is terrible... but I do not believe it is factually accurate to say that war crimes are being committed in Palestine at this time.” This dismissal of the widespread destruction, mass displacement, and death in Gaza—perpetrated by the Israeli military and paid for by U.S. tax dollars—demonstrates his callous disregard for the Palestinian lives lost. Golden’s votes to cut U.S. federal funding for UNRWA, the organization responsible for providing vital food, water, and medicine to Gazans, further illustrate his indifference to the suffering of the Palestinian people. His actions, backed by AIPAC funds, align him with a campaign of violence and destruction against the besieged people of Gaza.
hwatL4bloopy
Oh, is he an unregistered foreign agent?
Snooj
A lot of Mainers are fucking stupid. Source: am a Mainer. Also am fucking stupid but holy shit, so many people around me are even stupider.
LrrrRulerofThePlanetOmicronPerseiVIII
The good news is that he’s not running for reelection. The bad news is there’s a good chance he’ll be replaced with an even worse Republican
HouseOfEvil
The war wasn't started with a vote, how can it be ended with a vote?
lurkyloos
NZSheeps
RedFortuna
And he'll be reading all these little comments and giggling while watching his bank account climb, and they'll all keep doing that until they are hanging from lamp posts. There isn't any in-between.
TheDoctorCrankenstein
JurgenWindcallerz
Mad to be bribable for 800k like moves taught me that shit costs millions
lurkyloos
The U.S. Congress would sell a vote for way less than $800k. Lauren Boebert would do it for $9,990 in cash, a basket of wings and 4 White Claws.
She’d throw in a handy as a bonus to the briber.
JurgenWindcallerz
A handy you say? Let me look her up
JurgenWindcallerz
Meeeeeh I think Im good
ISofaKingWeeToddDid
THEY ARE ALL VILLAINS!
strengthofanunicorn
You can call his Washington office and leave him a love message like I just did. 🫶🏻/s
strengthofanunicorn
My love message consisted of calling him a fucking traitor and wishing him bone cancer.
grandestgrandeur
Just a reminder, we ARE keep receipts...
lurkyloos
Someone find him on a pickleball court, challenge him to a match and embarrass him in front of his kids. He’ll never play pickleball again.
Or just
Lassannn
The democrats should censure him.
worm61
Why would they censure him for doing what they wanted?
TheOldSchoolisBack
He’s been a democrat in name only for years.
Darkspire
Why would they do that, they don't want to be censured when it's their respective turn to be the bad guy for political theater.
Darkspire
(fuck you Lassannn)
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
And that's 2 big fat middle fingers to you, Mr. Golden.
lurkyloos
WarmMachineDD7
Congratulations to Jared Golden on being selected as the villain of the week. I wonder who will be the next lucky Democrat to have to take the fall for what the entire party itself supports.
FrancsTireur
Precisely, thank you.
This was clearly engineered by the party establishment as a pathetic show of disapproval.
PirateArrrgument
Jared Golden
ME-02 [D]
Israel Lobby Total: $3,449,465
Source: https://www.trackaipac.com/congress
lurkyloos
He’s done it before
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/politics/jared-golden-matthew-dunlap-midterms
HerdOfPotatoes
As European we see that America chooses every single day to be this corrupt, terrorizing and wreckless country. Every single day!
IHateThatIReddit
Traitor.
Hexidimentional
even fetterman voted yes?
lurkyloos
He’s in the Senate.
PTFCMcGee
Fetterman is a senator, not a representative. He also voted to continue the war this week in the senate, though.
Hexidimentional
i just dont understand, whether or not you agree with the war you should vote yes for the simple fact that trump bypassed congressional power.
Darkspire
Why is there even a vote? It's written out in law that Congressional approval is needed. There should be consequences, immediate and harsh.
lurkyloos
Being in Congress for personal enrichment will do that to you.
CedricDur
Fresh reminder that when ever it comes to this there's always someone who breaks the tie. ALWAYS. Check their bank account.
