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10.10.2024 - 03:10 [ Reuters ]

U.S. approved secret nuclear power work for Saudi Arabia

(March 27, 2019)

Many U.S. lawmakers are concerned that sharing nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia could eventually lead to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. (…)

Last month, Democratic House members alleged in a report that top White House aides ignored warnings they could be breaking the law as they worked with former U.S. officials in a group called IP3 International to advance a multibillion-dollar plan to build nuclear reactors in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia.

10.10.2024 - 02:51 [ CommonDreams.org ]

Senators Express Concerns Over Reports That Saudis Want US Support for Nuclear Program

(Oct 04, 2023)

Amid reports that Saudi Arabia is seeking United States support for its nuclear energy program—whose capacities critics fear could be utilized to develop nuclear weapons—a group of 20 U.S. senators on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to „seriously consider“ whether such a move is in the national interest as the administration brokers a possible normalization deal between the kingdom and Israel.

10.10.2024 - 01:30 [ JNS.org ]

US senators press Saudi Arabia for peace deal with Israel by end of year

“We are here at a historic time … and now it is an historic moment of opportunity,” Blumenthal stated. “It really is a magnificent potential achievement with enduring effect to match the successes of the battlefield with diplomatic successes.

10.10.2024 - 01:20 [ Reuters ]

In Jerusalem, US Senator Graham urges Israel-Saudi normalisation before year end

(October 8, 2024)

„We can get you a treaty through the Senate between the United States and Saudi Arabia, a defense agreement like you have in Japan and Australia, if you do it on President Biden‘s watch,“ Graham, who is seen as close to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, told reporters in Jerusalem.

„The next president will have a very difficult time getting 67 votes,“ he said in reference to the two-thirds majority needed in the U.S. Senate for approving a defense treaty.

26.09.2024 - 18:22 [ Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator for Vermont ]

NEWS: Sanders and Colleagues Move to Block Arms Sales to Israel

The Senate will vote on these resolutions when it reconvenes in November. Let me explain why these arms sales must not proceed.

Israel clearly had the right to respond to Hamas’ horrific terrorist attack on October 7th, which killed 1,200 innocent Israelis and took hundreds of hostages. But Prime Minister Netanyahu’s extremist government has not simply waged war against Hamas. It has waged all-out war against the Palestinian people, killing more than 41,000 Palestinians and injuring more than 95,000 – 60 percent of whom are women, children, or elderly people. Netanyahu has bombed hospitals and schools, starved children, destroyed infrastructure and housing stock, and made life unlivable in Gaza. The United States must end its complicity in this atrocity.

Sending more weapons is not only immoral, it is also illegal. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act lay out clear requirements for the use of American weaponry – Israel has egregiously violated those rules.

26.09.2024 - 18:10 [ Common Dreams ]

Sanders Unveils Resolutions to Block US Arms Sales as Israel Rejects Cease-Fire Call

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and a pair of his Senate colleagues on Wednesday formally introduced resolutions aimed at blocking a series of proposed arms sales to the Israeli government as it bombards Gaza and Lebanon, deepening humanitarian crises there and pushing the region to the brink of all-out war.

The six Joint Resolutions of Disapproval, five of which were backed by Sens. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), would together prevent the sale of $20 billion of U.S. weaponry to Israel. The Biden administration approved the massive sale of Joint Direct Attack Munitions, tank ammunition, F-15 fighter jets, and other military equipment last month.

07.09.2024 - 16:26 [ U.S. Senator Patty Murray ]

Senator Murray Statement on the Death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi

“I am heartbroken and angry about the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, an American citizen, in the West Bank today, who was reportedly peacefully protesting against illegal settlement activity. The government of Israel must deliver answers immediately and hold the perpetrators of this killing accountable. I will be in close touch with the Biden administration to press the Israeli government for full transparency and accountability. My heart is with Aysenur’s family and loved ones during this difficult time.

“Moreover, Israel must take swift action to put an end to the illegal settler-driven violence that has escalated to a dangerous level in the West Bank. Extremist settler violence in the West Bank, and the associated, ongoing expansion of illegal settlements and outposts, must come to an end—it is important for Israel’s own security and the stability of the entire region.”

31.08.2024 - 21:03 [ CodePink ]

Tell the Women of the Senate: Arms Embargo NOW!

During the DNC in Chicago, we made our demand for an arms embargo on Israel clear. Time and time again, we heard politicians — including Sen. Tammy Duckworth who told us back in October that she would continue sending weapons to Israel — posing as advocates for women and reproductive rights while arming Israel. They can’t hide from one undeniable fact: Genocide is not feminist.

