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**Covington Catholic Student Nick Sandmann Gets Settlement From CNN After $275 Million Lawsuit**
*by KillerKackwurst4 (<https://redd.it/elhf4j>)*
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-covington-catholic-student-nick-sandmann-gets-settlement-from-cnn-after-275-million-lawsuit?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dwbrand
**Ocasio-Cortez votes against repealing Trump tax deduction cap that most Dems say hammers New York’s middle class**
*by Silverseren (<https://redd.it/elhf53>)*
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-ocasio-cortez-trump-cap-dems-new-york-20191220-kh4smd7atbh4zifzouoydpnxsa-story.html
**DOJ asks judge to lock up Michael Flynn: "He has behaved as though the law does not apply to him"**
*by DaFunkJunkie (<https://redd.it/elhf4v>)*
https://www.salon.com/2020/01/07/doj-asks-judge-to-lock-up-michael-flynn-he-has-behaved-as-though-the-law-does-not-apply-to-him/
**The assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani could be Trump's Chernobyl moment**
*by JLBesq1981 (<https://redd.it/elhfjo>)*
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-decision-kill-iran-general-qassem-soleimani-chernobyl-moment-2020-1
**Esper: 'Fully confident' Trump won't give 'illegal order' to hit Iranian cultural sites**
*by biglou722 (<https://redd.it/elhfmh>)*
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/477193-esper-fully-confident-trump-wont-give-illegal-order-to-hit-iranian-cultural
**Mike Pompeo just created a major headache for Senate Republicans**
*by greenielove (<https://redd.it/elhg5w>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/politics/mike-pompeo-kansas-senate-mcconnell/index.html
**White House spox Stephanie Grisham says distrusting US intelligence on Soleimani is 'really unfortunate' while ignoring Trump's history of distrusting US intelligence**
*by PepeBabinski (<https://redd.it/elhi2r>)*
https://www.businessinsider.com/stephanie-grisham-distrusting-us-intel-soleimani-really-unfortunate-2020-1
**Twice in the last five weeks, Joe Biden has claimed that despite voting to authorize military force against Iraq in 2002, he opposed the Iraq war from “the moment” it began. That’s not true.**
*by horologium_ad_astra (<https://redd.it/elhii4>)*
https://www.factcheck.org/2019/09/bidens-record-on-iraq-war/
**McConnell says he has enough Republican votes to begin Trump's trial without witnesses**
*by AStartlingStatement (<https://redd.it/elhiyk>)*
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/mcconnell-says-he-has-enough-republican-votes-begin-trump-s-n1111931
**Trump’s ‘Wag the Dog’ Moment — We were in the White House when President Bill Clinton was wrongly accused of using military power to aid his own political fortunes. Here’s why this time is different.**
*by wenchette (<https://redd.it/elhj7a>)*
https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/07/trump-suleimani-iran-assassination-wag-dog-clinton/
**CNN settles lawsuit with Nick Sandmann**
*by TimeToLoseIt16 (<https://redd.it/elhjra>)*
https://www.fox19.com/2020/01/07/cnn-settles-lawsuit-with-nick-sandmann/
**Anderson Cooper doubled down in his feud with White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, calling her statements 'kind of sad'**
*by INMATE_NUMBER_45343 (<https://redd.it/elhjt5>)*
https://www.businessinsider.com/anderson-cooper-stephanie-grisham-cnn-responds-white-house-press-secretary-2020-1
**Trump Pressed to Detail What Prompted Strike on Iran General**
*by ccorrall29 (<https://redd.it/elhjxe>)*
https://to.wttw.com/2N1s7Ov
**Bernie Sanders could actually win this thing**
*by Tmfwang (<https://redd.it/elhkn0>)*
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/07/politics/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-2020-democratic-primary/index.html
**McConnell to move ahead on Senate trial rules without Democrats**
*by NessunAbilita (<https://redd.it/elhlhu>)*
https://www.axios.com/mcconnell-senate-trial-rules-b8598298-1ac1-495b-b928-824ce8d172e6.html
**CNN Fact check: Amy Klobuchar falsely claims Iran is 'announcing' it will develop a nuclear weapon**
*by tabriz100 (<https://redd.it/elhnfk>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/politics/fact-check-klobuchar-iran-nuclear-weapon/index.html
**The Iraq War hawks are back**
*by bluestblue (<https://redd.it/elhnno>)*
https://www.vox.com/2020/1/7/21051868/iraq-war-fleischer-rove-bush-administration-iran-trump
**Trump and this moment are a terrifying mismatch**
*by MoniangeQuintessence (<https://redd.it/elho2f>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/opinion/trump-iran.html
**Bernie Senior Advisor David Sirota calls out 'Biden's pathological lies' in Iraq**
*by VictorLinton (<https://redd.it/elhp6y>)*
https://youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=fxNGV12VZIc
**Mike Pompeo Is a Dollar Store Kissinger**
*by xzaszx (<https://redd.it/elhpc4>)*