ElbowDeepInAHeadlessHorseman
Exactly. If they needed 2 votes, they would have 2 votes. If they needed 3 votes, they would have 3 votes. They just use the minimum number needed to throw under the bus (and then make no noise about it afterwards)
TsukariYoshi
It's telling that none of these people ever suffer consequences for their actions - no loss of party support, no losing committee positions, nothing. You'd think if the party didn't like what they were doing, they'd experience some blowback. That they don't is all you need to know.
Darkspire
All of them are complicit, that's why they are taking turns.
mmontour
This guy's not running for re-election. What a coincidence.
Whatwhatsomethingbutt
Sounds like it's time for a recall in Maine.
mightybushkin
Well, with that name..
ForgotMyUsernameYetAgain
Sometimes I wonder if the left wing and the right wing belong to the same bird.
SergeyPrkl
to be honest, republicans and democrats are both right wing parties. SO this is not a surprise.
lurkyloos
Yes. That bird is flying away with our safety, healthcare, and all of our money.
TonyDiethelm
Man, fuck you. ALL the R's voted against this. ONE D voted against this. "Both sides" is BS.
worm61
Interesting how the 1-3 Dems necessary to get one vote over the threshold to pass bills like this are ALWAYS people who aren’t up for re-election. Almost as if they’re being used to give the party the appearance of opposition while still allowing the fascist agenda to proceed. And people like you fall for it completely.
ServerMonkeyKing
It's all political theater to appease the masses. Anything that passes by one or even ties to go to the chair for the final vote has already been decided by both parties before it even comes up for vote.
lurkyloos
Facts.
dynoman
More Democrats would have betrayed us, but they only needed one to cross the line.
floofnmeeps
FUCK JARED
2Soon4Baboon
Also keep in mind that he is just today's villain. If he wasn't THE ONE another dem easily could have done so.
PirateArrrgument
Jared Golden
ME-02 [D]
Israel Lobby Total: $3,449,465
Source: https://www.trackaipac.com/congress
TheDefective
214 republicans Voted to continue the war. Here come the idiot centrists to say why the most right wing, closest to center liberal democrats being shills for imperial hegemon is proof all democrats suck, and not an argument to move the democratic party policy further left. Yay c'mon bigots, blame the party without power to act and beholden to fairness for not having power or ignoring the rules! Gotta defend the right, minimize it's crimes, and criticize the left!
rossimus
How's that boot taste?
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Rhythmaster
Obviously you should vote democrat over republican. However it's not good strategy for the Democrats to enable trump, it makes a vote for Democrats look pointless, since the GOP is fully unified behind trump and there is ALWAYS some democrat who will vote to enable trump, or block the dems from fulfilling their mandate when they get in power. We haven't forgotten Joe Manchin and Kirsten Sinema. We won't forget Golden either. The point of these criticisms is to push dems further left, to be more
Rhythmaster
Representative of what their constituents voted for. To be more aligned with the base voters that they need support from in order to win. Silencing criticism will only lead to voters feeling alienated, ignored, apathetic and less likely to vote. Every time democrats fail to use their power to block unpopular policies, or enact popular policies, it weakens them and erodes their legitimacy. Every time they vote with fascists, it strengthens the false "both sides are the same" narrative.
1stDrunkJoe
Montana and California are trying to end run around Citizens United, 🤞😎 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/08/07/transparent-election-initiative/
awkungen42
We can criticize our own while also knowing it's still the majority Republican fault. But there's always enough lefties to make sure the shit the right wants to pass passes. We absolutely need to clean our own house.
TheDefective
Oh criticize the left all you want, but when you do it while minimizing or ignoring the actually rightoid bully doing the crimes in the room... I start to smell a coincidence. We need to move actually left, and expunge centrists, We also need more than a narrow margin of majority to legislate, and a better general knowledge of the factions in the democratic party, especially far left factions that resist AIPAC. MOVE the Left LEFT.
