The bill could be used to crush legitimate debate about #Israel, its policies, and #American policies toward it—policies that have given rise to one of the greatest acts of genocide since the #Holocaust.
"We are witnessing a historic process -- Russians are leaving for the first time in two centuries," independent Azerbaijani analyst Elhan Shahinoglu told AFP.
In a sweeping 80-19 vote, the #USSenate overwhelmingly voted to advance the measure in a step hailed by the Senate majority leader as “one of the greatest achievements the Senate has faced in years”.
Singing ‘Palestine will be free’, members of Christians for a Free Palestine disrupted lunch service at the Senate cafeteria in Washington yesterday to protest Israel’s genocide. Dozens were arrested and escorted out of the building by police.
“Because here is real danger in what Katie Britt did. And I want to take a moment and sit in the danger and talk about the fact that she weaponized someone's story, not to actually get something done, not to make someone's life better, but to score political points. It's just about the ugliest thing you can do in American politics.” — Alicia Menendez, on MSNBC’s The Weekend.
So Katie Britt is a liar—you can say it, New York Times.
The Alabama senator used a story about sex trafficking to criticize the Biden administration’s border policies. But the events appear to have occurred in Mexico years ago.