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Hero or fall guy? Vance becomes face of Trump’s tentative Iran deal
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#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #APTopNews #BarackObama #BenDomenech #BernieMoreno #BrianSchatz #DonaldTrump #Generalnews #george-w-bush #Iran #iranwar #JaredKushner #JDVance #KevinCramer #LindseyGraham #LukeSchroeder #MarcoRubio #Militaryanddefense #Nuclearweapons #OliviaWales #Politics #U.S.RepublicanParty #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesgovernment #Us #USA #Warandunrest #Washingtonnews #Worldnews
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Attorney says tourist was protecting turtles by throwing rock at Hawaiian seal
HONOLULU (AP) — The defense attorney for a tourist from Washington state accused of hurling a…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Animals #BrianSchatz #DomesticNews #Endangeredspecies #Generalnews #Hawaii #HIStateWire #honolulu #IgorLytvynchuk #MylesBreiner #NationalOceanicAndAtmosphericAdministration #Science #U.S.news #WAStateWire #Washington
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Attorney says tourist was protecting turtles by throwing rock at Hawaiian seal
HONOLULU (AP) — The defense attorney for a tourist from Washington state accused of hurling a…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Animals #BrianSchatz #DomesticNews #Endangeredspecies #Generalnews #Hawaii #HIStateWire #honolulu #IgorLytvynchuk #MylesBreiner #NationalOceanicAndAtmosphericAdministration #Science #U.S.news #WAStateWire #Washington
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"One former top-level Hill staffer told the Prospect: “In some circles, to ‘Schatz’ something is starting to be used as a verb, by which I mean undermining bills that take on corporate power, pretending to be motivated by progressive concerns, when it is transparent to everyone involved that he is just trying to build chits with powerful industries.” "
https://prospect.org/2026/03/13/brian-schatz-comfort-with-big-money/
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"One former top-level Hill staffer told the Prospect: “In some circles, to ‘Schatz’ something is starting to be used as a verb, by which I mean undermining bills that take on corporate power, pretending to be motivated by progressive concerns, when it is transparent to everyone involved that he is just trying to build chits with powerful industries.” "
https://prospect.org/2026/03/13/brian-schatz-comfort-with-big-money/
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@ddayen.bsky.social #BrianSchatz is one of my senators. He's the worst sort of mushy corporate Democrat. #Hawaii needs to do better. (Our other senator, Mazie Hirono, is pretty good)
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@ddayen.bsky.social #BrianSchatz is one of my senators. He's the worst sort of mushy corporate Democrat. #Hawaii needs to do better. (Our other senator, Mazie Hirono, is pretty good)
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#MeidasTouch host #BenMeiselas reports on the TERRIBLE news that as many as 150 US service members have been wounded in the #Iran war as it appears Trump has been involved in a MAJOR cover up. Ben interviews Dem. Senator #BrianSchatz about the illegal and sloppy war in #Iran youtu.be/YqNsuADct-s?...
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Congress Wants To Hand Your Parenting To Big Tech
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Congress Wants To Hand Your Parenting To Big Tech
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Congress Wants To Hand Your Parenting To Big Tech
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Congress Wants To Hand Your Parenting To Big Tech
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Congress Wants To Hand Your Parenting To Big Tech
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All about the infamous CECOT prison — on which CBS's Bari Weiss pulled a story
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/cecot-story-bari-weiss-spiked
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All about the infamous CECOT prison — on which CBS's Bari Weiss pulled a story
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/cecot-story-bari-weiss-spiked
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All about the infamous CECOT prison — on which CBS's Bari Weiss pulled a story
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/cecot-story-bari-weiss-spiked
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All about the infamous CECOT prison — on which CBS's Bari Weiss pulled a story
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/cecot-story-bari-weiss-spiked
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The #US Is Skipping This Year’s #Climate Summit.
And that is just fine with those who see Trump’s hostility toward anything related to #climatechange
World leaders at #COP30, will try to agree on more ambitious plans to cut #greenhousegas
“I normally subscribe to the idea that we should always be at the table,” said #Senator #BrianSchatz, Dem Hi. “But if we’re going to be at the table and turn it over, then I think it’s best if we don’t show up.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/climate/belem-brazi-cop30-trump.html
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The #US Is Skipping This Year’s #Climate Summit.
