Israeli settler terrorists just attacked a school, murdering a child.
Arming and providing settlers military backing is the official policy of Israel, whose ministers openly incite violence against Palestinians.
It’s ethnic cleansing and US taxpayers are arming it.
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Then they can pay for their weapons and fight their wars themselves.
Keep American taxpayers and servicemembers out of it.
I got to know the views of Maine’s second district pretty well when I worked for a Maine Senator.
You won’t find finer folks anywhere—or any who are less supportive of costly wars of choice. They want good jobs, affordable heat and healthcare.
Golden’s vote was not one reflecting their interests.
With a final tally of 213-214, the war powers resolution to disengage US forces from the war on Iran failed by a single vote.
Representative Jared Golden of Maine was the sole Democratic lawmaker to vote against the measure. Had he voted for it, it would have passed, handing Trump an historic loss.
Sending Israel more weapons and military aid remains prohibited under US law as it continues to restrict Gaza aid:
“Living conditions of Palestinians remain dire, while Israel continues to deliberately obstruct aid, which is translating into entirely preventable deaths”
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“The United States and all other countries need to cut off weapons to Israel immediately. Full arms embargo.”
– CIP VP of Government Affairs @dylanwilliams.bsky.social in @commondreams.org ⬇️
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Dylan Williams @dylanotes This meets the threshold for intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national group as set forth in 18 US Code § 1091 prohibiting the crime of genocide. It any Iranians are killed pursuant to this threat, President Trump will be guilty of genocide, as will those assisting him. Rapid Respo... @RapidRespo... • 4h Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!
Called my Senators and Representative, urging them to cut their recess short, show up in DC, and prepare articles of impeachment against Trump for violating "18 US Code § 1091 prohibiting the crime of genocide," as so clearly explained by my @cipolicy.bsky.social colleague @dylanwilliams.bsky.social
As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran escalates, Trump may deploy thousands of additional troops to the region for a ground assault inside Iran and has quadrupled his request for war funding from Congress.
@cipolicy.bsky.social is holding an emergency online public briefing TODAY at 3pm. Register below.
Trump’s $200 billion request amounts to over $1,225 from every working American to pay for an unnecessary and unauthorized war that he claims we already won.
Lawmakers who vote to fund the war won’t just be voting to continue it, they’ll be voting to support another forever war.
Not one more dime.
We are seeing the Iran war become a quagmire in real time.
Asking U.S. taxpayers to spend $50 billion on a war Trump claims we have already won was outrageous enough.
Quadrupling that within a week shows a total lack of understanding or control over what he has gotten us into.
Not one more dime.
“The new war in Iran is very unpopular… worst-ever-support-for-war-when-it-started unpopular.
With just 38% of Americans in favor, support for bombing Iran is lower than retrospective support for the war in Iraq was in 2014.”
— pollster @gelliottmorris.com
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The Kaine-Paul resolution to remove U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran will fail to advance on a vote of 47-53.
As the Senate vote begins on the Kaine-Paul resolution to remove US forces from hostilities against Iran, Democrats are at their desks, while the Republican side is empty.
The message is unmistakable. For Democrats this is a solemn moment. For Republicans it’s just another vote.
👋 Former State Department War Powers lawyer here.
This statement by Rubio is false.
As @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and I wrote in January:
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“Israeli strikes hit hospital in Tehran, witnesses tell Reuters”
Yesterday it was a school, today it is a hospital.
Yesterday children were buried under the rubble of their classrooms, today babies had to be moved from intensive care in their incubators.
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How awful and unnecessary.
“Iran reels as more than 100 children reportedly killed in school bombing”
The United States armed and funded Israel’s war crimes in Gaza.
Now such atrocities are being inflicted on Iran’s people, but this time the United States is a full participant.
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Iranian authorities and Red Crescent Society officials report that more than 100 people, most of them girls, were killed at a primary school during joint U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.
Let’s be clear: Slaughtering children in a school is an atrocity and a war crime.
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Running list of lawmakers opposed to the US and Israel's illegal war with Iran.
If your elected official isn't on this list, make note, and primary the F out of them.
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Here is a running list of statements by U.S. lawmakers opposed to Trump launching a major military assault on Iran:
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AIPAC is eagerly cheerleading the illegal US and Israeli war on Iran.
It has long sabotaged diplomacy with Iran and pushed to use the US Armed Forces against it.
It is a pro-war lobby that helps to put American forces and millions of civilians across the Mideast in harm’s way.
Trump explicitly calls his major military assault on Iran a war aimed at regime change.
Congress has not declared war on Iran or authorized the use of military force against it.
The launch of these illegal attacks is a crime of aggression—a grave violation of international law.
The Senate and House of Representatives will vote next week on measures to block the unauthorized use of U.S. Armed Forces against Iran.
Here is a growing list of statements by lawmakers opposed to Trump recklessly starting another costly and bloody war:
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
I shared my thoughts on top Democrats joining the effort to block a war on Iran with @theguardian.com:
“Once it became clear how much this mattered to the Democratic voting base, those leaders started to speak out more strongly on the substance of the issue”
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NEW: House Democratic Leadership announces that they will force a vote on the bipartisan resolution to block Trump from launching an unauthorized war on Iran.
This comes just after Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer made public his support for a corresponding Senate measure.
“Trump’s family and associates are poised to make billions at the expense of US taxpayers and Palestinian rights and lives,”
@dylanwilliams.bsky.social on Trump’s Gaza plan being a “vehicle for massive exploitation and corruption.” ➡️ @commondreams.org
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Imagine looking like partially-digested Arby’s and nearly getting your ass beat by a Congresswoman half your size.
Trump’s declaration of a naval blockade against Venezuela constitutes an act of war, breaking prior assurances that hostilities would require congressional approval and advancing a step toward conflict. ➡️ @dylanwilliams.bsky.social in @commondreams.org
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Americans do not want to go to war in Venezuela.
Congress votes this week on measures to block one.
Help prevent a war with 3 calls to 202-224-3121:
Call 1: Ask for your House Rep & urge them to vote for both H.Con.Res.61 & 64
Calls 2 & 3: Ask for your Senators & urge them to vote for S.J.Res.98