Weekend Quotables
"The American people deserve better. We are sick of politicians profiting from endless wars." -- Rep. Rashida Tlaib
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson, city officials, organizers and the U.S. Secret Service are working on plans to contain protests at the Democratic National Convention in August. At least three permit applications for DNC marches have been denied, including a coalition's permit to march from Union Park to near the United Center.
Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling
"When we found out that we were getting the convention, we started training right away," CPD Superintendent Larry Snelling said during a recent speech. "We got about a year to prepare. My experience with the NATO event in 2012 … we look at where other cities went wrong. We look at where we went wrong." — Axios
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
"My colleagues continue to funnel billions of American tax dollars to the very same defense contractors that many of them are invested in and taking campaign donations from.
"It is shameful that some of my colleagues are profiting financially when they vote to support wars and weapons manufacturing," the Michigan Democrat continued. "Members of Congress should not be able to use their positions of power to get rich from defense contractors while voting to pass more funding to bomb innocent civilians." — Statement.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
More than a million Palestinians with nowhere safe to go are taking refuge in Rafah. Netanyahu’s military offensive could be a death sentence for civilians in Gaza and must not move forward. Resume the cease-fire and get the hostages released. — X
Noa Landau, deputy editor-in-chief of Haaretz.
"'Victory' is a totally hollow word when there is no horizon indicating what such a 'victory' will look like. The return of the hostages? The disappearance of Gaza? A diplomatic agreement? No, Netanyahu's true solution is for the country to 'live by the sword' forever" –- Haaretz