Donald Trump just named Iraq War architect John Bolton as his National Security Advisor and Islamophobic war hawk Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State. There's no question: Trump is building a war cabinet. But Mike Pompeo needs to clear a Senate confirmation vote before he can take the reins of the State Department. Bolton’s shockwave appointment as National Security Advisor gives us an opening to convince senators that Pompeo is a five-alarm nominee — but we’ve got to move fast. Add your name and urge the Senate to vote no on Pompeo.

Mr. Lauder writes as a pro-Israel advocate and he couches his arguments in terms of preserving Israel as Jewish and democratic. Nonetheless, Mr. Lauder’s ideas are more universally applicable to the quest for Israel-Palestinian peace. Mr. Lauder identifies two aspects of Israeli government policy that undermine any chance for peace in the region: • Mr. Lauder says that a two-state solution (2SS)—a Palestinian state alongside Israel—is essential for peace. He says that the 2SS is threatened by Israel’s settlement project that expropriates Palestinian land, and calls for a major effort to promote the 2SS.. • Mr. Lauder also says that Israel’s capitulation to religious extremists “is turning a modern, liberal nation into a semi-theocratic one.” He calls for tolerance among the many strands of Judaism and by implication other religions that share the land. Mr. Lauder’s drive to preserve Israel and Jewish and democratic is also a drive to bring peace to Israel-Palestine and all the people who live in the region. We supports Mr. Lauder and the World Jewish Congress in their quest for peace. Mr. Lauder’s op-ed is important because it is a firm statement by a major player in the Israel lobby that settlements are the key barrier to peace. We congratulate Mr. Lauder. We invite all people who desire peace in the region to sign this letter to congratulate Ronald Lauder.

Donald Trump fired Rex Tillerson two weeks ago and announced that he that intends to replace him with current CIA chief Mike Pompeo, who has endorsed torture, pushed anti-Muslim policies, embraces war, shuns diplomacy, and has received more money from the Koch brothers than any other member of Congress. Pompeo is dangerous, and he must be stopped. The good news is that we can win this. If Senate Democrats and Independents unify in opposition, we can block the nomination of Mike Pompeo, whose pro-war views are so extreme that even many Republicans may vote no.  Pompeo is a vehemently anti-Muslim bigot who has shamelessly embraced the use of torture and is an opponent of diplomacy. Trump himself has said that while Tillerson was more inclined to support the diplomatic deal with Iran, Pompeo agrees with Trump about tearing it up—risking putting us on a path to war with Iran. And now that Trump has announced John Bolton as his new national security adviser, the risks just got even higher. As Trump approaches the high-stakes meeting with North Korea, Americans need a secretary of state who believes in diplomacy. Mike Pompeo is not that person—he's a radical ideologue who will put us in greater danger.  All it takes to reject Pompeo is a simple majority in the Senate, but things are moving fast. Senators need to see—right now—that constituents are tuned in and ready to hold them accountable. Last year, as Trump appointed a Cabinet of authoritarians and kleptocrats, senators heard powerful outrage from voters and began to oppose Cabinet picks—even Tillerson, a moderate compared to Pompeo, received only 54 votes. We should not treat Pompeo as business as usual. All senators must hear from their constituents and understand that this is their chance to reject Trump's march to war.

"At stake is access to basic education for 525,000 boys and girls at over 700 UNRWA schools; emergency food and cash assistance to 1.7 million extremely vulnerable Palestine refugees; access to primary health care for 3 million refugees, including pre-natal care; dignity and human security for 5.3 million refugees who endured 70 years of injustice and uncertainty."-UNRWA..lets call on the Global Education Fund to support the refugees and IDP's and fund their education.

On March 5th, 2018, Senator Schumer stood before 18,000 AIPAC activists and told them what they wanted to hear: Israeli settlements in the West Bank are not an obstacle to peace. This ridiculous statement brought the AIPAC crowd to its feet, but it further damaged the cause of Israeli-Palestinian peace. As a seasoned politician, Senator Schumer must know the truth: settlements are a chief obstacle to peace. Yet he chose to misrepresent the facts in pandering to AIPAC. Unless settlements stop expanding and unless many are removed, Palestinians cannot have a viable state. That is, in fact, the objective of those who support and advance settlement construction. Without the creation of a Palestinian state, Israel risks becoming either a binational state and losing its Jewish character, or becoming an international pariah in which a Jewish minority rules over a disenfranchised Palestinian majority. As Schumer must know, either scenario jeopardizes Israel's future. It's time for him to tell the truth.

