**This Mitch McConnell Speech Was So Sleazy I Thought He'd Spontaneously Combust**
*by xzaszx (<https://redd.it/el2lc3>)*
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a30421412/mitch-mcconnell-trump-iran-speech-qasem-suleimani/

**US Defense Secretary Esper says no decision to leave Iraq**
*by the_boz_man_cometh (<https://redd.it/el2mzu>)*
https://apnews.com/e384b6e3d230b63d3f69092ef53b5bd9

**Pompeo tells McConnell he's not running for Senate**
*by Dantes_inferno666 (<https://redd.it/el2okl>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/477032-pompeo-tells-mcconnell-hes-not-running-for-senate

**Trump doubles down on striking cultural sites in Iran**
*by AStartlingStatement (<https://redd.it/el2p03>)*
https://apnews.com/8d3385ab6c29c3da3ab9b081bae53884

**Legal Experts Scorch Marco Rubio’s Refusal to Subpoena John Bolton: ‘Utterly Wrong and Utterly Ahistorical’**
*by M00n (<https://redd.it/el2phq>)*
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/legal-experts-scorch-marco-rubios-refusal-to-subpoena-john-bolton-utterly-wrong-and-utterly-ahistorical/

**Trump’s Threat to Attack 52 Iranian Sites Draws Criticism, Concern**
*by ccorrall29 (<https://redd.it/el2pht>)*
https://to.wttw.com/2FrBVNG

**Meet the Corporate War Profiteers Making a Killing on Trump's Attacks on Iran**
*by futuredude (<https://redd.it/el2r6e>)*
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/01/06/meet-corporate-war-profiteers-making-killing-trumps-attacks-iran

**Trump awaits Iranian retaliation as White House security tightens**
*by funk_addict (<https://redd.it/el2raj>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/06/trump-iran-soleimani-security-095126?fbclid=IwAR2WA5Xpm7cXYKbr-sgtLHMiDpJi3GMVC7kgNaIEsmKULyIgEImx_iP8IrU

**Decade of Disappointment, Decade of Hope**
*by imitationcheese (<https://redd.it/el2xxo>)*
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/01/decade-of-disappointment-decade-of-hope/

**Trump’s order to kill Soleimani is already starting to backfire**
*by GirasoleDE (<https://redd.it/el30ea>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/01/06/trumps-order-kill-soleimani-is-already-starting-backfire/

**Iran overshadows impeachment as Trump leaves Congress staggering - Lawmakers are struggling to juggle the crises of the Trump era.**
*by iyoiiiu (<https://redd.it/el30uz>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/06/iran-impeachment-trump-congress-095139

**Time has come for agriculture labor reform**
*by southpawFA (<https://redd.it/el345h>)*
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/labor/477030-time-has-come-for-agriculture-labor-reform

**Democrat Barbara Lee Spreads False Information About DHS Going After Iranian-Americans**
*by ThomasZ18 (<https://redd.it/el356h>)*
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-barbara-lee-spreads-false-information-about-dhs-going-after-iranian-americans

**Read the Letter the Pentagon Accidentally Sent Announcing Withdrawal From Iraq**
*by nirad (<https://redd.it/el35m5>)*
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/read-pentagons-accidental-draft-announcing-iraq-withdrawal.html

**George Lopez's response to Trump's bounty "We'll do it for half"**
*by mic_wazuki (<https://redd.it/el378d>)*
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-lopez-donald-trump-bounty-rumor-iran-bounty-to-kill-president-after-soleimani-killed-2020-01-06/

**Democrats move swiftly to halt Trump's conflict with Iran - The House could vote as early as Wednesday to rein in the president, though the odds are slim the GOP-controlled Senate will follow suit.**
*by iyoiiiu (<https://redd.it/el37ur>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/06/democrats-halt-trump-conflict-iran-094814

**Targeting Cultural Sites in War Is Illegal. It’s Also Barbaric.**
*by sketch24 (<https://redd.it/el398e>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/arts/design/trump-iran-cultural-sites.html

