**GOP moderates side with McConnell over Bolton testimony**
*by ishtar_the_move (<https://redd.it/el5nop>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/06/romney-bolton-testify-impeachment-trial-095023

**'It's 2020 – girls can do anything': Congresswoman fires back at former Navy SEAL opponent after he refers to her as 'these girls' in sexist remark**
*by OwlsHootTwice (<https://redd.it/el5p1g>)*
https://www.businessinsider.com/scott-taylor-navy-seal-refers-to-democrats-as-girls-2020-1

**Influential SC Democrat backs Joe Biden’s 2020 bid for president**
*by HonoredPeople (<https://redd.it/el5qo2>)*
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/south-carolina/article238999703.html

**Trump’s ignorance has created an international crisis**
*by UkraineClownPosse (<https://redd.it/el5ugg>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-has-all-of-macarthurs-arrogance--but-none-of-his-strategic-wisdom/2020/01/06/f883370a-30cb-11ea-9313-6cba89b1b9fb_story.html

**Thom Tillis' birthday blunder embarrasses NC**
*by TrumpUberAlles (<https://redd.it/el5ui1>)*
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article238993753.html

**Democrats ask U.S. Supreme Court to save Obamacare**
*by MTDreams123 (<https://redd.it/el5unf>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obamacare/democrats-ask-u-s-supreme-court-to-save-obamacare-idUSKBN1Z21YF

**Local Iranian Americans weigh in on US-Iran tensions**
*by Bemuzed (<https://redd.it/el5uq1>)*
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/us-iran-tensions-views-from-la/local-iranian-americans-weigh-in-on-us-iran-tensions

**Pentagon Rules Out Striking Iranian Cultural Sites, Contradicting Trump**
*by JeanJauresJr (<https://redd.it/el5uyj>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/us/politics/trump-esper-iran-cultural-sites.html

**Once a policy afterthought, Iraq becomes a problem for Trump administration**
*by RiseAboveTfrump (<https://redd.it/el5vj6>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/once-a-policy-afterthought-iraq-becomes-a-problem-for-trump-administration/2020/01/06/c986c482-30bf-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html

**McConnell has the votes to block Democrats' witness demands in Trump impeachment trial**
*by ultralightdude (<https://redd.it/el5vsc>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/477045-mcconnell-has-the-votes-to-block-democrats-witness-demands-in-trump

**Washington Post: Trump administration drafting possible sanctions against Iraq**
*by KAGsniper (<https://redd.it/el5w4a>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/politics/trump-iraq-sanctions/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_latest+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+Most+Recent%29

**Trump's grandfather was kicked out of his native Germany for failing to do his mandatory military service there, a historian has claimed**
*by 1000000students (<https://redd.it/el5w52>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/22/politics/trump-grandfather-germany-friedrich/index.html

**Saudi deputy defense minister met Esper, discussed ongoing military cooperation: tweet**
*by DJTisarapist (<https://redd.it/el5zv1>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-saudi-iran/saudi-deputy-defense-minister-met-esper-discussed-ongoing-military-cooperation-tweet-idUSKBN1Z60AP?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29

**AOC Expresses Frustration With 'Moderates', Generally States Facts In New Interview**
*by havenoideawatimdoin (<https://redd.it/el6029>)*
https://www.theroot.com/aoc-expresses-frustration-with-moderates-generally-sta-1840840210

**CNBC uses wrong photos for Andrew Yang and Tulsi Gabbard.**
*by Gboneskillet (<https://redd.it/el62fq>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/cnbc-shows-completely-different-person-photo-andrew-yang-graphic-2020-presidential-candidates-1480661

**Russia stands to benefit as Middle East tensions spike after Soleimani killing**
*by drunkles (<https://redd.it/el62pi>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/russia-stands-to-benefit-as-middle-east-tensions-spike-after-soleimani-killing/2020/01/06/c4de52f0-2e4f-11ea-bffe-020c88b3f120_story.html

**Gun reality vs. gun fantasy in Virginia**
*by do_you_even_ship_bro (<https://redd.it/el63t6>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/gun-reality-vs-gun-fantasy-in-virginia/2020/01/06/767d6c0e-30b1-11ea-9313-6cba89b1b9fb_story.html

**Trump administration officials begin drafting potential Iraq sanctions after Trump threat**
*by RosarioBaratta (<https://redd.it/el63tg>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/477062-trump-admin-officials-begin-drafting-potential-iraq-sanctions-after

**Fact check: Biden again dishonestly suggests he opposed the Iraq War from the beginning**
*by abudabu (<https://redd.it/el67dr>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/politics/fact-check-biden-iraq-war-repeat-iowa/index.html

**Biden's Foreign Policy Prowess Tested by Iran Tensions**
*by HonoredPeople (<https://redd.it/el699f>)*
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-01-06/bidens-foreign-policy-prowess-tested-by-iran-tensions

**Ex-GOP Strategist Says Trump's 'Selfish' Actions In Iran Will Result In 'American Blood' Being Spilled: He's 'Boorish, Incompetent'**
*by Plymouth03 (<https://redd.it/el6alv>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/ex-gop-strategist-says-trumps-selfish-actions-iran-will-result-american-blood-being-spilled-1480709

**Warren: Trump embodies the corruption he campaigned against in 2016**
*by Throwawaydude01928 (<https://redd.it/el6ck8>)*
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/warren-trump-embodies-the-corruption-he-campaigned-against-in-2016-76148805609

**Gun-related bills on the table in Virginia’s General Assembly**
*by do_you_even_ship_bro (<https://redd.it/el6crr>)*
https://wtop.com/virginia/2020/01/the-gun-bills-that-are-a-big-focus-for-new-democratic-led-virginia-general-assembly/

**Bloomberg sees California as model on climate change, guns**
*by NattyBohng (<https://redd.it/el6ct3>)*
http://www.startribune.com/bloomberg-sees-california-as-model-on-climate-change-guns/566758982/

**Pentagon Rules Out Striking Iranian Cultural Sites, Contradicting Trump**
*by johnnybiggles (<https://redd.it/el6e6e>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/us/politics/trump-esper-iran-cultural-sites.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR0TrKRK29XtARx4AVGOJxPHrCuQt17KCOo4xKDx2Aim9djXzZhneUGxYO4

**Obama's Former Middle East Adviser Says 'Americans Are Less Safe' After Trump's Strike Killing Iran's Soleimani**
*by roku44 (<https://redd.it/el6ekf>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/obamas-former-middle-east-adviser-says-americans-are-less-safe-after-trumps-strike-killing-1480674

**Georgia's new GOP senator sworn in amid impeachment**
*by NattyBohng (<https://redd.it/el6hc9>)*
https://apnews.com/a3b225eb29f85537162f444c9db1d8b0

**The U.S. Seemed to Be Leaving Iraq. But It Was All an ‘Honest Mistake.’ A letter saying that the U.S. was “repositioning forces” for “movement out of Iraq” produced headlines around the world that a withdrawal had begun.**
*by perryyyyyy (<https://redd.it/el6l1p>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/world/middleeast/iran-letter-withdrawal-iraq.html

**Pentagon says will not break law of war, despite Trump threat**
*by roku44 (<https://redd.it/el6l20>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-culturalsites/pentagon-says-will-not-break-law-of-war-despite-trump-threat-idUSKBN1Z527H?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=reddit.com

**Trump Admin Denies Iran Foreign Minister’s Visa to Attend U.N. Security Council Meeting**
*by Ice_Burn (<https://redd.it/el6lbc>)*
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-admin-denies-iran-foreign-ministers-visa-to-attend-u-n-security-council-meeting/