KerryCoder
There's always *JUST ENOUGH* democrats defecting to make sure the Republicans get what they want.
Always. It's not even like they're trying to hide it anymore. I honestly don't think the Democratic party exists except as the token opposition.
TheDefective
There's always a braindead centrist conflating the two parties instead of insisting democrats move left.
LilacShowers
can't one do both? vote for the far lesser evil, insist they move left, and also strongly suspect they're in with the nazis?
abraxa
Relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniparty
"Uniparty is a political term referring to the idea that seemingly separate political parties, typically the two dominant parties in a liberal democracy, function in practice as a single entity. It is often applied to the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in the United States, or to the Conservative Party and the Labour Party in the United Kingdom."
mrthewhitee
They all voted to continue the war. Less than half were just allowed to pretend they didn't want the war.
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mrthewhitee
I'm most definitely NOT a centrist. But I can recognize what the Dems are doing.
Darkspire
They take AIPAC money and feign helplessness. Gosh just one vote! Gosh just six votes! Gosh just 3 votes! How many times are you going to fall for the good cop bad cop routine?
TheDefective
The fuck do you think narrow margins cause? How come you fell for such an obvious republican talking point? Lemme spell it out cupcake, the republicans value loyalty to the ingroup, which necessitates an outgroup to persecute. the democrats rallied a movement around belief in a fair game for all. How many times are you going to fall for daddy cult rape cop's lies?
Darkspire
The fuck do you think is going on here? You've watched these people get the upper hand and then sit on those hands every single time. You are naive. You're watching a puppet show. How many times are you going to take Dems at their word without paying attention to their actions? They go out to eat together, Republican and Democrat, and laugh at condescending hand wringers like you. You're entertainment to them, nothing more. Defective indeed.
mrthewhitee
Can you share a clip of the dem leaders renouncing him, calling him a traitor to the party? Threatening any kind of repercussions?
Unfortunate500
Bad take. Failure to recognize that this is the function of the Democrats...performative resistance with just enough support to keep the republican agenda moving forward....that is the biggest problem. If they don't start to fight they will lose midterms.
You will be just the the people the night Hillary lost. We warned you then and you couldn't believe it. You are about to lose the damn midterms.
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lurkyloos
That tweet is so perfect.
johneventually1
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TheDefective
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johneventually1
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What advice would you give to someone who is worried about being put "on a list" for joining our organizing such groups?
I mean... It's not like you put an ANTIFA website link or anything 🫨 BUT for those of us that want to get involved without a lot of risk (don't judge me I need to be there for my fam) what are some things we can ALL do anonymously?
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mrthewhitee
Criticizing him specifically misses the bigger picture
This is classic dem strategy. He's just the most recent sacrificial vote. The party nominates select members to vote with the Republicans so the rest can vote against and pretend they're against what they know is universally unpopular but they're all paid to support.
Styxwash
Is that true though? Looking at votes from the Biden era, many of them wouldn't have a chance to pass even if all dems voted yes.
mrthewhitee
Ask yourself this. How often have you seen this exact thing happen, and then ask yourself how often you've seen Dems, particularly leadership, come out enraged that they were betrayed by one of their own party on a super important matter like stopping an illegal war that destroying the world economy.
It may not happen 100% of the time but it definitely happens a lot and on the most important issues.
Styxwash
But is it a planned effort...? Or just differing interests?
mrthewhitee
No it's a planned effort. That's the only way you get just enough votes like this while everyone else stays on the other side.
Keep in mind, dem leadership has not opposed the war. Their criticism is that Trump isn't "doing it right" but they want the war.
lurkyloos
Hence the title.
IWouldLickThat
What a fucking shell game. Time to flip the table.
michaelfire
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SledgeRipley
If there were 215 Republicans there would have been a couple more dissenters. 210 and there would have been a small gang of dissenters. They don't want a functional government, they want a 49% minority.
