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The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). A nonpartisan Quaker lobby in the public interest working for peace and justice for 80+ years.
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🔋🌎A victory for our planet -- and "everyone who pays an electricity bill:"
Judge Tosses Trump Ban on New Wind Energy Projects
Judge Tosses Trump Ban on New Wind Energy Projects
'Victory for Everyone Who Pays an Electricity Bill': Judge Tosses Trump Ban on New Wind Energy Projects | Common Dreams
Federal judge throws out Trump's ban on new wind power projects in the US. Clean energy advocates celebrate victory for affordable, reliable energy.
www.commondreams.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
🔋🌎A victory for our planet -- and "everyone who pays an electricity bill:"
Judge Tosses Trump Ban on New Wind Energy Projects
Judge Tosses Trump Ban on New Wind Energy Projects
New: We joined 130 organizations in denouncing the Trump administration's scapegoating and vilification of Afghans, Somalis, refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants writ large.
The majority of Americans want immigration policies based on fairness & compassion, not cruelty, racism, & xenophobia.
The majority of Americans want immigration policies based on fairness & compassion, not cruelty, racism, & xenophobia.
RCUSA joins 130 organizations calling on the administration to reverse harmful policies targeting refugee and immigrant communities.
Read our full statement: https://rcusa.org/news-and-media/130-organizations-urge-administration-to-reverse-harmful-policies-attacking-refugee-immigrant-communities/
Read our full statement: https://rcusa.org/news-and-media/130-organizations-urge-administration-to-reverse-harmful-policies-attacking-refugee-immigrant-communities/
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
New: We joined 130 organizations in denouncing the Trump administration's scapegoating and vilification of Afghans, Somalis, refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants writ large.
The majority of Americans want immigration policies based on fairness & compassion, not cruelty, racism, & xenophobia.
The majority of Americans want immigration policies based on fairness & compassion, not cruelty, racism, & xenophobia.
One of many reasons we strongly oppose automatic registration for the military draft ⬇️
“This extensive data gathering poses a significant risk of weaponization and misuse, particularly with the potential for targeting the most vulnerable such as immigrant and transgender young adults."
“This extensive data gathering poses a significant risk of weaponization and misuse, particularly with the potential for targeting the most vulnerable such as immigrant and transgender young adults."
Automatic draft registration, recruiting tweaks included in NDAA - Roll Call
Young men are set to be automatically registered for the draft under the compromise National Defense Authorization Act unveiled Sunday night.
rollcall.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
One of many reasons we strongly oppose automatic registration for the military draft ⬇️
“This extensive data gathering poses a significant risk of weaponization and misuse, particularly with the potential for targeting the most vulnerable such as immigrant and transgender young adults."
“This extensive data gathering poses a significant risk of weaponization and misuse, particularly with the potential for targeting the most vulnerable such as immigrant and transgender young adults."
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RCUSA joins 130 organizations calling on the administration to reverse harmful policies targeting refugee and immigrant communities.
Read our full statement: https://rcusa.org/news-and-media/130-organizations-urge-administration-to-reverse-harmful-policies-attacking-refugee-immigrant-communities/
Read our full statement: https://rcusa.org/news-and-media/130-organizations-urge-administration-to-reverse-harmful-policies-attacking-refugee-immigrant-communities/
December 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
RCUSA joins 130 organizations calling on the administration to reverse harmful policies targeting refugee and immigrant communities.
Read our full statement: https://rcusa.org/news-and-media/130-organizations-urge-administration-to-reverse-harmful-policies-attacking-refugee-immigrant-communities/
Read our full statement: https://rcusa.org/news-and-media/130-organizations-urge-administration-to-reverse-harmful-policies-attacking-refugee-immigrant-communities/
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A federal judge last week rightfully ruled the Trump administration overstepped his authority by sending immigrants to be detained at Guantánamo Bay.
This is welcome news, but not enough — we're asking the courts to shut down the detention operation there entirely.
This is welcome news, but not enough — we're asking the courts to shut down the detention operation there entirely.
