Trump Reportedly Greenlights Plan for US Attack on Iran Without Congressional Approval
(www.commondreams.org)
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Illegal and another reason to IMPEACH HIM NOW.
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I love how when I was hearing about them looking at this, I was getting responses from people "It requires congressional approval" over and over. This is my shocked face.
Why not? He does anything he wants, with full support of HIS party. And none of those bastards say anything. People who voted for him and people who didn't vote for anyone are to blame for this fucker to be in power.
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Isn't this an impeachable offense? Like, declaring war and mobilizing troops is not something you can unilaterally do as president. That's Congress's job. Well, I guess we'll see what happens. Congress has so far let Trump do whatever he wants, and so has the supreme court. So, 🤷♀️
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I looked into this yesterday, it seems we haven't declared war since WW2, and stuff like this is usually done with AUMF (Authorizations for Use of Military Force). Those can be issued after the fact. I think the president can basically do whatever for 60 days if I understand correctly.
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From the article, "the advocacy group Demand Progress Wednesday, urging Americans to call 1-833-STOP-WAR to connect with their representatives and push them to support war powers resolutions."
I called this number, gave them my zip code and they automatically connected me to the offices of my representatives to leave a voicemail urging them to support a war powers resolution to stop a war in Iran.
It was super easy. A phone call is worth 1,000 emails.
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DONT worry! If he tries ANYTHING that Congress DOESNT like like Starting a War or Eliminating Hundreds of THOUSANDS of Jobs Congress can HOLD Him ACCOUNTABLE!
Right now, the most effective thing you can do is flood Congress with calls to show that the American people don't want to go to war with Iran,
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"Right now, the most effective thing you can do is flood Congress with calls to show that the American people don't want to go to war with Iran," the advocacy group Demand Progress wrote Wednesday, urging Americans to call 1-833-STOP-WAR to connect with their representatives and push them to support war powers resolutions.
Weird, because I can think of a few more effective ways to demand progress.
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