JJ Briscoe

(he/him) Pro-Democracy. Hungry for a new kind of politics that brings us together. Views are my own.

[Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @RepAOC]

Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF.

This amendment is an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy.

Every member of Congress must vote NO.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Socialist politics is a class politics.

A clear conception of class is essential for our political strategy. https://t.co/bPPueppstN

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

"Hope is a responsibility. If you share that with others, it’s also a duty to deliver on it."

Read our interview with @ZohranKMamdani: https://t.co/M9TGLD8MXw

[Pitchfork @pitchfork]

After years of searching, Ariana Grande found her true voice on Sweetener, an exemplary pop album radiating with low-key joy and newfound love

https://t.co/VOfeoWO28m

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Exactly. This. Perfectly put by @AOC

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Rachel Zegler shares a sweet message for Ariana Grande after attending her Eternal Sunshine tour:

“this woman has shown up for me in times where i didn't think anyone would even want to... it’s the best to see you shine. ily my sister”

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

A reminder that’s it’s the Democratic Party that is shifting on Israel, under pressure from its base, and not the GOP, despite what some podcasters online might want you to believe.

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Zohran Mamdani is testing new sidewalk shed designs to replace the typical construction ones in the streets of New York City.

Rules are being developed to legalize them and multiple new designs will begin to be used next year.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

🚨BREAKING: Kansas court BLOCKS law that disqualifies mail ballots that arrive after election day. Court restores three-day grace period for mail ballot return.

A huge victory for Elias Law Group, our clients and the voters of Kansas! https://t.co/6ALL3l4sUX

[Congressman Greg Casar @RepCasar]

I just voted to end US funding for Israel’s weapons of war.

More Democrats than ever before voted to block funding. That is a victory for the millions of Americans who have demanded an end to our taxpayer dollars going to fund genocide.

Tomorrow we get back to work. We will win.

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

Absolutely insane that this isn’t already illegal.

[Ro Khanna @RoKhanna]

Today over 100 Democrats voted for the Massie Amendment to zero aid to Israel. My brother @RepBowman & @CoriBush lost their seats for this stand 2 years ago. As a colleague told me, Black martyrdom is normalized in America. Today I want to recognize their courage.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

AIPAC is now spending 8x as much as Abdul El-Sayed's entire campaign on the MI Senate primary.

This race is not between Abdul and Haley Stevens. It is Abdul vs. AIPAC.

A billionaire-funded Super PAC shouldn't determine American elections or foreign policy. Let's support Abdul.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

We cannot allow billionaire super PACs to destroy American democracy.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE CLEAR: NO MORE U.S. AID TO ISRAEL

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on an amendment introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie to cut the $3.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid to Israel. I strongly support this amendment.

Israel, like any other country, had the right to defend itself against the horrific terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, which killed 1,200 innocent people. But it did not have the right to go to war against the entire Palestinian population. It did not have the right to kill more than 73,000 Palestinians and wound over 173,000 more — the vast majority of them women, children and the elderly. It did not have the right to destroy virtually the entire infrastructure of Gaza — the schools, the health facilities, the water systems, wastewater plants, the electric grid that a civilian population depends on to survive. It did not have the right to destroy or damage 92% of all housing units in Gaza. In other words, Israel did not have the right to commit genocide. And it did not have the right to escalate its violence and annexation of the West Bank while the world's attention was focused elsewhere.

Tragically, almost five months ago, Israel, with strong support from the Trump administration, launched a reckless and illegal war against Iran — a war that has killed thousands of people and left an already unstable region of the world even more unstable. That war expanded into Lebanon, where Israeli strikes have now killed more than 4,000 people and displaced some 20% of the entire Lebanese population. That is not "defending Israel". These are regional wars of expansion and terror, waged without a clear strategy, and without an end in sight.

The American people are catching on. Polls show that nearly three-quarters of Democratic voters now oppose sending military aid to Israel, as do more than one-third of Republican voters. Just 16% of all Americans support giving Israel unconditional aid.

And I am proud that this past April, 40 out of 47 Senate Democrats — a record number — supported my bill to block arms sales to the far-right, extremist Netanyahu government.

We have enormous unmet needs in our own country. Today, while 60% of our people are living paycheck to paycheck, tens of millions of Americans cannot afford housing, healthcare, childcare and other basic needs. Congress must focus on the needs of their constituents, not an Israeli government that is undermining American values. I urge my colleagues in the House to vote yes on the Massie amendment.

[Rep. Pramila Jayapal @RepJayapal]

This morning, I was notified of another death in ICE custody. This is the 53th death on ICE’s watch during Trump’s second term.

We must continue to fight for accountability for everyone who has lost a loved one. And it’s time to end the use of all for-profit detention centers.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Ronaldo Salgado said he learned an ICE agent had shot his father, Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, through a video posted online that depicted him "screaming for someone to help him." His youngest brother, Lorenzo Jr. Salgado, said he learned their father had died while on an airplane on his way to Houston to try to see him. But he told CBS News' @camiloreports he was not able to say goodbye.

ICE has claimed Salgado Araujo “weaponized” his van during a traffic stop in Houston on July 7, an allegation disputed by his family.

[Rep. Mark Pocan @RepMarkPocan]

It's 2026. The federal tipped minimum wage is still $2.13/hour, unchanged since 1991. That’s the same year the Soviet Union collapsed and Nirvana released Smells Like Teen Spirit.

I spoke with @SaruJayaraman of @OneFairWage about what we can do to fix this.

https://t.co/krApKjhdOL