Judge rejects Trump administration's bid to toss lawsuit challenging Guantánamo migrant detentions
A federal judge has rejected a request from the Trump administration to toss a lawsuit challenging the detention of migrants at the U.S.
apnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A federal judge last week rightfully ruled the Trump administration overstepped his authority by sending immigrants to be detained at Guantánamo Bay.
This is welcome news, but not enough — we're asking the courts to shut down the detention operation there entirely.
This is welcome news, but not enough — we're asking the courts to shut down the detention operation there entirely.
Reminder: The Trump administration's cruel aid cuts are having devastating consequences for the world's most vulnerable people and children.
The U.S. should be investing in saving lives & building peace around the world, not waging war.
The U.S. should be investing in saving lives & building peace around the world, not waging war.
Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades
Cuts to development aid from several countries are a key factor, researchers say.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Reminder: The Trump administration's cruel aid cuts are having devastating consequences for the world's most vulnerable people and children.
The U.S. should be investing in saving lives & building peace around the world, not waging war.
The U.S. should be investing in saving lives & building peace around the world, not waging war.
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The longtime peace activist Cora Weiss has died at the age of 91, after decades of advocacy demanding civil rights, nuclear disarmament, gender equality and the abolition of war. Her husband Peter Weiss, the well-known human rights attorney, died several weeks ago just shy of his 100th birthday.
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The longtime peace activist Cora Weiss has died at the age of 91, after decades of advocacy demanding civil rights, nuclear disarmament, gender equality and the abolition of war. Her husband Peter Weiss, the well-known human rights attorney, died several weeks ago just shy of his 100th birthday.
📣"Fund food and healthcare, not war and weapons."
Congress plans to boost the Pentagon budget by $8 billion ABOVE the president's request. This would bring the Pentagon budget topline to over $900 billion.
AND this comes on top of a $156 billion boost from Trump's Big Bad Bill.
Fund food and healthcare, not war and weapons.
AND this comes on top of a $156 billion boost from Trump's Big Bad Bill.
Fund food and healthcare, not war and weapons.
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
📣"Fund food and healthcare, not war and weapons."
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Looking for a holiday activity for a more just and peaceful world? Join us in speaking up for the dignity of all our neighbors.
✍️Handwritten letters to members of Congress from their constituents cut through the noise like little else.
Join us on Dec. 18 for International Migrants Day to demand lawmakers act to stop ICE's inhumane assaults on our neighbors:
🔗 www.fcnl.org/letter-lette...
Join us on Dec. 18 for International Migrants Day to demand lawmakers act to stop ICE's inhumane assaults on our neighbors:
🔗 www.fcnl.org/letter-lette...
📣 Let's make sure Congress hears our message loud and clear: Immigrants make America whole!
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Looking for a holiday activity for a more just and peaceful world? Join us in speaking up for the dignity of all our neighbors.
Must read: The Trump administration's campaign on murder on the high seas isn't just a legal or constitutional issue.
As @philklay.bsky.social writes, it is "wounding" our collective "national soul."
As @philklay.bsky.social writes, it is "wounding" our collective "national soul."
Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Must read: The Trump administration's campaign on murder on the high seas isn't just a legal or constitutional issue.
As @philklay.bsky.social writes, it is "wounding" our collective "national soul."
As @philklay.bsky.social writes, it is "wounding" our collective "national soul."
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Prolonged US armed confrontation with #Venezuela would create a "major refugee crisis" in the country, senior research fellow Francisco Rodríguez tells @cnn.com, exacerbating migratory pressures that US economic sanctions have contributed to, as CEPR research has shown.
Trump blames Maduro for migrants, but a war in Venezuela could create millions of refugees | CNN Politics
When President Donald Trump has been asked about the reason he’s pressuring President Nicolás Maduro to step down and threatening military action, he consistently blames the leader of Venezuela for two things: drugs and migrants.
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Prolonged US armed confrontation with #Venezuela would create a "major refugee crisis" in the country, senior research fellow Francisco Rodríguez tells @cnn.com, exacerbating migratory pressures that US economic sanctions have contributed to, as CEPR research has shown.
✍️Handwritten letters to members of Congress from their constituents cut through the noise like little else.
