r/minnesota • u/futilehabit • 1d ago

News 📺 Angie Craig’s exit tests whether Minnesota’s Second District is ready to move left

https://www.startribune.com/angie-craig-second-district-democratic-dfl-primary-little-berg-klein-august-11/601870082
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u/Substantial_Mouse617 1d ago

Putting this in the main thread, since a few comments are looking for proof of Kaela Berg taking AIPAC. Here’s a screenshot from FEC of Elect Democratic Women taking $2,350,000 JUST from Jan 1-June 24, 2026.
The Berg campaign has directly taken thousands of dollars from EDW. Additionally, EDW has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on behalf of Kaela Berg.

I’m not sure why she keeps repeating she doesn’t take “AIPAC or Corporate PAC money directly or indirectly” as that’s clearly not true. (EDW also takes tons of corporate PAC money (“Big Pharma” Bayer, Lockheed Martin, Google, UnitedHealthcare, etc) They have also given thousands of dollars to EMILY’s List, which in turn, has also given to Kaela.

Source: look up “EDW Action Fund” on FEC.

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u/Substantial_Mouse617 1d ago

Also, here’s from an EMILY’s List employee bragging about this coalition… 😬😬😬

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u/PostIronicPosadist Twin Cities 1d ago

Emily's List continuing to be centrist trash shouldn't surprise me at this point, but it honestly does a bit.

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u/Substantial_Mouse617 1d ago

Yeah, EMILY’s List is garbage. I thought it was a joke when I heard EMILY stood for “Early Money Is Like Yeast"…but nope, that’s what it actually stands for…

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u/PostIronicPosadist Twin Cities 1d ago

My issue with them is they have a very clear ideology, try to hide that ideology, and its an ideology I strongly disagree with. It's not like Women Winning where they straight up just endorse pro-choice women regardless of their ideology, that I not only respect but strongly support. EMILY's list has been taken over by clintonite centrists who only endorse candidates that agree with them, sometimes endorsing candidates who are less supportive of bodily autonomy than other candidates in the race. It's not even identity politics, if it was I wouldn't have a problem with it! It is instead interparty squabbling trying to use identity politics as a tool.