🎉 The House just passed the bipartisan Iran War Powers Resolution! This particular kind of resolution can’t be vetoed by the president. Together we will keep building the pressure for Congress to do the will of the American people for peace. ⬇️
I had a good convo w/ @RepBeccaB last month about #WarPowers Resolution to stop ALL U.S. participation in Trump-Bibi war on Lebanon. Unfortunately she hasn't yet publicly pledged to stand up to U.S. participation in the genocidal war. Call ]Congress at 202-224-3121 #VTpoli ⬇️
This spring 12 U.S. senators -- led by my @SenPeterWelch -- wrote to @CENTCOM asking for answers about U.S. participation in war on Lebanon and mass forced displacement of civilians in Lebanon and Iran. AFAIK the admin has not responded. It's time for the House to up the ante.
I had a good convo w/ @RepBeccaB last month about #WarPowers Resolution to stop ALL U.S. participation in Trump-Bibi war on Lebanon. Unfortunately she hasn't yet publicly pledged to stand up to U.S. participation in the genocidal war. Call ]Congress at 202-224-3121 #VTpoli ⬇️
🥳 Proud of my husband, Derrick Miller-Handley, whose show is happening this weekend in Oakland, California at the national Queer Arts Festival.
Grounded in a personal journey through Blackness, queerness, and gender.
If you’re around, get a ticket! 🎟️
https://t.co/fFd8iDQBUo
We applaud the U.N. and the parties to the conflict in Yemen for negotiating this historic release of detainees. This is a testimony to the power of people to resolve conflicts in the absence of foreign military aggression. #YemenCantWait
When @Rep_Jackson and I were in Cuba, we saw firsthand the shocking effects of the US’s monthslong energy blockade.
This is a deliberate campaign to destroy the Cuban economy, and the Cuban people are suffering. It is time to end this blockade. https://t.co/Pc4dKgxKVg
“…whether CENTCOM signed off on U.S. military support for the targeting of people or infrastructure in the evacuation zones. It also asked whether the U.S. military has reviewed the legality of the practice.”
Thank you, @SenPeterWelch! #VTpoli
Article: The letter asked CENTCOM chief whether U.S. forces have coordinated military targets with Israeli forces during recent war w/ Iran, whether they provided assistance or intelligence helping Israel’s military to impose the evacuation zones in Lebanon and Iran, and… ⬇️
Action Corps thanks Senator Welch and his staff for their support and leadership in condemning the U.S. role in supporting Israel’s dispossession campaign against civilians in the south of Lebanon.
The U.S should not be complicit in, or enable, war crimes abroad!
A motion in support of the Vermont Defend the Guard Act (H.355), passed the Brattleboro, VT Town Meeting unanimously on Saturday. The bill would prohibit deployment of the Natl Guard to combat absent congressional authorization, per the U.S. Constitution. #DefendTheGuard#VTpoli
Action Corps denounces Trump’s genocidal language and intent against the Iranian people. Calling for the death of an entire civilization is beyond reprehensible. Congress must act now by enforcing its constitutional duty to preventing this illegal war on Iran to continue!
🆕 Leading Dem foreign policy voices seek to create political space for Trump to do negotiated offramp
@RoKhanna & @TimKaine — the top anti-war voices of House/Senate — go on @MeetThePress to urge Trump to make a deal to stop bombing first, then open Hormuz with diplomacy later
Action Corps National Director @iefrantz spoke with David Swanson on Talk World Radio to discuss why state governments passing the #DefendTheGuard act is vital in upholding the U.S. constitution as Congress actively abdicates its war making responsibilities.
We MUST have another vote on a War Powers Resolution to tell Trump NO WAR without Congressional authorization.
He is putting our troops and our entire country at risk.
https://t.co/UzTQ73lKVA
Last week, Action Corps hosted a discussion on the how the IMF Special Drawing Rights could address the rising health crisis developing worldwide as debt, aid cuts, and the war in the Middle East strains global health systems.
Link to our discussion will be posted below.
It’s a shame that one Vermont legislator, Rep. Matt Birong, has sat on this bill that would have prohibited deployment of the Vermont Guard for Venezuela and Middle East wars. #VTpoli#NoWarWithIran#DefendTheGuard
Vermont is now experiencing what @DefendTheGuard activists across the country have faced for years.
When the establishment doesn’t like a bill, they don’t debate it, they bury it. Chairman’s privilege. Desk drawer. No hearing. No vote.
All to avoid admitting the truth: Congress has surrendered its war powers.
Welcome to the fight @theactioncorps and the principled voters of Vermont.
This isn’t left vs. right. It’s about whether the People still have representation in Washington.
If not now, when? If not us, who?