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**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/