You can read the entire report on the exercise here:
www.winwithoutwaredfund.org/policy/simul....

Our recommendations to Congress last spring have only grown more urgent: Defend and assert Congress’ war powers, conduct aggressive oversight over the DoD and CIA, stand up for civil liberties, and don’t let this administration drag us into a destructive war in Mexico.

As the exercise unfolded, Trump's “war on cartels” spread violence throughout Mexico, harmed U.S. industries reliant on cross-border trade, hamstrung cooperation with the Mexican government, and became a pretense to further crack down on civil liberties at home.

We found that U.S. strikes would have a profoundly destabilizing effect in Mexico and the U.S., while failing to reduce the amount of dangerous drugs reaching our communities.

TOMORROW at 8pm ET, join Rep. Rashida Tlaib, downwinder-activist Mary Dickson, LA organizer Maylene Hughes, & legislative strategist Allen Hester to talk about what happens next— and how to stop another nuclear arms race before it begins.
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Trump can’t bomb his way out of a public health crisis. We need leaders who invest in healthcare, not warfare.

The CDC layoffs mean less support and resources for overdose tracking and prevention, and more lives lost. Trump’s policy instead? More bombs, more war, more suffering.

In addition to recognizing @ramirez.house.gov’s leadership, we want to thank @sarajacobs.house.gov, @jayapal.house.gov, and @pocan.house.gov for their co-leadership of the bill, and @repcasar.bsky.social for leading the caucus endorsement process.

Momentum is growing to bring this horrific violence to a close. Nearly 50 members have cosponsored. They’re responding to the 60% of voters (including 75% of Democrats), who oppose sending more military aid to the Israeli government: poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

We’ve seen Congress act as a rubber stamp for multiple administrations that, through unchecked arms sales, have enabled the Israeli government’s horrific war crimes in Gaza. We commend @usprogressives.bsky.social for moving as a caucus to say: no more on our watch.

“The Trump administration has forced 35,000 troops into a role they did not sign up for: intimidating their own communities as pawns in Trump’s authoritarian power grab,” Sara Haghdoosti, the executive director of @winwithoutwar.bsky.social , told The Intercept.

This summer, Marines from a base near Camp Lejeune were deployed to Florida in a failed attempt to make them staff ICE’s inhumane detention system.

Fort Bragg, NC is the Army’s largest base by number of troops; Camp Lejeune, NC is the largest east coast Marine base. Active duty soldiers and Marines are at growing risk of being ordered to act against their neighbors in cities around the country.