**The last White House press briefing was 301 days ago**
*by mepper (<https://redd.it/el6lgu>)*
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/01/07/stephanie-grisham-press-briefings-ridiculist-sot-pkg-ac360-vpx.cnn

**Massachusetts' first Muslim mayor elected in Cambridge on Monday**
*by NattyBohng (<https://redd.it/el6loh>)*
https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/01/06/massachusetts-first-muslim-mayor-elected-in-cambridge-on-monday/

**Secretary of State Pompeo not planning 2020 Senate run: sources**
*by readerseven (<https://redd.it/el6p2l>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-pompeo-idUSKBN1Z528Y

**Republican congressman shares fake photo of Obama with Iranian president on Twitter**
*by xxxsultanxxxx (<https://redd.it/el6rfz>)*
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-gosar-twitter-republican-congressman-shares-fake-photo-of-barack-obama-with-iranian-president-rouhani-2020-01-06/

**Critics skeptical of EPA plans for tougher truck standards**
*by besselfunctions (<https://redd.it/el6s8o>)*
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/477015-epa-eyes-tougher-standards-for-trucks-but-critics-worry-emissions

**Rep. Paul Gosar tweets phony photo of Obama and Iranian president, gets ridiculed**
*by superdude1970 (<https://redd.it/el6sta>)*
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/06/arizona-us-rep-paul-gosar-tweets-photoshopped-photo-obama-rouhani/2829813001/

**The latest on the US-Iran crisis**
*by Craramy (<https://redd.it/el6tfx>)*
https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/us-iran-soleimani-tensions-intl-01-06-20/

**Trump Says He'll Target Iran's Cultural Sites. That's Illegal.**
*by clarebearpanda (<https://redd.it/el6ubn>)*
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/06/794006073/trump-says-hell-target-iran-s-cultural-sites-that-s-illegal?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr

**Warren: Trump inability to get story straight on Iran shows his real motives**
*by lombar77 (<https://redd.it/el6ugc>)*
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/warren-trump-inability-to-get-story-straight-on-iran-shows-his-real-motives-76149829507

**U.S. manufacturing activity hits worst level since 2009**
*by 1000000students (<https://redd.it/el6yxv>)*
https://www.axios.com/us-manufacturing-index-ism-lowest-great-recession-af6fb388-9cee-4944-8955-6aec166671ea.html

**Khamenei Wants to Put Iran’s Stamp on Reprisal for U.S. Killing of Top General - In a departure from Iran’s usual tactics of hiding behind proxies, the country’s supreme leader wants any retaliation for the killing of a top military commander to be carried out openly by Iranian forces**
*by senfgurke (<https://redd.it/el70q0>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/world/middleeast/iran-khamenei-general-soleimani.html

**Arizona congressman tweets image of Obama shaking hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani — it’s fake**
*by NursingManChristDude (<https://redd.it/el755v>)*
https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/guid/6A272572-30C4-11EA-A104-9520470DA890

**Daily Bulletin: Militias to Descend on Virginia Capital to Protest Gun Reform**
*by popashotbruv (<https://redd.it/el763o>)*
https://www.thetrace.org/rounds/daily-bulletin-militias-second-amendment-sactuaries-gun-reform-virginia/

**Bernie Sanders isn't a joke — he's dangerous**
*by lescrivens (<https://redd.it/el78lo>)*
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/bernie-sanders-isnt-a-joke-hes-dangerous

**Elizabeth Warren's Support For Trump Trade Deal Chafes Climate Allies**
*by Alec122 (<https://redd.it/el79l0>)*
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-usmca-trade-deal_n_5e139811e4b0b2520d26252c

**Poll: Forty-three percent of Americans approve of Trump's airstrike of Soleimani**
*by anarchytravel (<https://redd.it/el79qv>)*
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/06/americans-approve-soleimani-airstrike-but-needed-congress-approval/2827554001/

**Two Years Later: What Has Trump’s Tax Law Delivered? Since the law’s passage, the federal government has seen the largest year-over-year drop in corporate tax revenue outside of a recession.**
*by hugeposuer (<https://redd.it/el7axb>)*
https://capitalandmain.com/what-has-trumps-tax-law-delivered-0106

**How Lindsey Graham Lost His Way**
*by HNP4PH (<https://redd.it/el7bgb>)*
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/lindsey-graham-senate-trump-928948/

**Baby wrapped in plastic found alive in Singapore rubbish chute**
*by jacquelinecollen (<https://redd.it/el7bwb>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-baby/baby-wrapped-in-plastic-found-alive-in-singapore-rubbish-chute-idUSKBN1Z60GG

**Soleimani's funeral shows Trump underestimated how powerful anti-imperialism and nationalism is in Iran | President ignored warning signs and crashed us into crisis, says former White House senior official**
*by Majnum (<https://redd.it/el7g3p>)*
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/soleimani-funeral-trump-irgc-military-war-nationalism-a9273121.html

**John Bolton Is Ready to Testify. Senate Republicans Aren’t Ready to Hear Him.**
*by Fitness_and_Finance (<https://redd.it/el7g8i>)*
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/01/john-bolton-impeachment-mitch-mcconnell-senate.html

**Iran’s Supreme Leader Says Iran Must Directly Retaliate for Soleimani Strike: NYT**
*by Normiesreeee69 (<https://redd.it/el7gda>)*
https://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme-leader-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-reportedly-says-iran-must-directly-retaliate-for-soleimani-killing?via=twitter_page

**Obama's Iran deal granted an amnesty to the world's leading terrorist mastermind: Suleimani**
*by prong-fastner (<https://redd.it/el7gvn>)*
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/11741235/Obamas-Iran-deal-has-just-granted-an-amnesty-to-the-worlds-leading-terrorist-mastermind.html

**Trump Administration Drafts Sanctions Against Iraq in Response to Vote to Expel U.S. Troops: Report**
*by JoseTwitterFan (<https://redd.it/el7kb0>)*
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/trump-admin-drafts-sanctions-against-iraq-report.html

**Iran has brought down an American president before**
*by growleroz (<https://redd.it/el7kj7>)*
https://www.smh.com.au/national/iran-has-brought-down-an-american-president-before-20200106-p53p42.html

**Homeland Security warns businesses to brace for Iranian cyberattacks**
*by Philo1927 (<https://redd.it/el7ks4>)*
https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/06/homeland-security-iran-cyberattacks/

**Bernie Sanders Goes After Biden Over His Claims About Opposing The Iraq War**
*by liquiddemocracy (<https://redd.it/el7mv5>)*
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5e1402dce4b0b2520d26d3cb

**US denies Iran's Zarif a visa to attend UN: US official**
*by d3adbor3d2 (<https://redd.it/el7szb>)*
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/denies-iran-zarif-visa-attend-official-200107032757074.html

**Six B-52 bombers heading to Indian Ocean island amid Iran tensions, report says**
*by os2mac (<https://redd.it/el7unb>)*
https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/six-b-52-bombers-heading-to-indian-ocean-island-amid-iran-tensions-report-says-1.613744

**Trump the Intimidator Fails Again. Because he’s just a bully with delusions of grandeur.**
*by stkmro (<https://redd.it/el821n>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/opinion/trump-iran-trade.html

**Rep. Krishnamoorthi: ‘This is one of those gut check moments for Republicans’**
*by Kunphen (<https://redd.it/el83l9>)*
https://www.msnbc.com/craig-melvin/watch/rep-krishnamoorthi-this-is-one-of-those-gut-check-moments-for-republicans-76119621823?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma

**Pentagon Rules Out Striking Iranian Cultural Sites, Contradicting Trump**
*by fadka21 (<https://redd.it/el86kn>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/us/politics/trump-esper-iran-cultural-sites.html?campaign_id=60&instance_id=0&segment_id=20102&user_id=cd1b9546c4a4fb958fa73e43b9c0b0ad&regi_id=69051566

