The endorsement of the Block the Bombs Act by one of the largest caucuses in Congress gives a significant boost to efforts to hold Israel accountable for its genocidal war in Gaza.
Keep this in mind, vote-blue-no-matter-who liberals: Anyone who votes against this is dead on arrival in 2026 and 2028. Do not bother trying to guilt anyone into voting for a pro-genocide candidate. It won’t work, don’t waste their time or your own. If you wanna keep Republicans out of office so bad, throw your weight behind primary challengers to these ghouls. That is the only option you have.
Thank you! I began writing to Democratic members of the Senate who voted against Senator Sanders’ last two bills to ban funding for offensive weapons, including Cory Booker, who is purportedly exploring a second presidential run. I told him that if he wanted a Democrat to win, he should abandon any plans to run himself. No more Kamala’s, Pete Buttigieg’s or Tim Walz’, either, none of whom have changed their positions of unconditional support for Israel. Enough of the corporate Democrats. A new day is dawning. I haven’t sent money to any Democrat for a very long time, but I may have to make an exception for Congresswoman Ramirez.
No, sir. It is not my only choice. I am a survivor who was impregnated. I am also a friend of MANY people of Hispanic and Muslim origin who currently live in this crisis of the United States.
Let that sink in a minute and reread your comment.
I will vote for the Viable candidate who can keep Republicans aka Fists from expanding their control.
Fortunately, I live in California, which, for a while, meant that I could vote for the politicians I actually agreed with the most, like Sanders, or Warren, or ...
In the last election I saw Project 2025 and decided to vote uncommitted, because I knew Harris had CA, BUT I felt that I was kind of throwing my vote away in terms of stopping a F coup, and making things Even Worse for Palestinians and every other person of color who wasn't a Prince or a F Dictator already....
So I used "Swap my vote" I think it's called, and "traded" with a young woman in Pennsylvania who saw things the same way. She voted for Harris, knowing that I would vote "uncommitted" in her place.
Unfortunately, there were a few too many people like you who decided your "moral injury" was more important than doing the Intelligent Tactical Political thing, which made it MUCH easier for Musk to steal just enough votes in just enough districts to save Trump's freedom in exchange for ALL OF OUR DATA so he and his sick South African Mafia Billionaire Gang (which have Always profited, along with Israel, from slave labor in the mines.)
So NO, SIR. I will NOT let my emotions Or my PTSD - which have been Triggered by the Predator in Chief for 10 years now - override my primary goal of Saving Life On Earth, for the False Pride of pretending to save Palestinians while Actually enabling the Death of their Dream of statehood.
And I will try to talk to guys like you, who need to learn Chess.
The “intelligent practical political thing” is what we’ve been doing for the last several decades. It’s what got us Trump. At this point, it is undeniable that it doesn’t work. Capitulating to people who have proven they don’t care about you and won’t protect you or represent your values is what got us here in the first place.
The people you’re trying to guilt me into voting for are listening to hacks like Ezra Klein who are loudly recommending they run anti-abortion candidates. They had the chance to codify Roe before, and they chose not to - because if they did, they couldn’t threaten you with it to secure your vote anymore. They are playing you. They’re holding your rights hostage while never even promising to protect them - just that they won’t sell them out quite as much as the other guys. They will abandon you at the first opportunity, because they know you’ll vote for them anyway. Just ask the trans community, who have been watching Democrats roll over to the fascists on their rights for years. Just ask the Arab-Americans, who watched Biden constantly demonize them to justify an ethnic cleansing he was enabling. Just ask the immigrants, who were betrayed by Biden implementing what was at the time the most conservative and draconian border policy of all time. Do you really think they care about protecting your reproductive rights after they obliterated all of the healthcare infrastructure in Gaza? If they aren’t even willing to stand up against genocide, why on Earth would you believe them when they say they’ll stand up against anything else? You’re not playing chess, you’re playing poker - and all you’re doing is folding.
