Message from USCPR

 

This weekend, we all witnessed the U.S. and Israel launch a dangerous war on Iran. They bombed a girls' elementary school, killing more than 100 children with the death toll still rising.1   This is what our tax dollars are funding. And this was a war of choice. Let’s be clear: this is Israel's war that the U.S. is now fighting. Israel has pushed the U.S. to attack Iran for two decades, and Netanyahu finally got what he wanted.2   Tell your members of Congress: No war on Iran, no weapons for Israel! Stop using American tax dollars for endless wars and cosponsor the Block the Bombs Act NOW. TAKE ACTION

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is recycling the same Bush era playbook used to invade Iraq, manufacturing fear, claiming imminent threats that don't exist, and bypassing Congress entirely. Trump launched this war without congressional authorization, in clear violation of the Constitution.3   Americans are not buying it. A new CNN poll shows a majority of Americans oppose the strikes on Iran.4 A Reuters/Ipsos poll found only one in four Americans approve.5   Even within Trump's own party, support is shaky: fewer than half of Republicans want the strikes to continue.6 This is a deeply unpopular war, started on behalf of the rogue Israeli government that has already committed genocide in Gaza and is now dragging the entire region into catastrophe.   Email Congress now. Tell them our tax dollars should fund care not killing, and demand they cosponsor the Block the Bombs Act. CONTACT CONGRESS Here's what you need to know about what's at stake:   Congress votes on the War Powers Resolution this week. Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie, a Democrat and a Republican, are forcing a vote to reassert Congress's constitutional authority to declare war.7 The resolution already has 84 cosponsors. Every member of Congress needs to go on record: do they stand with the American people, or with a reckless, unauthorized war?   The Block the Bombs Act (H.R. 3565) is more urgent than ever. With 63 cosponsors and growing, this historic bill would stop the U.S. from supplying Israel with bombs, tank rounds, artillery shells, and more deadly weapons.8 We reached this point precisely because politicians in both parties armed Israel to the teeth while it committed genocide, building up the massive military arsenal Israel has now used to launch a war on Iran.   Israel shut down all aid crossings into Gaza the moment the strikes began, once again using war as a cover to punish and starve Palestinians.9 World Central Kitchen says it will run out of food this week if the crossings aren't reopened. During Ramadan.   Americans are facing rising grocery prices, healthcare cuts, climate disasters, and skyrocketing rent, all while our government spends billions on forever wars. Trump ran as the "peace" candidate. The GOP called themselves the "pro-peace ticket." They lied, and now people are dying in a war that the overwhelming majority of this country never asked for.10   Take just 2 minutes right now to tell Congress: No war on Iran. No weapons for Israel.  TAKE ACTION NOW It is long past time our elected officials listened to us. 59% of Americans oppose this war. 60% oppose arming Israel. The people have spoken. Now Congress needs to act.