#Jeff merkley

[vyorei]

Protests in DC, nice job guys, people have to keep making noise.

Reading the names is also important.

Speak them.

Those people existed, had lives, were meant to live and grow and experience a world without occupiers pointing guns in their faces and dropping bombs on their children. They can't because the global powers who could prevent further chaos, failed to do so. There is blood on the hands of the Biden Administration.

Good to see USians aren't completely brainwashed.

BASED WASHINGTON DC ✊🇵🇸

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Who: Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon)

X: https://x.com/SenJeffMerkley/

When: February 2025

What: FY 2025 Budget

Watch on C-SPAN

Read the Congressional Record

[thekeypa]

Thank you to the members of Senate who voted against sending more weapons to Israel.

[deramin2]

Very interesting interview with Oregon's longtime Senator Jeff Merkley on what the Trump Administration is doing and what the Senate Democrats are trying to do in response.

TLDR:

What Trump is doing is a blatantly illegal power grab.

Executive Orders are happening so fast Dems struggling to keep up, but trying.

Democrats are very hamstring unless they can convince Republican to also act.

Calling your Republican representatives is putting pressure on them.

Trump is threatening to use his billionaire friends like Musk to destroy their future campaigns if Republicans aren't loyal, and they're acting like bought-out cowards. Have to convince them their constituents will overthrow them faster if they comply. (Good old Washington DC graft.)

Trump's candidates are wildly unqualified and incompetent and can't do the jobs they're being nominated for. This is an unprecedented disaster never seen before on this scale and is like endless Michael D. Brown (director of FEMA during Hurricane Katrina).

[phoenixyfriend]

Most useful podcast I've heard this morning is Democracy Now again. Here's the 2/29/24 episode on Spotify:

It is also available online, with text format as well.

This episode has an extended interview with a sitting US Senator, Oregon's Jeff Merkley, about the work he and other pro-ceasefire officials are doing to push for Palestinian survival, the possible impact of Listen To Michigan, and the ramifications of Mitch MConnell stepping down as Senate Leader in November, in light of his history in US government.

[generallemarc]

YES!!! This is huge with a capital Y!!!!

Back in 2021 there was an international, inter-legislative group formed called the International Parliamentary Alliance on China, or IPAC, a group dedicated to opposing the spread of Chinese influence, raising awareness of its genocide against the Ugyhurs, oppression of the Tibetans and minority religious groups, crackdowns on Hong Kong and Macau, and general tyrannical behavior towards its entire population. This might seem like business as usual for countries like America, but for some states with legislators involved like Italy, New Zealand, or especially the Solomon Islands, it very much isn't. The group consists of legislatures from nearly two dozen countries and the European Parliament, and makes a point of appointing two legislators from the two biggest opposing parties of each country as co-chairs whenever possible. So the two British co-chairs are a Labor MP and a Tory MP, the two Canadian co-chairs are a Liberal and a Conservative, and the two American co-chairs are a Democrat and a Republican. Those last two were Senator Jeff Merkely of Oregon and Senator Marco Rubio.

The alliance never had much in the way of heavy-hitters; a Belgian who used to be Prime Minister but is now an MEP(Member of the European Parliament), a leader of a minor Norwegian political party and a mid-sized Danish one(both in opposition), a Czech MP who was Minister for Science and Research for a few years. But this? This changes everything. It would be huge for any country to appoint a member as their foreign minister, but for America? It's a godsend. Much as you might not believe me, there's a handful of Democratic representatives and senators who'll likely be celebrating this, because one of their fellow IPAC members now has Trump's ear. I'd always been disheartened that there weren't even 15 total American members from both houses compared against dozens of British and Canadian MPs, but, if you'll forgive the pun, in this case quality trumps quantity. Fuck Matt Gaetz, all my homies hate Matt Gaetz, but our foreign policy is now locked in to make what Trump's first term treated China as look tame. Hell, maybe even how Biden treated them, and despite his numerous other failings Biden was no slouch on China. I could not be happier about this pick-despite all his other picks' failings, this could potentially make up for all of them combined. Maybe SEATO 2.0 isn't possible now, but as they say, the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, and the second best time is today. Let's start laying that groundwork, Mr. Secretary.

[theivorybilledwoodpecker]

Keep calling your reps!

[biscuitsngravie]

Shut down Morrison Bridge entirely. You don't get peace until the occupation ends COMPLETELY. Call and email Jeff Merkley to call for a Ceasefire NOW. this will not stop.

[sinoeurovoices]

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Who: Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon)

X: @SenJeffMerkley

When: January 2025

What: Immigration

Watch on C-SPAN

Read the Congressional Record

[thekeypa]

“The U.S. must end its complicity in the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. We need a ceasefire and a massive influx of lifesaving aid — NOW.”

[cabbagecrow]

merkley at the mall

[ida-spies-genitals]

This is my grandson

Ivan! If there are arny people who want to marry him please

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[misfitwashere]

You go Jeff!

[technofeudalism]

reposting because i completely fucked the numbers up the first time and adding the list of reps below.

The Trump administration’s abrupt street arrests of legal immigrants, who subsequently disappear into government detention, should be a huge scandal met with swift action by Democrats in Congress. But for some reason, just 34 Democrats in the Senate and the House have signed on to a letter demanding answers about the arrest of Tufts University doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk in Massachusetts and other international students who have had their legal immigration status swiftly revoked without due process and now face deportation.

House Members:

Representative Yassamin Ansari—Arizona

Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton—District of Columbia (nonvoting delegate)

Representative Hank Johnson—Georgia

Representative Delia Ramirez—Illinois

​​Representative André Carson—Indiana

Representative Jill Tokuda—Hawaii

Representative Ayanna Pressley—Massachusetts

Representative Lori Trahan—Massachusetts

Representative Katherine Clark—Massachusetts

Representative Stephen Lynch—Massachusetts

Representative Seth Moulton—Massachusetts

Representative James McGovern—Massachusetts

Representative Jake Auchincloss—Massachusetts

Representative Rashida Tlaib—Michigan

Representative Ilhan Omar—Minnesota

Representative LaMonica McIver—New Jersey

Representative Bonne Watson Coleman—New Jersey

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—New York

Representative Summer Lee—Pennsylvania

Representative Greg Casar—Texas

Representative Lloyd Doggett—Texas

Representative Donald S. Beyer Jr.—Virginia

Representative Mark Pocan—Wisconsin

23/213 - 10.79%

Senators:

Senator Jeff Merkley—Oregon

Senator Tina Smith—Minnesota

Senator Andy Kim—New Jersey

Senator Chris Van Hollen—Maryland

Senator Elizabeth Warren—Massachusetts

Senator Edward Markey—Massachusetts

Senator Brian Schatz—Hawaii

Senator Adam Schiff—California

Senator Bernie Sanders—Vermont

Senator Peter Welch—Vermont

Senator Tim Kaine—Virgina

11/45 - 24.44%

TOTAL: 34/258 (13.17%)