Y’all keep acting like the people who refused to vote Harris were being ridiculous, like this was some absurd moralistic high-horse movement. They made the most reasonable political demand of all time, and were willing to compromise on literally everything else they believe in, and the Democrats said “no.” They said “no” even when it was made clear they’d lose if they did - and Harris even admits that’s why she lost in her book. You should be furious at the Democrats, not the voters. Why’d they throw the most winnable election of all time, and put you in danger, by refusing to have an electable platform, especially when it was so easy and so obviously right? Why did they make the conscious choice to prioritize blowing up infants for Israel over protecting you from Trump? Telling people they should have voted for the Dems anyway isn’t intelligent or practical, it’s short-sighted and undemocratic. They’ll just keep doing this forever unless they feel consequences for it. The solution is not to badger voters into settling for genocidal lunatics - like I said, it’s not gonna work anymore anyway. That era of American politics is permanently dead. The solution is to demand Democrats be better than comparatively more polite fascists. Until you do that, they’ll keep losing. The only other things you can do are try for a third party or abandon electoral politics altogether and look elsewhere.
Just so you’re aware, I’m saying all of this as someone who *voted for Harris*. And I live in a swing state, so it mattered. I voted for her because I knew the whole process had been rendered completely hopeless by people like you, that Democrats wouldn’t change their policy about Gaza and wouldn’t learn their lesson if they lost because they knew you would keep enabling them anyway. And that’s exactly what’s happened. Even as they continue to prove they believe in nothing, will never meaningfully fight, and will let you suffer if it suits them, you’re still directing your rage at your fellow people rather than the ghouls who are actually responsible. At this point, I’m convinced that there’s nothing the Democrats could do that would make people like you stand up to them, so long as they were still slightly better than the Republicans. Please prove me wrong.
And just to set the record straight: there’s absolutely no reason to believe Harris would be doing anything different from what Trump is doing in Gaza. None. Zero. She might have done it slower, and her rhetoric might have sounded nicer, but practically speaking, the same things would be happening. Everything Trump is doing now is only possible because of the foundation built by her and Biden. Any belief you have that she’d have been meaningfully better than him is purely wishful thinking.
Thank you. I couldn’t bring myself to vote for Harris because of her support for genocide. I don’t live in a swing state, but even if I did, I would not have been able to cross that bridge. It’s something I found out about myself. I ended up voting “uncommitted,” although there was no visible uncommitted movement where I live. I refuse to blame or doubt myself, or be guilt-tripped or gas-lighted by those for whom genocide is not a bridge too far. I put it where it rightfully belongs — on them. The people who will “vote blue no matter who.” The ones who will choose in the primaries the war mongers like Biden (e.g., Iraq) over Sanders. Because, you know, their own interests, regardless of how compelling or not compelling, will always trump even the right of a whole people to exist. They own the Democrats’ loss. I wash my hands.
Not enough yet, and a long time coming, but at least a sizable number of congress members are finally showing courage and decency by supporting this bill.
In a civilized world, where basic human rights laws were followed, all weapons to the apartheid, racist "state" of Israel should be halted, Israel should endure maximum sanctions: political, economic, cultural. A no-fly zone should be immediately enforced over Gaza and the West Bank, and aid should flood Palestine, whether Israel likes it or not.
Please explain specifically what the endorsement of the CPC will mean. There are 49 current co-sponsors but there are 100 members of the CPC; Will the names of the other CPC members now be added to the co-sponsors list? Or will this just be a separate endorsement without legislative meaning?
I gave this a heart which communicates the bill and the reporting. There is nothing that, this long after it began, can resurrect people and places. The reported numbers have to be far lower than reality. The destruction of everything in addition to lives is so distressing. The West Bank. And Lebanon. Now Qatar. In hopes it’s passed will it be signed?
