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Israel organized and paid for an influence campaign last year targeting U.S. lawmakers and the American public with pro-Israel messaging, as it aimed to foster support for its actions in the war with Gaza, according to officials involved in the effort and documents related to the operation.The covert campaign was commissioned by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, a government body that connects Jews around the world with the State of Israel, four Israeli officials said. The ministry allocated about $2 million to the operation and hired Stoic, a political marketing firm in Tel Aviv, to carry it out, according to the officials and the documents.The campaign began in October and remains active on the platform X. At its peak, it used hundreds of fake accounts that posed as real Americans on X, Facebook and Instagram to post pro-Israel comments. The accounts focused on U.S. lawmakers, particularly ones who are Black and Democrats, such as Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader from New York, and Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia, with posts urging them to continue funding Israel’s military.ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, was used to generate many of the posts. The campaign also created three fake English-language news sites featuring pro-Israel articles.
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A $15 toll plan meant to reduce traffic in Manhattan below 60th Street that has become a political headache for Democrats in New York will be halted indefinitely, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday.Hochul in a videotaped message said she would ask top officials at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to “pause” the implementation of the plan, known as congestion pricing, a reversal of her public support for it.The whiplash move by the governor, first reported Tuesday evening by POLITICO, comes as New York City has struggled to regain lost office workers and tourism following the Covid-19 pandemic — a problem that Hochul believes could be made worse by the tolls.“Since day one, I’ve fought alongside countless Hudson Valley families against this unfair, uninformed, and unacceptable congestion pricing plan,” said Rep. Pat Ryan, a Democrat in a battleground Hudson Valley seat who had called for exemptions to the tolls. “Today, I’m proud to say we’ve stopped congestion pricing in its tracks.”Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer, one of New Jersey’s most vocal critics of the plan, celebrated it is a victory Wednesday for drivers and the environment.“We know what the effects would have been — not just on people’s wallets. I’m talking about the traffic that would have increased and of course all the pollution that would have plumed into northern New Jersey and the outer boroughs,” he told reporters. “Now our job is to get back to making sure we do what New Jersey and New York do so well, work together.”
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New York State & the MTA have already spent hundreds of millions of dollars on lawsuits, environmental studies, even the…
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Donald Trump's leading super PAC, Make America Great Again Inc., announced a staggering fundraising achievement, bringing in nearly $70 million in May. The group has outlined an ambitious plan to deploy $100 million in advertising over the summer, targeting key battleground states. According to memos…
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In a move to enhance road safety, several states, including Colorado and Pennsylvania, have enacted laws banning the use of hand-held cell phones while driving. Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro recently signed bills that prohibit drivers from holding a cell phone…
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