Mamdani’s Political Rise Energizes Donors Funding Anti-Israel Candidates– legalinsurrection.com
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A Wall Street Journal investigation revealed the donors who have been dumping money into campaigns for socialists and progressives through American Priorities, the anti-Israel super PAC.
These socialists hate America, hate Jews, and hate capitalism. (We all know they don’t actually hate capitalism because they indulge in it all the time.)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s victory likely boosted confidence and pushed these donors to support more socialist candidates. Five of the top 12 donors contributed to Mamdani.
The new group of donors is younger, mostly of South Asian or Middle Eastern heritage. They work in technology and medicine:
Sathvik Kaliyur, CEO of a fundraising firm called NWF Strategies whose clients have included Mamdani and [Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul] El-Sayed, said his goal is to make it easier for candidates who don’t come from money to run for office.
Many of the biggest checks are going to a super PAC that aims to be an “anti-Aipac” force, called American Priorities.
American Priorities has used its funds to support progressives who criticize Israel, including more than $1 million to help elect Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier, two DSA-backed candidates who won New York congressional primaries. The ads themselves didn’t mention Israel or the Palestinian territories as an issue: Instead, they stressed affordability and that the two women were “Mamdani-endorsed.”
One of the group’s funders, Texas entrepreneur Sam Mahrouq, said he supports efforts that “encourage a balanced American foreign policy and oppose corruption, discrimination, endless wars and excessive special-interest influence.”
There isn’t much information about the top two donors. CNN wrote this in July:
The super PAC’s top donors, at $1 million apiece, have been Omer Hassan and Mohammad Waqas Javed. Little is publicly known about them, and the information they have provided the FEC is minimal: Waqas identifies as a resident of New York City and the CEO of Showcase Commerce Inc. – a company with little public footprint – while Hassan identifies as a retiree from Redwood City, California.
Both were also top donors to a super PAC that supported Mamdani’s 2025 mayoral campaign, giving about $250,000 each.
Neither donor responded to requests for comment. But a person close to American Priorities, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss its donors, said many of its contributors weren’t very politically active until Mamdani’s campaign, which was the “moment that inspired them and brought them into the fold.” Emboldened by Mamdani’s win, they began strategizing about how to influence the party nationally on the issue of Palestinian human rights.
“Part of it’s Palestine, part of it’s countering AIPAC, but it’s also about giving a long-overlooked community, which is critical to any Democratic majority, a real voice in our politics,” the person added.
So it’s 50% about “Palestine” and 50% anti-AIPAC, but also another community.
Dude. You cannot go over 100%. Thanks for saying the quiet part out loud.
The other top donors to American Priorities, the anti-AIPAC super PAC:
The WSJ is out with a list of the big donors funding the far left and the anti-Israel movement:
➡️Mohammad Waqas
➡️Omer Hasan
➡️Sam Mahrouq
➡️Afaq Ahmed
➡️Idris Mokhtarzada
➡️Nasser Barghouti
➡️Nazar Khan
➡️Moiz Ali
➡️Mehak Jamil
➡️Haroon Mokhtarzada— 🐺 (@LeighWolf) October 12, 2026
American Priorities has no plans to go away. The super PAC has already targeted nine House seats in 2028.
But seeing the explosion of socialists and progressives winning primaries led the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) to raise more money.
The group functions on membership dues and volunteers, but recently offered a new option: Monthly Solidarity Income Based Dues.
“Dues will be billed recurring monthly,” the website says. “When you select this option you will see a suggested monthly dues amount based on your personal income.”
You can choose 1%, 2%, or 3% of your monthly income.
Donations tax deductible
to the full extent allowed by law.