A must see Comedy Central episode(https://bit.ly/4gw2Toh) not only for the comic parody but also the excellent Maria Ressa interview Ressa is a Filipino Nobel laureate journalist who experienced the Duterte dictatorship and has first hand experience of what it feels and looks like as countries slide into authoritarianism
So there is a Nazi attack on free speech If the Nazis don’t like what you say then it’s not free speech Complete HYPOCRISY Networks should lose their FCC licenses Judges with differing opinions should be impeached Banning news organizations who don’t go along with the Nazi talking points Going after law firms that don’t favor the regime’s propaganda line Students with green cards who protest with differing opinions should be thrown out of the country because “they are agitators who don’t love our country” Universities should lose federal grant money if they dare speak out against the Nazi regime Take over the Kennedy Center for Continuing Arts to even control the art’s free speech and have only shows that are deemed “appropriate”
This can only end at the 2026 voting booth Protest Donate Protest and then Protest some more
It’s time we expect the elected officials to actually work for others rather than for reelection or sound bites. We don’t need presidential “yes men” nor people who constantly oppose, we just need people actually willing to solve long term problems.
Just want to point out that this is ALL Democrats for the few that insist on saying that "both parties are the same" - one of the most powerful pieces of propaganda the Oligarchs push in the silos of the left.
Of course, as a woman, and a survivor who was impregnated, I want to scream every time I see it...
I do concede that All politicians deserve Scrutiny and Constructive criticism.
Speaking of which, the Congressional Progressive Caucus is a demonstration of how much influence Bernie has had since he ran for President. Sadly, while there are almost a hundred House members, Bernie is currently the Only Senator.
Good time to Thank your own reps or Suggest joining, (or at signing the res) (202) 224-3121.
There is precedent in the UN to bypass the Security Council and authorize an armed force, it's been done before. Nothing else will stop Israel at this point.
Former senior UN human rights chief Craig Mokhiber and the organization People Against Genocide Everywhere have laid out a 3-phase plan that describes how this could work:
Because the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has determined that Israel does not hold sovereignty in Gaza or any other part of the occupied territories. It has no right to be there and has no authority or decision-making power over what happens there. That is now clearly established as a matter of international law.
The plan utilizes the Uniting for Peace Resolution, which was first adopted in 1950 as a way for the UN General assembly to circumvent The Security Council, where the veto of one member (in this case, of course, the US) can stymie UN action. This resolution was successfully implemented in the Suez Crisis of 1956.
The first critical step is for one UN member state – in any region – to formally request an Emergency Special Session (ESS) of the UN General Assembly. This request activates a 24-hour countdown for the General Assembly to convene and address the crisis.
Once the ESS is underway, the focus must shift to ensuring swift adoption of a comprehensive General Assembly Uniting for Peace Resolution. This resolution must authorize the deployment of a UN mandated multinational armed protective force to Gaza, to safeguard Palestinian civilians, support the UN’s unrestricted entry and distribution of humanitarian aid, preserve evidence of potential war crimes and violations of human rights, and facilitate reconstruction of Gaza.
This stage should also include accountability for Israel, including a full embargo of al arms shipments to Israel, and stripping Israel of its UN credentials.
The final phase is the commitment of the member states to enforcing the resolution: After the resolution passes, which requires a two-thirds majority, the real test begins: every nation that votes ‘yes’ must publicly state what resources they will contribute—troops, planes, ships, humanitarian aid.
Just admit it, you are a Zio. Explains why you keep saying outright lies and really just projecting. It's what Zionists do, after all. "If it looks like a duck.."
YOU KEEP MAKING FALSE ACCUSATIONS OF ZETEO THAT MAKE YOU SOUND LIKE A ZIO. THEN WHEN THAT'S POINTED OUT, YOU CLAIM YOU ARE NOT AND YOU ARE ONLY POINTING OUT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PERSECUTION. You are so disingenuous, it's hard to believe anything you say. What you do is very Zio.
You really are all over the place and there is no reasoning with you. So now Zeteo is honest? Your commentary is contradictory and nonsensical. You went from "As long as Zeteo is hypocritical by just blaming Jews" to "I respect their honesty." Keep arguing. With yourself.
Keep this in mind, vote-blue-no-matter-who liberals: Anyone who votes against this is dead on arrival in 2026 and 2028. Do not bother trying to guilt anyone into voting for a pro-genocide candidate. It won’t work, don’t waste their time or your own. If you wanna keep Republicans out of office so bad, throw your weight behind primary challengers to these ghouls. That is the only option you have.
