BREAKING NEWS

House votes to repeal 9/11-era law used to authorize perpetual war
As the United States escalates tensions with Iran, House Democrats are sending President Donald Trump a message: If he wants to take any military action, he has to get permission from Congress first. The House voted Wednesday to repeal the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), which was passed in the days after 9/11, and gave President George W. Bush the authority to go to war with al-Qaeda and any related organization. For the past 18 years, presidents of both parties have used this same 2001 congressional war authorization as justification for wars all over the Middle East. The bill, which now goes to the Senate… [more]

PS — Please don’t forget to sign the petition tell the Senate to join the house in voting to revoke the president’s ability to unilaterally wage war, and check out the brilliant “Don’t Think of an Elephant” by George Lakoff — a quick read that contains the ultimate keys for Democrats to win elections — and arguments.