Send a letter to the women of the Senate below and tell them: We Need an Arms Embargo on Israel NOW!

21.03.2024 - 01:32 [ New York Times ]

‘Part of My Core’: How Schumer Decided to Speak Out Against Netanyahu

(19.03.2024)

It was here, he recalled, inside this hulking red brick school deep in south Brooklyn, where at 16 he was glued to his transistor radio to hear breaking news of the Arab-Israeli War of 1967. It was where he idolized Sandy Koufax, the Jewish pitcher for the Dodgers who refused to play on Yom Kippur, and learned it was cool to be proud of his heritage.

And on Sunday, Mr. Schumer, the New York Democrat, majority leader and highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States, returned to explain how his upbringing in Jewish Brooklyn in the shadow of the Holocaust prompted him to deliver a politically risky speech that brought about a watershed moment in the politics of U.S.-Israeli relations.

15.03.2024 - 19:45 [ Al Jazeera ]

Haiti President Moise’s widow, ex-PM among 50 charged in his assassination

(20.02.2024)

Joseph and the former director-general of the national police, Leon Charles, were also found to have “sufficient indications” of involvement in the killing. AyiboPost specified that the document did not clearly identify the masterminds of the assassination, nor their financiers.

15.03.2024 - 18:11 [ Associated Press ]

The widow and aides of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are indicted in his killing

(20.02.2024)

A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others, according to a report obtained Monday.

Others who face charges including murder are Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a Haitian-American pastor who visualized himself as Haiti’s next president and said he thought Moïse was only going to be arrested; Joseph Vincent, a Haitian-American and former informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Dimitri Hérard, presidential security chief; John Joël Joseph, a former Haitian senator; and Windelle Coq, a Haitian judge whom authorities say is a fugitive.

14.01.2024 - 02:12 [ ABC.net.au ]

Thousands of Palestinian supporters rally across Australia, as Sydney‘s Jewish community gathers in separate event

„No more deaths, no more bombs …free Gaza,“ state Greens MP Gabrielle de Vietri told the crowd.

„A temporary ceasefire is just the bare minimum of what must happen, and the Greens have been unequivocal in their calls not only for a ceasefire but for a lasting and just peace for Palestine.“

One of the speakers, Independent senator Lidia Thorpe, spoke of how she had been in police protection in recent weeks and had been trapped in her home for five months.

17.11.2023 - 10:32 [ Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator, Massachusetts / Twitter ]

The crisis in Gaza is growing. Israeli airstrikes are destroying residential buildings and public infrastructure. Restrictions on humanitarian aid make life even harder. Stop the bombing NOW.

04.11.2023 - 10:13 [ @USCPR_ US Campaign for Palestinian Rights / Twitter ]

Capitol Police arrested activists in @SenWarren‘s, @SenMarkey‘s, @SenSanders‘s, @SenJeffMerkley‘s, and @SenBrianSchatz‘s offices. 180 human rights activists held sit-ins at 8 senators‘ offices at risk of arrest. They took a stand to stop Israel‘s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza

03.11.2023 - 10:51 [ Politico.com ]

U.S. discussing peacekeeping force for Gaza after Hamas falls, senators say

(November 1, 2023)

Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) told POLITICO that there’s early, closed-door diplomacy over establishing a peacekeeping force in Gaza, though it was not likely to include American troops.

“There are ongoing conversations regarding the possible composition of an international force,” Van Hollen said, refusing to go into specific detail. “They are very preliminary and fragile.”

24.10.2023 - 04:00 [ Times of Israel ]

Visiting US senators: Hamas must be destroyed, war was opened to prevent Saudi peace

Delaware Democrat Chris Coons also said that the Abraham Accords and progress toward normalization were among Hamas’s reasons to attack now.

Graham added that 10 percent of the US Senate is currently in Israel “because we care… I come here because I love Israel. I do not hate Palestinians. I hate Hamas.”

Graham also had stark words of warning for Tehran: “We’re here today to tell Iran, we’re watching you. If this war grows, it’s coming to your backyard. There won’t be two fronts, there will be three.”

30.09.2023 - 05:46 [ Barbara Lee, Candidate for US Senate in California. Proud Congresswoman from the East / Twitter ]

I know what it‘s like to struggle. I escaped an abusive marriage and ended up homeless. I relied on public assistance to raise my two young sons as a single mom. I couldn‘t afford childcare, so my kids came to class with me while I earned my college degree. I know you know what I‘m talking about. More than half of Californians live one paycheck away from poverty. It‘s time for us to have a voice in the Senate.