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a30432639/mike-pompeo-iran-strike-qasem-soleimani-imminent/
**Police, Secret Service mum after an incident at Mar-a-Lago**
*by Frptwenty (<https://redd.it/elhpfa>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/police-secret-service-mum-after-an-incident-at-mar-a-lago/2020/01/07/bb5d3c6c-318f-11ea-971b-43bec3ff9860_story.html
**Trump stokes endless war: His attack on an Iranian military leader will come back to haunt him and us**
*by schmunkr (<https://redd.it/elhpic>)*
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-trump-stokes-endless-war-20200103-berw2o2feneyrmbasfk3rmayya-story.html
**Mitch McConnell Is Prepared to Push Impeachment Trial Rules Forward Without Democrats**
*by havenoideawatimdoin (<https://redd.it/elhpm2>)*
https://www.theroot.com/mitch-mcconnell-is-prepared-to-push-impeachment-trial-r-1840856169
**Impeachment: McConnell says he has votes to proceed with trial**
*by drunkles (<https://redd.it/elhpni>)*
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/01/07/Impeachment-McConnell-says-he-has-votes-to-proceed-with-trial/5431578417422/
**House asks court to enforce McGahn subpoena: Impeachment update**
*by greenielove (<https://redd.it/elhsma>)*
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/03/house-asks-court-enforce-mcgahn-subpoena-impeachment-update/40938469/
**'No War With Iran' Marches Set for Thursday Across US**
*by nnnarbz (<https://redd.it/elht7g>)*
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/07/no-war-iran-marches-set-thursday-across-us
**One Year on Andrew Yang’s UBI: How a N.H. Family Spent Their $12,000**
*by zoitberg (<https://redd.it/elhygk>)*
https://www.nhpr.org/post/one-year-andrew-yang-s-ubi-how-nh-family-spent-their-12000#stream/0
**Manhattan Feds Charge Trump Inaugural Donor With Obstruction**
*by rit56 (<https://redd.it/elhz05>)*
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/read-manhattan-feds-charge-trump-inaugural-donor-with-obstruction
**'Why Not Let Trump Cheat?'**
*by greenielove (<https://redd.it/elhzoq>)*
https://www.univision.com/univision-news/opinion/why-not-let-trump-cheat
**New Ukraine revelations hang over Trump impeachment trial**
*by Person21323231213242 (<https://redd.it/elhzxp>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/07/trump-ukraine-impeachment-trial-095542
**Trump Never Cared About Ending “Forever Wars.” He Just Wanted His Own War.**
*by Bakedschwarzenbach (<https://redd.it/eli0jf>)*
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-never-cared-about-ending-forever-wars-he-just-wanted-his-own-war/
**Pompeo again declines to present evidence of 'imminent' threat that led to strike against Iranian general**
*by SpeakerEnder1 (<https://redd.it/eli0n1>)*
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/07/politics/pompeo-iran-briefing/
**Sen. Elizabeth Warren unveils plan to reform bankruptcy laws**
*by drunkles (<https://redd.it/eli2e6>)*
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/01/07/Sen-Elizabeth-Warren-unveils-plan-to-reform-bankruptcy-laws/2461578413437/
**DNC says next debate will be rescheduled if it conflicts with impeachment trial**
*by Pineapple__Jews (<https://redd.it/eli2fx>)*
https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/01/07/dnc-debate-rescheduled-impeachment-trial-095624?
**Biden: Iran escalation shows Trump 'dangerously incompetent'**
*by BackCountryRd (<https://redd.it/eli2ji>)*
https://apnews.com/9be0bbd094621bfb5e04fb8a12551a4f
**Covington Catholic Student Nick Sandmann Gets Settlement From CNN**
*by -_TurdFerguson3_- (<https://redd.it/eli2vb>)*
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-covington-catholic-student-nick-sandmann-gets-settlement-from-cnn-after-275-million-lawsuit/
**Biden: Mitch McConnell Will Become ‘Mildly Cooperative’ With Democrats Post-Trump**
*by UCantBahnMi (<https://redd.it/eli3wl>)*
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-mitch-mcconnell-republicans_n_5e14d847c5b687c7eb5ca326?jl
**CNN settles $275 million lawsuit (for undisclosed amount) with Nick Sandmann, the teen who stood still and smiled.**
*by thebirdmancan (<https://redd.it/eli4li>)*
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/7/cnn-settles-275m-lawsuit-covington-catholic-studen/
**An investigation accused Matt Shea of domestic terrorism. He might stay in the WA Legislature anyway.**
*by hyperviolator (<https://redd.it/eli5mx>)*
https://crosscut.com/2020/01/investigation-accused-matt-shea-domestic-terrorism-he-might-stay-wa-legislature-anyway
**Prosecutors: Ex-Marine lied to bypass Trump checkpoint**
*by M00n (<https://redd.it/eli5yi>)*
https://apnews.com/eac7d45b03e0bbc7c66cf6c4af92cb28
**Deportees may not receive social security benefits once deported**
*by greenielove (<https://redd.it/eli6oh>)*
https://www.univision.com/univision-news/deportees-may-not-receive-social-security-benefits-once-deported-video