“The American people do not want another endless war in the Middle East,” said Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) is warning President Donald Trump that acting on his threats to take up arms with Israel in its war with Iran would be an unconstitutional circumventing of Congress to start a war that the...
As the Madleen drew closer to Gaza on its mission to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave, Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib led a letter on Friday calling on the Trump administration to protect the Gaza Freedom Flotilla vessel and its 12 crew members. “We write to urge you to do everything in...
Tlaib said the detentions, which occurred over the course of just two months, are “outrageously cruel and inhumane.” In just the first two months of President Donald Trump’s term, immigration officials have detained over 200 people, including children and U.S. citizens, at a bridge in Michigan where it is common for people to accidentally cross...
Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) have introduced legislation to block nearly $4 billion in proposed weapons sales to Israel, after Israel has unilaterally ended the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and embarked on what appears to be the most violent phase of its genocide yet. On Sunday, Jayapal’s office announced the introduction of...
The US’s airstrikes on Yemen have reportedly killed dozens of civilians, with the US twice bombing a cancer hospital. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has flamed Democrats for misplaced priorities as they rage over the Trump administration’s leak of sensitive information on the U.S.’s bombing of Yemen earlier this month — but not over the strikes...
Progressive lawmakers and rights groups reissued their urgent demands for an arms embargo to Israel on Tuesday, following a horrific Israeli assault on Gaza that killed hundreds of Palestinians. The attacks came after the Israeli military had slowed its massacres for weeks under the ceasefire agreement. “The Israeli apartheid regime has resumed its genocide, carrying...