An opinion column by Hamid Bendaas in The Nation's Substack argues that after the 2026 midterms gave Democrats the Senate and a House majority, the party has a mandate to break with Israel and should strip funding for Israel's military from the 2027 budget and bring the Block the Bombs Act to a vote. Citing JD Vance's post-election statement, Abdul El-Sayed's seven-point Michigan primary win over AIPAC's record $30 million in spending, and the DNC's 2024 autopsy omitting Gaza, Bendaas says unyielding support for Israel is electoral poison.