**The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: The Failure of Regime‐​Change Operations**
*by PracticalProgress (<https://redd.it/elh737>)*
https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/more-things-change-more-they-stay-same

**'No War With Iran' Marches Set for Thursday Across US**
*by RationalBassist (<https://redd.it/elh7i4>)*
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/07/no-war-iran-marches-set-thursday-across-us

**Census figures have West Virginia losing political ground**
*by MountainsMan55 (<https://redd.it/elh8ae>)*
http://wvmetronews.com/2020/01/07/census-figures-have-west-virginia-losing-political-ground/

**Robert Reich: Lawless Trump cannot be trusted to lead America to war**
*by Foxhidesinfo (<https://redd.it/elh8d8>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-trump-lawless-cannot-trusted-war-1480682

**A Month Ahead of Iowa Caucuses, Biden Is Democrats’ Best Bet to Beat Trump**
*by donut_vote (<https://redd.it/elh8pi>)*
https://morningconsult.com/2020/01/07/a-month-ahead-of-iowa-caucuses-biden-is-democrats-best-bet-to-beat-trump/

**Top Sanders adviser on Biden: Voters don't need 'pathological lies about the Iraq War'**
*by xbettel (<https://redd.it/elh95e>)*
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/477103-top-sanders-adviser-on-biden-voters-dont-need-pathological-lies-about-the-iraq?amp&__twitter_impression=true

**Trump Administration Quietly Goes After Disability Benefits**
*by rit56 (<https://redd.it/elha5r>)*
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-disability-benefits_n_5e14b935c5b6c7b859d17b97?guccounter=1

**How Rudy Got Trump Impeached | Had Trump hired just about any competent lawyer instead of Rudy, his political circumstances would look quite different.**
*by viva_la_vinyl (<https://redd.it/elhafa>)*
https://thebulwark.com/how-rudy-got-trump-impeached/

**More than a third of U.S. healthcare costs go to bureaucracy**
*by EleanorRecord (<https://redd.it/elhar7>)*
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-costs-administration-idUSKBN1Z5261?taid=5e13e68648fe97000144b747&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

**Covington's Nicholas Sandmann -- CNN Settles Lawsuit Brought by Covington Catholic Student**
*by I0nicAvenger (<https://redd.it/elhbvo>)*
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cnn-settles-lawsuit-brought-by-covington-catholic-student-nicholas-sandmann/

**Michael Flynn deserves up to six months in prison, U.S. Justice Department says in reversal for former Trump national security adviser**
*by another_day_in (<https://redd.it/elhcbr>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/michael-flynn-deserves-up-to-six-months-in-prison-us-justice-department-says-in-reversal-for-former-trump-national-security-adviser/2020/01/07/e87fcf4a-0c94-11ea-8397-a955cd542d00_story.html

**Study Shows Medicare for All Could Save US $600 Billion Annually on Paperwork and Other 'Useless Bureaucracy'**
*by RationalBassist (<https://redd.it/elhcgc>)*
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/07/study-shows-medicare-all-could-save-us-600-billion-annually-paperwork-and-other

**Sanders Targets Biden Over Iraq War Vote, Repeated Attacks on Social Security. "I just don't think that that kind of record is going to bring forth the kind energy we need to defeat Trump."**
*by xbettel (<https://redd.it/elhdxg>)*
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/07/sanders-targets-biden-over-iraq-war-vote-repeated-attacks-social-securityocial-security%3famp

**Trump backs off threat to hit Iranian cultural sites**
*by johntempleton (<https://redd.it/elhe1s>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/477188-trump-backs-off-threat-to-hit-iranian-cultural-sites

**Top Facebook exec: Yes, we got Trump elected and it may happen again**
*by Bitcoinly (<https://redd.it/elhe63>)*
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/07/tech/boz-trump-facebook/index.html

**Trump press secretary complains that Americans are questioning US intelligence agencies president has routinely criticised. Stephanie Grisham calls criticism of the agencies her boss once said had 'run amok' was 'unfortunate'.**
*by chelsea707 (<https://redd.it/elhegm>)*
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-press-secretary-stephanie-grisham-iran-soleimani-killing-us-intelligence-a9274361.html

**Seven Things You Should Know About Donald Trump and Iran**
*by Spisepinne (<https://redd.it/elhekw>)*
https://theintercept.com/2020/01/07/donald-trump-iran-video-explainer/

**David Priess on Suleimani and the future of U.S.-Middle East Relations**
*by CephiedSue (<https://redd.it/elhepg>)*
https://podcast.thebulwark.com/david-priess-on-suleimani-and-the-future-of-us-middle-east-relations

**Top Facebook exec: Yes, we got Trump elected and it may happen again**
*by funk_addict (<https://redd.it/elheql>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/tech/boz-trump-facebook/index.html

**Trump says US is prepared for an attack**
*by lazylord69 (<https://redd.it/elherm>)*
https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/us-iran-soleimani-tensions-intl-01-07-20/h_3b9c6b2c133f9a68896c74b4e92b02bd

**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