And that is just fine with those who see Trump’s hostility toward anything related to #climatechange
World leaders at #COP30, will try to agree on more ambitious plans to cut #greenhousegas
“I normally subscribe to the idea that we should always be at the table,” said #Senator #BrianSchatz, Dem Hi. “But if we’re going to be at the table and turn it over, then I think it’s best if we don’t show up.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/climate/belem-brazi-cop30-trump.html
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Trump is chiseling away at the power of a compliant Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — “Mr. President, this i…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #APTopNews #BrianSchatz #constitutionallaw #DonaldTrump #Generalnews #JeffFlake #jeffreyepstein #JoeBiden #JohnThune #Legislation #LisaMurkowksi #LizCheney #mikejohnson #MittRomney #PeteHegseth #Politics #RobertF.KennedyJr. #SusanCollins #ThomTillis #ThomasMassie #U.S.RepublicanParty #UnitedStates #Us #USA #VladimirPutin #Washingtonnews
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Here's the names of the 14 Democrat Senators who voted to support #BernieSanders' resolutions to block billions of $US of military aid and weapons to #Israel on Thurs 3rd April, 2025.
#RichardDurbin
#MartinHeinrich
#MazieHirono
#BenRayLuján
#TimKaine
#AndyKim
#EdMarkey
#JeffMerkley
#ChrisMurphy
#BrianSchatz
#TinaSmith
#ChrisVanHollen
#ElizabethWarren
#PeterWelch
#NonGenocidalSenatorsThe others nowhere!
#TheGreatWhenhttps://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/senate-democrats-cancel-military-aid-israel
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Here's the names of the 14 Democrat Senators who voted to support #BernieSanders' resolutions to block billions of $US of military aid and weapons to #Israel on Thurs 3rd April, 2025.
#RichardDurbin
#MartinHeinrich
#MazieHirono
#BenRayLuján
#TimKaine
#AndyKim
#EdMarkey
#JeffMerkley
#ChrisMurphy
#BrianSchatz
#TinaSmith
#ChrisVanHollen
#ElizabethWarren
#PeterWelch
#NonGenocidalSenatorsThe others nowhere!
#TheGreatWhenhttps://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/senate-democrats-cancel-military-aid-israel
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#Democracy and the #Constitution are under assault. #RFKJr & Co. are shredding the nation's #PublicHealth and medical #research infrastructure. #Climate policy is being decimated. And today I got an e-newsletter from #Hawaii Sen. #BrianSchatz that said NOT ONE WORD about any of this. WTF?!?!
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#Democracy and the #Constitution are under assault. #RFKJr & Co. are shredding the nation's #PublicHealth and medical #research infrastructure. #Climate policy is being decimated. And today I got an e-newsletter from #Hawaii Sen. #BrianSchatz that said NOT ONE WORD about any of this. WTF?!?!
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@em_cinnamon Same thing happened here in #Hawaii. We have one senator who's pretty consistently good, #MazieHirono, and one who's not, #BrianSchatz. You can guess how each voted.
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@em_cinnamon Same thing happened here in #Hawaii. We have one senator who's pretty consistently good, #MazieHirono, and one who's not, #BrianSchatz. You can guess how each voted.
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As a #Hawaii #Democrat, I am nauseated that one of my senators, #BrianSchatz, joined #Schumer in the Capitulation Caucus. https://www.commondreams.org/news/senator-chuck-schumer?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=18e0e3a772-Top+News%3A+Fri.+3%2F14%2F25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-3b949b3e19-600541243
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As a #Hawaii #Democrat, I am nauseated that one of my senators, #BrianSchatz, joined #Schumer in the Capitulation Caucus. https://www.commondreams.org/news/senator-chuck-schumer?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=18e0e3a772-Top+News%3A+Fri.+3%2F14%2F25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-3b949b3e19-600541243
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Brian Schatz needs to hear from you. He’s not stated his stance on the Trump MAGA budget.
I sent the following to the Senator. Please lend your voice too.
