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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am scared: North Korea appears to have restarted plutonium reactor
https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-korea-appears-restarted-plutonium-reactor-think-tank-193954038.htmlAnd we know that Trump will love to press the button..
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I am scared: North Korea appears to have restarted plutonium reactor (Original Post)
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Jan 2017
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Takket
(21,573 posts)1. the entire world is unraveling so fast, i don't even know what to be afraid of..........
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)2. PLEASE READ THIS AND CALL OR TEXT
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028548170
Today's Daily Action is to call your Representative and ask them to co-sponsor and vocally support H.R.669/S200, Senator Ed Markey and Congressman Ted Lieu's legislation that would prevent any President from launching a nuclear "first strike" without Congress first passing a Declaration of War.
Under previous PresidentsRepublicans and Democrats alikesuch a bill would seem unnecessary, even unimaginable. But given the current President's world-famous temper and his previous statements revealing a willingness to use nuclear weapons, a disregard for the Geneva Conventions, and an outright hostility toward the basic norms that help to protect civilians in wartimefor example, giving civilian populations advanced notice to escape cities being bombedthe unthinkable has become a distinct possibility.
If we allow this legislation to die in Congress, Trump will interpret its defeat as "proof" that the American people back his trigger-finger nuclear policy. This is one small but necessary step to help protect 7.5 billion human lives from nuclear cataclysm.
We will keep you updated on this legislation as it progresses.
DC callers will be directed to Ted Lieus Los Angeles office. Thank him for this important legislation.
To receive Daily Action alerts, text the word DAILY to 228466 today! If you would like to call without receiving the alerts, call (844) 241-1141 to be connected to your rep.
Today's Daily Action is to call your Representative and ask them to co-sponsor and vocally support H.R.669/S200, Senator Ed Markey and Congressman Ted Lieu's legislation that would prevent any President from launching a nuclear "first strike" without Congress first passing a Declaration of War.
Under previous PresidentsRepublicans and Democrats alikesuch a bill would seem unnecessary, even unimaginable. But given the current President's world-famous temper and his previous statements revealing a willingness to use nuclear weapons, a disregard for the Geneva Conventions, and an outright hostility toward the basic norms that help to protect civilians in wartimefor example, giving civilian populations advanced notice to escape cities being bombedthe unthinkable has become a distinct possibility.
If we allow this legislation to die in Congress, Trump will interpret its defeat as "proof" that the American people back his trigger-finger nuclear policy. This is one small but necessary step to help protect 7.5 billion human lives from nuclear cataclysm.
We will keep you updated on this legislation as it progresses.
DC callers will be directed to Ted Lieus Los Angeles office. Thank him for this important legislation.
To receive Daily Action alerts, text the word DAILY to 228466 today! If you would like to call without receiving the alerts, call (844) 241-1141 to be connected to your rep.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)3. K&R