IHIP News: This Progressive is TAKING ON the AIPAC and AI OWNED Dems as They Spend MILLIONS to Win!

All right, listener, the same corporate. interests that are funding MAGA, that. are funding the dismantling of American. democracy, are funneling money into. Democratic candidates and lying about. it. And do not turn away from this. episode. It is so important that we get. the special interest money out of the. Democratic Party immediately. And here. today, I have Nida Allam. She is a. candidate for Congress in North. Carolina. She has endorsements from. Bernie Sanders, Justice Democrats,

Working Families Party, Leaders We. Deserve, and so much more. Nida, thank. you so much for joining me. Let's dive. right into it. Tell us about your. opponent. Tell us who is paying her off. and all of the double playing that's. going on in Democratic Party because we. must root it out. Yes, thank you so much. for having me. So, my opponent is. Representative Valerie Foushee, who is. only in this congressional seat because. in 2022, AIPAC and a crypto billionaire.

who's now in jail spent over $4 million. to elect her. And now, uh we have a rematch where I'm running. for the seat because we see Trump's. authoritarianism and our representative. doing absolutely nothing to stand up for. our communities in the safest blue seat. And we've gotten real close and they're. scared and terrified of change and young. leadership that's going to push the. status quo that all of a sudden in the. last week of this election, the AI lobby. has now dumped yesterday over 1.3.

million dollars into this race, as well. as uh another super PAC that was also. it's like a shadow PAC essentially that. was created and used against Anna Lillia. Mejia in New Jersey. It's called uh like. Article One. uh super PAC that's dropped $600,000. uh into this race as well. >> [snorts]. >> That's crazy because listener, here's. what you have to understand what they're. doing. They are lying to you. The. Republican oligarchs and these special.

interests are buying Democrats and they. are messaging things that might tug at. your heartstrings like um. ICE needs to be reined in or um. pro-choice um issues or pro LGBTQ+. issues, but it's all a ruse, is it not? Yeah, absolutely. And if you know, our. party's leadership truly cared about, you know, taking on Trump and his. right-wing authoritarianism,

this over $2 million, why was it not spent in helping us flip. our state legislature here in North. Carolina so we could actually have fair. maps and Republicans wouldn't have a. Republican supermajority. But instead, it's being used to keep a legislator in. office who's just going to be friendly. to the AI lobby and who's taken money. from countless corporate PACs that have. funded Trump and MAGA Republicans. So it. I mean, basically, listener, what you. need to understand here is they are. paying.

to buy off the opposition. So when you. see. uh. leaders Schumer and Jeffries not doing. anything, it's because they have MAGA. donors. That's what we all need to wake. up to. But let's talk about you. Let's. talk about when you win this primary and. then when you go to Congress, let's talk. about what you believe in. And let me. ask you some questions. Um do you think ICE needs to be. abolished? Yes, 1,000%. As a I can end it there, but also it's a.

personal issue to me because I'm a. Muslim woman and I'm also visibly. Muslim. And this is an agency that was. created under the Bush administration in. 2003 to target my community, to. dehumanize us, to profile us, and to target us. And now it's being. used to this next level of extremism to. target any individual that doesn't look. the way that Trump wants or doesn't fall. in line. And our taxpayer dollars are. being used to kill innocent American. civilians in broad daylight, to kidnap.

children from school. And my opponent thinks that body cameras. will save us. It's crazy. What about Hakeem Jeffries? If you win this race all the way over, will you support him and then let's say. it's a blue tsunami, will you support. him to be the uh majority leader? Uh speaker of the house. I think Democratic leadership should be. graded by their willingness to fight. And right now they'd rather spend. millions of dollars fighting against me.

than Republican fascism and corporate. greed. And so I think that we need to. take a deep look at ourselves as. Democrats because these very same. tactics is what's turning off voters. from joining the Democratic Party and. voting for Democratic candidates. And what how do you feel about taxing. the rich? I think that as a county commissioner, I. see every day the impact of our tax. systems on our lowest income neighbors.

