Thread by @RachelMcGonagi1

So many are wondering how we get OTHERS to take of our central problem: our POTUS* run amok.

Can we get the ICC involved? The Hague? The Pope? The UN, EU, NATO, SOMEONE, ANYONE to stop him committing war crimes by proxy....

When it's always been up to us.

Always.

#DemCast

@moved2italy @B52Malmet @lfkraus @TheLoyalO @TrinityResists @ImmaBlueDot @axidentaliberal @dEMMAcratic @GaladrielResist @CaptainResists Ways to STOP THE MADNESS:

1) Call your Senators and Representative---> Not kidding

Put pressure on them for impeachment, for censure, for reversing course in Syria. Everything.

Senate ☎️[phone]
Rep ☎️[phone]

@moved2italy @B52Malmet @lfkraus @TheLoyalO @TrinityResists @ImmaBlueDot @axidentaliberal @dEMMAcratic @GaladrielResist @CaptainResists 2) Visit Senate and Representative offices in person.

Occupy them. Bring some friends. Take it in turns. Bring snacks. Lotsa water. Make it a "round the clock" sit-in until you get some satisfaction. They work for you and it's about time they started acting like it.

@moved2italy @B52Malmet @lfkraus @TheLoyalO @TrinityResists @ImmaBlueDot @axidentaliberal @dEMMAcratic @GaladrielResist @CaptainResists 3) Get involved with local political groups.

@IndivisibleTeam and similar organizations have hundreds of chapters all across the country, with support, rapid response networks, and lots of ideas on how you can contribute to the ongoing #Resistance. Find one near you.

@moved2italy @B52Malmet @lfkraus @TheLoyalO @TrinityResists @ImmaBlueDot @axidentaliberal @dEMMAcratic @GaladrielResist @CaptainResists @IndivisibleTeam 4) Get involved in local politics.

Too much is decided on the state level to be ignored.

https://twitter.com/RachelMcGonagi1/status/1180298067242713090?s=20

@moved2italy @B52Malmet @lfkraus @TheLoyalO @TrinityResists @ImmaBlueDot @axidentaliberal @dEMMAcratic @GaladrielResist @CaptainResists @IndivisibleTeam 5) Find "on the ground" charities helping out refugees and victims of our Mad King.

For Syria:
@RESCUEorg
@SavetheChildren
@MSF_USA

@moved2italy @B52Malmet @lfkraus @TheLoyalO @TrinityResists @ImmaBlueDot @axidentaliberal @dEMMAcratic @GaladrielResist @CaptainResists @IndivisibleTeam @RESCUEorg @SavetheChildren @MSF_USA One thing that WON'T happen is the International Criminal Court (The Hague, The UN) isn't going to swoop in and save our bacon.

Reason: they can't.

Legally cannot do it.

The ICC has rules governing which cases they can take on, and a rogue POTUS* ain't one.

Lemme explain:

@moved2italy @B52Malmet @lfkraus @TheLoyalO @TrinityResists @ImmaBlueDot @axidentaliberal @dEMMAcratic @GaladrielResist @CaptainResists @IndivisibleTeam @RESCUEorg @SavetheChildren @MSF_USA First, The US is not a signatory to the ICC. Crazy, right? But we never joined up. Ever.

So that eliminates one of the ways the ICC could prosecute: member countries who commit crimes that meet its threshold.

@moved2italy @B52Malmet @lfkraus @TheLoyalO @TrinityResists @ImmaBlueDot @axidentaliberal @dEMMAcratic @GaladrielResist @CaptainResists @IndivisibleTeam @RESCUEorg @SavetheChildren @MSF_USA The Second Way is by having a member nation request the ICC take up the case.

But since the US has veto power in the UN Security Council, that will never happen either.

@moved2italy @B52Malmet @lfkraus @TheLoyalO @TrinityResists @ImmaBlueDot @axidentaliberal @dEMMAcratic @GaladrielResist @CaptainResists @IndivisibleTeam @RESCUEorg @SavetheChildren @MSF_USA Third reason why not: even if one of the other two worked, ICC would refuse simply because their resources are extremely limited, and we supposedly have the means to remove our rogue POTUS* ourselves, under our own laws, unlike many other countries where they _would_ intervene.

@moved2italy @B52Malmet @lfkraus @TheLoyalO @TrinityResists @ImmaBlueDot @axidentaliberal @dEMMAcratic @GaladrielResist @CaptainResists @IndivisibleTeam @RESCUEorg @SavetheChildren @MSF_USA So, please, stop waiting for outside actors to solve everything. They aren't going to.

We have the power to do it ourselves.

We are 300 MILLION+ strong.

If we can't deal with one Rogue POTUS* via our own peaceful, democratic means, we don't deserve this republic.

#DemCast