"Senator Schatz,
Yes, I’m a Democrat from California. But my wife and I visit Hawaii whenever we can. How is Hawaiian tourism going to do when the Trump MAGA GOP budget destroys the economy and people’s savings? When the tourists that Hawaii needs can’t afford the luxury of a Hawaiian vacation?
A “no” vote on Cloture and the GOP budget will help Hawaii and the rest of the country. Democrats must stand strong against Trump and the radical GOP.
Thank you"
https://www.schatz.senate.gov/contact
#BrianSchatz #Politics #Trump #MAGA #Senate #Democrat #GOP #Budget
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Brian Schatz needs to hear from you. He’s not stated his stance on the Trump MAGA budget.
I sent the following to the Senator. Please lend your voice too.
"Senator Schatz,
Yes, I’m a Democrat from California. But my wife and I visit Hawaii whenever we can. How is Hawaiian tourism going to do when the Trump MAGA GOP budget destroys the economy and people’s savings? When the tourists that Hawaii needs can’t afford the luxury of a Hawaiian vacation?
A “no” vote on Cloture and the GOP budget will help Hawaii and the rest of the country. Democrats must stand strong against Trump and the radical GOP.
Thank you"
https://www.schatz.senate.gov/contact
#BrianSchatz #Politics #Trump #MAGA #Senate #Democrat #GOP #Budget
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#Grijalva, Sen. Schatz Lead 34 Lawmakers Urging #PresidentBiden to Pardon #NativeAmericanActivist #LeonardPeltier
From U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Dec 19, 2024
WASHINGTON – "U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Chairman #BrianSchatz (D-Hawai‘i) led a letter signed by 34 Members of Congress to President Biden urging him to grant clemency for renowned Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier in the final weeks of his term. Mr. Peltier was convicted of murder in 1977 following a controversial investigation and trial, which many civil rights leaders and legal experts have called unjust, including the U.S. Attorney who prosecuted the case.
"In their letter, the lawmakers cite Mr. Peltier’s advanced age and illness, and stress that a presidential pardon is the last remaining hope for his freedom.
"'Despite the grave concerns surrounding the continued imprisonment of Mr. Peltier, who is now 80 years old and suffering from severe health conditions, including increasing vision loss, the Bureau of Prisons denied Mr. Peltier a compassionate release or reduction in sentence in April of this year; and in July 2024, the U.S. Parole Commission denied him parole. These recent denials mean only you have the unique ability to grant him clemency and rectify this grave #injustice that has long troubled #HumanRights advocates and #NativePeoples across the globe,' the lawmakers wrote.
"The lawmakers highlight the Biden-Harris administration’s unprecedented record of addressing the country’s history of injustices against Indigenous communities and urge President Biden to cement this legacy by commuting Mr. Peltier’s sentence.
"The letter was also signed by Representatives Cori Bush (D-Mo.), Greg Casar (D-Texas), Jesús G. “Chuy” García (D-Ill.), Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Daniel Kildee (D-Mich.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Summer Lee (D-Ohio), Erica Lee Carter (D-Texas), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), James McGovern (D-Mass.), Kevin Mullin (D-Calif.), #AlexandriaOcasioCortez (D-N.Y.), #IlhanOmar (D-Minn.), Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), Andrea Salinas (D-Ore.), Janice Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.), #RashidaTlaib (D-Mich.), #JillTokuda (D-Hawai‘i), and #NydiaVelázquez (D-N.Y.), as well as U.S. Senators #MazieHirono (D-Hawai’i), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), #BernieSanders (I-Vt.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), #ElizabethWarren (D-Mass.), and Peter Welch (D- Vt.), and former U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).
BACKGROUND
"In 1977, Leonard Peltier was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of two FBI agents. His trial and conviction have been widely criticized by civil rights leaders and legal experts; key evidence was withheld, witnesses were coerced, and critical ballistics information was misrepresented. Mr. Peltier was an active member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), a grassroots movement founded in the late 1960s to organize activism around systemic poverty, discrimination, and police brutality against Native Americans. At the time of Mr. Peltier’s arrest, AIM was under deep scrutiny by the U.S. government.
