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Nov 2024
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Jamaal Bowman: How AIPAC Drove Me Out of...

RANIA KHALEK
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Congressional Rep Jamaal Bowman joined Rania Khalek to discuss the bipartisan AIPAC-funded campaign to push him out of office, his evolution on Palestine, his views on the Biden administration and what comes next.


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