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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We thank Senators @welch.senate.gov and @vanhollen.senate.gov for providing opening remarks for this urgent discussion. Thank you to our panelists Stacy Gilbert, @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social, @revjimwallis.bsky.social, and moderator Josh Paul for sharing your expertise.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Former State official Stacy Gilbert: It’s unforgivable that officials who gaslit the American people have been permitted to move on to jobs at elite institutions. That’s why it’s more important than ever to hold them accountable and prevent them from continuing to shape US foreign policy.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Former State Department official Stacy Gilbert: The Biden admin’s policy “seemed to be that we would gaslight the world and tell egregious lies in order to skirt the law” to continue arming Israel — a hypocrisy that compelled Gilbert to resign from a 20-year career in government.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social: After their support helped Israel kill over 67,000 Palestinians to be killed and cost Dems the 2024 election, former officials like Jake Sullivan, Brent McGurk, and Avril Haines have been allowed to take up cushy positions at universities, think tanks, and VC firms.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social: Biden officials feared that speaking out or trying to hold Israel accountable would damage their career prospects.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

@akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social, journalist and author of "Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel's War in Gaza," highlights how Biden officials like Jake Sullivan and Brent McGurk refused to accept the well-documented starvation of Palestinians in Gaza.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This week, Win Without War Education Fund, A New Policy, and @cipolicy.bsky.social cohosted a panel for staff from 27 congressional offices on accountability for US officials implicated in the Gaza genocide. Hear what our panelists had to say ⬇️

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our statement on last night's vote seeking answers to settler violence in the West Bank

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Trump's horrific threats against people in Iran continue. Trump's war on Iran is already a disaster -- illegal, immoral, and destructive. Congress shouldn't give him another dime to continue it, and must rein him in before he makes good on his threats to turn it into a genocide.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Americans are paying twice for Trump’s war: once to fund the bombs devastating civilians abroad, and again through the higher prices at home the war is responsible for. This bill would make the Pentagon absorb those economic costs instead of families.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Thank you @rokhanna.bsky.social for leading the Illegal War Refund Act. Trump is not only inflicting suffering in the region with his war, he’s also fleecing communities in the U.S. to pay for it.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Saying that the mayor of NYC should be barred from memorializing the deadliest attack in his city's history -- which effected every New Yorker, regardless of their faith -- because he is Muslim is pure Islamophobia. We condemn Mr. Giuliani's comments, and all who try to use tragedy to peddle hate.

Guardian headline: "Giuliani says Mamdani should skip 9/11 ceremony during rant against Islam"

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Trump’s “pivot” to the Western Hemisphere was never about security or human rights. It’s a resource grab, ultimately meant to line the pockets of Trump and his cronies while doing long-term damage to our neighbors.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It IS a way for Trump to cover up the relationship he strained with Canada, a major oil trading partner who is increasingly shifting away from partnership with the U.S.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It WILL deepen corruption. The agreement centers upon an unnamed private company, who will be given the second-largest amount of oil reserves of any private company in the world. Without transparency, there are endless opportunities for Trump to enrich himself.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The deal WON’T relieve U.S. families, who have paid over $700 in gas price increases since the war on Iran began. Experts predict that it will take nearly 10 years to bring oil into production from the fields handed over in the agreement.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It ISN’T to help the Venezuelan people. The deal gives the U.S. government direct control over 25% of Venezuela’s future oil reserves for decades. The deal will also likely require a long-term U.S. security presence in Venezuela, deepening U.S. militarization in Latin America.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Trump’s new oil deal with the Venezuelan government was not made to help U.S. consumers. It’s imperialism and corruption disguised as business. Here’s what the deal is, and what it is not. Thread below: apnews.com/article/vene...

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What we know about Trump's deal giving US access to vast oil reserves in Venezuela

Details are emerging about President Donald Trump's deal giving the United States a stake in Venezuela’s vast oil reserves. He's calling it the biggest oil deal ever.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

But this war is deeply unpopular. Trump’s approval is cratering, and Congress has passed a war powers resolution ordering the president to terminate hostilities. It’s time for this disaster to end.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

18 U.S. servicemembers have died, and hundreds have been injured, so that Trump could try to out-do his predecessors in starting a senseless, endless war.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The U.S. campaign has killed thousands in Iran – and one of the war’s opening strikes was a horrific attack on a girls’ school. No surprise that an admin which gutted DoD civilian protection programs is so cavalier with civilian lives: www.propublica.org/article/hegs...

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Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.

The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part...

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

6 months into Trump’s disastrous, illegal Iran war, thousands are dead, the world is no safer, and U.S. communities are paying the price through higher gas and grocery bills: iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu

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Iran War Energy Cost Tracker

Tracks the extra cost paid by U.S. consumers for gasoline and diesel since the Iran conflict began on February 28, 2026, compared against a no-war counterfactual baseline.

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LEAD PA @lead-pa.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

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gainpower.bsky.social @gainpower.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Great career opportunity with @winwithoutwar.bsky.social: They are recruiting for the Digital Associate position. Please check it out on Jobsthatareleft.org and GAINPower.org. #NowHiring. open.substack.com/pub/jobsthat...

