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**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/