<div dir="ltr"><br><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: Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 11:04 AM<br>Subject: TODAY: Ask Senate Dems to Stand with Bernie & Warren against Pentagon Bill Backed by Trump/Pelosi<br>To: <<a href="mailto:naiman.uiuc@gmail.com">naiman.uiuc@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<div class="m_-789927107286585284header"><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jYI6HOb4VttCs5XFUc4b%2F%2Fcf%2FVAuMhc6" target="_blank"><img alt="Just Foreign Policy" src="https://org.salsalabs.com/o/1439/images/JFPlogo-long.png"></a></div>
<div align="left"><p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-size:smaller"> </span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-size:small"> </span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-size:medium"> </span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-size:small"> </span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(60,55,54);font-size:16px">Dear Robert,</span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">Nancy Pelosi and House Armed Services Committee Chair Adam Smith crammed a </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap">Pentagon funding bill </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">through the House last week that increases the military budget and doesn’t end the Yemen war. You can see which House members voted no on the NDAA </span><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Bx4Z7bXPtvBXwdi19ePc4QCNcY5yqyU4" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and who voted yes </span><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pfsyuFFTV7d%2Fkqm3pDyMXQCNcY5yqyU4" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (click on the images and scroll to see the full list). </span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="m_-789927107286585284docs-internal-guid-e5da0e84-7fff-5bc1-b063-c3d7c5295b9b"><br> </b></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">Rep. Ro Khanna gave a </span><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=n3Oo0qxnq00AqRBA9Q%2B6kQCNcY5yqyU4" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">powerful speech on the House floor</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">, calling it "Orwellian" that some Democrats would actually call this $738 billion military bill “progressive”. </span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br> </b></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">Now it’s the Senate’s turn. And what’s really interesting about the Senate right now is that five Senators are running for President, and two of them are Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, who </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AVjjyXc4bbxKhA5KGB0pAQCNcY5yqyU4" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank">both have denounced this bill</a> and pledged to vote no.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap"> This is going to generate media attention about which Democrats vote with Bernie and Warren against the Pentagon and the Yemen war and which Democrats vote with Trump and Pelosi. Obviously, we want those stories to say that Senate Democrats are standing with the leaders who oppose insane Pentagon spending and the brutal Yemen war, not that Senate Democrats sided with Trump and Pelosi and in favor of endless military spending and war. </span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br> </b></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">This is the </span><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">final</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap"> push on this year’s NDAA</span></u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap"> - we need your help! </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">If you have Democratic Senators, we need you to call them tomorrow (Monday) at 202-224-3121 and </span><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sttutV1BgBxjXSonFzqf%2Bvcf%2FVAuMhc6" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">report your call here</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap"> to help us keep track of how Senators plan to vote. <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=btId61jseZgXD5h7kGRV0ACNcY5yqyU4" target="_blank">Demand Progress</a> and <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=hP1tMIeqypfO1MsowVaoywCNcY5yqyU4" target="_blank">FCNL</a> are also urging calls this week!</span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br> </b></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">If you are on Twitter, </span><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xsOFPmTgb5DK0FhsH6L41ACNcY5yqyU4" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">please retweet this tweet to Democratic Leader Schumer</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">. Every time it is retweeted, his staff receives a notification that another person is urging him to vote no. </span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b style="font-weight:normal"><br> </b></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks for all you do to help make U.S. foreign policy more just, </span></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;white-space:pre-wrap">Erik, Sarah, and the Just Foreign Policy Team </span></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <div><div><p style="text-align:center"></p> <p></p></div></div> <p></p></div>
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