Join us on Dec. 18 for International Migrants Day to demand lawmakers act to stop ICE's inhumane assaults on our neighbors:
🔗 www.fcnl.org/letter-lette...
Join us on Dec. 18 for International Migrants Day to demand lawmakers act to stop ICE's inhumane assaults on our neighbors:
🔗 www.fcnl.org/letter-lette...
📣 Let's make sure Congress hears our message loud and clear: Immigrants make America whole!
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
✍️Handwritten letters to members of Congress from their constituents cut through the noise like little else.
Join us on Dec. 18 for International Migrants Day to demand lawmakers act to stop ICE's inhumane assaults on our neighbors:
🔗 www.fcnl.org/letter-lette...
Join us on Dec. 18 for International Migrants Day to demand lawmakers act to stop ICE's inhumane assaults on our neighbors:
🔗 www.fcnl.org/letter-lette...
"The U.S. has no right to intervene in Venezuela. A war would unleash untold suffering on the Venezuelan people."
"It’s also the last thing Americans want, as several polls have shown."
"It’s also the last thing Americans want, as several polls have shown."
Trump’s Aggression Toward Venezuela Should Be Setting Off Alarm Bells - OtherWords
It’s looking a lot like the run-up to the Iraq war — only this time, the allegations are even more bogus and easily disproven.
otherwords.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"The U.S. has no right to intervene in Venezuela. A war would unleash untold suffering on the Venezuelan people."
"It’s also the last thing Americans want, as several polls have shown."
"It’s also the last thing Americans want, as several polls have shown."
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📣 Let's make sure Congress hears our message loud and clear: Immigrants make America whole!
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
📣 Let's make sure Congress hears our message loud and clear: Immigrants make America whole!
In a time of walls and division, Quaker faith calls us to connection, compassion, and ongoing revelation. 💙
That of God in Our Polity
Rejecting the temptations of limited grace.
buff.ly
December 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In a time of walls and division, Quaker faith calls us to connection, compassion, and ongoing revelation. 💙
Important resource: "The Trump administration has conducted an undeclared war in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, killing scores of civilians."
@theintercept.com "is chronicling all publicly declared U.S. attacks and providing a tracker with information on each strike."⬇️
@theintercept.com "is chronicling all publicly declared U.S. attacks and providing a tracker with information on each strike."⬇️
The U.S. Killed Four More People in Latest Boat Strike. We’re Tracking Them All.
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
theintercept.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Important resource: "The Trump administration has conducted an undeclared war in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, killing scores of civilians."
@theintercept.com "is chronicling all publicly declared U.S. attacks and providing a tracker with information on each strike."⬇️
@theintercept.com "is chronicling all publicly declared U.S. attacks and providing a tracker with information on each strike."⬇️
📣 Let's make sure Congress hears our message loud and clear: Immigrants make America whole!
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
📣 Let's make sure Congress hears our message loud and clear: Immigrants make America whole!
🕊️💙 Faith calls us to stand with the vulnerable.
Minneapolis clergy are mobilizing to offer solidarity, protection, & community to Somali neighbors threatened by the Trump administration's racist ICE operations.
Minneapolis clergy are mobilizing to offer solidarity, protection, & community to Somali neighbors threatened by the Trump administration's racist ICE operations.
In Minneapolis, clergy mobilize to manage ICE raids targeting Somali immigrants
(RNS) — Preparing for ICE agents' presence in the city, an interfaith coalition shared best practices for dealing with law enforcement at houses of worship.
buff.ly
December 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🕊️💙 Faith calls us to stand with the vulnerable.
Minneapolis clergy are mobilizing to offer solidarity, protection, & community to Somali neighbors threatened by the Trump administration's racist ICE operations.
Minneapolis clergy are mobilizing to offer solidarity, protection, & community to Somali neighbors threatened by the Trump administration's racist ICE operations.
📣"We must say no to another endless war, reckless regime change, and lethal operations—which are essentially extrajudicial killings—and do nothing to make the American people safer.”
Thank you @merkley.senate.gov and @kaine.senate.gov!
www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-kain...
Thank you @merkley.senate.gov and @kaine.senate.gov!
www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-kain...