"Last year, Ranking Member #Grijalva led a bipartisan, bicameral 33-member letter calling on President Biden and the U.S. Department of Justice to grant clemency to Mr. Peltier, as well as in October 2021 and February 2022. Grijalva spoke with Mr. Peltier in 2022 and recounted his description of harsh and often inhumane conditions in federal detention, including long periods of solitary confinement and major challenges in obtaining adequate medical care for his declining health."
Source:
https://www.charkoosta.com/news/grijalva-sen-schatz-lead-34-lawmakers-urging-president-biden-to-pardon-native-american-activist-leonard/article_067787be-bd7e-11ef-9e89-2f59e879ef5e.html
#FreeLeonardPeltier #AmnestyForLeonardPeltier #ClemencyForLeonardPeltier #AmericanIndianMovement #AIM #FBI -
#Grijalva, Sen. Schatz Lead 34 Lawmakers Urging #PresidentBiden to Pardon #NativeAmericanActivist #LeonardPeltier
From U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Dec 19, 2024
WASHINGTON – "U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Chairman #BrianSchatz (D-Hawai‘i) led a letter signed by 34 Members of Congress to President Biden urging him to grant clemency for renowned Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier in the final weeks of his term. Mr. Peltier was convicted of murder in 1977 following a controversial investigation and trial, which many civil rights leaders and legal experts have called unjust, including the U.S. Attorney who prosecuted the case.
"In their letter, the lawmakers cite Mr. Peltier’s advanced age and illness, and stress that a presidential pardon is the last remaining hope for his freedom.
"'Despite the grave concerns surrounding the continued imprisonment of Mr. Peltier, who is now 80 years old and suffering from severe health conditions, including increasing vision loss, the Bureau of Prisons denied Mr. Peltier a compassionate release or reduction in sentence in April of this year; and in July 2024, the U.S. Parole Commission denied him parole. These recent denials mean only you have the unique ability to grant him clemency and rectify this grave #injustice that has long troubled #HumanRights advocates and #NativePeoples across the globe,' the lawmakers wrote.
"The lawmakers highlight the Biden-Harris administration’s unprecedented record of addressing the country’s history of injustices against Indigenous communities and urge President Biden to cement this legacy by commuting Mr. Peltier’s sentence.
"The letter was also signed by Representatives Cori Bush (D-Mo.), Greg Casar (D-Texas), Jesús G. “Chuy” García (D-Ill.), Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Daniel Kildee (D-Mich.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Summer Lee (D-Ohio), Erica Lee Carter (D-Texas), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), James McGovern (D-Mass.), Kevin Mullin (D-Calif.), #AlexandriaOcasioCortez (D-N.Y.), #IlhanOmar (D-Minn.), Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.), Andrea Salinas (D-Ore.), Janice Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.), #RashidaTlaib (D-Mich.), #JillTokuda (D-Hawai‘i), and #NydiaVelázquez (D-N.Y.), as well as U.S. Senators #MazieHirono (D-Hawai’i), Edward Markey (D-Mass.), #BernieSanders (I-Vt.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), #ElizabethWarren (D-Mass.), and Peter Welch (D- Vt.), and former U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).
BACKGROUND
"In 1977, Leonard Peltier was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of two FBI agents. His trial and conviction have been widely criticized by civil rights leaders and legal experts; key evidence was withheld, witnesses were coerced, and critical ballistics information was misrepresented. Mr. Peltier was an active member of the American Indian Movement (AIM), a grassroots movement founded in the late 1960s to organize activism around systemic poverty, discrimination, and police brutality against Native Americans. At the time of Mr. Peltier’s arrest, AIM was under deep scrutiny by the U.S. government.
"Last year, Ranking Member #Grijalva led a bipartisan, bicameral 33-member letter calling on President Biden and the U.S. Department of Justice to grant clemency to Mr. Peltier, as well as in October 2021 and February 2022. Grijalva spoke with Mr. Peltier in 2022 and recounted his description of harsh and often inhumane conditions in federal detention, including long periods of solitary confinement and major challenges in obtaining adequate medical care for his declining health."