Thank you! I began writing to Democratic members of the Senate who voted against Senator Sanders’ last two bills to ban funding for offensive weapons, including Cory Booker, who is purportedly exploring a second presidential run. I told him that if he wanted a Democrat to win, he should abandon any plans to run himself. No more Kamala’s, Pete Buttigieg’s or Tim Walz’, either, none of whom have changed their positions of unconditional support for Israel. Enough of the corporate Democrats. A new day is dawning. I haven’t sent money to any Democrat for a very long time, but I may have to make an exception for Congresswoman Ramirez.
No, sir. It is not my only choice. I am a survivor who was impregnated. I am also a friend of MANY people of Hispanic and Muslim origin who currently live in this crisis of the United States.
Let that sink in a minute and reread your comment.
I will vote for the Viable candidate who can keep Republicans aka Fists from expanding their control.
Fortunately, I live in California, which, for a while, meant that I could vote for the politicians I actually agreed with the most, like Sanders, or Warren, or ...
In the last election I saw Project 2025 and decided to vote uncommitted, because I knew Harris had CA, BUT I felt that I was kind of throwing my vote away in terms of stopping a F coup, and making things Even Worse for Palestinians and every other person of color who wasn't a Prince or a F Dictator already....
So I used "Swap my vote" I think it's called, and "traded" with a young woman in Pennsylvania who saw things the same way. She voted for Harris, knowing that I would vote "uncommitted" in her place.
Unfortunately, there were a few too many people like you who decided your "moral injury" was more important than doing the Intelligent Tactical Political thing, which made it MUCH easier for Musk to steal just enough votes in just enough districts to save Trump's freedom in exchange for ALL OF OUR DATA so he and his sick South African Mafia Billionaire Gang (which have Always profited, along with Israel, from slave labor in the mines.)
So NO, SIR. I will NOT let my emotions Or my PTSD - which have been Triggered by the Predator in Chief for 10 years now - override my primary goal of Saving Life On Earth, for the False Pride of pretending to save Palestinians while Actually enabling the Death of their Dream of statehood.
And I will try to talk to guys like you, who need to learn Chess.
The “intelligent practical political thing” is what we’ve been doing for the last several decades. It’s what got us Trump. At this point, it is undeniable that it doesn’t work. Capitulating to people who have proven they don’t care about you and won’t protect you or represent your values is what got us here in the first place.
The people you’re trying to guilt me into voting for are listening to hacks like Ezra Klein who are loudly recommending they run anti-abortion candidates. They had the chance to codify Roe before, and they chose not to - because if they did, they couldn’t threaten you with it to secure your vote anymore. They are playing you. They’re holding your rights hostage while never even promising to protect them - just that they won’t sell them out quite as much as the other guys. They will abandon you at the first opportunity, because they know you’ll vote for them anyway. Just ask the trans community, who have been watching Democrats roll over to the fascists on their rights for years. Just ask the Arab-Americans, who watched Biden constantly demonize them to justify an ethnic cleansing he was enabling. Just ask the immigrants, who were betrayed by Biden implementing what was at the time the most conservative and draconian border policy of all time. Do you really think they care about protecting your reproductive rights after they obliterated all of the healthcare infrastructure in Gaza? If they aren’t even willing to stand up against genocide, why on Earth would you believe them when they say they’ll stand up against anything else? You’re not playing chess, you’re playing poker - and all you’re doing is folding.
Y’all keep acting like the people who refused to vote Harris were being ridiculous, like this was some absurd moralistic high-horse movement. They made the most reasonable political demand of all time, and were willing to compromise on literally everything else they believe in, and the Democrats said “no.” They said “no” even when it was made clear they’d lose if they did - and Harris even admits that’s why she lost in her book. You should be furious at the Democrats, not the voters. Why’d they throw the most winnable election of all time, and put you in danger, by refusing to have an electable platform, especially when it was so easy and so obviously right? Why did they make the conscious choice to prioritize blowing up infants for Israel over protecting you from Trump? Telling people they should have voted for the Dems anyway isn’t intelligent or practical, it’s short-sighted and undemocratic. They’ll just keep doing this forever unless they feel consequences for it. The solution is not to badger voters into settling for genocidal lunatics - like I said, it’s not gonna work anymore anyway. That era of American politics is permanently dead. The solution is to demand Democrats be better than comparatively more polite fascists. Until you do that, they’ll keep losing. The only other things you can do are try for a third party or abandon electoral politics altogether and look elsewhere.
