PhD Candidate, History @ucsantabarbara|
Santa Barbara, CA
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Emma John retweeted
Congress is about to vote to send nearly $1,000,000,000,000 for weapons and war when the Pentagon just failed its 7th audit in a row.
But what's even more disturbing is that many of my colleagues own stock in defense contractors and benefit financially.
Emma John retweeted
reminds me of this quote by Ursula K. Le Guin
Emma John retweeted
The food self-sufficiency people think of themselves as these rugged individualists, when they're more like Marie Antoinette with her ornamental farm at Versailles. A pastoral fantasy only possible because modern economies shelter you from the brutality of subsistence farming
Emma John retweeted
Here’s a bipartisan idea: the majority of Americans want a ceasefire and an end to weapons sales to Israel. How about doing that? It’d be bipartisan, and popular and the moral and legal thing to do. 🤷🏽♂️☝🏽
Emma John retweeted
it was kinda cool those three weeks Kamala campaigned on "Republicans are weird and we're not going back" before deciding to pivot to "Republicans are my friends and they're good and we can do Republican policy even better than they can," the strategy that already lost to Trump
Emma John retweeted
Meanwhile there’s people in our communities sleeping on the streets, drinking out of lead pipes, unable to feed their children, without health care, and in need of disaster relief.
The U.S. has spent a record of at least $17.9 billion on military aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began time.com/7058551/us-record-m…
Emma John retweeted
My letter to @POTUS Biden: follow existing U.S. law & halt assistance to Israeli military units that face credible accusations of human rights abuses.
No matter your views on the the conflict in the Middle East, human rights should matter and the law is the law.
SCOOP: Citing Israel's attacks in Lebanon, 5 top Democrats are pushing Biden to subject it to the Leahy law & end a "culture of impunity" fueling human rights abuses
They say his approach endangers US citizens
Pressure in Congress 🔼 ahead of November vote
huffpost.com/entry/israel-le…
Emma John retweeted
Ecologist speaking calmly: if you pump groundwater from a drinking water aquifer for cooling data center shit and it evaporates, becomes a cloud, drifts away, and rains into the sea, you have in effect USED UP WATER. Begging everyone to learn the water cycle taught in 7th grade.
I am sick with every new update, this needs to end
Israeli airstrikes have hit central Beirut for the second time since the start of their ground offensive, killing and injuring several people.
🟠 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/9w8xcg
Emma John retweeted
Lance Corporal Haidar is among 148 residents we have been desperately trying to help evacuate from Lebanon. One of my constituents was already killed in an Israeli airstrike.
The @StateDept is leaving Americans behind and failing to protect their own citizens.
Thousands of Americans are seeking answers on how to evacuate Lebanon as Israel drops US-bombs. That includes a Purple Heart veteran with PTSD, his service dog, and his wife.
While the US leans on commercial flights, other countries have organized airlifts.zeteo.com/p/we-were-let-down…
Emma John retweeted
deeply disappointing to see how much of the “no human being is illegal” crowd was just using the slogan for anti-trump political purposes without any actual commitment or belief to the principle