And the fact that we continue to have. systems where our lowest income. neighbors are facing the burden of uh. increased burden of cost, but then the. ultra-wealthy and these corporations get. millions and billions of dollars of tax. cuts is just unjust. And the only way. we're going to truly hold them. accountable is if we're not cashing. checks from them because these folks. aren't spending thousands and millions. of dollars and not expecting something. in return. I agree. I mean, I just completely. agree. I think it's really disgraceful.

what the Democratic Party is doing here. and what they did to Zohran Mamdani. And um I think that especially in states. like North Carolina, North Carolina's a. purple state, it's red trending trending. blue. Um and had it a beautiful state. We went. on tour there. Do you How do you feel. about women's issues? Um, a lot of where. I'm from, Oklahoma, has a total abortion. ban. And what is your position on this?

So, the issue of reproductive health. care is personal to me because I've been. very open about my own journey and my. own struggles that I've had to deal with. of, you know, me and my husband when we. were trying to start our family, we had. to go through several years of fertility. treatment of IUI treatment. And during. that process, I unfortunately had an. ectopic pregnancy that wouldn't resolve. itself and resulted in me needing to get. a medical abortion. And I look at what Republicans are doing. and imagine the stress and the anxiety.

and the pain that me I was emotionally. going through to imagine having a. politician in that room telling me how. what I can and cannot do with my own. body. is just is egregious. And now I have a 3. and 1/2 year old daughter. And I want her to have autonomy over her. own body because right now she has fewer. rights than I did. Yeah. That's what's so, uh, wild how regressive MAGA has been. And. that this is where I am right now. I. expect Donald Trump and Republicans and.

MAGA Republicans to wake up every day, commit crimes, be unethical, be immoral, rinse, repeat. I expect it to happen. So, then I could sit there and, um, you. know, bang my head up against the wall. and expect a different result, but that. would be the definition of insanity. So, as a independent media person and. podcaster, I've started focusing on who. can exact change here. Who can I hold. responsible? So, as a lifelong. Democratic voter, I'm looking to the.

Democratic Party. And I am adamant that. the, uh, corporate interests have rotted. out the Democratic Party and we have. lost our way. And I think that where we. are right now, um I had Senator Chris Murphy from. Connecticut on a couple of days ago and. he said something I thought was very. poignant. He said, "It's not really. about red versus blue right now or. liberal versus conservative. It's about. corporations versus workers." And I. thought that was a really great way of.

putting it because I think the majority. of Americans agree. And thank you for. sharing your story about your personal. um uh. gynecological needs that you had. I. think these are really important stories. to bring to the forefront because this. happens to so many women. Um but it really is we're at a moment. right now where we have a faction of the. Democratic Party that is for the. corporations and not for the American. people. Yep. And I constantly get asked.

this on the campaign trail of, "Well, do. you consider yourself, you know, a part. of the ultra left and the progressive. side of the party?" And my response is. always the same that I believe that the. policies that I'm standing on are common. sense. They are the policies around. humanity and dignity for every. individual in this country because most. voters in this country are unaffiliated. They're not registered Republican or. Democrat or Libertarian. They don't care. what letter you have next to their name.

They care about what are you going to. deliver and do for them. So this is the bluest district in North. Carolina, but you could even go to the. most quote unquote red district in North. Carolina anywhere in the country and ask. the average person, "Do you want to live. with dignity? Do you want to put food on. your table? Do you want to be able to. keep a roof over your family's head, support your family with just having to. work one job and not two or three jobs?". The answer is going to be yes. And we as the Democratic Party need to. be having those conversations and. bringing those folks.

onto our side for them to understand. that we are the ones who are going to. actually champion those issues of a true. living wage, champion the issue of. Medicare as a human a health care as a. human right through Medicare for all. But we're too busy courting these. corporate interests that are. paying us unlivable wages, that are. destroying our environment, that are. profiting off of us spending endlessly. in war. I really appreciate where you are with. this cuz this is important messaging for. Democrats. Everything that you just said.