**Toledo Democrats warn President Trump against hate speech during upcoming visit**
*by stkmro (<https://redd.it/el86sh>)*
https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/01/toledo-democrats-warn-president-trump-against-hate-speech-during-upcoming-visit.html

**Lawsuit seeks to establish DC as venue for sex abuse accusations against Boy Scouts**
*by NotsoPG (<https://redd.it/el89sx>)*
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/477060-lawsuit-seeks-to-establish-dc-as-venue-for-sex-abuse-accusations

**Netanyahu Distances From Soleimani Slaying, Says Israel Shouldn’t Be ‘Dragged’ Into It: Report**
*by clash1111 (<https://redd.it/el8fxa>)*
https://www.thedailybeast.com/netanyahu-distances-from-soleimani-slaying-says-israel-shouldnt-be-dragged-into-it-report

**GOP Sen. Rand Paul Thinks Trump Needs Permission From Congress In Iran, Says 'Killing Country's Major General Is An Act Of War'**
*by Plymouth03 (<https://redd.it/el8hba>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/gop-sen-rand-paul-thinks-trump-needs-permission-congress-iran-says-killing-countrys-major-1480713

**Restraining Order Sought Against ICE Over Detained Transgender Inmate**
*by drewiepoodle (<https://redd.it/el8j6m>)*
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/01/06/restraining-order-sought-against-ice-over-detained-transgender-inmate/

**Bernie Sanders Goes After Biden Over His Claims About Opposing The Iraq War. The senator from Vermont also attacked his Democratic presidential rival for his positions on issues like trade, health care and the 2005 bankruptcy bill.**
*by Plymouth03 (<https://redd.it/el8m57>)*
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-goes-after-biden-false-claims-iraq-war_n_5e1402dce4b0b2520d26d3cb

**Facebook to remove deepfake videos in run-up to 2020 U.S. election**
*by Fitz_cuniculus (<https://redd.it/el8xq1>)*
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-facebook-deepfake/facebook-to-remove-deepfake-videos-in-run-up-to-2020-u-s-election-idUKKBN1Z60JX

**Japan says it has sought help from Lebanon over fugitive Ghosn**
*by jacquelinecollen (<https://redd.it/el8yod>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nissan-ghosn-statement/japan-says-it-has-sought-help-from-lebanon-over-fugitive-ghosn-idUSKBN1Z6057

**China won't hike grain import quotas for U.S. trade deal:**
*by Wolfgang_Abendroth (<https://redd.it/el909x>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-agriculture-idUSKBN1Z608A?taid=5e1442f1b19b7e000192ea27&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

**Republican congressman doubles down after tweeting fake image of Obama with Iran president**
*by growleroz (<https://redd.it/el91pl>)*
https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/republican-congressman-doubles-down-after-tweeting-fake-image-of-obama-with-iran-president-20200107-p53pjy.html

**Hunter will likely receive his taxpayer-funded congressional pension despite guilty plea**
*by HNP4PH (<https://redd.it/el94bo>)*
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2020-01-06/hunter-will-likely-receive-his-taxpayer-funded-congressional-pension-despite-guilty-plea

**An Overlooked Danger: School Shootings After Hours**
*by Wolfgang_Abendroth (<https://redd.it/el9a4y>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/06/us/after-school-shootings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

**These Photos Show How Destructive The US Embassy Attack In Iraq Was**
*by avivi_ (<https://redd.it/el9jaa>)*
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/gabrielsanchez/dramatic-photos-of-the-us-embassy-attack-in-iraq/

**Sanders shuttle: Trump trial could trap candidates in D.C. One senator has an escape plan. - The Vermont independent's big war chest gives him an edge over 2020 rivals — private jets to ferry him from Washington to early-voting states and back.**
*by iyoiiiu (<https://redd.it/el9k37>)*
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/sanders-shuttle-trump-trial-could-trap-candidates-d-c-one-n1110561

**Bloomberg education plan to promote charter school expansion**
*by redditor01020 (<https://redd.it/el9lue>)*
https://nypost.com/2020/01/05/bloomberg-education-plan-to-promote-charter-school-expansion/

**Fatal stampede in Iran at funeral for a slain commander: Press TV**
*by jacquelinecollen (<https://redd.it/el9m2e>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-iran-stampede/fatal-stampede-in-iran-at-funeral-for-a-slain-commander-press-tv-idUSKBN1Z60Z9

**Joe Biden, Five Years Before Invasion, Said the Only Way of Disarming Iraq Is “Taking Saddam Down”**
*by Berningforchange (<https://redd.it/el9n2b>)*
https://theintercept.com/2020/01/07/joe-biden-iraq-war-history/

**Embattled EPA Workers Say They Need ‘Bill Of Rights’ Under Trump Administration**
*by newnemo (<https://redd.it/el9p6i>)*
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/epa-workers-union-bill-of-rights_n_5e13a93ae4b0843d36174bc9

**One of the worst outcomes with Iran would be for Trump to fail**
*by NoKidsItsCruel (<https://redd.it/el9sor>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-iran-policy-may-be-impulsive-but-we-should-all-hope-it-succeeds/2020/01/06/ff92e8a4-30c8-11ea-91fd-82d4e04a3fac_story.html

**Senate Dems could fall short in restraining Trump on Iran - A handful of Republicans have previously joined in trying to restrict the president’s war powers, but it’s unclear whether they will do so again.**
*by OldFashionedJizz (<https://redd.it/el9stv>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/07/senate-democrats-trump-iran-095321

**Attacking Trump Tower? Would Iran Be That Reckless?**
*by Thinkingonsleeping (<https://redd.it/el9sz3>)*
https://www.thedailybeast.com/attacking-trump-tower-would-iran-be-that-reckless?ref=wrap

**Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif accuses US of 'state terrorism'**
*by futuredude (<https://redd.it/el9trj>)*
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/07/middleeast/iran-zarif-united-states-intl/index.html

**Iran's parliament voted to classify the entire US military and the Pentagon as terrorist organizations days after Soleimani's assassination**
*by JLBesq1981 (<https://redd.it/el9wcd>)*
https://www.businessinsider.com/iran-classifies-us-army-pentagon-terrorist-organizations-soleimani-strike-2020-1

**Lindsey Graham wants to "change the rules" to speed up Trump’s trial and undermine Nancy Pelosi**
*by Thinkingonsleeping (<https://redd.it/el9wm5>)*
https://www.salon.com/2020/01/06/lindsey-graham-wants-to-change-the-rules-to-speed-up-trumps-trial-and-undermine-nancy-pelosi/

**Donald Trump Will Protect You. He Is the Only One Who Can.**
*by Groomsi (<https://redd.it/el9wzs>)*
https://reason.com/2016/10/11/donald-trump-will-protect-you-he-is-the/

**Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg congratulated Donald Trump for being 'number one on Facebook', according to Donald Trump**
*by mvea (<https://redd.it/el9xky>)*
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-mark-zuckerberg-dinner-number-one-facebook-2020-1

**Late GOP strategist's daughter releases documents disputed in census lawsuit**
*by NotsoPG (<https://redd.it/el9yw6>)*
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/477028-late-gop-strategists-daughter-releases-documents-disputed-in-census

**The US propaganda machine justifies the assassination of Qassem Suleimani**
*by exgalactic (<https://redd.it/el9yxe>)*
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/07/pers-j07.html

**Alex Trebek to John Lewis: Let’s survive cancer in 2020 — “We’re starting a new year, and let’s see if we can’t both complete the year as pancreatic cancer survivors.”**
*by chris-jjj (<https://redd.it/ela227>)*
http://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/06/alex-trebek-john-lewis-cancer-095091

