Trump Reportedly Greenlights Plan for US Attack on Iran Without Congressional Approval | Common Dreams
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"Right now, the most effective thing you can do is flood Congress with calls to show that the American people don't want to go to war with Iran," said the advocacy group Demand Progress.

“Right now, the most effective thing you can do is flood Congress with calls to show that the American people don’t want to go to war with Iran,” said the advocacy group Demand Progress.

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  • @GaMEChld@lemmy.world
    5•19 hours ago

    I looked into this yesterday, it seems we haven’t declared war since WW2, and stuff like this is usually done with AUMF (Authorizations for Use of Military Force). Those can be issued after the fact. I think the president can basically do whatever for 60 days if I understand correctly.