<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div>Here's who I heard is doing alerts along this line today so far: </div><div><br></div><div>Moveon</div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Codepink</div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Demand Progress</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span>Freedom Forward </div></div><div><br></div><div>House floor vote expected late tomorrow afternoon. </div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Erik at Just Foreign Policy</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:info@justforeignpolicy.org">info@justforeignpolicy.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 8:55 AM<br>Subject: Help Us Defeat the $738B "Defense" Bill that Continues Yemen War<br>To: <<a href="mailto:naiman.uiuc@gmail.com">naiman.uiuc@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The House and Senate are poised to vote this week on a National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) – the bill that uses half of our income tax dollars to fatten the Pentagon and its contractors like Boeing, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin - that doesn't end unconstitutional Pentagon participation in the genocidal Saudi war in Yemen! </span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:Arial"><small><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This is a shameful betrayal of promises by Democratic leadership to use the NDAA as a vehicle end the Yemen war after the House and Senate have repeatedly voted to end US participation in the "world's worst humanitarian crisis." When the news broke late last night, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna </span></small></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vAOjtMQmesUAX5NJPeSoG%2FZ8rLAuBie4" target="_blank"></a></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FnGkPjZpW4masCgkE8gGH%2FZ8rLAuBie4" target="_blank"></a></span><span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MgwG51F596hdE7R9xQj%2B2fZ8rLAuBie4" target="_blank"></a></span></span><span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=g%2B%2FW6k5mjnQVKpFOxpv%2BfPZ8rLAuBie4" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial"><small>immediately issued a statement</small></span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial"><small><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> calling on all members to vote against this "disastrous" bill. </span></small></span></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:large"><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><small><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We need to pressure members of Congress to vote against this NDAA that doesn’t end the war -- and we need your help getting them on the record. </span></small></span></b></span><span style="font-size:large"><i><b><span style="font-family:Arial"><small><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Here’s how you can help:</span></small></span></b></i></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><small><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1. </span></small></span></span><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RoG1dJF1qIrPBKU8ZYhe3vZ8rLAuBie4" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><small><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Take a look at this spreadsheet</span></small></a><small><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and call your representatives in the House and Senate at 202-224-3121 to tell them to vote NO on any NDAA that doesn’t end the war -- and ask them if they will do so. When you reach a staffer, you can say:</span></small></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:40px"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><small><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“I urge [Rep. or Senator] to vote NO on any NDAA that fails to end the Yemen war as Democratic leaders promised they would. I urge [Rep. or Senator] to publicly announce their intention to vote NO on any NDAA that doesn’t end the war. Can you tell me how [Rep. or Senator] intends to vote?”</span></small></span></span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:40px"><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><small><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you’re not allowed to talk to a human but have the opportunity to leave a voice mail, you can say: “I urge [Rep. or Senator] to vote NO on any NDAA that fails to end the Yemen war as Democratic leaders promised they would. I urge [Rep. or Senator] to publicly announce their intention to vote NO on any NDAA that doesn’t end the war.”</span></small></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:Arial"><small><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap">Erik Sperling, Sarah Burns, and the Just Foreign Policy team</span></small></span></span></p>
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