Overview
- With primary voting beginning March 3, Democratic races are centering on responses to the Iran strikes as progressive campaigns amplify anti-war protests and messaging.
- In North Carolina, Nida Allam’s closing ad attacks Rep. Valerie Foushee over the strikes and her support from an Anthropic-funded PAC and defense contractors, while Foushee says she opposes the action and will back War Powers resolutions.
- Allam’s spot references reported use of Anthropic’s Claude in targeting, as Axios reports the Pentagon moved to blacklist Anthropic after it refused to loosen AI safeguards.
- Top Democrats, including Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, focus criticism on President Trump’s failure to seek authorization and press for War Powers votes to restrict further hostilities.
- Polling shows limited backing for the strikes, and AIPAC’s role looms over primaries as several AIPAC-funded Democratic leaders publicly criticize the operation and urge curbs on presidential war-making.