(28.09.2023)

30.09.2023 - 05:33 [ DesertSun.com ]

Who could Newsom pick to replace Feinstein? Oprah Winfrey might make sense

There has been talk that former talk show host and current magazine and book publisher Oprah Winfrey might be of interest. Winfrey, though, would have to take more than a year away from her many lucrative enterprises if she did this.

30.09.2023 - 04:55 [ The Associated Press / Twitter ]

BREAKING: Dianne Feinstein, a centrist Democrat who served as California’s senator since 1992, has died.

The passionate advocate for liberal priorities who broke gender barriers was the oldest member of Congress. She was 90.

21.07.2023 - 03:10 [ the-Star.co.ke ]

Kenya Kwanza defends police on alleged brutality in demos

„We want to ask ICC to be alert because what is happening are acts of criminality,“ he said.

Kiambu Senator Karungo Wathangwa asked the President to lock the country and deal with the opposition if that is what it will take to restore peace and order in the country.

„If it takes three, four or five days to lock down this country and deal with these people, let it be,“ he said.

09.07.2023 - 11:06 [ Patrick Leahy and Jeff Merkley / Washington Post ]

Here’s why supplying Ukraine with cluster munitions would be a terrible mistake

We voted for billions of dollars in military aid for Ukraine and strongly believe we must continue to help the Ukrainian people defend themselves against Russian aggression. But supplying Kyiv with cluster munitions would come at an unsupportable moral and political price. Knowing that these weapons cause indiscriminate terror and mayhem, both of us — like many others in the international community — have worked for years to end their use.

01.07.2023 - 15:14 [ theCollegeInvestor.com ]

Is Student Loan Forgiveness By Executive Order Legal?

(June 30, 2023)

Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) want President Joe Biden to forgive $50,000 in federal student loans per borrower. They claim that he can do this unilaterally through executive order.

(…)

The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan proposed by President Biden does not include any student loan forgiveness.

12.06.2023 - 11:45 [ Rand Paul, U.S. Senator for Kentucky | I fight for the Constitution, individual liberty and the freedoms that make this country great. / Twitter ]

I have continuously led the fight to reassess our foreign policy, to end our “forever wars” and bring our fighting forces home. That’s why I’m introducing the End Endless Wars Act today!

(Jun 8, 2023)

12.06.2023 - 11:27 [ Based-Politics.com ]

Rand Paul bill sets out to ‘end endless war’: ‘Couldn’t we just try the Constitution?’

(08.06.2023)

Congress voted to repeal the 1991 and 2002 AUMFs in March. Paul’s amendment to that legislation that would have also repealed the 2001 AUMF failed 9-86.

The Republican senator explained the difficulties he’s had with other Republicans in trying to rollback AUMF during a foreign policy conference hosted by The American Conservative on Thursday.

“I have good news and bad news,” Paul told the audience. “The good news is that Congress finally voted to end a war. The bad news is the war they voted to end had already been over for about 15 years.”

12.06.2023 - 11:14 [ Hannah Cox / Nitter ]

The 2001 AUMF still exists! It‘s how the gov keeps endless war going without ever having to take a vote Anyone not signing on to repeal it does not work for you but for the military industrial complex. @RandPaul to the rescue, yet again.

(09.06.2023)

20.05.2023 - 22:17 [ theHill.com ]

Congressional Democrats beg Biden to nullify their existence

At one event, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released a letter to Biden on behalf of himself and nine Democratic senators “to urgently request that you prepare to exercise your authority under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.” He was joined in this by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), among others.

Obviously, these are not Nike-wearing cultists, but that only makes their actions all the more inexplicable. These are rational leaders whose desire to nullify their own existence would have seemed entirely implausible to the Framers.

20.05.2023 - 22:12 [ Forbes ]

Democrats Urge Biden To Evade GOP’s Debt Ceiling Demands Using Civil War-Era Amendment

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) led a letter co-signed by 10 other senators that asked the president to use the Civil War-era amendment, which states “the validity of the public debt of the United States . . . shall not be questioned,” to continue issuing debt without congressional approval.

28.07.2022 - 18:24 [ Senator Ron Johnson / Nitter ]

Conflicting statements by @CDC officials about monitoring COVID-19 adverse events calls into question their integrity and transparency. This is just another example of why Americans have completely lost faith in federal health agencies.