Just so you’re aware, I’m saying all of this as someone who *voted for Harris*. And I live in a swing state, so it mattered. I voted for her because I knew the whole process had been rendered completely hopeless by people like you, that Democrats wouldn’t change their policy about Gaza and wouldn’t learn their lesson if they lost because they knew you would keep enabling them anyway. And that’s exactly what’s happened. Even as they continue to prove they believe in nothing, will never meaningfully fight, and will let you suffer if it suits them, you’re still directing your rage at your fellow people rather than the ghouls who are actually responsible. At this point, I’m convinced that there’s nothing the Democrats could do that would make people like you stand up to them, so long as they were still slightly better than the Republicans. Please prove me wrong.
And just to set the record straight: there’s absolutely no reason to believe Harris would be doing anything different from what Trump is doing in Gaza. None. Zero. She might have done it slower, and her rhetoric might have sounded nicer, but practically speaking, the same things would be happening. Everything Trump is doing now is only possible because of the foundation built by her and Biden. Any belief you have that she’d have been meaningfully better than him is purely wishful thinking.
Thank you. I couldn’t bring myself to vote for Harris because of her support for genocide. I don’t live in a swing state, but even if I did, I would not have been able to cross that bridge. It’s something I found out about myself. I ended up voting “uncommitted,” although there was no visible uncommitted movement where I live. I refuse to blame or doubt myself, or be guilt-tripped or gas-lighted by those for whom genocide is not a bridge too far. I put it where it rightfully belongs — on them. The people who will “vote blue no matter who.” The ones who will choose in the primaries the war mongers like Biden (e.g., Iraq) over Sanders. Because, you know, their own interests, regardless of how compelling or not compelling, will always trump even the right of a whole people to exist. They own the Democrats’ loss. I wash my hands.
Not enough yet, and a long time coming, but at least a sizable number of congress members are finally showing courage and decency by supporting this bill.
i applaud this tiny step in the right direction.
Too bad it's so little, so late.
In a civilized world, where basic human rights laws were followed, all weapons to the apartheid, racist "state" of Israel should be halted, Israel should endure maximum sanctions: political, economic, cultural. A no-fly zone should be immediately enforced over Gaza and the West Bank, and aid should flood Palestine, whether Israel likes it or not.
Can't wait for the cowards and shills in Congress to vote no on on this bill. Keep the receipts!
Now we need to get the Black Caucus on board with this too.
Amen
Please explain specifically what the endorsement of the CPC will mean. There are 49 current co-sponsors but there are 100 members of the CPC; Will the names of the other CPC members now be added to the co-sponsors list? Or will this just be a separate endorsement without legislative meaning?
I wonder the same.
I gave this a heart which communicates the bill and the reporting. There is nothing that, this long after it began, can resurrect people and places. The reported numbers have to be far lower than reality. The destruction of everything in addition to lives is so distressing. The West Bank. And Lebanon. Now Qatar. In hopes it’s passed will it be signed?
Jon Stewart’s Parody On Cheeto Is A Must See
A must see Comedy Central episode(https://bit.ly/4gw2Toh) not only for the comic parody but also the excellent Maria Ressa interview Ressa is a Filipino Nobel laureate journalist who experienced the Duterte dictatorship and has first hand experience of what it feels and looks like as countries slide into authoritarianism
So there is a Nazi attack on free speech If the Nazis don’t like what you say then it’s not free speech Complete HYPOCRISY Networks should lose their FCC licenses Judges with differing opinions should be impeached Banning news organizations who don’t go along with the Nazi talking points Going after law firms that don’t favor the regime’s propaganda line Students with green cards who protest with differing opinions should be thrown out of the country because “they are agitators who don’t love our country” Universities should lose federal grant money if they dare speak out against the Nazi regime Take over the Kennedy Center for Continuing Arts to even control the art’s free speech and have only shows that are deemed “appropriate”
This can only end at the 2026 voting booth Protest Donate Protest and then Protest some more
This is the most wonderful news to date. Considering their situation, their courage in the face of fear is remarkable.
