Tag: Congress

AIPAC’s Swarm-Netanyahu Insulted and Smeared the Pro-Palestine Protest Movement. Congress clapped

Netanyahu addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress — and spent a significant portion of his hourlong speech attacking the U.S. pro-Palestinian protest movement with insults and misinformation.

Netanyahu Insulted and Smeared the Pro-Palestine Protest Movement. Congress Clapped.

Biden and Congress Are Destroying International Law for Israel – ScheerPost

Colonialism failed indigenous Australians who have had a continuous genetic and lived connection to the land for 75 years. Their land rights were usurped and unrecognized from 1778- 1992. Australians recently had the opportunity to recognize and reverse the injustice done in the referendum on the Voice but voted “No”.

Zionists have been Colonizing and voting “No” at the point of a gun continuously for less than 100 years and have been doing it in the 21st Century with the support of America in denial of the majority of nations and peoples of the world

Whether it is through more subtle means, as Biden prefers, or the all-out and blatant assault on the rule of law preferred by Republicans, the end result will be the same. This is a moment of truth for the ICC and for international law in general. The world has already failed Gaza, as it has failed Palestine for a century. If there can at least be some justice after the fact, there might at least be something to build a better world on.

Source: Biden and Congress Are Destroying International Law for Israel – ScheerPost

Enforcing Silence on Genocide

Developments on university campuses and in Congress this week showed that the U.S. government’s top priority is not protecting students or civilian lives in Gaza, but to protect Israel’s ability to continue its unimpeded slaughter.

Source: Enforcing Silence on Genocide

GOP Rep Admits ‘We’re Not Going To Fix’ School Shootings | HuffPost Latest News

GOP REP. SHRUGS OFF SLAUGHTER: ‘WE’RE NOT GOING TO FIX IT’

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May be an image of 1 person and text that says 'IT IS MARCH AND THERE HAVE BEEN 129 MASS SHOOTINGS ALREADY THIS YEAR. 129! INCLUDING ONE THAT JUST KILLED THREE 9-YEAR-OLDS TODAY. JUST LET LET THAT SINK IN. THIS IS A CRISIS! -JEN JENPSAKI PSAKI OCCUPY DEMOCRATS'

He added that his philosophy was influenced by his father, who told him, “Buddy, if somebody wants to take you out and doesn’t mind losing their life, there’s not a whole heck of a lot you can do about it.”

Source: GOP Rep Admits ‘We’re Not Going To Fix’ School Shootings | HuffPost Latest News

Congress Has Been Captured by the Arms Industry – CounterPunch.org

On March 13th, the Pentagon rolled out its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2024. The results were — or at least should have been — stunning, even by the standards of a department that’s used to getting what it wants when it wants it.

Source: Congress Has Been Captured by the Arms Industry – CounterPunch.org

Faustian Bargain: On pretext of Israel, Republicans oust Ilhan Omar from Committee to please White Nationalist Base

Republicans Define Americans to be 10% of the Nation

House Republicans voted to remove Omar because she’s a dark-skinned Muslim, and a naturalized citizen who survived civil war and refugee camps in Somalia as a child. On the House Floor, she eloquently argued that House Republicans are now trying to dictate, “Who gets to be an American,” and whose ideas are sufficiently “American” to be protected and promoted.

Source: Faustian Bargain: On pretext of Israel, Republicans oust Ilhan Omar from Committee to please White Nationalist Base

Why gun control laws don’t pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings

Mass killings are becoming more frequent. Yet there has been no significant gun legislation passed in response to these and other mass shootings. Why?

Source: Why gun control laws don’t pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings

Crucial Voting Reform Just Passed the House. What’s Next?

A podium sits before the Capitol steps prior to a Democrat press conference about H.R. 1, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2021.

On Wednesday night, the House of Representatives passed a sweeping package of voting rights and campaign finance reform that, if enacted, would reshape the structure of American politics, expanding the franchise and diminishing the power of wealthy interests. The bill passed not long before midnight by a margin of 220-210, with every Republican voting no, joined by one Democrat, Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi.

Crucial Voting Reform Just Passed the House. What’s Next?

Congress Is Now Investigating Whether Trump Lied to Mueller – Mother Jones

He might control the Senate and SCOTUS but not the House (ODT)

Trump refused to agree to an in-person interview with Mueller’s team. The president’s attorneys said that was because Trump feared a perjury trap—in other words, that he would be unable to testify without lying. When Trump eventually agreed to answer some questions in writing, he still refused to answer queries about allegations that he had obstructed justice.

via Congress Is Now Investigating Whether Trump Lied to Mueller – Mother Jones

‘We have an obligation’: Ilhan Omar calls on lawmakers to visit Israel | US news | The Guardian

Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar hold a press conference in St Paul, Minnesota, on 19 August.

via ‘We have an obligation’: Ilhan Omar calls on lawmakers to visit Israel | US news | The Guardian

The US is Flooding the World with Guns: Congress Can Stop That

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via The US is Flooding the World with Guns: Congress Can Stop That

Pope addresses US Congress: Presidential candidates react to speech with cheers and tears – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

US presidential candidates react to Pope Francis’s historic address to the US Congress with cheers and tears.

Source: Pope addresses US Congress: Presidential candidates react to speech with cheers and tears – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)