Styxwash
Do you have statistics that prove this?
SledgeRipley
Like... what the number of votes that barely fail to meet the 50% mark? Not offhand, but it's a fairly documented phenomenon. Retiring, safe, and designated "mavericks" will often split with the party in just enough numbers to sabotage caucus votes even at the impediment of aligned presidential policy. It's often referred to as the "rotating villain" phenomenon.
Styxwash
It didn't really seem true during Biden far as I know noticed.
SledgeRipley
Senators Sinema and Manchin famously torpedoed the Build Back Better bill initially. It had to go back through congress and had many of its provisions gutted before they'd allow passage.
bippityboppitybuttsex
A reminder that this isn't a vote for or against war... this is a vote to decide of whether or not trump should comply with the law and get Congressional approval to continue turning brown kids into brown skeletons
juliakitten112
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MCpeepantz
Is this step 3 in his plan?
Step 1: Buy/blackmail your way to President
Step 2: Create Chaos, Subvert Law, and Burn International Bridges
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit (i.e. becoming a dictator)
bippityboppitybuttsex
I mean, he has already turned the presidency into a multi-billion dollar money making opportunity for himself and his family.... TBH, he could have done that without the chaos, but it would have required nuance.
insaaanity
Us POC also have white skeletons, technically speaking.
bippityboppitybuttsex
Generally US weapons do a lot of damage via blast, however, the US is very fond of using napalm and thermobaric weapons that incinerate their victims.
More accurately, those skeletons would be charcoal.
Bubble181
Depends on the level of fire deployed. Skeletons do turn black after a while.
Darkspire
A vote against getting congressional approval is definitely a vote towards continuing the war. The reverse is not necessarily true, as some people might think it is okay as long as the law is followed.
GroverKerr
Their entire point was - even if he supported US action - war should be declared by Congress, not the President.
It would not be against his stated principles, whether you agree with them or not, to vote for Trump to follow the law.
His behavior is WORSE than if he had voted against the war, because he is ALSO supporting Trump's extra-legal executive actions to support the war. Clearly this level of nuance is beyond you. So yes, vomit up your talking points instead you clown.
Darkspire
Simpleton, please calm yourself. I would hate for you to pull anything while vigorously patting yourself on the back.
Everything you said, I said. Are you okay? Talking points?
Obviously you gish galloping shitbag. I laid it out more plainly, and added depth.
bippityboppitybuttsex
I am a process person... the process was designed to ensure that if we don't necessarily get the best outcome, at least the correct process was followed. Cuz if you don't follow the process and you get a bad outcome, the fact that the process wasn't followed will be blamed.
It sounds dumb and a bit of CYA, but blowing off the process and getting this bad outcome means that the system is so broken it isn't worth fixing.
Arbitrarynamehere
The process got us here where everything is broken. It's fundamentally flawed.
Darkspire
If the system was working, there wouldn't have been a vote at all, because the law very clearly states that the President needs Congressional approval to wage war, and this is very clearly a war.
GroverKerr
NO SHIT THAT WAS THEIR POINT YOU IDIOT
Darkspire
Shut your cock holster, imbecile.
bippityboppitybuttsex
The process used to work... LBJ got an authorization for Vietnam, GHWB got an authorization for GW1, W got an authorization for GW2 and the GWOT (Obama continued to use that same AUMF throughout his presidency). I will note that that GWOT AUMF has not expired (and turns 25 this September).
I will note that Truman didn't bother to get Congressional approval for the Korean War
There are three reasons you don't get Congressional approval, you don't give a fuck about the rule of law; ...
bippityboppitybuttsex
... You don't think you need it (see Truman, he made a legal distinction that since the US was a member of the UN and the UN authorized it, he was good to go), you convince everyone that it is covered by a previous AUMF and you think you are going to be done within 60 days.
That 60 day mark is 29 APR 2026... so, he has 13 days to finish this or be in violation of the law, regardless of what Congress does.