I didn't expect him to vote against the NDAA -- after all he's long been the ranking member of the main committee in the House on military stuff! -- but he could at least acknowledge the pain of the members of his community who are affected personally by the #genocide in #Gaza and the others who oppose it.

My bike commute today I started this episode of Makdisi Street on international law, the ICC, the ICJ, how hard war crimes and similar are hard to prosecute and how/why #Israel seems to be particularly protected. https://sites.libsyn.com/495388/the-problem-has-always-been-that-israel-is-above-the-law-w-nimer-sultany

Last night we were sorting some US quarters and found this one. I am nostalgic about the vision and promise of the UN and international cooperation. My government constantly undermines and destroys that vision. #EndGenocideInGaza

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