Action alert: we need your voice now
Congress needs to hear from you now. Today, the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has 10,000—yes,10,000—supporters on Capitol Hill pushing a hawkish, misinformed position on...
View ArticleAction alert: don’t believe the hype
The annual ritual of raising alarms and tearing out hair over the tiny size of the Pentagon budget has started again, but don’t believe the hype. There’s still tons of money in the Pentagon budget,...
View ArticleAction alert: A raise for nukes?
Join the National Call-in Day Two new bills give Congress an opportunity to step up and make cuts to nuclear weapons. The president’s budget request for 2015 shows that his priorities are still...
View ArticleAction alert: we need the truth about drones
When the CIA says there aren’t that many civilians being killed in drone strikes, we should trust them—right? Wrong.We’ve seen far too many examples lately of the government not being straight with...
View ArticleAction alert: no more Pentagon slush fund
When we enter the 14th year of war in Afghanistan in October, how much will we spending to keep our troops there? We don’t know, and neither does Congress. The House is voting on the Pentagon budget...
View ArticleAction alert: wars are not gym memberships
Our longest war just got even longer. President Obama just announced that the US will have boots on the ground in Afghanistan for another 2 ½ years. When Congress voted to authorize the war way back...
View ArticleUrgent: don’t bomb Iraq
John McCain is shaking his fist angrily and calling for military action. Lindsey Graham is invoking terrorist attacks and describing American air power as “the only option.” The president is huddled...
View ArticleTake Action to Blunt Boehner’s Bibi Stunt
As you’ve probably heard, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu is scheduled to speak to a joint session of Congress in a couple of weeks. In the next few days members of Congress will have...
View ArticleStop “Veto-Iran-Diplomacy Bill”. Unilateralism on Steroids.
They are at it again. And I’ve got to admit this new strategy to torpedo diplomacy with Iran is ingenious. Iran hawks’ latest plan is to pass a bill – while diplomacy is still in process – that would...
View ArticleAction Alert: Call to Oppose the Corker Bill on Iran
Next week a bill that could thwart diplomacy with Iran could be voted on. [i] I’m sure you saw the big splash made by the Senate Republicans’ open letter to Iran. Papers across the U.S. condemned the...
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