US politicians only believe in the justice system when it suits them. Lobbing 155 mm artillery shells at civilians, packed into the Gaza Ghetto, is a war crime.
this post was submitted on 09 Jan 2025
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what a bunch of disgusting human beings. I think for them being a democrat or republican doesn't really matter. Like parasites they will just latch on to whatever opportunity is available and pretend like they are a part of the system.
Really glad all our votes make a difference, we have great representation, these people really share the voice of the American people. /s
“Republicans want to sanction the ICC simply because they don’t want the rules to apply to everyone,” said Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Massachusetts) on the House floor on Thursday.
McGovern highlighted that Republicans are moving to erode human rights while ignoring urgent issues within the U.S.
“We have a natural disaster unfolding in California right this second…. We have a gun violence epidemic, as we see massacres in our schools nearly every single day. And families are unable to make ends meet because they’re being ripped off by billionaire corporations,” said McGovern. “All those challenges, and this is what the out of touch elitist billionaire Republican party wants to waste time on. Sanctioning the ICC.”
I liked Jim McGovern already, but I like him more, now.
Sounds reasonable, but the name? It's like they're not even trying to hide the fact we're in a simulation any more.
45 democrats need to get fucking primaried.
The list copied by hand from https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20257
Sorry for any errors
- Ansari (AZ)
- Bell (MO)
- Cherfilus-McCormick (FL)
- Cisneros (CA)
- Craig (MN)
- Cuellar (TX)
- Davis (NC)
- Frankel (FL)
- Gillen (NY)
- Golden (ME)
- Goldman (NY)
- Gonzalez (TX)
- Gottheimer (NJ)
- Horsford (NV)
- Landsman (OH)
- Latimer (NY)
- Lee (NV)
- Levin (CA)
- McBath(GA)
- McClain Delaney (MD)
- Menendez (NJ)
- Meng(NY)
- Moskowitz(FL)
- Norcross(NJ)
- Pallone(NJ)
- Panetta(CA)
- Pappas (NH)
- Perez(WA)
- Peters (CA)
- Riley (NY)
- Ryan (NY)
- Schneider (IL)
- Schrier (WA)
- Soto (FL)
- Stevens (MI)
- Subramanyam (VA)
- Suozzi (NY)
- Sykes (OH)
- Thanedar (MI)
- Torres(NY)
- Vargas (CA)
- Veasey (TX)
- Wasserman Schultz (FL)
Major EDIT: Originally copied the list from the last time this bill was introduced, it has now been corrected
Fucking evil rats, all of them. Reichstag rodents.
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75% of Democrats voted against it and 100% of Republicans supported it. The problem in this country is Democrats, because a portion of them side with Republicans sometimes.
Honestly the fact that 75% of Democrats voted against it is actually kinda surprising. In the past close to 100% of both parties were knee-jerk pro-Israel votes. This means there's actually a good chance it won't pass the senate. If people wanna call their senator instead of complaining online, maybe it won't. I'm in DC so I'm allowed to just complain online until you give me my two senators.
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I can’t be an American. There’s no way my politics are this divorced from the average person and I’m still an American.
(https://act.represent.us/sign/problempoll-fba/)[The bottom 90% of income earners have a statistically zero level of influence on policy.]
It's not you who isn't American, it's the current governing body.
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Here's the list of voters that you can narrow down. It's appalling. AIPAC, the pro-~~isreal~~Genocide lobby, has been pushing this, in order to shield their terrorist leader netenyahoo from punishment. The bill would not just sanction the International Criminal Court, but it's members. They are actively trying to punish individuals across the globe, for condemning isreals genocide, using the American peoples congress as their cudgel.
Meanwhile isreal has blocked or impeded every single humanitarian aid shipment to Gaza since October.
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