**McConnell says he has the votes to set impeachment trial rules without Democratic support**
*by i_am_bartman (<https://redd.it/eliy46>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/politics/mitch-mcconnell-impeachment-trial-latest/index.html

**Trump Is Running Hundreds Of Facebook Ads Praising Himself For The Killing Of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani**
*by imitationcheese (<https://redd.it/eliy8n>)*
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexkantrowitz/trump-is-running-hundreds-of-facebook-ads-praising-himself

**Joe Biden needs better answers on Ukraine**
*by SpezluvsMaga (<https://redd.it/eliyur>)*
https://www.usatoday.com/amp/2804049001

**Bloomberg Spends $10 Million On Super Bowl AD To F--k With Trump**
*by zsreport (<https://redd.it/eliyxs>)*
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/01/mike-bloomberg-trump-super-bowl

**Bernie Sanders walks back stance on shutting down vaping industry**
*by Phillifails (<https://redd.it/eliz4i>)*
http://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/01/04/bernie-sanders-vaping-shutdown-093780

**CNN settles defamation lawsuit with Nick Sandman. The kid has a smile worth millions**
*by TheToastado (<https://redd.it/elj18h>)*
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/01/07/cnn-settles-lawsuit-with-covington-catholic-student-nick-sandmann/

**Inside the U.S. military's raid against its own security guards that left dozens of Afghan children dead**
*by koavf (<https://redd.it/elj1rt>)*
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/12/29/security-guards-afghan-warlords-mass-civilian-casualties/2675795001/

**Trump Fails to Get Rehearing on Claim of State Lawsuit Immunity**
*by TrumpSharted (<https://redd.it/elj2f4>)*
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-07/trump-fails-to-get-rehearing-on-claim-of-state-lawsuit-immunity

**If There Are Witnesses, the Senate Can Compel Them**
*by Kunphen (<https://redd.it/elj2qm>)*
https://thebulwark.com/if-there-are-witnesses-the-senate-can-compel-them/?utm_source=afternoon-newsletter&utm_medium=email

**Why Is Mitch McConnell So Afraid of John Bolton? The Senate must hear his testimony in an impeachment trial.**
*by 6p6ss6 (<https://redd.it/elj3c3>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/opinion/john-bolton-testify.html

**Biden: Trump has lied ‘about virtually everything’**
*by Shr3kk_Wpg (<https://redd.it/elj3dk>)*
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/biden-trump-has-lied-about-virtually-everything-76207173949?cid=public-rss_20200107

**President Trump's Bold, Justified Gamble in Killing Soleimani May Just Pay Off**
*by darthrevan22 (<https://redd.it/elj44o>)*
https://time.com/5759007/trumps-gamble-killing-soleimani/

**Pompeo Upended Middle East by Pushing Trump to Kill Iranian General**
*by zkela (<https://redd.it/elj4jz>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/world/middleeast/pompeo-trump.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

**Video of Trump Warning 'Our President Will Start a War With Iran Because He Has Absolutely No Ability to Negotiate' Resurfaces**
*by nom-om-nom-de-guerre (<https://redd.it/elj6wg>)*
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/03/video-trump-warning-our-president-will-start-war-iran-because-he-has-absolutely-no

**To Stop Trump’s War with Iran, We Must Also Confront the Democrats Who Laid the Groundwork**
*by CrushMyCamel (<https://redd.it/elj8fh>)*
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/01/06/stop-trumps-war-iran-we-must-also-confront-democrats-who-laid-groundwork

**U.S. states must target gas, oil use to meet climate goals: report**
*by Splenda (<https://redd.it/elj97h>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climate-buildings/u-s-states-must-target-gas-oil-use-to-meet-climate-goals-report-idUSKBN1Z5129

**LAPD officers accused of falsifying reports, wrongly classifying people as gang members**
*by notthemamaa (<https://redd.it/elj9pc>)*
https://abc7.com/5821095

**Coal company that left workers unpaid failed to pay state’s wage bond, had rocky past**
*by SteelDirigible98 (<https://redd.it/elja4n>)*
https://www.kentucky.com/news/state/kentucky/article239032018.html

**Tangled In Campaign Finance Scandal, GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter To Resign Next Week**
*by h_double_j (<https://redd.it/eljcbl>)*
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/07/794362037/tangled-in-campaign-finance-scandal-gop-rep-duncan-hunter-to-resign-next-week

**Democrats need to accept these 3 truths to beat Trump in 2020**
*by darthrevan22 (<https://redd.it/eljd32>)*
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/27/democrats-need-to-accept-these-3-truths-to-beat-trump-in-2020.html

**“What a Disastrous Mistake That 2002 Vote Was”: After Trump’s Iran Strike, Sanders, Buttigieg Hit Biden**
*by Vivid_County (<https://redd.it/eljdam>)*
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/01/after-trumps-iran-strike-sanders-buttigieg-hit-biden

