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AIPAC Funds Cover Thanedar Crypto Loss Amid Campaign Debt

7/18/2026

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AIPAC bundlers are covering Rep. Shri Thanedar's $630,000 crypto loss and supplying two-thirds of his funds.
He invested $3.7 million in cryptocurrency.
Less than a quarter of the donors to his recent fundraising were Michigan residents.
He has loaned his campaign more than $12 million since 2021, leaving it $11.5 million in debt.
Challenger Donavan McKinney, backed by labor unions, is running on Medicare for All and ending U.S. aid to Israel.

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Story summary

AIPAC bundlers are covering Rep. Shri Thanedar's $630,000 crypto loss and supplying two-thirds of his funds.
He invested $3.7 million in cryptocurrency.
Less than a quarter of the donors to his recent fundraising were Michigan residents.
He has loaned his campaign more than $12 million since 2021, leaving it $11.5 million in debt.
Challenger Donavan McKinney, backed by labor unions, is running on Medicare for All and ending U.S. aid to Israel.