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
📣"We must say no to another endless war, reckless regime change, and lethal operations—which are essentially extrajudicial killings—and do nothing to make the American people safer.”
Thank you @merkley.senate.gov and @kaine.senate.gov!
www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-kain...
Thank you @merkley.senate.gov and @kaine.senate.gov!
www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-kain...
As a Quaker organization, we abhor all violence because we believe every person has sacred worth.
We are deeply disturbed by the wanton, unrestrained violence we are seeing this administration carry out - both at home and abroad. Thank you, Sen. Murphy, for sounding the alarm.
We are deeply disturbed by the wanton, unrestrained violence we are seeing this administration carry out - both at home and abroad. Thank you, Sen. Murphy, for sounding the alarm.
What we are watching - as U.S. citizens are dragged out of cars and illegal war is waged in the Caribbean - is the corruption of the most sacred power we give the President - the power of violence.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
As a Quaker organization, we abhor all violence because we believe every person has sacred worth.
We are deeply disturbed by the wanton, unrestrained violence we are seeing this administration carry out - both at home and abroad. Thank you, Sen. Murphy, for sounding the alarm.
We are deeply disturbed by the wanton, unrestrained violence we are seeing this administration carry out - both at home and abroad. Thank you, Sen. Murphy, for sounding the alarm.
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NEW: Navajo families are suffering from generations of uranium mining. The federal govt just finally passed RECA, a bill to help them — but in the same move, cut health care for millions as Trump pushes for more mining.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com:
@sarahlazare.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com:
They Worked Underground in the Uranium Mines. They've Been Surrounded by Death Ever Since.
The uranium industry left a trail of sickness and loss through Navajo territory, yet Trump is pushing for another mining boom.
inthesetimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
NEW: Navajo families are suffering from generations of uranium mining. The federal govt just finally passed RECA, a bill to help them — but in the same move, cut health care for millions as Trump pushes for more mining.
@sarahlazare.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com:
@sarahlazare.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com:
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👏New: @durbin.senate.gov and Sen. Murkowski re-introduced the bipartisan Dream Act to provide pathways to citizenship for people who have lived in the U.S. for most of their lives.
#DACA recipients contribute to our country every day. They deserve to build their futures without fear. #HomeIsHere
#DACA recipients contribute to our country every day. They deserve to build their futures without fear. #HomeIsHere
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
👏New: @durbin.senate.gov and Sen. Murkowski re-introduced the bipartisan Dream Act to provide pathways to citizenship for people who have lived in the U.S. for most of their lives.
#DACA recipients contribute to our country every day. They deserve to build their futures without fear. #HomeIsHere
#DACA recipients contribute to our country every day. They deserve to build their futures without fear. #HomeIsHere
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"This is not how a civilized nation should act, just murdering people on the high seas without proof, without trial.”
“Alejandro Was Murdered”: Colombian Fisherman’s Family Files Claim Against U.S. over Boat Strike
The U.S. military said Thursday that it blew up another boat of suspected drug smugglers, this time killing four people in the eastern Pacific. The U.S. has now killed at least 87 people in 22 strikes...
www.democracynow.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"This is not how a civilized nation should act, just murdering people on the high seas without proof, without trial.”
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Good message from @adamsmith.house.gov.
The President is asserting a license to kill outside the law based on his own say so.
Congress needs to push back against that claimed prerogative.
The President is asserting a license to kill outside the law based on his own say so.
Congress needs to push back against that claimed prerogative.
Last night, I spoke with @msnowreports.bsky.social's Chris Hayes about boat strikes in the Caribbean.
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Good message from @adamsmith.house.gov.
The President is asserting a license to kill outside the law based on his own say so.
Congress needs to push back against that claimed prerogative.
The President is asserting a license to kill outside the law based on his own say so.
Congress needs to push back against that claimed prerogative.
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With programs like DACA under attack, it's more important than ever for Congress to pass permanent protections like citizenship. Immigrant youth are our friends and neighbors. They are also workers who contribute to their communities and local economies.
December 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
With programs like DACA under attack, it's more important than ever for Congress to pass permanent protections like citizenship. Immigrant youth are our friends and neighbors. They are also workers who contribute to their communities and local economies.