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Last weekend, the United States launched into another war in the Middle East, bombing Iran.
Each year, the State of the Union address provides an opportunity to take a step back from the daily news cycle and reflect on the state of our democracy. This year, it’s clear our democracy is in crisis.
War is not the answer, and diplomacy is still possible and necessary.
On Thursday, the Senate rejected legislation that included more funding for unchecked ICE terror in our communities. Our collective pressure is working. But our work isn’t over.
On Thursday, the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia officially expired. As FCNL’s Allen Hester explains, the world has crossed “a dangerous threshold.”
Alex Pretti was killed this past weekend by an out-of-control immigration enforcement apparatus. His death, along with that of Renee Good, and at least 53 other deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody, was not inevitable. It was due to a violent system – one that has deserted accountability and abandoned respect for human life. Congress has allowed a paramilitary to balloon with an investment of $170 billion last year, with few guardrails.
By restoring real investments in peacebuilding, Congress can and must “repair this damage and chart a new way forward—one that recognizes that true security is built on the foundations of peace and justice” – not by decree of the powerful.
As we sound the alarm over the Trump administration’s militarism and authoritarianism, we continue to draw hope and inspiration from the countless stories of people taking persistent, courageous action to push back.
Nine days into the new year, we’ve been saddened and alarmed by the Trump administration’s escalating violence at home and abroad – from the attack on Venezuela to the horrifying ICE killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis (more on that below).
But we were also heartened that people across the country, and our lawmakers in Congress, are pushing back.
After decades of advocacy from FCNL’s network and the broader peace movement, the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq has finally been repealed!
This is a major win for peace — and an important milestone in our advocacy efforts to urge Congress to reclaim its constitutional war powers and end endless wars.