“The new war in Iran is very unpopular… worst-ever-support-for-war-when-it-started unpopular. With just 38% of Americans in favor, support for bombing Iran is lower than retrospective support for the war in Iraq was in 2014.” — pollster @gelliottmorris.com www.gelliottmorris.com/p/polls-us-i...

The Kaine-Paul resolution to remove U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran will fail to advance on a vote of 47-53.

As the Senate vote begins on the Kaine-Paul resolution to remove US forces from hostilities against Iran, Democrats are at their desks, while the Republican side is empty. The message is unmistakable. For Democrats this is a solemn moment. For Republicans it’s just another vote.

👋 Former State Department War Powers lawyer here. This statement by Rubio is false. As @tessbridgeman.bsky.social and I wrote in January: www.justsecurity.org/128517/war-p...

“Israeli strikes hit hospital in Tehran, witnesses tell Reuters” Yesterday it was a school, today it is a hospital. Yesterday children were buried under the rubble of their classrooms, today babies had to be moved from intensive care in their incubators. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

How awful and unnecessary.

“Iran reels as more than 100 children reportedly killed in school bombing” The United States armed and funded Israel’s war crimes in Gaza. Now such atrocities are being inflicted on Iran’s people, but this time the United States is a full participant. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Iranian authorities and Red Crescent Society officials report that more than 100 people, most of them girls, were killed at a primary school during joint U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. Let’s be clear: Slaughtering children in a school is an atrocity and a war crime. www.ft.com/content/055d...

Running list of lawmakers opposed to the US and Israel's illegal war with Iran. If your elected official isn't on this list, make note, and primary the F out of them. docs.google.com/document/d/e...

Here is a running list of statements by U.S. lawmakers opposed to Trump launching a major military assault on Iran: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

AIPAC is eagerly cheerleading the illegal US and Israeli war on Iran. It has long sabotaged diplomacy with Iran and pushed to use the US Armed Forces against it. It is a pro-war lobby that helps to put American forces and millions of civilians across the Mideast in harm’s way.

Trump explicitly calls his major military assault on Iran a war aimed at regime change. Congress has not declared war on Iran or authorized the use of military force against it. The launch of these illegal attacks is a crime of aggression—a grave violation of international law.

The Senate and House of Representatives will vote next week on measures to block the unauthorized use of U.S. Armed Forces against Iran. Here is a growing list of statements by lawmakers opposed to Trump recklessly starting another costly and bloody war: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

I shared my thoughts on top Democrats joining the effort to block a war on Iran with @theguardian.com: “Once it became clear how much this mattered to the Democratic voting base, those leaders started to speak out more strongly on the substance of the issue” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NEW: House Democratic Leadership announces that they will force a vote on the bipartisan resolution to block Trump from launching an unauthorized war on Iran. This comes just after Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer made public his support for a corresponding Senate measure.

“Trump’s family and associates are poised to make billions at the expense of US taxpayers and Palestinian rights and lives,” @dylanwilliams.bsky.social on Trump’s Gaza plan being a “vehicle for massive exploitation and corruption.” ➡️ @commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/news/compani...

Imagine looking like partially-digested Arby’s and nearly getting your ass beat by a Congresswoman half your size.

Trump’s declaration of a naval blockade against Venezuela constitutes an act of war, breaking prior assurances that hostilities would require congressional approval and advancing a step toward conflict. ➡️ @dylanwilliams.bsky.social in @commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/news/unquest...

Americans do not want to go to war in Venezuela. Congress votes this week on measures to block one. Help prevent a war with 3 calls to 202-224-3121: Call 1: Ask for your House Rep & urge them to vote for both H.Con.Res.61 & 64 Calls 2 & 3: Ask for your Senators & urge them to vote for S.J.Res.98

NEW: Americans overwhelmingly oppose attacking Venezuela • 70% oppose military action • 75% say Trump must get prior congressional approval, including most Republicans • 63% say attacks would not change—or even increase—the flow of drugs into the United States www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-ve...

“It would be deeply irresponsible and harmful to commit to 20 years of underwriting Israel’s war machine in light of its record of flagrantly misusing the aid and arms we already provided.” —CIP’s @mattduss.bsky.social on Israel seeking a 20 year US aid MOU: internationalpolicy.org/publications...

Airlines telling Americans to buy two sets of tickets because of Trump’s record-breaking shutdown. Truly a new golden age for our country. abc7.com/post/lax-ont...

Trump is threatening to attack Venezuela—an act of war most Americans oppose. The Senate votes TONIGHT on a measure to block Trump from launching such an unauthorized attack. Call your Senators’ offices (Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121) and ask them to vote FOR the Kaine Resolution (S.J.Res.90).

This is open bigotry targeting New York’s first Muslim mayor, who won with the support of thousands of Jewish voters. The ADL has no such initiative regarding the Trump Administration, which employs extremists with ties to antisemitism. It even took down its “Glossary of Extremism” to appease them.