**Drum Major Trump Marches Us Into the Folly of War — Pay no attention to that fool on the bandstand.**
*by Jons312 (<https://redd.it/ela3kq>)*
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/01/05/drum-major-trump-marches-us-folly-war

**CES boss defends Ivanka Trump's upcoming keynote speech amid backlash**
*by N0tAG00dUserName (<https://redd.it/ela3y0>)*
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/01/06/ivanka-trump-keynote-defended-by-ces-chief.html

**Political prophet Allan Lichtman: How Iran attack could hurt Trump in 2020 election**
*by greenblue98 (<https://redd.it/ela48s>)*
https://www.salon.com/2020/01/07/political-prophet-allan-lichtman-how-iran-attack-could-hurt-trump-in-2020-election/

**Trump's Iran Clusterfuckery Just Handed The Middle East To China**
*by oapster79 (<https://redd.it/ela4hf>)*
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-iran-clusterfuckery-just-handed-the-middle-east-to-china

**Chelsea Clinton reaps $9 million from corporate board position**
*by AvailableWrongdoer (<https://redd.it/ela4k0>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/476894-chelsea-clinton-reaps-9-million-from-corporate-board-position

**Trump Should Know About Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. He Did Business With People Linked to It.**
*by newnemo (<https://redd.it/ela4kx>)*
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/trump-should-know-about-irans-revolutionary-guard-he-did-business-with-people-linked-to-it/

**The Founders put presidential impeachment trials in the Senate. They were wrong**
*by Frptwenty (<https://redd.it/ela4t3>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/01/07/founders-put-presidential-impeachment-trials-senate-they-were-wrong/

**Establishment Democrats Can’t Stop Bernie Sanders’ Surge**
*by progressive-alliance (<https://redd.it/ela4ys>)*
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/establishment-democrats-cant-stop-bernie-sanders-surge/

**Trump tests Twitter policies with Iran threats**
*by Foxhidesinfo (<https://redd.it/ela5bq>)*
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/477046-trump-tests-twitter-policies-with-iran-threats

**Targeted House Democrats push for policy wins amid impeachment uproar**
*by Minneapolitanian (<https://redd.it/ela5ni>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/477049-targeted-house-democrats-push-for-policy-wins-amid-impeachment-uproar

**Morning Consult Political Intelligence**
*by Billionairess (<https://redd.it/ela6ul>)*
https://morningconsult.com/form/morning-consult-political-intelligence-weekly-report-repository/

**Trump and Pelosi clash over Iran, impeachment**
*by Face2FaceRecs (<https://redd.it/ela6vq>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/477052-trump-and-pelosi-clash-over-iran-impeachment

**Even without war, Trump’s attack is a disaster**
*by viva_la_vinyl (<https://redd.it/ela77i>)*
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2020/01/06/even-without-war-trumps-attack-is-a-disaster.html

**Republican congressman shared a fake picture of Obama and the Iranian president — The giveaway? Obama doesn’t have two thumbs on his left hand.**
*by a_very_nice_username (<https://redd.it/ela7g0>)*
https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/paul-gosar-iranian-president-fake-picture/

**Facebook to remove deepfake videos in run-up to 2020 U.S. election**
*by BlackDog_II (<https://redd.it/ela880>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-deepfake/facebook-to-remove-deepfake-videos-in-run-up-to-2020-u-s-election-idUSKBN1Z60JV

**'They Fear Someone Will Go There and Tell the Truth,' Says Iran's Top Diplomat as Trump White House Bars Him From US | "You can speak with American people from Tehran too and we will do that," said Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif**
*by JLBesq1981 (<https://redd.it/ela8vb>)*
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/07/they-fear-someone-will-go-there-and-tell-truth-says-irans-top-diplomat-trump-white

**Angriffe auf Irans Kulturstätten: Pentagon widerspricht Donald Trump - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Politik**
*by saifulislambpl18 (<https://redd.it/ela99u>)*
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/usa-pentagon-widerspricht-donald-trump-kein-angriff-auf-kulturstaetten-in-iran-a-1303894.html

**GOP Voters Prefer Donald Trump Jr. Over Ivanka (and They Like Mike Pence Most) in Hypothetical 2024 Race: Poll – The president has argued Ivanka would "be very, very hard to beat" if she decided to run**
*by 1PositiveKarma1 (<https://redd.it/ela9zq>)*
https://people.com/politics/republican-voters-prefer-donald-trump-jr-over-ivanka-trump-poll/

**More Dems face debate chopping block**
*by Minneapolitanian (<https://redd.it/elaab8>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/07/democrats-debate-iowa-094981

**Trump’s Strategy With Iran: Be the Bigger Bully — It all rests on the assumption that power is gained via threats and violence.**
*by chris-jjj (<https://redd.it/elabjk>)*
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/01/06/trumps-strategy-with-iran-be-the-bigger-bully/

**Chris Hayes On Our Pro-War Crimes President | All In | MSNBC**
*by boffohijinx (<https://redd.it/elabso>)*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcIl308WfXU&feature=youtu.be

**Who Is Jared Kushner?**
*by Creddit999 (<https://redd.it/elabwk>)*
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/who-is-jared-kushner

**Pentagon rejects Trump threat to hit Iranian cultural sites**
*by BlackDog_II (<https://redd.it/elacee>)*
https://apnews.com/9e87a8b9aa6cbde264a848b62f8a82fc

**Bernie Sanders is America's best hope for a sane foreign policy**
*by CharyBrown (<https://redd.it/elad11>)*
https://theweek.com/articles/887731/bernie-sanders-americas-best-hope-sane-foreign-policy

**The U.S. airstrike that killed a top Iranian general also eliminated another key player - Los Angeles Times**
*by kzuik (<https://redd.it/elad6d>)*
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-01-06/muhandis-was-tehrans-man-in-iraq-his-killing-by-the-u-s-may-have-more-blowback-than-suleimanis

**Trump Is The Most Unpopular President Since Ford To Run For Reelection**
*by madam1 (<https://redd.it/eladkq>)*
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-is-the-most-unpopular-president-since-ford-to-run-for-reelection/

**Trump says U.S troops won't leave unless Iraq pays for air base**
*by Foxhidesinfo (<https://redd.it/eladwx>)*
https://www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/watch/trump-says-u-s-troops-won-t-leave-unless-iraq-pays-for-air-base-76138053651

**‘Pardon The Skepticism’: Tucker Carlson Wonders Why Everyone Is Suddenly Trusting The Deep State On Iran**
*by Mamacrass (<https://redd.it/eladz6>)*
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/06/tucker-carlson-deep-state-iran/

**Internal document suggests Pence role in Trump Ukraine scandal**
*by progress18 (<https://redd.it/elaedr>)*
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/internal-document-suggests-pence-role-in-trump-ukraine-scandal-76151877725

**A 6.4-magnitude earthquake hit Puerto Rico a day after another quake rocked the island**
*by DJTHatesPuertoRicans (<https://redd.it/elaf2h>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/us/puerto-rico-earthquake-tuesday/index.html

**For Some Never Trumpers, Killing of Suleimani Was Finally Something to Like**
*by Minneapolitanian (<https://redd.it/elafwa>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/us/politics/never-trumpers-suleimani.html

**Thousands rally against anti-Semitism in New York**
*by futuredude (<https://redd.it/elagqd>)*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DS_m8wBGI0&feature=share

**We Cannot Afford a War with Iran | Washington Monthly**
*by CR0Wmurder (<https://redd.it/elak91>)*
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/01/04/we-cannot-afford-a-war-with-iran/

