I am proud to be the first Democrat to take this pledge to reject money from AIPAC and affiliated groups, recognize the genocide in Gaza, and oppose aid to Israel and military sales that kill civilians.
Chris Matthews: “NATO is saying we’re not gonna back you. We didn’t start this stupid war, you did. I don’t trust Netanyahu in this thing one bit. I think he wants to keep this war on as long as he wants to stay out of jail and that’s a long time”
As leading antiwar voice @RoKhanna warned on @AC360, some Democrats are now attacking Trump for being weak on Iran
This attack is dangerous at such a sensitive time for negotiations — please prioritize a peace deal and end to the war @ChrisMurphyCT
Insane that a former president is tweeting about college sports while the current president is pledging genocide tonight at 8pm.
The inanity of top Dems in a single tweet:
I stand firm in my stance on AIPAC. It is a dark money organization that should have no place in our politics.
This is a group that is cheering on Trump and Netanyahu's war that’s driving up gas prices for Californians – a group that attacks progressive Democrats every chance it gets.
I’m not going to stop taking on powerful interests. Even if I lose endorsements. Even when groups launch $25 million in attack ads against me.
They can come after me all they want. I'm not going to back down.
Just yesterday the Netanyahu govt adopted a law to hang Palestinians who commit certain crimes in the West Bank but not Israeli settlers who commit the same crimes.
Why are we sending a blank check of billions of $ to a govt that pursues these & other blatantly racist policies?
https://t.co/CGZFyJNAGw
I don't think people understand the gravity of the situation as the UN is preparing for possible nuclear weapon use in Iran.
This is a picture of Tehran. For you uneducated, untraveled, never-served, warhawks licking your chops at the thought of bombing it. It's not some low population desert. There are families, children, family pets. Regular working class people with dreams. You're sick to want war.
Tehran is a city of nearly 10,000,000 people. Imagine nuking Washington, Berlin, Paris, London, or beyond, bombed with nuclear weapons.
I gave up my diplomatic career to leak this information. I suspended my duties so as not to be part of or a witness to this crime against humanity, in an attempt to prevent a nuclear winter before it is too late.
Yesterday, nearly ten million people protested “No Kings” in the United States. The possibility of the use of nuclear weapons must be taken very seriously. It's dangerous. Act now. Spread this message worldwide. Take the streets. Protest for our humanity and future. Only the people can stop it. History will remember us.
Graham Platner to Chuck Schumer: “You need to stop having a problem with the illegal wars we have been starting simply because of the paperwork that wasn’t done properly. You should be against them because they are fundamentally immoral, unethical, and illegal. We should have absolutely no discussion about funding them. Wars that are killing people for the benefit of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, those wars should not be waged, period”
We’re told there’s not enough money for health care, affordable housing or education.
But somehow there are billions for an illegal & unconstitutional war with Iran.
We need a government that works for all of us — not the military-industrial complex, not Israel, not super PACs.
Hasan responds to the Iranian diaspora celebrating their own country being bombed, as hundreds of Iranians are now dead from U.S. airstrikes
"I can't go back to Turkey.. because I am critical of the Erdogan regime... but no matter how much I hate Erdogan...You will never see me defend U.S. intervention in Turkey, it is fkn disgusting."
"How can you see, your countrymen/women die, directed by the American state and then think this is gonna lead to a positive result? Insanity"
Depressing part of growing older in a collapsing imperial gerontocracy (among many) is not only have I heard all these bullshit justifications for war before but I've literally heard them from the same people
Hey Ro maybe now is a good time to explain why Jeffries planned this vote for Monday, 12 days after Trump began openly planning an attack on Iran and 10 days after the War Powers was first proposed. The House took less time, 8 days, to pass a resolution honoring Charlie Kirk.