Holly Brewer

Americans rise up against your government.

You know what DID age well?

It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this.

“War is peace” George Orwell

Susie Wiles is wearing an Apple Watch during a highly classified meeting on Iran.

Unreal.

meanwhile, war rages on at home.

Some local reporting background from @amelianews.bsky.social on the West Virginia jails at issue from earlier this month: westvirginiawatch.com/2026/02/05/a...

Statement from Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on Recent Iranian Influence Efforts | Office of the Director of National Intelligence Joomla! - the dynamic portal engine and content management system

BTW the 2024 Iranian influence campaign that we know about amplified the Gaza protests, which if anything, helped Trump.

www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...

Donald Trump is dragging the United States into a war the American people do not want. Let me be clear: I am opposed to a regime-change war in Iran, and our troops are being put in harm’s way for the sake of Trump’s war of choice.

Read my full statement:

Trump Has No Plan for the Iranian People The mere act of bombing Iran will not by itself create a stable regime.

The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, without Congress, without public support. Above all it has been launched without a coherent strategy for the Iranian people, and without a plan to let them build a legitimate Iranian state.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

NEW: Bahrain skyscrapers and Dubai hotels are now being hit by Iranian drones.

This is insane. Trump has unleashed chaos and carnage.

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It would take more than two.
But yes.

Oh.

After many years in the works, Jim Jaffe & Marc Galanter's source book on panchayats is finally out! This will be very useful for teaching, plus it has a nice introduction on panchayats in South Asian legal history: orientblackswan.com/details?obsi... Buyers in the US can get it via Abe Books.

It feels hopeless, but Congress could act: Call or email your senators and reps, especially at their local offices.

So many people calling this undeclared war what it is:

This is an unjust, illegal war. It violates our treaties and our laws. Presidential impunity must end.

I love this political cartoon of Britain and France carving up the world by James Gillray in 1805.
It feels like Russia and the US are doing that now.
The figures need to be made more plump, of course, and the hats and costumes updated:

You can still send messages through his website. Let's flood him today, friends.

1/Congress authorized both Iraq and Afghanistan through AUMFs and War Powers Resolutions, so Israel and the U.S. could have waited another week: a War Powers resolution was coming up for a vote next week. Politico notes Thune and Johnson are refusing to call the House and Senate back into session.

Other key issues for those proceedings:

Some material that could be used in the proceedings:

The Board of Peace apparently isn't very good at its job.

It would take more than two.
But yes.

The Plumb-pudding in danger - Wikipedia

“The Plumb-Pudding [the World] in danger”

I love this political cartoon of Britain and France carving up the world by James Gillray in 1805.
It feels like Russia and the US are doing that now.
The figures need to be made more plump, of course, and the hats and costumes updated:

Deeply conflicted, Kushner represents the U.S. in high-stakes negotiations with Iran Today in Geneva, Switzerland, Jared Kushner will represent the United States in meetings with Iranian officials — a last-ditch effort to avoid war.

Just a reminder: instead of an actual diplomat, we sent Trump’s deeply compromised son-in-law as the lead negotiator to avert war with Iran.

popular.info/p/deeply-con...

The Bellicose Stance of the State The incoming "America First" coalition is likely to put the United States in greater, not less, risk of conflict.

“Their coalitions have the least to lose from war, and swearing off free trade makes seizing resources through force seem more attractive. This unfortunately means that the incoming "America First" coalition is likely to put the United States in greater, not less, risk of conflict.” (Dec 2024)

Ten day special military operation