**Republican congressman posts fake photo of Obama shaking hands with Iran president**
*by Fitz_cuniculus (<https://redd.it/elakdl>)*
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/iran-war-obama-rouhani-fake-photo-republican-paul-gosar-twitter-a9273251.html

**Trump Is The Most Unpopular President Since Ford To Run For Reelection**
*by _SiddharthaGautama_ (<https://redd.it/elan33>)*
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-is-the-most-unpopular-president-since-ford-to-run-for-reelection/

**Anatomy of a Trump rally: 67 percent of claims are false or lacking evidence**
*by upnorthgirl (<https://redd.it/elanfi>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/07/anatomy-trump-rally-percent-claims-are-false-or-lacking-evidence/

**Stampede kills 32 at funeral for Iranian general killed by U.S.**
*by anarchytravel (<https://redd.it/elanj8>)*
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-01-07/iran-stampede-funeral-slain-general-qassem-soleimani

**The Note: Trump stirs debates in Congress with Iran, Iraq moves**
*by TonyaHildebrand (<https://redd.it/elanvr>)*
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/note-trump-stirs-debates-congress-iran-iraq-moves/story?id=68100781

**US to collect DNA from people detained at the Border.**
*by kungpowpotato92 (<https://redd.it/elap2w>)*
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/us-collect-dna-border-detained-1.5417120

**Trump Jr. displays gun magazine showing Hillary Clinton behind bars**
*by Fr1sk3r (<https://redd.it/elap5h>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/477014-trump-jr-displays-gun-magazine-showing-hillary-clinton-behind-bars

**Duncan Hunter will probably get his congressional pension despite guilty plea**
*by Creddit999 (<https://redd.it/elap6n>)*
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-06/hunter-taxpayer-funded-pension-guilty-plea

**Sen. Rand Paul says fellow Republicans are acting like 'grade-school children' on Iran**
*by Bitcoinly (<https://redd.it/elarwm>)*
https://theweek.com/speedreads/887925/sen-rand-paul-says-fellow-republicans-are-acting-like-gradeschool-children-iran

**Facebook bans 'deepfake' videos in run-up to US election. Critics say policy does not cover ‘shallow fakes’ – videos made using conventional editing tools.**
*by chelsea707 (<https://redd.it/elas4m>)*
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/07/facebook-bans-deepfake-videos-in-run-up-to-us-election

**Pentagon rejects Trump’s pledge to strike Iranian cultural sites**
*by progress18 (<https://redd.it/elasf7>)*
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/07/pentagon-rejects-trumps-pledge-to-strike-iranian-cultural-sites.html

**A Democrat Who Can Beat Trump**
*by Minneapolitanian (<https://redd.it/elasx5>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/05/opinion/amy-klobuchar-2020.html

**Timeline: How The U.S. Came To Strike And Kill A Top Iranian General**
*by Bemuzed (<https://redd.it/elat2z>)*
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/04/793364307/timeline-how-the-u-s-came-to-strike-and-kill-a-top-iranian-general

**Stop saying Biden is the 'most electable'. Trump will run rings round him - Did we learn nothing from 2016? Trump is savagely effective at destroying establishment politicians – and Biden would lose**
*by Hanging-Chads (<https://redd.it/elat9q>)*
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/04/joe-biden-electable-trump-2020-election

**How Democrats Abetted Trump’s Bloated Border Regime - Congress has funneled billions of dollars to the White House's anti-immigration enforcement arms. Here's how that money has been spent.**
*by Hanging-Chads (<https://redd.it/elawfz>)*
https://newrepublic.com/article/156116/democrats-abetted-trumps-bloated-border-regime

**It Was ‘Safer Before Soleimani Was Killed,’ Retired Admiral Tells Jake Tapper**
*by ohiotechie (<https://redd.it/elaws5>)*
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/james-stavridis-soleimani-safe-strategy_n_5e13ebf5c5b6b5a713bf9720

**The Soleimani Strike: One Person Decides**
*by News2016 (<https://redd.it/elay7p>)*
https://www.lawfareblog.com/soleimani-strike-one-person-decides

**Trump may be in over his head with the Iran crisis – and he could pay for it at the ballot box**
*by sketch24 (<https://redd.it/elaype>)*
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-iran-crisis-war-2020-election-qassem-soleimani-death-a9273571.html

**A Delaware man faces federal charges after he allegedly threw an incendiary device at a Planned Parenthood facility**
*by mnorthwood13 (<https://redd.it/elaz4i>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/us/planned-parenthood-delaware-incendiary-device/index.html

**The United States' allies warn Trump that terrorists 'would be the only winners' of war with Iran**
*by Face2FaceRecs (<https://redd.it/elaziu>)*
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-allies-warn-donald-trump-terrorists-only-winners-iran-war-2020-1

**GOP Rep. Shows Images of Colin Kaepernick, Ilhan Omar And 'The Squad' Burning in New Campaign Ad: 'I Will Not Let Them Tear Our Country Apart'**
*by randy88moss (<https://redd.it/elb0up>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/gop-rep-shows-images-colin-kaepernick-ilhan-omar-squad-burning-new-campaign-ad-i-will-not-1480592

**The Health 202: Mike Bloomberg is pounding voters with a single ad. It's about Health Insurance.**
*by swingadmin (<https://redd.it/elb16b>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-health-202/2020/01/07/the-health-202-mike-bloomberg-is-pounding-voters-with-a-single-ad-it-s-about-health-insurance/5e13768088e0fa32a51481ee/

**DOJ's New Argument: Trump's No King. He's A Roman Emperor.**
*by oapster79 (<https://redd.it/elb2gk>)*
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-no-king-hes-a-roman-emperor-according-to-department-of-justices-new-argument

**If Trump Is Laundering Russian Money, Here’s How It Works**
*by infodawg (<https://redd.it/elb2if>)*
https://www.wired.com/story/if-trump-is-laundering-russian-money-heres-how-it-works/

**The Progressive's Guide to Corporate Democrat Speak**
*by Hanging-Chads (<https://redd.it/elb2pk>)*
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-progressives-guide-to-corporate-democrat-speak/

**Michael Bloomberg's campaign grows to more than 800 staffers, dwarfing Democratic competitors**
*by Ulthar29 (<https://redd.it/elb2zt>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/politics/michael-bloomberg-staff/index.html

**Khamenei Wants to Put Iran’s Stamp on Reprisal for U.S. Killing of Top General**
*by futuredude (<https://redd.it/elb313>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/world/middleeast/iran-khamenei-general-soleimani.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

**Trump’s Twitter threat to destroy Iran’s cultural sites is a historic mistake**
*by Morihando (<https://redd.it/elb3h8>)*
https://theconversation.com/trumps-twitter-threat-to-destroy-irans-cultural-sites-is-a-historic-mistake-129405

**The US spent trillions trying to remake the Middle East. Trump's strike may have undone it all**
*by alfiedotwtf2 (<https://redd.it/elb4il>)*
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/06/world/iran-analysis-amanpour-intl/index.html

**How Trump’s Trade War Is Making Lobbyists Rich and Slamming Small Businesses**
*by billthomson (<https://redd.it/elb52j>)*
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/how-trumps-trade-war-is-making-lobbyists-rich-and-slamming-small-businesses/

**Iran has been cut off from internet by its own government**
*by PD216ohio (<https://redd.it/elb58n>)*
https://www.businessinsider.com/iran-internet-blackout-2019-11?r=US&IR=T&utm_content=buffer2a1da&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer-bi&fbclid=IwAR1qW391tk94SDU_2HTTw_p7zFgR4fv7KvvXQ7m8phpQMCtZBgf0RR6AlHQIran

