Ben Cohen (co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s): “You are killing poor kids in Gaza and paying for it by cutting MEDICAID for kids here.” Thank you Mr. Cohen, you have more courage, integrity and honour than all USA Repuglicans and Democrats combined. Diane Russell: “Not all heroes wear capes. Some make great ice cream and Good Trouble.”

@amirattaran.bsky.social‬:

Never make the mistake of thinking all Jews back Israel. Many denounce the genocide for what it is.

@ky-blue17.bsky.social‬:

Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s and longtime activist, was arrested Wednesday after interrupting a Senate hearing to protest U.S. policy on Gaza.

@lmariev.bsky.social‬:

Ben Cohen, cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and longtime progressive activist, was removed from a Senate hearing Wednesday after confronting Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and lawmakers over US support for Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.

https://bsky.app/profile/lmariev.bsky.social/post/3lp6ayxlz3s2r

@fxoxo.bsky.social‬:

Ben Cohen from Ben and Jerry’s confronts RFK Jr. and the Congress:

“You are killing poor kids in Gaza and paying for it by cutting MEDICAID for kids here”

@dianerussell.bsky.social‬ May 14, 2025:

“Congress is bombing poor kids in #Gaza and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!” Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s while being arrested at a Capitol hearing in DC today.

Not all heroes wear capes. Some make great ice cream and Good Trouble. #BenandJerrys #BenCohen

@rachmak.bsky.social‬:

I’m feeling the urge to go out and buy a pint of ice creamMe too, but, I feel too guilty eating ice cream while Israel and USA are genociding Palestians by intentionally starving them. Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia is my absolute fav of any ice cream I’ve ever had, even better than ice cream I made myself. PS I Love Love Love Grateful Dead~!

Refer also to:

2021: Years too late: Jan 8, 2021, Twitter *finally* permanently bans Trump. Ben & Jerry’s: “Yesterday was not a protest—it was a riot to uphold white supremacy.”

2023: “Oh Canada, Our Home on Stolen Land.” Thank you Ben & Jerry’s for calling out racist Canada (and our lying abusive RCMP). Next trip to town, I’ll buy some Cherry Garcia ice cream (my fav) to celebrate your courage and integrity.

PS for Americans (similar coming soon to Canada too, I expect, under Harper’s Con, Carney):

Hi, I’m a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is ______.

I’m deeply opposed to Republican’s reconciliation package. The cuts to Medicaid and SNAP are unacceptable, but there’s so much more. I oppose the provision that would give AI a blank check for the next ten years. I oppose the provision that would allow the Trump administration to sell off our public lands to fossil fuel interests. I oppose the provision that defunds Planned Parenthood. I oppose the provision that guts clean energy funding. I oppose the provision that limits federal judges’ authority to hold government officials in contempt of court. I oppose the provision kicking 4.5 million American kids off the child tax credit. And I oppose the provision that gives the Treasury Department the power to revoke nonprofit status without due process.

This is a vicious, sneaky and murderous bill that guts programs Americans support all to pay for tax cuts for the richest Americans and corporations. Disgusting. Vote no.

[If GOP add:]

If the Senator/Congressmember supports this bill I promise you: they will lose their seat in a landslide. We will make sure of it. Thank you.

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