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Win Without War, Digital Associate

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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Digital Associate at Win Without War

Win Without War (501(c)(4)) and Win Without War Education Fund (501(c)(3)) work to push the U.S. government away from violence-first approaches and build a safer, more peaceful world. For more than tw...

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LEAD PA @lead-pa.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The June earthquakes in Venezuela have already taken an unimaginable human toll. As WWWEF @scovillepf.bsky.social Fellow Allie Hansen writes in her new piece, Trump's neocolonialism is only making recovery more difficult. inkstickmedia.com/the-us-claim...

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The US Claims It's Helping Venezuela While Thwarting Democracy

US President Donald Trump's administration says it's helping Venezuela after deadly earthquakes, but it's also undermining democracy.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Trump can cry about it, he can twist Senate Republican arms over it. But he can’t reverse it. H.Con.Res.86 is the law of the land.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Despite Trump’s crowing and some media reporting that this is some kind of “reversal”, that’s not the case. They’re two different bills with two different legal arguments undergirding their authority. And Congress passed the more assertive of the two on Tuesday.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

That evening, Republicans brought up a separate @kaine.senate.gov war powers resolution – a joint resolution that had been discharged from committee but was still in procedural limbo – for a hasty pre-recess vote. They defeated it on a “motion to proceed” by a narrow margin.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Trump, of course, can’t stand to have his warmaking questioned. So he rounded up Senate Republicans on Wednesday to yell at them, in person, for allowing a vote on H.Con.Res.86.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Until Tuesday, Congress had never passed a concurrent war powers resolution through both chambers – and we’re currently in untested constitutional waters, with dueling claims to authority from the different branches.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Unlike a joint war powers resolution (H.J.Res. / S.J.Res.), which the president can veto, H.Con.Res.86 is a concurrent resolution that works as a unilateral assertion of Congress’ Article I authority to decide when and whether the U.S. goes to war.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

On Tuesday, the Senate passed H.Con.Res.86, a war powers resolution that forces Trump to withdraw U.S. troops from hostilities against Iran. It was a historic vote!

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Last night, to salve Trump’s wounded ego, Senate Republicans attempted to “reverse” Tuesday’s historic war powers vote to end the Iran war with a maneuver that has all the legal authority of “I take backsies”. Worth a quick explanation 🧵

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Jodi Jacobson @jljacobson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This is absolutely fantastic news, and we must all thank @winwithoutwar.bsky.social for their persistent work toward this success.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Our statement on today's historic vote to end Donald Trump's disastrous war on Iran:

Congress Votes: Trump’s Iran War Must End Now

Washington – In response to the Senate’s passage of House Concurrent Resolution 86, a War Powers Resolution to remove U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran, Win Without War Government Relations Director Eric Eikenberry released the following statement:

“Today, Congress decided: President Trump’s war on Iran must end immediately. With today's historic Senate vote, Congress has for the first time passed a bicameral, concurrent resolution exercising its inherent Article I authority to withdraw U.S. forces from hostilities.

“Lawmakers who voted in favor of this resolution were merely enacting the will of their constituents. Large majorities across the country have long agreed that this war should never have started, and that it must be brought to an end now. The message is clear: Trump has lost the confidence of the country and the Congress, and his reckless warmaking must be reined in.

“As the U.S.-Iran ceasefire takes shape and Trump’s overdue turn to diplomacy provides people in Iran and across the Middle East some relief, the president’s outrageous threats to return to fighting only underscore the urgent need for congressional action.

“Having ordered Trump to end the war, Congress must now press the point home. No one who voted for this resolution should vote to authorize one more dime for this war. Instead, they should repeat the message today’s vote sends to the White House: end this war, or Congress will end it for you.”

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Our Senior Associate Samhita Saquib dug into Trump's record on Gaza during the ceasefire, and it is bleak. If you're trying to catch up on the situation in Gaza, you can skip Secretary Clinton's piece. Read this instead: winwithoutwar.org/policy/who-p...

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Who Put These People in Charge of Gaza? | Win Without War

The Board of Peace is not about peace. The ceasefire agreement gave the world an excuse to look away from Gaza. In its wake, a new cast of unelected politicians, billionaires, and political insiders s...

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Trump's Board of Peace is failing on aid, failing on reconstruction, provides no path to Palestinian self-determination, and leaves Palestinians at the whims of Trump and his cronies. Maybe that's acceptable to @hillaryclinton.bsky.social, but it's not to us. Read our new report below.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

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Who Put These People in Charge of Gaza? | Win Without War

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

An excellent piece from @ryecostello.bsky.social on the MOU between the US and Iranian governments. Ending a disastrous war of choice entails costs, but far better to pay those costs and end the war than to keep the disaster going. insights.niacouncil.org/p/ending-the...

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Ending the Iran War is a Good Thing. So is the Memorandum of Understanding.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Now, the ball is in the Senate’s court. There and on the House floor, Congress should build on the topline vote by opposing drawing a line in the sand: No blank check. No $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This Pentagon budget remains too large, too permissive, and too deferential to an administration cutting basic needs while asking Congress to bankroll weapons, war, and militarization. But this markup showed something important: members can fight this bill — and some did.

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Win Without War @winwithoutwar.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

...@goodlander.house.gov, @elfreth.house.gov, @carbajal.house.gov, and @repwesleybellmo.bsky.social. That is a real marker heading into the floor fight.

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