**Warren: Reasonable to Ask if Trump's Iran Strike Is a Distraction From Impeachment**
*by Fr1sk3r (<https://redd.it/elb5gz>)*
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/warren-reasonable-to-ask-if-trump-s-iran-strike-is-a-distraction-from-impeachment-1.8370699

**CNBC mistakes VC Geoff Yang and presidential candidate Andrew Yang.**
*by 532mpt13 (<https://redd.it/elb5mx>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/cnbc-shows-completely-different-person-photo-andrew-yang-graphic-2020-presidential-candidates-1480661

**Fox News host Tucker Carlson slammed conservatives for pushing Trump to go to war with Iran and trusting 'deep state' intelligence**
*by chelsea707 (<https://redd.it/elb86q>)*
https://www.businessinsider.com/tucker-carlson-criticizes-conservatives-for-pushing-iran-conflict-2020-1?r=US&IR=T

**Amy Kennedy to run against party-switching US Rep. Van Drew**
*by Morihando (<https://redd.it/elb8q1>)*
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/01/06/nation/amy-kennedy-run-against-party-switching-us-rep-van-drew/

**The US military mistakenly sent a draft letter to the Iraqi government suggesting it was pulling out its troops**
*by mindtonic (<https://redd.it/elb98l>)*
https://amp.businessinsider.com/leaked-letter-sparks-concerns-of-us-troop-withdrawal-from-iraq-2020-1

**Bernie Sanders can unify Democrats and beat Trump in 2020**
*by NEEThimesama (<https://redd.it/elbas7>)*
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/7/21002895/bernie-sanders-2020-electability

**Trump's shadow secretary of defense.**
*by TheHye (<https://redd.it/elbasd>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/06/trumps-shadow-secretary-defense-pompeo-095191

**Facebook to remove deepfake videos in run-up to 2020 U.S. election**
*by ProgressiveKhanna (<https://redd.it/elbat7>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-deepfake/facebook-to-remove-deepfake-videos-in-run-up-to-2020-u-s-election-idUSKBN1Z60JV

**How would the far right react to a Trump loss? Here’s a glimpse.**
*by Kunphen (<https://redd.it/elbexc>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/06/how-would-far-right-react-trump-loss-heres-glimpse/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

**What Will Happen to Trump’s Republican Collaborators?: Look to Nixon’s defenders, and the Vichy collaborators, for clues.**
*by hamberderberdlar (<https://redd.it/elbfrk>)*
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/what-will-happen-to-trumps-republican-collaborators.html

**Senate Democrats launch website hitting Collins's past stance on on impeachment**
*by dejavuamnesiac (<https://redd.it/elbglv>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/477057-dscc-launches-website-hitting-collinss-past-stance-on-on-impeachment

**Secretary of State Pompeo not planning 2020 Senate run: sources**
*by ProgressiveKhanna (<https://redd.it/elbhwx>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-pompeo/secretary-of-state-pompeo-not-planning-2020-senate-run-sources-idUSKBN1Z528Y

**The only remaining check on Trump is the 2020 election: Our legal system was not built for a president like Trump.**
*by wonderingsocrates (<https://redd.it/elbiz4>)*
https://www.vox.com/2020/1/7/21048243/trump-2020-election-iran-soleimani-no-law

**Bernie Sanders could be the most electable Democrat in 2020**
*by edenfairy (<https://redd.it/elbj12>)*
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/7/21002895/bernie-sanders-2020-electability

**Iranian official calls revenge plan 'a historic nightmare for Americans'**
*by Arzu_1982 (<https://redd.it/elbj6b>)*
https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Iranian-official-Our-weakest-response-will-be-a-nightmare-for-Americans-613398

**What a Bernie Sanders Presidency Would Look Like - The possibilities of an “organizer-in-chief.”**
*by Hanging-Chads (<https://redd.it/elbj8e>)*
http://inthesetimes.com/features/Bernie-Sanders-presidency-climate-mobilization.html

**Bernie Sanders Goes After Biden Over His Claims About Opposing The Iraq War**
*by alexandracooper94 (<https://redd.it/elbja5>)*
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-goes-after-biden-false-claims-iraq-war_n_5e1402dce4b0b2520d26d3cb

**Trump Claims Mark Zuckerberg Told Him He's 'Number One On Facebook'**
*by wwabc (<https://redd.it/elbksl>)*
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-mark-zuckerberg-facebook_n_5e12e125e4b0843d3615393f

**Trump and Pelosi clash over Iran, impeachment**
*by Kalevra9670 (<https://redd.it/elblg5>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/477052-trump-and-pelosi-clash-over-iran-impeachment

**Pelosi and McConnell Are Playing High-Stakes Poker**
*by milqi (<https://redd.it/elbm90>)*
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/house-senate-impeachment-standoff/604531/

**Think the Constitution guarantees your right to vote? Think again | There are unacceptable inconsistencies in how we engage in the most fundamental method of making our democracy work.**
*by dottiemommy (<https://redd.it/elbnh7>)*
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/01/01/opinion/think-constitution-guarantees-your-right-vote-think-again/

**Trump's 2020 trade vision: More disruption**
*by stkmro (<https://redd.it/elbnpy>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/06/trump-2020-trade-vision-094746

**Iran approves bill labeling US military, Pentagon terrorist organizations**
*by Boofing_with_Squee (<https://redd.it/elbnrl>)*
https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/477077-iran-approves-bill-labeling-us-military

**Biden and Buttigieg Exemplify How Corporatism and ‘the Madness of Militarism’ Go Together - Political positions on class warfare don't always run parallel to positions on military warfare. But they have now clearly aligned in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.**
*by Hanging-Chads (<https://redd.it/elbo4h>)*
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/01/07/biden-and-buttigieg-exemplify-how-corporatism-and-madness-militarism-go-together

**US to start collecting DNA from people detained at border**
*by geoxol (<https://redd.it/elbobm>)*
https://apnews.com/8e7d4e3d6e2ef24dcc4fd9e79552a3d0

**Iran and Presidential War Powers, Explained**
*by dagoon79 (<https://redd.it/elbonf>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/us/politics/war-powers-resolution-iran.html

**France vows to retaliate against latest Trump tariffs on wine and cheese**
*by littorina_of_time (<https://redd.it/elbown>)*
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/france-again-vows-retaliate-against-trump-tariffs-wine-cheese-eu-2020-1-1028796610

**U.S. greenhouse gas emissions dip, Trump policies put future cuts in doubt: study**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/elbq0i>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-emissions/u-s-greenhouse-gas-emissions-dip-trump-policies-put-future-cuts-in-doubt-study-idUSKBN1Z616Y

**Risk of pension meltdown grows due to inaction by U.S. Congress**
*by h_double_j (<https://redd.it/elbqhf>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/column-miller-pensions/risk-of-pension-meltdown-grows-due-to-inaction-by-u-s-congress-idUSKBN1Z61IN

**It’s Republicans, not Democrats, threatening our constitutional order**
*by sketch24 (<https://redd.it/elbqp0>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/01/07/its-republicans-not-democrats-threatening-our-constitutional-order/

**Trump Administration officials worried Ukraine aid halt violated spending law – Center for Public Integrity**
*by mudslags (<https://redd.it/elbr68>)*
https://publicintegrity.org/national-security/trump-administration-officials-worried-ukraine-aid-halt-violated-spending-law/

**Disinformation For Hire: How A New Breed Of PR Firms Is Selling Lies Online**
*by oapster79 (<https://redd.it/elbspo>)*
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/disinformation-for-hire-black-pr-firms