Thank you for your update.
It’s time we expect the elected officials to actually work for others rather than for reelection or sound bites. We don’t need presidential “yes men” nor people who constantly oppose, we just need people actually willing to solve long term problems.
The USA is no more; it's the Zio-Nazistan.
It’s taken so painfully long for these people to get it into their heads
They have the intellectual capability of a mushroom
lauriemillerjade.com
It's a victory. I'll take it.
Just want to point out that this is ALL Democrats for the few that insist on saying that "both parties are the same" - one of the most powerful pieces of propaganda the Oligarchs push in the silos of the left.
Of course, as a woman, and a survivor who was impregnated, I want to scream every time I see it...
I do concede that All politicians deserve Scrutiny and Constructive criticism.
Speaking of which, the Congressional Progressive Caucus is a demonstration of how much influence Bernie has had since he ran for President. Sadly, while there are almost a hundred House members, Bernie is currently the Only Senator.
Good time to Thank your own reps or Suggest joining, (or at signing the res) (202) 224-3121.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Congressional_Progressive_Caucus
This is good..could be better....
There is precedent in the UN to bypass the Security Council and authorize an armed force, it's been done before. Nothing else will stop Israel at this point.
Former senior UN human rights chief Craig Mokhiber and the organization People Against Genocide Everywhere have laid out a 3-phase plan that describes how this could work:
Because the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has determined that Israel does not hold sovereignty in Gaza or any other part of the occupied territories. It has no right to be there and has no authority or decision-making power over what happens there. That is now clearly established as a matter of international law.
The plan utilizes the Uniting for Peace Resolution, which was first adopted in 1950 as a way for the UN General assembly to circumvent The Security Council, where the veto of one member (in this case, of course, the US) can stymie UN action. This resolution was successfully implemented in the Suez Crisis of 1956.
The first critical step is for one UN member state – in any region – to formally request an Emergency Special Session (ESS) of the UN General Assembly. This request activates a 24-hour countdown for the General Assembly to convene and address the crisis.
Once the ESS is underway, the focus must shift to ensuring swift adoption of a comprehensive General Assembly Uniting for Peace Resolution. This resolution must authorize the deployment of a UN mandated multinational armed protective force to Gaza, to safeguard Palestinian civilians, support the UN’s unrestricted entry and distribution of humanitarian aid, preserve evidence of potential war crimes and violations of human rights, and facilitate reconstruction of Gaza.
This stage should also include accountability for Israel, including a full embargo of al arms shipments to Israel, and stripping Israel of its UN credentials.
The final phase is the commitment of the member states to enforcing the resolution: After the resolution passes, which requires a two-thirds majority, the real test begins: every nation that votes ‘yes’ must publicly state what resources they will contribute—troops, planes, ships, humanitarian aid.
Just admit it, you are a Zio. Explains why you keep saying outright lies and really just projecting. It's what Zionists do, after all. "If it looks like a duck.."
YOU KEEP MAKING FALSE ACCUSATIONS OF ZETEO THAT MAKE YOU SOUND LIKE A ZIO. THEN WHEN THAT'S POINTED OUT, YOU CLAIM YOU ARE NOT AND YOU ARE ONLY POINTING OUT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PERSECUTION. You are so disingenuous, it's hard to believe anything you say. What you do is very Zio.
You really are all over the place and there is no reasoning with you. So now Zeteo is honest? Your commentary is contradictory and nonsensical. You went from "As long as Zeteo is hypocritical by just blaming Jews" to "I respect their honesty." Keep arguing. With yourself.