Source:
https://www.charkoosta.com/news/grijalva-sen-schatz-lead-34-lawmakers-urging-president-biden-to-pardon-native-american-activist-leonard/article_067787be-bd7e-11ef-9e89-2f59e879ef5e.html
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#LeonardPeltier: ‘This is what mercy is for’
by Pauly Denetclaw
Thu, December 5, 2024"Hawai’i Sen. #BrianSchatz chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, made a plea to President Joe Biden on behalf of Leonard Peltier on Dec. 4. In a less than four-minute speech on the Senate floor, he asked that Biden grant clemency to Peltier.
"Biden on Sunday evening pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, for 'offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024, including but not limited to all offenses charged or prosecuted (including any that have resulted in convictions) by Special Counsel David C. Weiss,' according to a statement by Biden.
"Schatz noted the alleged violation of Peltier’s constitutional rights to a fair trial during the 1977 murder trial of two FBI agents.
"'The process that led to his conviction had major issues and inaccuracies from the start,' Schatz said. 'For example, one witness whose statements were used at trial said she was told to lie and say that she was in a relationship with Peltier and that she had witnessed him shoot the agents. She later recanted that statement, saying, ‘I was forced into this, and I feel very awful. I just wish that Leonard Peltier would get out of prison.’”
"He also talked about one of the jurors in the case who allegedly admitted to being racist toward Native Americans, but was still allowed to remain on the jury that would convict Peltier of two first-degree murder charges.
"Peltier would be sentenced to two life sentences. He has maintained his innocence.
"In July, the Assembly of First Nations, representing over 600 Indigenous leaders in Canada, rescinded their nearly 40 year support of Peltier because of his alleged role in the murder of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, Mik’maq, by American Indian Movement members. Peltier denies he had any involvement. [See my posts about #AnnaMaePictouAquash]
"#AmnestyInternational, United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, three tribal nations, National Congress of American Indians, #NDNCollective and the Native American Rights Fund have all urged Biden to grant Peltier clemency.
“'According to reporting, a juror who on day two of the trial professed her prejudice against Native Americans, was allowed to remain on the panel,' Schatz said. 'If that wasn't enough, take it from the very U.S. attorney who tried the case. The prosecutor who tried the case, James Reynolds, who said (in a letter that) Peltier had served his sentence on ‘the basis of minimal evidence, a result that I strongly doubt would be upheld in any court today.'
"Schatz read excerpts from a 2021 letter that James Reynolds sent to Biden to ask for Peltier’s clemency.
"Peltier’s health has been declining over the last few years. He has repeatedly been denied commuted sentencing, parole, pardon, clemency, and compassionate release.
"'Peltier is now 80 years old and has been in prison for 50 years, he is in declining health, experiencing vision loss and other illnesses. In spite of all that, earlier this year, federal officials denied his request for compassionate release and parole,' Schatz said. 'So even if you believe that he did in fact commit the crime, surely the time is now to let him spend whatever remaining days he has at home to die with his family. He's done his time. He's of old age and in poor health. This is what clemency is for. This is what mercy is for. He poses little threat to society.'
"Biden’s last day in office is January 20, 2025. In his last administration, President-elect Donald Trump took no action on Peltier’s request for clemency. On his last full day in office, former President Barack Obama denied clemency for Peltier."
https://news.yahoo.com/news/leonard-peltier-mercy-165336810.html
#FreeLeonardPeltier #AmnestyForLeonardPeltier #ClemencyForLeonardPeltier #AIM #FBI #ACAB
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#LeonardPeltier: ‘This is what mercy is for’
by Pauly Denetclaw
Thu, December 5, 2024"Hawai’i Sen. #BrianSchatz chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, made a plea to President Joe Biden on behalf of Leonard Peltier on Dec. 4. In a less than four-minute speech on the Senate floor, he asked that Biden grant clemency to Peltier.
"Biden on Sunday evening pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, for 'offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024, including but not limited to all offenses charged or prosecuted (including any that have resulted in convictions) by Special Counsel David C. Weiss,' according to a statement by Biden.
"Schatz noted the alleged violation of Peltier’s constitutional rights to a fair trial during the 1977 murder trial of two FBI agents.