URGENT: Trump is about to attack Venezuela. Most Americans oppose overthrowing Venezuela’s leaders by force—and an even larger majority oppose invading. Call your Senators and tell them to vote for S.J.Res.90 to block Trump’s unauthorized use of military force. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

To be clear, this is Trump not only admitting to using military force without Congress’ constitutionally required authorization, but to committing extrajudicial killings — or in other words, murder.

Open white nationalism by Trump’s goon squad.

I’m pleased to see that #JewsDemandAction has invited Jewish people worldwide to add their name to this call for accountability and am proud to add my name. jewsdemandaction.org

Quite the lawless killing spree

NEW: A letter signed by over 460 Jewish and Israeli intellectuals, celebrities and political figures calls on the UN and heads of state to address “the underlying conditions of occupation, apartheid and the denial of Palestinian rights” and urges sanctions on Israel. www.haaretz.com/jewish/2025-...

NEW: The International Court of Justice has issued an advisory opinion that Israel is legally obligated to facilitate humanitarian relief for Palestinians in Gaza—including via @unrwa.org—whose operations Israel has impeded in violation of international law. Full ICJ opinion: go.icj-cij.org/43raTBl

In another blatant violation of its ceasefire commitment to allow adequate aid delivery in Gaza, Israel is now barring humanitarian aid groups on ideological grounds. Netanyahu is clearly trying to sabotage the ceasefire with one violation after another. www.npr.org/2025/10/21/n...

Inciting genocide and attempting or conspiring to commit genocide are crimes under U.S. law. Jurisdiction exists regardless of where the offense was committed, if the offender is present in the United States. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/... www.jns.org/smotrich-mee...

Trump: I “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program! The IAEA: Most enriched uranium unharmed by war “IAEA director says roughly 400 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium being stored at damaged nuclear facilities, no way to access it without Tehran’s full cooperation” www.timesofisrael.com/un-nuclear-w...

This administration definitely would jail the people hiding the little girl in the attic

“A Rutgers University professor who taught a course on anti-fascism was blocked from leaving the US for Spain on Wednesday night… The professor, nicknamed ‘Dr Antifa’ by a group of students, had said he was moving to Europe after receiving death threats.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US pressure must be sustained in order for the Gaza ceasefire to endure and proceed past its first phase. We cannot forget that the last seven months of starvation and slaughter began as Netanyahu refused to move beyond the first phase of the previous ceasefire. @cipolicy.bsky.social’s statement:

As Trump slashes vital federal programs and builds a ballroom while working Americans struggle to pay bills, he’s claiming unfettered power to start new wars of choice in Latin America that will cost billions. Polls show Americans don’t want to fund or fight a war in Venezuela. Call your Senators.

Senators will vote today on whether to block Trump’s use of US Armed Forces to attack vessels in the Caribbean. Trump may soon expand these illegal attacks into a full-on war with Venezuela. Call your Senators and ask them to vote for the Schiff-Kaine resolution. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121

“Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar” A report on some of the first children to starve to death of the millions who will die from Trump’s aid cuts—and how Secretary of State Rubio lied to Congress about it: apnews.com/article/myan...

Mallory McMorrow: “I’m not accepting AIPAC support. I’m not seeking their endorsement. I’ve never accepted their support. And what we are seeing in the Middle East is a moral abomination.” Asked if it was a genocide, she responded: “based on the definition, yes.” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

This week marks two years since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. A new @cipolicy.bsky.social memo sets out recommendations for permanently ending the Gaza war that followed & ensuring the long term security, rights & well-being of Israelis & Palestinians: internationalpolicy.org/wp-content/u...

NEW: “Many American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, with 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 4 in 10 saying the country is guilty of genocide against the Palestinians” per a new @washingtonpost.com poll. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

“AIPAC is becoming an increasingly toxic brand for some Democrats on Capitol Hill” “Democrats who once counted AIPAC among their top donors have in recent weeks refused to take the group’s donations” All as polls show “American support for Israel is crumbling” NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

I am sickened by today’s attack in Manchester. Antisemitism is on the rise around the world, and we must do all we can to stomp it out. I am grateful to first responders and congregants who showed incredible bravery, and I am praying for those who were killed.

And yet at the same time the Trump administration is citing the threat of illegal drugs to justify premeditated killings in the Caribbean.

“AIPAC is becoming an increasingly toxic brand for some Democrats” “Three Democratic members of Congress who had previously relied on AIPAC as a top campaign contributor have said over the past few weeks that they would no longer accept donations from the group” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

I told Middle East Eye that Trump’s Gaza plan is the same old US play “to cook up a plan with Israel and then present it to the Palestinians as a fait accompli… counterproposals by a Palestinian party are immediately characterised as rejection, obstructionism.” www.middleeasteye.net/news/colonia...