Medea Benjamin Profile
Medea Benjamin

@medeabenjamin

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Cofounder of peace group CODEPINK. Author. Peace activist. Wannabe salsa dancer :)

Washington DC and San Francisc
Joined May 2008
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Medea Benjamin
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Faster than Congress can approve a weapons deal. Stronger than an AIPAC lobbyist. Louder than a thousand lies on Fox News. It’s….US, together. While Gaza is bombed,.and our leaders stay silent,.we know Superman is not coming to save them. So we will. We are the ones we’ve
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Medea Benjamin
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The new Superman movie claims it’s not about Gaza but the parallels are hard to miss. A tiny besieged land attacked with U.S.-backed weapons. Families living in rubble. An “evil regime” invading its neighbors, labeling the victims as terrorists, and justifying it all as
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My my. The fissure between Israel and US Christians is growing. Now Huckabee is pissed that Israel is no longer granting routine visas to US Christian groups.
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Medea Benjamin
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Why don’t you do something your constituents care about instead of nonsense bills to just ingratiate yourselves even further to your AIPAC masters???.
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Congressman Rudy Yakym
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The term "Globalize the Intifada" is not open to interpretation, it's a call for violence against the Jewish and Israeli people. That's why @RepJoshG and I introduced a bipartisan resolution to unequivocally condemn it. Hate speech of any kind has no place in America.
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Yes! I agree with @RepMTG on this. Stop sending our money to fuel foreign wars.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸
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I’ve introduced amendments to strip billions in foreign aid from the Defense Appropriations Bill. America is $37 TRILLION in debt. Our people are broke and cannot afford the cost of living. Congress sends your money to every foreign war and foreign country like it’s their job.
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So wonderful that 20 students from Mississippi joined us at @codepink today to push Congress to stop arming Israel.
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20 students from Mississippi just brought the truth to Congress. They connected the dots: Why is there money for genocide but not for clean water, safe schools, or basic rights?. MISSISSIPPI SAYS: FREE, FREE PALESTINE!
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With all respect, @Pontifex, why not name the country, Israel, that carried out this attack and so many others against Christians in Gaza and the West Bank???.
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Pope Leo XIV
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I am deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in #Gaza. I assure the parish community of my spiritual closeness. I commend the souls of the deceased to the loving mercy of Almighty God, and pray for.
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Taylor stood up in a House hearing and exposed the brutal truth: the CUNY system is funneling money into war, punishing dissent, and selling out its students. Taylor wouldn’t stay be silent on campus or in Congress. This is what happens when students refuse to be complicit!
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Medea Benjamin
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“Rep. Meeks, why aren’t you supporting Zohran Mamdani?”.“I don’t know him.”.You don’t need to. Your voters do. And they support him. Loudly. Stop ignoring progressive challengers just because they don’t serve AIPAC.
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We went to Rep. Kathy Castor’s office to demand justice for Saif, a 20-year-old Palestinian American who was brutally killed by Israeli settlers. We’re asking her to:.Initiate a sign-on letter in Congress.Demand an investigation.Call for prosecution of those responsible. Tag
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Medea Benjamin
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“We support Israel no matter what.”.Even if it means genocide. Even if it means starving children. Even if it means building a concentration camp. Meet U.S. Rep. Robert P. “Rob” Bresnahan Jr. (PA-08). First elected last year and his campaign already pocketed $27,608 from the
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Medea Benjamin
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What a bunch of BS. This rabbi Abraham Cooper who is regurgitating Israeli hasbara about the dystopian Gaza "Humanitarian" Foundation should be ashamed.
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Medea Benjamin
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This is probably the first good thing that @GovMikeHuckabee has done re Israel/Palestine in his entire career!.
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Ambassador Mike Huckabee
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I have asked @Israel to aggressively investigate the murder of Saif Mussallet, an American citizen who was visiting family in Sinjil when he was beaten to death. There must be accountability for this criminal and terrorist act. Saif was just 20 yrs old.
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Medea Benjamin
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And @LindseyGrahamSC, what about using US influence to stop Israel's barbaric war machine that is "out of bounds in the 21st century"? Why the double standard? Racism, perhaps?.
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Lindsey Graham
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With all due respect to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian, your country’s decision to continuously buy cheap Russian oil to benefit its economy and prop up Putin’s barbaric war machine is out of bounds in the 21st century. We all seek a better relationship with China.
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Medea Benjamin
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Even when they kill a young man from her own state of Florida, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz won’t condemn Israeli settler violence against Palestinians. This is what support for ethnic cleansing looks like.
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Senator Adam Schiff met with Netanyahu while babies in Gaza starve. Over 70% of Americans want the U.S. to stop supporting Israel’s genocide. Who is he really listening to, his constituents, or AIPAC?
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Medea Benjamin
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We went to Senator Ted Cruz’s office to ask why he met with war criminal Netanyahu while Texans are drowning. 132 people dead. Homes destroyed. And Cruz is busy pledging loyalty (and billions) to a foreign military. $17 billion to Israel. $700 checks for Texans. Texas doesn’t
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The U.S. just sanctioned Cuban President Díaz-Canel for “human rights” but rolled out the red carpet for Netanyahu, who’s literally wanted for war crimes. This isn’t about justice. It’s about Rubio’s revenge politics, Cold War fantasies, and punishing Cuba for refusing to kneel
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