Start Hearings on Hegseth

Happy Tuesday, Activists!

Normally we would happily hope your weekend went well, but we all know of the horrific events that happened in those days.  To everyone impacted, directly or indirectly, by the tragedies in Rhode Island and Australia we send our love and support.  The mass shooting at Brown University Saturday night - the 389th of the year - and the antisemitic massacre at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, are truly horrific.

Indivisible put it well yesterday - "within the devastation there is also hope, kindness, courage.  As Hanukkah reminds us, there is always light in the darkness. An unarmed Muslim man, Ahmed al Ahmed, risked his own life to disarm one of the Sydney shooters. Wherever we see horrors like campus shootings, we see students helping each other."  And more stories abound of the heroism in Sydney of people shielding others from injury at risk to their own lives.

Every day, we choose this fight, because we believe not just in its urgency, but in each other.  And sometimes we have reasons for hope and celebration, like seeing the Indiana state senate refuse to capitulate on Trump's demands to redistrict to give Republicans' two more seats in Congress next year.  This is a good sign that the resistance on many levels is working.  So many things have happened to increase push-back on the regime but we have much more to do. So let's take the win and keep moving forward. 

Today we have another push for passage of the War Powers Resolutions moving for another vote in the Senate and the House.  And we need to demand an investigation of Pete Hegseth and his murderous attacks. 

Thank you as always for all your work with us on this and everything else! 

CALLS TO ACTION

Investigate Pete Hegseth's Illegal Strikes In The Caribbean And Pacific

It appears increasingly likely that Pete Hegseth oversaw war crimes in the regime’s illegal bombings of small boats in the Caribbean. Congress has a duty to launch investigations into these strikes, which have killed over 87 people thus far.  And yesterday there were three more strikes without even a hint of evidence of drugs or legal reasoning to justify them.  You can see more on this in our earlier newsletter. 

Email or call your House Members and demand they haul Pete Hegseth into public hearings on these ongoing extrajudicial murders. 

Tell Congress - Block Trump’s March To War With Venezuela.

Donald Trump, winner of the FIFA Peace Prize, continues amassing warships in the Caribbean while bombing small vessels without any legal justification and threatening a full on invasion of Venezuela. You can see our full explainer in our recent newsletter. 

We expect a vote in the House this week, and the Senate soon after, on legislation to block the regime from committing US forces to an illegal Venezuelan war.  Call your House Rep. and our Senators and tell them they need to be on the right side of history and vote to impose Congress's power and prohibit the president from engaging in a war without their approval.

Here are the contacts to call and write:

Rep. Evans – D.C. 202-225-4001; Phila. office (215) 276-0340; email link

Rep. Boyle – D.C. office 202-225-6111; Phila office 215-335-3355; email link

Rep. Scanlon -- D.C. office 202-225-2011; Chester office (610) 626-2020; email link

Outside Philadelphia?  Find your Representative here.

Sen. McCormick – Phila office 215-405-9660; D.C. office 202-224-6324; email link

Sen. Fetterman – Phila office 215-241-1090; D.C. 202-224-4254; email link

For outside PA:  Find your senators’ phone numbers and emails at this link.

And for more information on the Venezuela situation, if Trump goes to war in Venezuela, we will join our friends at Peace, Justice, Sustainability, NOW, who are planning a protest the following day.  You can check out the announcement here to get alerts if this happens.  We will also announce it.

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MORE PROTESTS YOU CAN JOIN

1.  Springfield protest - Every Saturday, 1:00 - 2:00 at the intersection of Baltimore Pike and PA Route 320.  Bring your signs on your favorite topic!  

2. Tesla Takedown Protest - Every Saturday - 11:00 - Noon

Tesla Takedown Devon - At the Tesla showroom, 470 Lancaster Ave, Devon, PA 

3. Every Friday -- 11:15 am- Join Fridays@Fetterman's for the weekly Friday vigil for peace in Gaza/Palestine outside of Senator John Fetterman's office at 200 Chestnut Street from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm. Register here  

4.  Fitz Friday - 4:00 - 5:00 pm -- Protest at Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick's office at One Summit Square, Langhorne, PA. Bring signs about whatever you want. There's a lot to complain about!

5. Every Wednesday 5:30 - 6:30 pm (winter hours and location) -- Join this resistance group at #WeThePeopleWednesdays for Singing for Sanity at Unitarian Universalist Church, 6900 Stenton Avenue.  More information is here.  Bring your flashlights!

6. Every Monday at Noon - Monday at McCormick's -- Join our friends at Peace, Justice, Sustainability NOW for Monday's at McCormick's, in front of Senator McCormick's office at 20th and Market Streets.

7. Are you outside the Philadelphia area?  You can see all the protests planned by Indivisibles in your area at this link. 

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