Jon Garfield 🌹

Retired professor, writer, activist - "Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has and never will." - Frederick Douglass

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

🚨BREAKING: For the first time, Congress just voted to circumvent Trump & unilaterally end the Iran War - and in the process, create conditions for an historic legal battle over war powers, if Senate Dems now force a vote.

What just happened in the House is a VERY big deal.

[Lisa Desjardins @LisaDNews]

BREAKING: House votes 215-208 to end President Trump's war in Iran.

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

Read the room guys. We don’t want to be Israel and we don’t want Israel to lead our military anymore. We are done with this dynamic.

[Rania Khalek @RaniaKhalek]

Let it be known far and wide that Democratic leaders @RepJeffries @RepGregoryMeeks @RepAdamSmith @JAHimes might vote against ending U.S. support for the Israeli war on Lebanon.

That would put them on record as supporting Israel’s intentional killings of dozens of journalists, well over 100 medical workers, over 200 children, entire families, over 3,400 people since March 2.

That would mean they’re okay with Israel blowing up entire Lebanese villages, destroying over 50,000 homes and displacing over a million people in a publicly stated plan to empty a fifth of Lebanon of its inhabitants.

If they vote against @RepRashida’s resolution, they are giving their stamp of approval to these horrific, unforgivable crimes against the Lebanese people. And we won’t forget it.

[Daniel Boguslaw @DRBoguslaw]

NEW: Buried within the Senate Intelligence Authorization Act is a provision to increase intelligence sharing with Israel and impede the president's ability to reduce cooperation in the future.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Israel has used American-supplied munitions to kill tens of thousands of innocent civilians.

America is morally obligated to end support of Israel’s devastation of Gaza and its people. I’m cosponsoring the Block the Bombs Act to limit the transfer of offensive weapons to Israel.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Netanyahu saying it was “my plan to shift the framework for U.S.-Israel defense cooperation from aid to partnership.”

We had Josh Paul on BP this morning to break down what this means. It would give Israel extraordinary leverage over the U.S. by embedding their technology in our supply chains and weapons systems.

[Dr. Abdul El-Sayed @AbdulElSayed]

Michigan's seniors worked, paid in, and played by the rules. They deserve Medicare that actually covers all their health needs, Social Security they can live on, and a home they can afford to stay in.

My Aging Affordably in America platform delivers all 3 — and pays for it by making the wealthy pay their fair share. Take a look.

[Jenni @hashjenni]

You know what Mamdani taxed the rich and then suddenly libraries started to work, potholes got fixed, childcare exists, and workers get paid more.
That's why billionaires are losing it and want him gone!!!

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

JUST IN: Benjamin Netanyahu just thanked Congress for Section 224 of the NDAA.

That should probably get your attention.

Foreign leaders don’t usually thank Congress for provisions they don’t consider important.

Section 224 creates a “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative” focused on joint weapons development, data sharing, and deeper military coordination. (Al Jazeera)

Go read Section 224.

[A New Policy @anewpolicyorg]

As A New Policy's Josh Paul tells the @washingtonpost, Netanyahu's plan is for Israel to "maintain the military-to-military relationship... in a way that is sheltered from... American public sentiment..." https://t.co/m8s4OVg0Iw

[A New Policy @anewpolicyorg]

Left: House Armed Services Committee Chair @RepMikeRogersAL says that NDAA Section 224 doesn't change anything and is in America's national interest.

Right: A Resolution being introduced by @RepStutzman today says in its opening line this is "Benjamin Netanyahu's initiative."

[A New Policy @anewpolicyorg]

‼️BREAKING: Prime Minister Netanyahu to U.S. Member of Congress: Thank you for endorsing "MY PLAN" for US defense cooperation...

[Piers Morgan Uncensored @PiersUncensored]

'If you knew, as I know what had been done to the people of Gaza... in the face of that you can't be surprised by Oct 7!'

Watch more of Norman Finkelstein on the latest Uncensored👇

📺 https://t.co/NqxtEVV7Ps

@piersmorgan | @NormFinkelstein

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Congratulations to Dr. Adam Hamawy on his landslide victory tonight in the New Jersey 12th district Democratic primary.

Dr. Hamawy will be a strong progressive voice in the House and, as a physician, he understands our healthcare system is broken and we need Medicare for All.

[Novara Media @novaramedia]

Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) activists who were detained, tortured and deported by Israel after trying to deliver aid to Gaza have submitted an official communication to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Organisers have accused Israeli military commanders and top politicians of war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture and conduct relevant to genocide.

Activists among the 428 people abducted on 20 May say they were beaten, tasered and sexually assaulted whilst in Israeli detention.

“The submission presented to the ICC focuses heavily on the severe and widespread abuses committed against civilians, including journalists, medics and human rights defenders, as part of a coordinated campaign of violence documented during the spring 2026 missions,” the organisers said.

“This is not only about what was done to GSF participants,” they added in a post on Instagram. “It is about the thousands of Palestinians who have faced and continue to face the same system of abuse, impunity and violence.”

Since returning to their countries of origin, multiple activists have shared testimonies about their experiences in Israel.

"You entered through one door and a group of six or seven people would beat you mercilessly until you emerged from the other side," said Italian journalist and flotilla participant Alessandro Mantovani. "And they’d say 'Welcome to Israel.'”

Juliet Lamont, an Australian activist, said: “We were tortured. I was put down, cable-tied, they put so much water under me for an hour that I thought I was going to drown. I was sexually assaulted in this kind of torture chamber.”

“People were raped, people were tortured, people were assaulted in the worst ways possible,” said GSF organiser Thiago Ávila. “And the worst thing is to know that they do much worse with Palestinians.”

Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, released footage of the detainees being forced onto their knees and humiliated.

At least 900 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since a so-called ceasefire was declared in October.

[Medea Benjamin @medeabenjamin]

“The sanctions are murdering people in Cuba.”
That was the message CODEPINK activist Tighe Barry brought directly to Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
While millions of Cubans endure blackouts, shortages of fuel and medicine, and the daily consequences of a decades-long economic siege, U.S. officials continue defending policies that make life harder for ordinary people.
Marco Rubio has never had to live through a blackout that lasts days. He has never had to wonder whether a hospital will have the supplies it needs. Cubans do.
Let Cuba live.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

In Q1 2026, California received 85% of all venture capital. This is AFTER the proposed 5% tax on billionaires to pay for healthcare. Can anyone with a straight face claim capital flight? Even the billionaire class believes in data? https://t.co/XdcSvYtSE9

[Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis]

Now that Gaza lies in ruins—shattered, like a beloved face after a long brutality—Israel moves with a terrible confidence to the next act: The act of leaving every soul there not merely wounded, but permanently disabled. Injured, sick, hungry, homeless, without work, without hope. This is not war’s collateral damage. This is design.

As my friend Gideon Levy writes—and he knows, he knows—this is the prelude to expulsion. Think of it: a society without teachers, without doctors, without social workers, without engineers, without clerks. That is not a society. That is a holding pen. A slow erasure. And when nothing functions—no school, no hospital, no office, no heart—then it becomes ‘easy,’ they tell themselves, to scatter the people to the four corners of the earth. Like seeds from a broken pod, except no soil will take them.

We must name this. Not with rage alone, though rage is honest. But with the cold, clear tears of recognition: they are making life impossible so that departure becomes the only ‘choice.’ And the world watches, adjusts its spectacles, and calls for restraint. Restraint! There is no restraint in a slow drowning.