**CNN settles lawsuit with Nick Sandmann**
*by PassStage6 (<https://redd.it/eljdp4>)*
https://www.fox19.com/2020/01/07/cnn-settles-lawsuit-with-nick-sandmann/

**Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter will resign from Congress on Jan. 13 after pleading guilty last month to misusing campaign funds.**
*by ZiptheChim (<https://redd.it/eljdpl>)*
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/07/794362037/tangled-in-campaign-finance-scandal-gop-rep-duncan-hunter-to-resign-next-week?utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews

**Ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn deserves to be jailed, prosecutors say**
*by Nawaao (<https://redd.it/eljdqw>)*
https://nypost.com/2020/01/07/ex-trump-adviser-michael-flynn-deserves-to-be-jailed-prosecutors-say/

**Advocates Argue 'It Is Ludicrous, and Frankly Offensive,' to Let Impeached Trump Continue Right-Wing Takeover of Courts. "We cannot allow a president who demanded foreign interference in our elections and obstructed Congress to pack our courts with lifetime appointees."**
*by DaFunkJunkie (<https://redd.it/eljf6y>)*
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/07/advocates-argue-it-ludicrous-and-frankly-offensive-let-impeached-trump-continue

**U.S. Breaks International Law If It Refuses Iran's Top Diplomat Entry for U.N., Experts Say**
*by UnstatesmanlikeChi (<https://redd.it/eljhe7>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/us-break-international-law-refuse-iran-diplomat-1480922?piano_t=1

**Rep. Duncan Hunter, convicted of corruption, to resign effective Monday**
*by Watchdogs66 (<https://redd.it/eljiry>)*
https://www.ocregister.com/2020/01/07/california-rep-duncan-hunter-announces-resignation/

**First Democratic Debate of 2020 Could Feature Only White Candidates: Critics**
*by shapeofaquaman (<https://redd.it/eljjar>)*
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democratic-debate-2020-feature-white-candidates-critics/story?id=68117517

**All 53 (R) senators approve homosexual judge for circuit court. All 47 (D) senators reject him.**
*by PuddleJumper1021 (<https://redd.it/eljk4s>)*
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/cnsnewscom-staff/trumps-appeals-court-nominee-introduces-his-same-sex-husband

**Don’t Tilt Scales Against Trump, Facebook Executive Warns**
*by TommBomBadil (<https://redd.it/eljklh>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/technology/facebook-trump-2020.html

**Warren holds Twitter town hall**
*by treetyoselfcarol (<https://redd.it/eljls5>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/477221-warren-participates-in-twitter-town-hall-with-disabled-activists

**New York’s highest court can hear sexual misconduct lawsuit against Trump, judges rule**
*by shill_hunter_x (<https://redd.it/eljm71>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-yorks-highest-court-can-hear-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit-against-trump-judges-rule/2020/01/07/48317c88-3196-11ea-898f-eb846b7e9feb_story.html

**Iran’s retaliation for Soleimani is to race toward a nuclear bomb**
*by Eurynom0s (<https://redd.it/eljmb2>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/07/irans-retaliation-soleimani-is-race-toward-nuclear-bomb/

**Sanders blasts Trump administration proposal to further scrutinize disability beneficiaries**
*by Normiesreeee69 (<https://redd.it/eljr2m>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/477234-sanders-blasts-trump-administration-proposal-to-further-scrutinize?__twitter_impression=true

**CNN confirms a settlement has been reached with Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann**
*by ejhickey (<https://redd.it/eljrjz>)*
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/07/nick-sandmann-cnn-confirms-settlement-covington-catholic-student/2837478001/

**Multiple Missiles From Iran Hit Air Base In Iraq Housing American Troops, Reports Say**
*by recycleaccount38 (<https://redd.it/eljrui>)*
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-multiple-missiles-from-iran-hit-air-base-in-iraq-housing-american-troops-reports-say

**Iranian retaliation begins with missile attack on Iraqi base**
*by kate_wimbledon (<https://redd.it/eljrzh>)*
https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Multiple-rockets-hit-Taji-base-in-Iraq-hosting-American-troops-613476

**US airbase in Iraq reportedly hit by rockets**
*by RationalBassist (<https://redd.it/eljscm>)*
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51028954?ocid=socialflow_twitter

**Fox News Correspondent Calls Mike Pompeo's Comments On Iran's Involvement In Afghanistan 'Baffling And An Exaggeration At Best'**
*by Plymouth03 (<https://redd.it/eljtfe>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-correspondent-calls-mike-pompeos-comments-irans-involvement-afghanistan-baffling-1480932

**Tehran Launches 'Tens' of Missiles at Iraqi Base Housing U.S. Troops, Iran State TV Says**
*by jq1984_is_me (<https://redd.it/eljuv8>)*
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iraq/.premium-rockets-land-at-iraqi-air-base-housing-u-s-troops-reports-say-1.8372090

**Iranian retaliation begins with missile attack on Iraqi airbase**
*by Thanoff (<https://redd.it/eljv4n>)*
https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Multiple-rockets-hit-Taji-base-in-Iraq-hosting-American-troops-613476