28.07.2022 - 18:16 [ Washington Examiner ]

CDC grilled after revealing it didn‘t perform data analysis on COVID-19 vaccine doses

(July 26, 2022)

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is demanding answers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the agency told a nonprofit group that it never conducted a mandated data mining analysis on reported adverse effects that followed the administration of COVID-19 vaccine doses.

The CDC is tasked with performing a proportional reporting ratio, or PRR, data mining analysis on a weekly basis to determine whether the amount of reported „adverse events“ following the administration of COVID-19 vaccine doses in the public Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS, database is proportional to reported adverse events linked to the administration of other vaccines.

But the CDC said in a June 16 letter to Children‘s Health Defense, a nonprofit group led by anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., that „no PRRs were conducted by the CDC.“ The CDC‘s letter, which was in response to an FOIA request submitted by the group, added that „data mining is outside of th[e] agency‘s purview“.

04.03.2022 - 16:56 [ Paul Sonne, National security for the @WashingtonPost . Formerly @WSJ in Washington, Moscow, London. / Twitter ]

Russian senator Lyudmila Narusova says out of a company of 100 Russian soldiers, only 4 came back alive, and many were conscripts forced to sign contracts. Her late husband, St. Petersburg mayor Anatoly Sobchak, was Putin‘s boss and mentor.

04.03.2022 - 16:49 [ Leonid Ragozin, ournalist. Freelancer, made in the BBC / Twitter ]

Senator Lyudmila Narusova (Kseniya Sobchak’s mother) disrupts Federation Council session bringing up an unconfirmed story about a company of conscripts sent to Ukraine, in which only four out of 100 survived. For a few seconds, it looks like a real parliament.

05.11.2021 - 09:27 [ Fox News ]

Sen. Mike Lee: Biden is extorting the American people

(video)

05.11.2021 - 09:21 [ ABC4.com ]

Sen. Mike Lee says vaccine mandates are ‘sweeping’ and ‘unconstitutional’

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4)- Senator Mike Lee continued to oppose President Biden’s vaccine mandate on the Senate floor. For the 13th straight day, Lee spoke out against any measure that provided funding for the vaccine mandate.

05.11.2021 - 09:18 [ QuorumCall / Twitter ]

Biden vaccine mandate an ‚act of barbarism,” Utah Sen. Mike Lee says

– Deseret News quorumcall.org

24.09.2021 - 18:50 [ Portal amerika21.de ]

USA rüsten Kolumbien „gegen Drogenhandel“ auf

Zur Übergabe hat der Oberkommandierende des US-Südkommandos (Southcom), Craig S. Faller, erneut Kolumbien besucht. Dieser dritte Besuch innerhalb kurzer Zeit gibt Anlass zur Sorge, besonders im Hinblick auf die Interventionsversuche der USA im Nachbarland Venezuela.

22.07.2021 - 06:37 [ CommonDreams.org ]

Senators Introduce Legislation to Curb Endless US Wars, Lethal Arms Sales

(20.07.2021)

The measure would also sunset 180 days after enactment all existing AUMFs, including the 2001 AUMF passed in the wake of the September 11 attacks and upon which every consecutive administration has leaned to justify military actions in regions around the world.

Instead of the current default approval of arms sales barring a passage of a resolution of disapproval by veto-proof majorities of the House and Senate, the proposal directs Congress to proactively approve certain sales topping $14 million including those of air to ground munitions.

06.07.2021 - 11:39 [ Informationsstelle Militarisierung e.V. ]

Frankreich: Drohnenkriege

Ein Bericht des französischen Senats, über den bei ouest-france berichtet wird, beschäftigt sich mit der Zukunft von Drohnenkriegen:

01.07.2021 - 17:53 [ Consortium News ]

Revealing the Pentagon Papers in Congress — 8: Why Gravel Did It

This is Part 8 of Consortium News’ multi-part series on the 50th Anniversary of the late Sen. Mike Gravel obtaining the Pentagon Papers from Daniel Ellsberg and the consequences Gravel faced for revealing the top secret documents in Congress, just hours before the Supreme Court decided the case on June 30, 1971, a half century ago today.

18.04.2021 - 22:55 [ Common Dreams ]

Two Dozen Senators Tell Biden It Is ‚Past Time‘ to Finally Close Guantánamo

Echoing recent demands from human rights advocates and former detainees, two dozens members of the U.S. Senate Democratic Caucus on Friday pressed President Joe Biden to finally close the Guantánamo Bay offshore military prison, where 40 men are still being held despite global outrage over the facility and its long record of torture.