Two sides of the same coin: How AIPAC and CAIR are destroying America from within

Op-ed views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author.

On one side, we have AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a powerhouse of lobbying influence that has embedded itself in both parties, but particularly dominates the GOP. It operates as a 501(c)(4) and boasts a super PAC with hundreds of millions in dark money ready to bury any candidate who dares question Israel’s foreign policy. On the other side, CAIR—the Council on American-Islamic Relations—parades around as a civil rights organization while serving as a mouthpiece for the Muslim Brotherhood, championing Hamas sympathizers, glorifying October 7th, and stifling dissent under the guise of fighting Islamophobia.

They pretend to be enemies. One defends Zionist expansionism. The other cheers for “decolonization” and the destruction of Israel. But dig deeper, and you’ll find the same root system: foreign ideologies infiltrating American soil, exploiting nonprofit laws, manipulating media narratives, buying politicians, and silencing American voices who dare speak the truth.

AIPAC buys the Right. CAIR manipulates the Left. And together, they form the perfect pincer movement against the American people.

AIPAC’s super PAC spent over $100 million in 2022 alone, much of it to crush candidates who criticized Israeli apartheid or America’s endless military support. They do it in secret—because their foreign donors are laundered through shell groups, untraceable via FARA disclosures, and protected by the same DOJ that weaponizes lawfare against American patriots. Their goal? To subordinate U.S. foreign policy to the interests of a foreign nation, all while smearing critics as anti-Semites and destroying careers with the click of a checkbook.

Meanwhile, CAIR, though smaller in dollar volume, is just as insidious. Banned in the UAE as a terrorist organization, named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation trial, and caught celebrating Hamas’s attacks on Israel, CAIR plays the long game. They infiltrate school boards, police departments, corporate DEI offices, and the White House. They preach tolerance while preaching intolerance for Jews, Christians, and critics of Sharia ideology. Their end goal isn’t representation—it’s submission.

What they both understand is this: the system is rigged to reward those who exploit American generosity. The tax code. The legal code. The political code. It’s all up for grabs if you have the right foreign ideology, the right victim narrative, and the right leverage in Washington. These aren’t American lobbies. These are foreign operations running under American legal cover.

They both claim to be underdogs. AIPAC cries about antisemitism; CAIR wails about Islamophobia. But both are loaded, powerful, untouchable machines who punish their critics with smears, censorship, or blacklists. They don’t promote religious freedom. They promote foreign nationalism at the expense of American independence.

Here’s the uncomfortable truth: AIPAC wants to enslave American foreign policy to Tel Aviv, while CAIR wants to replace the U.S. Constitution with soft Sharia. And Washington? They’re happy to take money from both.

The press? Silent. The watchdogs? Neutered. The people? Distracted. But while America argues over pronouns and TikTok trends, these two hydras are hollowing out the foundation of our republic—buying elections, silencing opposition, and laundering foreign agendas through the IRS-approved pipeline of “charity.”

Ask yourself: When was the last time a grassroots American organization got $100 million to promote our values in Washington? When was the last time a patriotic American was given free rein to shape public education, federal policy, and media messaging without being labeled “dangerous,” “extremist,” or “insurrectionist”? Yet these two groups—each claiming victimhood—are given carte blanche.

This isn’t just corruption. It’s treasonous influence peddling under the cloak of multiculturalism and tolerance.

And it’s tearing the country apart.

It’s time to stop choosing between the lesser of two foreign interests. The American people don’t serve Tel Aviv or Tehran. We serve the Constitution. And any group—left or right, Zionist or Islamist, foreign or domestic—that hijacks our laws, exploits our goodwill, and infiltrates our institutions deserves the same fate:

Exposure. Prosecution. And permanent exile from American influence.

Because if we don’t stop them, we won’t have a country left to save.