**Iranian foreign minister accuses US of 'state terrorism' as country's parliament votes to designate US forces as 'terrorists'**
*by nnnarbz (<https://redd.it/elbtvo>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/middleeast/iran-zarif-united-states-intl/index.html

**No One Believes Trump**
*by Boofing_with_Squee (<https://redd.it/elbu2v>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/opinion/trump-suleimani-lies.html

**Anatomy of a Trump rally: 67 percent of claims are false or lacking evidence**
*by Black_Magic_M-66 (<https://redd.it/elbuos>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/07/anatomy-trump-rally-percent-claims-are-false-or-lacking-evidence/

**What an Elizabeth Warren Presidency Would Look Like**
*by sarkanyfarok (<https://redd.it/elbuz6>)*
http://inthesetimes.com/features/Elizabeth-Warren-presidency.html

**A Month Ahead of Iowa Caucuses, Biden Is Democrats' Best Bet to Beat Trump**
*by black-thorne (<https://redd.it/elbvef>)*
https://morningconsult.com/2020/01/07/a-month-ahead-of-iowa-caucuses-biden-is-democrats-best-bet-to-beat-trump/

**Iraqi Consulate in Detroit opens for condolences following death of Iranian Soleimani**
*by Nihilist911 (<https://redd.it/elbvxj>)*
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/national/iraqi-consulate-in-detroit-opens-for-condolences-following-death-of-iranian-soleimani

**FBI seeks Apple's help unlocking phones of suspected Pensacola naval station gunman**
*by NEEThimesama (<https://redd.it/elbw9h>)*
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-seeks-apple-s-help-unlocking-phones-suspected-pensacola-naval-n1111636

**Donald Trump Jr. shows off AR-15 rifle with depiction of Hillary Clinton behind bars**
*by undeadwater (<https://redd.it/elbyaa>)*
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-jr-instagram-ar15-weapon-rifle-hillary-clinton-behind-bars/?fbclid=IwAR3A8ZFGqHOIUZrjVPegdjra4Tbb1OoARLyuVc2Eefub9lSzTqkKaEw-aCc

**Secretary of State Pompeo won't run for Senate, sources say**
*by RedLicoriceJunkie (<https://redd.it/elbzak>)*
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-01-06/ap-sources-secretary-of-state-pompeo-wont-run-for-senate

**E.P.A. Aims to Reduce Truck Pollution, and Avert Tougher State Controls**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/elc06u>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/climate/trump-truck-pollution.html

**Russian trolls are targeting American veterans, and Trump’s government isn’t helping, group says**
*by Bitcoinly (<https://redd.it/elc0xs>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/01/07/russian-trolls-are-targeting-american-veterans-trumps-government-isnt-helping-group-says/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0me4EdmMw6jcX-5147qkZIyKz-TIxVtD3Qeokit6PD5230D4Rpu1_R7HU

**Bernie Sanders Says Biden's Record Means He Cannot Defeat Trump: 'You Think That's Gonna Play Well in Michigan or Wisconsin?'**
*by nnnarbz (<https://redd.it/elc168>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-trump-2020-election-cnn-1480786

**Future of US military presence in Iraq in question amid confusion in Washington | World news**
*by undeadwater (<https://redd.it/elc2ms>)*
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/06/us-allies-trump-suleimani-killing-reaction-response?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&fbclid=IwAR1dxYgJ93ixTuiOMybup4HIksoDCnC-xTg02GVvurdVW64UFuj5c-kFzSY

**Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Qassem Soleimani Worked with U.S. in Fight Against Taliban & ISIS**
*by CrushMyCamel (<https://redd.it/elc2nw>)*
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/1/6/lawrence_wilkerson_iraq_iran

**Warren's plan to strip down 2005 bankruptcy bill sets up new clash with Biden**
*by Honest_Dictator (<https://redd.it/elc481>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/politics/elizabeth-warren-repeal-bankruptcy-bill-2005-joe-biden/index.html

**Pentagon Contradicts Trump, Says U.S. Won't Strike Iran's Cultural Sites | Defense Secretary Mark Esper said America would "follow the laws of armed conflict" if tensions with Iran escalate.**
*by SetMau92 (<https://redd.it/elc4ap>)*
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5e13e042e4b0843d36179c0c

**Nuke experts: It's not too soon to worry if Trump may use nuclear weapons against Iran and end 75 years of non-use**
*by Nihilist911 (<https://redd.it/elc4tk>)*
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-iran-attack-tactical-nuclear-weapons-war-consequences-2020-1

**9 Climate Activists of Color You Should Know**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/elc4zj>)*
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/youth-climate-activists-of-color

**Anatomy of a Trump rally: 67 percent of claims are false or lacking evidence**
*by unicoitn (<https://redd.it/elc5d2>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/07/anatomy-trump-rally-percent-claims-are-false-or-lacking-evidence/

**Trump tests Twitter policies with Iran threats**
*by Foxhidesinfo (<https://redd.it/elc5db>)*
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/477046-trump-tests-twitter-policies-with-iran-threats

**Every American family basically pays an $8,000 ‘poll tax’ under the U.S. health system, top economists say**
*by hamberderberdlar (<https://redd.it/elc621>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/07/every-american-family-basically-pays-an-poll-tax-under-us-health-system-top-economists-say/

**What Elizabeth Warren's statements on Qasem Soleimani really tell us**
*by Pirvan (<https://redd.it/elc6bv>)*
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/06/politics/elizabeth-warren-quasem-soleimani-trump-2020/index.html?fbclid=IwAR041sn8kRgLFVAGRvDg12-32BMI90qpa-GztZbNaaIS_BHV_c_47RA4IMw

**US forces on high alert for possible Iranian drone attacks, and intelligence shows Iran moving military equipment**
*by HandSack135 (<https://redd.it/elc77w>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/politics/us-iran-high-alert-drone-attacks/index.html

**The Case For: Bernie Sanders**
*by relax_live_longer (<https://redd.it/elc79s>)*
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/7/21002895/bernie-sanders-2020-electability

**Bernie Sanders taps Amazon employees to blast the company’s record on climate change**
*by Frptwenty (<https://redd.it/elc8i7>)*
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/07/bernie-sanders-climate-change-video-features-amazon-employees.html

**Editorial: Trump is winging it with Iran. The results do not look good**
*by viva_la_vinyl (<https://redd.it/elc8ow>)*
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-07/trump-iran-ramifications-qassem-suleimani

**Warren's Latest Plan Signals That It's Time to Talk About Joe Biden's Record - The bankruptcy expert releases a proposal that doubles as an indictment of Biden's role in passing the 2005 bankruptcy law.**
*by Hanging-Chads (<https://redd.it/elc8yn>)*
https://prospect.org/politics/warren-latest-plan-signals-time-talk-joe-biden-record/

**Trump's Obama obsession drives foreign policy**
*by Jase919 (<https://redd.it/elc9vu>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/politics/trump-obama-obsession-foreign-policy/index.html

**If Democrats nominate a woman for president, don't try to make predictions about how she'll do**
*by Morihando (<https://redd.it/elcazl>)*
https://theconversation.com/if-democrats-nominate-a-woman-for-president-dont-try-to-make-predictions-about-how-shell-do-125634

**'We're going to war, bro': Fort Bragg's 82nd Airborne deploys to the Middle East**
*by deraser (<https://redd.it/elcb8m>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-fort-bragg/were-going-to-war-bro-fort-braggs-82nd-airborne-deploys-to-the-middle-east-idUSKBN1Z616W

**US prepares for possible Iranian reprisal after drone strike**
*by Suckydog (<https://redd.it/elcbex>)*
https://apnews.com/f3d6a76e0dc0e4c1bb6091d628b58e76