is not some radical view. Um. common sense gotten control, women. having privacy at their doctor's. appointments, a livable wage, not having to file. bankruptcy because of medical issues, being able to afford a root canal. These. are things that are. debilitating, that incite paralysis on. millions and millions of working-class. Americans. And yet we have this kind of. one-party system when you really open up.

your eyes to it, that the way I see it. is Republicans, they say it, we're. servicing corporations, we're servicing. rich people. I mean, Donald Trump has. been very clear about that. I'm going to. lower your taxes. And I mean, he he has. he makes no problem uh saying that he's. for rich people. I mean, he talks about. affordability from time to time, but uh. the Democratic Party is it is it's a. little bit more diabolical for me, the. corporate dems, because they they they. hoodwink and they play to your to our um.

empathy and compassion and our sense of. humanity, and they use that to lure us. in like they're doing here with Valerie. Foushee. And Valerie Foushee, your opponent, she. is bought and paid for. She is. completely bought and paid for. And so. to have an expectation in North Carolina. that Valerie Foushee is going to do. anything to prevent you from having to. file medical bankruptcy, she's going to. be in the pockets of the insurance. companies. Um and so.

these races, when you see the. corporations come in and start giving. this much money to Democrats, I think. that Democrat becomes so toxic because. you know, oh, this is really a. Republican. This is really a MAGA person. that can be bought and paid for. And. they must be very scared of you. to spend this much money. You're a. successful. commissioner right now, already elected. in the state of North Carolina, and you. stand on business. What is your closing.

message to voters as we head into. election season? My closing message is that. I know and I understand that folks are. sick and tired of the status quo. That. they're sick and tired of their leaders. not caring that they are struggling to. make ends meet. I'm a young mother of. two children. I understand how expensive. it is to balance child care, a mortgage, student debt. Our mortgage for two our. child care for two kids is the same as.

our mortgage. And we need leadership that understands. the urgency of this moment because this. isn't something that we need to we can. just tell residents, oh, wait 3 years. Once Trump is out of office, then we'll. fight for you. Because families are. struggling. Families are dying right now. through the loss of loss of health care, loss of jobs. And if you care about. fighting back against these systems of. corruption, get out and vote and have your voice be. heard because change is not going to.

come from sitting at home. Change comes. from us organizing and making sure that. these corporate interests do not silence. us. And I am going to be a representative. that champions the issues of working. families, and you will know that because. I've never accepted a cent from. corporate packs or right-wing special. interest groups, and I'm proud of that. I'm proud of you for that, and I think. that that needs to be our North Star in. who we vote for. But, campaigns are. expensive. So, listener and viewer,

she's not taking any corporate money and. we've got AI and AIPAC and all these. lobbyists going in to control her. opposition, Valerie Foushee, who is just a a D in. name only. Well, I guess Trump would. call that a DINNO. So, tell my viewers and listeners how. they can go give you guys five, 10, 20. bucks. These are the races that really, really matter. How can my viewers and. listeners help you win this seat?

Absolutely. If folks go to. nidaallam.com/donate, they can make a contribution to us. If. you're not able to donate, we have. virtual volunteer opportunities. You can phone bank from for us from. anywhere in the country. If you go to. nidaallam.com/volunteer, or if you're in the district or around. the district, come out and knock doors. with us. Help us poll greet and make sure that. every voter knows that they have a. choice in this election. North Carolina, you've got to do this. Do not support these toxic corporate.

dems. Go help this woman. Go vote for. this woman. Every single race, even if. you don't live in North Carolina, is of. utmost importance to the future of this. country. Nida, thank you so much for. joining me. I wish you the best of luck. I know you're going to win this primary. Thank you so much again for having me. and appreciate all the work that you're. doing. Of course. Thank you.