Posts Tagged ‘wyden’

Senator Wyden’s no-state solution

At a recent town hall, an Oregon student asked Senator Ron Wyden where he stood on the Israel/Palestine conflict. He answered that a two-state solution was needed, the same answer he has given for over twenty years. Despite Senator Wyden’s support, the prospects for a two-state solution have never been worse. Israel’s right-wing government and […]

GOP Rep. Reschenthaler: Schumer, Wyden ‘Meddled’ with FBI by Telling Them How to Handle Biden Family Investigations

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Evening Edit,” Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) stated that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) “meddled” when they sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray back in October urging him to “resist pressure from President Trump and other partisan actors to take any […]

Megaphones and picnics — Ron Wyden’s limited ideas on the right to free speech

Palestine activists descended on Senator Ron Wyden’s August 5 town hall in Portland to take him to task for his support of S.720, the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, which expands violations to include working with or using information from the United Nations and the EU to work on boycotts of Israel. Punishments include criminal fines up […]

Wyden turns himself into a pretzel on free speech and Israel Anti-Boycott bill!

Ron Wyden turns himself into a pretzel, by Katie Miranda I attended Senator Ron Wyden’s town hall on August 9 in Tualatin, Oregon. I was concerned about his co-sponsorship of the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, S.720 which, as the ACLU stated, could expose someone to criminal prosecution for speaking at a rally, or on twitter, in […]

‘Pummeled’ at town hall, Sen. Wyden says Anti Israel Boycott law is needed because ‘movement has grown’

Recent days have brought unmistakable signs that Israel is becoming a hot potato issue inside the Democratic base, and on Saturday Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon was repeatedly put on the defensive at a town hall at a Portland high school for his support of the Anti Israel Boycott Act, which would criminalize some forms […]

Hillary ‘Winning’ More Delegates Than Sanders Proves the Election Is Rigged

Ask anyone who has decided not to vote in the upcoming elections why they have chosen to disengage and the answer usually boils down to the belief that our votes don’t matter. After the popular vote was won by Al Gore in the 2000 election, and George W. Bush was nonetheless appointed […]

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