"'The process that led to his conviction had major issues and inaccuracies from the start,' Schatz said. 'For example, one witness whose statements were used at trial said she was told to lie and say that she was in a relationship with Peltier and that she had witnessed him shoot the agents. She later recanted that statement, saying, ‘I was forced into this, and I feel very awful. I just wish that Leonard Peltier would get out of prison.’”
"He also talked about one of the jurors in the case who allegedly admitted to being racist toward Native Americans, but was still allowed to remain on the jury that would convict Peltier of two first-degree murder charges.
"Peltier would be sentenced to two life sentences. He has maintained his innocence.
"In July, the Assembly of First Nations, representing over 600 Indigenous leaders in Canada, rescinded their nearly 40 year support of Peltier because of his alleged role in the murder of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, Mik’maq, by American Indian Movement members. Peltier denies he had any involvement. [See my posts about #AnnaMaePictouAquash]
"#AmnestyInternational, United Nations’ Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, three tribal nations, National Congress of American Indians, #NDNCollective and the Native American Rights Fund have all urged Biden to grant Peltier clemency.
“'According to reporting, a juror who on day two of the trial professed her prejudice against Native Americans, was allowed to remain on the panel,' Schatz said. 'If that wasn't enough, take it from the very U.S. attorney who tried the case. The prosecutor who tried the case, James Reynolds, who said (in a letter that) Peltier had served his sentence on ‘the basis of minimal evidence, a result that I strongly doubt would be upheld in any court today.'
"Schatz read excerpts from a 2021 letter that James Reynolds sent to Biden to ask for Peltier’s clemency.
"Peltier’s health has been declining over the last few years. He has repeatedly been denied commuted sentencing, parole, pardon, clemency, and compassionate release.
"'Peltier is now 80 years old and has been in prison for 50 years, he is in declining health, experiencing vision loss and other illnesses. In spite of all that, earlier this year, federal officials denied his request for compassionate release and parole,' Schatz said. 'So even if you believe that he did in fact commit the crime, surely the time is now to let him spend whatever remaining days he has at home to die with his family. He's done his time. He's of old age and in poor health. This is what clemency is for. This is what mercy is for. He poses little threat to society.'
"Biden’s last day in office is January 20, 2025. In his last administration, President-elect Donald Trump took no action on Peltier’s request for clemency. On his last full day in office, former President Barack Obama denied clemency for Peltier."
https://news.yahoo.com/news/leonard-peltier-mercy-165336810.html
#FreeLeonardPeltier #AmnestyForLeonardPeltier #ClemencyForLeonardPeltier #AIM #FBI #ACAB
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@rchusid Glad that both of my state's senators, #MazieHirono and #BrianSchatz, were on the right side of this.
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@rchusid Glad that both of my state's senators, #MazieHirono and #BrianSchatz, were on the right side of this.
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Kamala has Proven Herself. It's Time to Stop Being Surprised (w/ Brian Schatz) | The Bulwark Podcast - #SenateRaces #2024SenateRaces #SenateElections #TheBulwark #BulwarkMedia #2024SenateElections #TimMiller #BrianSchatz #USPolitics #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #housing #RuralBroadband
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Kamala has Proven Herself. It's Time to Stop Being Surprised (w/ Brian Schatz) | The Bulwark Podcast - #SenateRaces #2024SenateRaces #SenateElections #TheBulwark #BulwarkMedia #2024SenateElections #TimMiller #BrianSchatz #USPolitics #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #housing #RuralBroadband
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Senator Brian Schatz, on US military aid sent to Israel:
"Whenever we do appropriations, whether it's domestic or defense, we have conditions on the expenditure of those funds. This idea that you put conditions on the resources we provide a small non-profit in the state of Hawaii, but not on those we provide to a defense force in the middle of a hot war, just defies common sense."
https://the.ink/p/senator-brian-schatz-democracy-israel-gaza
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Senator Brian Schatz, on US military aid sent to Israel:
"Whenever we do appropriations, whether it's domestic or defense, we have conditions on the expenditure of those funds. This idea that you put conditions on the resources we provide a small non-profit in the state of Hawaii, but not on those we provide to a defense force in the middle of a hot war, just defies common sense."
https://the.ink/p/senator-brian-schatz-democracy-israel-gaza