<div dir="ltr"><p align="center" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><strong><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">Urgent:
Tell Senators Padilla and Schiff to publicly oppose and Vote NO on National
Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)</span></strong></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""> The NDAA would:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""></span></p><p style="margin-left:0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">-
increase the war budget by $250 billion dollars, allowing war on Iran to
continue</span></p><p style="margin-left:0.5in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">-
merge the U.S. and Israeli militaries to co-produce deadly weapons, AI, and
surveillance technology (Section 219).  Some are calling it the “Deadly
Merger.”</span></p><p align="center" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><strong><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif";color:red">Call Senator Schiff now </span></strong><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif";color:red">202-224-3841 (you can leave
a message anytime)<b></b></span></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">If
the NDAA passes with Section 219, it will make it extremely difficult to cut
ties with Israel and much harder to track and regulate U.S. complicity in the
Israeli military’s crimes.   </span></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">Opposing the NDAA is one of the most critical actions Senators
can take right now to defund the war on Iran, cut ties with Israel, and
stop the genocide in Palestine.</span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><span style="font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">Take
Action Now</span></b></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><span style="font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><a href="https://www.schiff.senate.gov/contact/" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Senator
Schiff</span></a>  202-224-3841 (can leave a message after office
hours). <a href="https://www.schiff.senate.gov/contact/" style="color:blue">Click to email</a>.</span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom:12pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><span style="font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""><a href="https://www.padilla.senate.gov/contact/" style="color:blue"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Senator
Padilla</span></a>  202-224-3553  Fax:  202- 224-2200. <a href="https://www.padilla.senate.gov/contact/" style="color:blue">Click to email.</a></span></b></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">Congressional
Switchboard: 202.224.3121 </span></p><p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><b><span style="font-family:Arial,"sans-serif"">Sample message:</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,"sans-serif""> <em> </em><i><br>
<em>I am a constituent and am
calling to urge Senator _____ to publicly oppose the National Defense Authorization
Act and to demand: 1) No increase in the war budget and 2) Elimination of
Section 219 that would merge the U.S. and Israeli militaries. It is time for
the U.S. to stop its war against Iran and end military aid and ties to Israel.</em></i></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">























</p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;margin:0in 0in 10pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,"sans-serif";color:rgb(31,31,31)"><b><span style="font-size:13pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(51,51,51)">August 24 - 28, 2026 is a national week of
action to stop this deadly merger.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br>
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