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Let's review Tuesday.
A Republican, Thomas Massie, forced a vote on impeaching Pete Hegseth over a war with Iran that Congress never declared and never authorized. Republican leadership moved to bury it in committee. That motion passed 211 to 204.
Seven votes. Eleven Democrats didn't show up.
Where were they? Some were at a "new member reception" thrown by Elect Democratic Women, running 4:30 to 6:30. The vote opened at 5:30. Then, tragically, traffic.
Now follow the money. Elect Democratic Women's super PAC took $2.4 million from United Democracy Project, which is AIPAC's super PAC, plus another $140,000 from Democratic Majority for Israel. That's nearly a third of its haul.
We can't prove the money kept anyone in that reception. Nobody can. But we don't have to. The point is simpler: a foreign policy lobby is quietly bankrolling the social calendar of the people who are supposed to be checking an unauthorized war, and on the night it mattered, they were at the party.
War powers belong to Congress. Not to the Pentagon, not to the White House, and definitely not to whichever lobby writes the biggest check to the right PAC.
Show up. Vote. Stop taking the money.
#WarPowers #EndForeignLobbying #Libertarian
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Israeli Paratroopers cuffed a Palestinian man at the Gilboa crossing near Jenin and proceeded to defecate and smear it on him and try to make him eat it. They also urinated on him and put out cigarettes on him. All this, according to Israeli media and the military police. I truly do not know what to say anymore.
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ISRAEL IS GOING TO MURDER THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT PROSECUTOR.
INSANE: A spy chief is terrorizing an International Criminal Court prosecutor, threatening her safety, family and career, showing secret photos of her husband to coerce her into dropping a war-crimes probe.
Which intelligence agency does he lead?
Agency only @grok
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OMG they were at an AIPAC event instead of impeaching Hegseth?
This Hegseth vote opened at 5:30 pm. Some members have cited traffic produced by some incident near the Capitol as the reason they missed it, but @JulianAndreone was there at the time and saw nothing impeding traffic.
Interestingly, the PAC Elect Democratic Women (EDW) was having a “new member reception” from 4:30-6:30 pm.
If you followed the primaries closely, you know EDW’s offshoot, EDW Action Fund, served as one of the major pass-throughs for AIPAC money, so it’s a very important organization.
If you were at this reception and saw any truant members of Congress, signal is in bio for me and Julian.
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This Hegseth vote opened at 5:30 pm. Some members have cited traffic produced by some incident near the Capitol as the reason they missed it, but @JulianAndreone was there at the time and saw nothing impeding traffic.
Interestingly, the PAC Elect Democratic Women (EDW) was having a “new member reception” from 4:30-6:30 pm.
If you followed the primaries closely, you know EDW’s offshoot, EDW Action Fund, served as one of the major pass-throughs for AIPAC money, so it’s a very important organization.
If you were at this reception and saw any truant members of Congress, signal is in bio for me and Julian.
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Katherine Clark is the Democratic Whip in the House, and it is thus her responsibility to ensure members are there to vote.
Clark is also a founding member of EDW, which hosted an event tonight from 4:30pm to 6:30pm, overlapping with the 5:30pm vote on the Hegseth impeachment.
Of the 11 members who missed the Hegseth vote, 8 have received support from EDW or its AIPAC-tied super PAC EDW Action. Of those 8, two are sitting board members.
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Israeli Lobby Money Received by 11 Democrats Absent from Hegseth Impeachment Vote:
Julia Brownley: $192,080
Lou Correa: $79,982
Laura Gillen: $550,628
Steven Horsford: $214,188
Jonathan Jackson: $20,500
Nancy Pelosi: $187,544
Brittany Pettersen: $148,737
Melanie Stansbury: $56,661
Haley Stevens: $7,972,402
Marilyn Strickland: $375,383
Frederica Wilson: $44,385
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we showed up last tuesday to deliver democrats a historic win, and they can't even be bothered to show up for work a week later?
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Nothing to see, just Doctors Without Borders suspending services in the occupied West Bank due to Israeli restrictions, “that amount to the collective punishment and ethnic cleansing of
Palestinians.”
Why would anyone report it…
#Palestine: For 10 days, Palestinians in Hebron, #WestBank have faced military raids, forced evictions and severe movement restrictions, making it harder for people to reach care.
The lockdown also forced our teams to suspend care. doctorswithoutborders.ca/pal…
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NEW: Rep. Ro Khanna and Rep. Thomas Massie are leading the fight to strip Section 219 from the NDAA, a provision quietly design-built to integrate U.S. and Israeli military operations.
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•@grok•
What US politician said,
“Israel today, Israel tomorrow, Israel forever”
•Name First•
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Imagine Mr. Macron woke up one day, realized Mrs. Macron looks like ET & his first thought was to blame @RealCandaceO 🤣🤣💀
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Hey @Grok, concise no spin.
According to an ex-CIA agent, President Trump confessed 10,000 JFK files would never be released because “every single one of them points directly at” what?
Name only
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IMPEACHMENT, Article III
The law requires our military to withdraw from hostilities within 60 days if Congress does not authorize the activity.
Operation Epic Fury has been underway for 256 days. Congress has not authorized it.
Hegseth is breaking the law.
Not even debatable.
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Today the House will vote on the Hegseth Impeachment Resolution. The first vote will be on a procedural motion to kill the resolution such as motion to “refer to committee.” If we can overcome that effort, we will proceed to a real debate and vote on the Articles of Impeachment.
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New mRNA flu shot already has 48 reports in VAERS and has only been out 60 days. And why has @CDCgov stopped posting vaccine uptake on its website?
Hey FDA - just a heads up your newly approved mRNA flu vaccine #mFLUSIVA has 48 reports in VAERS and it’s only been out 60 days? @FDADrugs @FDA @RobertKennedyJr @HHSResponse @Walgreens @cvspharmacy @Surgeon_General