**Trump legally killed Soleimani under the AUMF for terrorism legislation but the only way he could do that is because Pompeo officially declared the IRGC a terrorist organization back in April under Bush Jrs executive order 13224. Impeach them all! Or have congress install some checks and balances**
*by CustomAlpha (<https://redd.it/elcbvi>)*
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/12/trump-already-floating-replacement-secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo/amp

**Anderson Cooper Nails Hypocrisy Of Trump Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham**
*by Ryan_Holman (<https://redd.it/elcco9>)*
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anderson-cooper-stephanie-grisham-hypocrisy_n_5e143513c5b6b5a713bfeef9

**Steve Hilton: Trump's Iran moves show he understands what 'America First' looks like in the Middle East**
*by nimobo (<https://redd.it/elce7x>)*
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/steve-hilton-trump-iran-america-first-middle-east

**The U.S.-Iraqi Relationship Can Still Be Salvaged**
*by ForeignAffairsMag (<https://redd.it/elcfuq>)*
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/iran/2020-01-07/us-iraqi-relationship-can-still-be-salvaged

**Naomi Klein: Climate Solutions That Neglect Inequality Are Doomed to Fail**
*by misson1996 (<https://redd.it/elcfxy>)*
https://truthout.org/articles/naomi-klein-climate-solutions-that-neglect-inequality-are-doomed-to-fail/

**Bernie Sanders is America's best hope for a sane foreign policy**
*by isaac-get-the-golem (<https://redd.it/elchpe>)*
https://theweek.com/articles/887731/bernie-sanders-americas-best-hope-sane-foreign-policy

**Authorities prepared to hand over Roger Stone records to media: report**
*by Ryan_Holman (<https://redd.it/elci1t>)*
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/477090-authorities-prepared-to-hand-over-roger-stone-records-to-media

**Republican Congressman Shares Fake Image of Obama and Iranian President**
*by HamsterSandwich (<https://redd.it/elcj0u>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/us/politics/paul-gosar-obama-iran.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage

**Trump’s Iran Clusterfuckery Just Handed the Middle East to China**
*by Arzu_1982 (<https://redd.it/elcj4w>)*
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-iran-clusterfuckery-just-handed-the-middle-east-to-china?via=desktop&social=Linkedin

**The reason Qassem Soleimani was in Baghdad shows how complex the Iran crisis is**
*by LeodanTasar (<https://redd.it/elcjzt>)*
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/qassem-soleimani-death-iran-baghdad-middle-east-iraq-saudi-arabia-a9272901.html

**Rand Paul: You'd have to be brain-dead to believe that**
*by IngsocInnerParty (<https://redd.it/elcld2>)*
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/01/06/rand-paul-iran-trump-bolton-vpx.cnn

**Biden tops Democratic field in head-to-head matchups against Trump**
*by StickyCertification (<https://redd.it/elcm8t>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/477071-biden-tops-democratic-field-in-head-to-head-matchups-against-trump

**House Vote Is Unlikely to Curb Trump’s War Powers on Iran**
*by CustomAlpha (<https://redd.it/elcmdt>)*
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/amp/2020/01/pelosi-war-powers-vote-trump-iran.html

**Warren takes shot at Biden with new bankruptcy plan**
*by Fitness_and_Finance (<https://redd.it/elcnvw>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/07/warren-takes-shot-at-biden-with-new-bankruptcy-plan-095493

**The Real Power of Bloomberg’s Money**
*by ClementineChime (<https://redd.it/elcptz>)*
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/bloombergs-bankrolling-wasnt-just-about-campaigns/604390/

**Grassley: Impeachment could delay USMCA vote by a month**
*by pbjars (<https://redd.it/elcpyi>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/07/grassley-impeachment-could-delay-usmca-vote-by-a-month-095515

**6 Reasons the Conflict with Iran is Giving Us Iraq War Flashbacks**
*by tpaup (<https://redd.it/elcqft>)*
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/six-flashbacks-iran-iraq-war-934222/

**$80 Million Bounty For Trump's Head Announced On Iran TV**
*by stkmro (<https://redd.it/elcqvc>)*
https://www.ibtimes.com/80-million-bounty-trumps-head-announced-iran-tv-2896757

**Soleimani attack: What does international law say?**
*by SCarolinaSoccerNut (<https://redd.it/elcrxn>)*
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51007961

**Bernie Sanders taps Amazon employees to blast the company’s record on climate change**
*by CharyBrown (<https://redd.it/elcswx>)*
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/07/bernie-sanders-climate-change-video-features-amazon-employees.html

**Bernie Sanders: Joe Biden Can’t Create the ‘Energy’ Needed to Beat Trump**
*by billthomson (<https://redd.it/elctjw>)*
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/sanders-biden-cant-inspire-the-energy-needed-to-beat-trump.html

**White House proposes guidelines for regulating the use of AI**
*by geoxol (<https://redd.it/elctut>)*
https://apnews.com/cf2ef1681c65139a55623f5f5df3709f

**Twitter Beef Accelerates as Iranian Official Hints at Targeting Trump Properties**
*by havenoideawatimdoin (<https://redd.it/elctvd>)*
https://www.theroot.com/twitter-beef-accelerates-as-iranian-official-hints-at-t-1840851080

**Russian trolls are targeting American veterans, and Trump’s government isn’t helping, group says**
*by recycleaccount38 (<https://redd.it/elctxf>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/01/07/russian-trolls-are-targeting-american-veterans-trumps-government-isnt-helping-group-says

**Qassem Soleimani eulogist offers $80 million bounty for Donald Trump's head during Iranian general's funeral**
*by stkmro (<https://redd.it/elcu90>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/qassem-soleimani-eulogist-offers-80-million-bounty-donald-trump-head-iranian-general-funeral-1480513

**McConnell’s coverup for Trump cannot make this one thing disappear**
*by The-Autarkh (<https://redd.it/elcufi>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/07/mcconnells-coverup-trump-cannot-make-this-one-thing-disappear/

**GOP leader Kevin McCarthy is now straight-up arguing the 'wag the dog' theory of the Iran crisis**
*by Mateony (<https://redd.it/elcx8i>)*
https://theweek.com/speedreads/887966/gop-leader-kevin-mccarthy-now-straightup-arguing-wag-dog-theory-iran-crisis

**In Case Anyone Needs More Proof the Trump Administration Is in Over Its Head With Iran… The Defense Department seems to have accidentally informed Iraq the U.S. will pull troops out of the nation**
*by WyldBlu (<https://redd.it/elcxea>)*
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-administration-confused-iraq-troops-policy-letter-leak-934221/?fbclid=IwAR1sQBPEf10UH4ERjuDfkgEgVajEJrdIwnilCg_HN3HKb1rcWVGt0jB1ZkE

**Trump wants us to trust him on Iran. Without a real impeachment trial, we can’t.**
*by antyher0 (<https://redd.it/elcxvr>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/01/07/trump-wants-us-trust-him-iran-how-can-we-without-real-impeachment-trial/

**Sanders, Biden lead Democratic field in New Mexico: poll**
*by Sixfingered (<https://redd.it/elcy9w>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/477074-sanders-biden-lead-democratic-field-in-new-mexico-poll

**Trump admin reportedly drafts sanctions to punish Iraq**
*by sapientia-maxima (<https://redd.it/elcygk>)*
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-admin-reportedly-drafts-sanctions-punish-iraq

**Hundreds of Lawyers Send Open Letter to Senate Criticizing McConnell’s Refusal to Do ‘Impartial Justice’**
*by newnemo (<https://redd.it/elcyjf>)*
https://lawandcrime.com/impeachment/hundreds-of-lawyers-send-open-letter-to-senate-criticizing-mcconnells-refusal-to-do-impartial-justice/