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Afghan Envoy Holbrooke and Senate in La La Land

“Man, those dudes are in La La Land,” a young intern said to me on the way out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Afghanistan on June 14, his eyes rolling. “You can’t win in Afghanistan. Don’t they read history?” It had been hard to sit through hours of Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke’s [...]

Linda Milazzo on Brad Sherman’s July 7 “Town Hall” in Northridge, CA

On July 3, 2010, I received an email from a friend informing me that Congressman Brad Sherman, who is seeking reelection to his 8th term in California’s 27th Congressional District, was hosting a Middle East town hall on July 7th from 7-8:30PM at member-based Conservative Jewish Temple Ramat Zion, with Israeli Deputy Consul Gil Artzyeli [...]

David Klein on Brad Sherman’s July 7 “Town Hall” in Northridge, CA

At a selectively advertised Middle East meeting Brad Sherman held at Temple Ramat Zion, July 7, he repeated his call for the arrest of all American citizens aboard the Humanitarian Aid Flotilla to Gaza and to prosecute them under anti-terrorist laws. Hundreds of members of the synagogue were in attendance and gave overwhelming approval. At [...]

Refusing to be Intimidated

by Ramzi Kysia Yesterday, organizers from the Gaza Freedom March, Free Gaza Movement, and Code Pink voluntarily made ourselves available for arrest in Rep. Brad Sherman’s offices on Capitol Hill. RT Television covered our attempt to ‘surrender’ ourselves, and activist videos of the action are now up on YouTube. Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), chair of [...]

Diane Wilson’s Statement to Sen. Murkowski

Diane Wilson, a fourth generation shrimper from the Gulf, poured oil on herself at today’s Senate Energy Committee hearing in protest to the committee’s co-chair  blocking the Big Oil Bailout Prevention Act. The co-chair, Republican Lisa Murkowski, blocked the bill that would have lifted the oil companies’ liability cap. Wilson was removed from the hearing [...]

Pelosi (and Congress) suffering from amnesia?

I remember clearly when Speaker Pelosi made statements last year about not intending to push her colleagues to approve more funding for Afghanistan the next time President Obama came asking. I remember because it was one of my few “yay Nancy” moments. They don’t happen often honestly. So when I read today’s piece on Fox’s [...]