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U.S. Plans to Withdraw From UN Human Rights Council Today

salt-sass-and-lyrium:

Hey so… just a friendly reminder: Trump is going to pull the US off the Human Rights Council because the US got called out for Human Rights violations due to it’s policy of separating families at the border.

Let me repeat that:

THE US WAS ACCUSED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS/STOPPING THE VIOLATIONS, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DECIDED TO JUST LEAVE THE COUNCIL ALL TOGETHER.

U.S. Plans to Withdraw From UN Human Rights Council Today

dynablade:

legend-of-laurel:

johnhexcarter:

yuurisviktor:

captainevans:

In case anyone hasn’t heard yet, now the GOP has introduced a bill that would pull the United States out of the U.N.

It’s called the American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2017 and boy howdy that name alone is freightening

you know what actually i’m going to reblog this again. As of this moment, there are only 6 co-sponsers on the bill. These are:

Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2]
Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]

start calling these people right now. flood their phones with dissent. don’t let them hear the end of it. make them kill their own bill before it even gets off the ground. 

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/193

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/193/text