The FISC is in violation of multiple provisions of the US Constitution as identified, has a long history of creating secret law, for acting as a non-inferior Federal Court, for a history of US agencies’ non-compliant practices and for allowing actions taken with Section 702 collected data in violation of the Fourth Amendment and Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)

For three years, the United States has been enabling Saudi Arabia’s brutal campaign driving more than 8 million Yemenis to the brink of famine. Our government gives Saudi Arabia bombs and planes. Our troops even deliver fuel to Saudi jets in midair while they conduct bombings. Now, Vermont progressive Senator Bernie Sanders and constitutional conservative Senator Mike Lee of Utah have introduced a bipartisan resolution to cut off U.S. support for this illegal war. Bernie’s resolution is our best chance to end America’s role in triggering this unconscionable, man-made crisis. And because this resolution declares that the war in Yemen violates the Constitution, it’s guaranteed a vote on the Senate floor within days. Urge your senators to vote YES on the Sanders-Lee resolution and cut off U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s brutal war in Yemen.

Like many other citizens of the United States I am alarmed that our President and the Speaker of the House along with the majority Senate leader have been derelict in protecting the United States from the insidious attacks by the Russian Federation with the aim being very simple :the destruction of our our democracy and our way of life. This attack is every bit as serious as the attack on Pearl Harbor or 9/11. The fabric of our country and democratic institutions are being neglected and stressed to the breaking point from this act of War on the United States. If our leaders will not act then we must as citizens step up to protect our country.

We represent Indivisible Lowville, a local grassroots group dedicated to progressive values. However, the undersigned include a variety of your constituents and not all of them belong to Indivisible. We, collectively, want common sense gun control that does not infringe on sport or hunting but takes away access to all military style weaponry. Many of us have school-aged children and it is clear that our schools are no longer a safe place for them to be. Please take action, Ms. Stefanik.

Nobody is above the law. Trump is not above the law. This corrupt, obstructionist administration must be held to account for violating duly passed (and signed!) Congressional legislation!

Russia intervened in our election in 2016 through attempts to hack voting rolls, social media aimed at swing voters, and theft of Hillary Clinton emails. The sanctions law represented a bipartisan effort to punish Russia for intervening in our elections in order to deter future meddling. President Trump has not taken the law seriously. He neither imposed the sanctions required in the law nor made the findings required for a waiver in public. Given the President's possible interest in encouraging continued Russian intervention to benefit himself and his allies in future elections, the normal process of cajoling compliance has little chance of success. Congress needs to threaten impeachment in order to secure compliance with a law designed to protect American elections. Furthermore, if Trump will not carry out the law and insists on protecting Russia from sanctions, he must be impeached for the safety of the Republic. We will not have a rule of law if the President defies acts of Congress and invites the Russians to rig our elections. David M. Driesen

On January 16, 2018, the US Administration made the decision to freeze millions of dollars to UNRWA in 2018. As the single largest contributor to UNRWA globally, this is an unprecedented and extremely dangerous decision that will cause untold additional trauma and harm to Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, who rely on UNRWA's services. Since UNRWA began its operations in May 1950, every administration, from Truman onwards, has stood with and provided strong, generous, and committed support to the agency. This administration is the only to make the destructive decision to cut such funding. Through UNRWA’s humanitarian and development work, it is unique in providing vital services that are akin to those normally provided through governments and does so directly through over 33,000 staff, most of whom are Palestine refugees themselves. As a neutral and impartial UN agency, it: -Educates 525,000 girls and boys in 700 UNRWA schools, including education on human rights, conflict resolution, and tolerance. -Operates more than 140 health centers and delivers comprehensive primary health-care services, handling more than 9 million patient visits per year. -Provides cash assistance and shelter rehabilitation to help refugees meet their basic human needs of food, shelter, and environmental health to achieve a decent standard of living and improve infrastructure and living conditions in the 58 recognized Palestine refugee camps. -Provides emergency humanitarian assistance through life-saving cash, food, and shelter support in Gaza and Syria. I implore the White House to reconsider this decision, as it is against our American principles, global security and safety, and common human interest. In line with the democratic and humanitarian values this country was founded on and stands for, the US government's investment in UNRWA's work must be sustained, as it affects not only the lives of the over 5 million Palestine refugees the organization serves but the future and stability of the Middle East and beyond.