**Kelly Loeffler sworn in as new Georgia senator**
*by assh0les97 (<https://redd.it/el39wm>)*
https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/01/06/georgia-loeffler-sworn-in-senate-094785

**Pompeo tells McConnell he won't run for the Senate**
*by stvntdr (<https://redd.it/el3apm>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/politics/pompeo-senate-bid-mcconnell/index.html

**Trump wags the hippopotamus**
*by upnorthgirl (<https://redd.it/el3b8h>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/06/trump-wags-hippopotamus/

**The Anarchist Daughter of the GOP's Gerrymandering Mastermind Just Dumped His Maps and Files on Google Drive**
*by covrere17936464 (<https://redd.it/el3c0q>)*
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pked4v/the-anarchist-daughter-of-the-gops-gerrymandering-mastermind-just-dumped-all-his-maps-and-files-on-google-drive?utm_source=reddit.com

**Donald Trump Jr. poses with rifle decorated with a cross used during the Crusades**
*by LostMyBackupCodes (<https://redd.it/el3ex1>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/01/06/donald-trump-jr-poses-with-rifle-decorated-with-cross-used-during-crusades/

**McConnell has the votes to block Democrats' witness demands in Trump impeachment trial**
*by waingro1215 (<https://redd.it/el3g91>)*
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/477045-mcconnell-has-the-votes-to-block-democrats-witness-demands-in-trump

**Defense secretary denies US troops leaving Iraq**
*by Brjgjdj5788 (<https://redd.it/el3how>)*
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/477017-defense-secretary-denies-us-troops-leaving-iraq

**Why Senate Republicans should think twice about letting Trump stiff-arm Congress | The GOP is protecting a Republican now, but the precedent could come back to haunt them.**
*by upnorthgirl (<https://redd.it/el3hxb>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/01/06/why-senate-republicans-should-think-twice-about-letting-trump-stiff-arm-congress/

**Shocked Iraqis Ask Team Trump WTF After General’s Botched Pullout Letter**
*by qdude1 (<https://redd.it/el3iev>)*
https://www.thedailybeast.com/shocked-iraqis-ask-team-trump-wtf-after-generals-botched-pullout-letter

**Trump officials are bending over backwards to say he didn't threaten to commit a war crime after he repeatedly threatened to commit a war crime**
*by leocohen99 (<https://redd.it/el3ik6>)*
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-officials-defend-targeting-iran-cultural-sites-war-crime-2020-1

**A New Electorate Can the Bernie Sanders Campaign Alter the Course of the Democratic Party?**
*by BCas (<https://redd.it/el3iw0>)*
https://theintercept.com/2020/01/03/bernie-sanders-democratic-party-2020-presidential-election/

**Republican gerrymandering guru’s confidential documents posted online**
*by speakhyroglyphically (<https://redd.it/el3jxc>)*
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/republican-gerrymandering-gurus-confidential-documents-posted-online-2020-01-06

**Napolitano: House Dems should reopen the impeachment case citing new evidence**
*by magnus007 (<https://redd.it/el3lcb>)*
https://www.foxnews.com/media/napolitano-dems-pelosi-reopen-impeachment-new-evidence

**Amar’e Stoudemire calls for end to anti-Semitism among African-Americans**
*by Jons312 (<https://redd.it/el3nwb>)*
https://forward.com/news/breaking-news/437787/amar-e-stoudemire-calls-for-end-to-anti-semitism-among-african-americans/

**Why Trump should fear Sanders much more than Warren in 2020**
*by xbettel (<https://redd.it/el3o16>)*
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/476995-why-trump-should-fear-sanders-much-more-than-warren-in-2020?amp&__twitter_impression=true

**Trump Is Launching A School Prayer Crusade. Americans United Will Be There To Meet It.**
*by JuDGe3690 (<https://redd.it/el3otu>)*
https://www.au.org/blogs/trump-school-prayer

**Trump officials are bending over backwards to say he didn't threaten to commit a war crime after he repeatedly threatened to commit a war crime**
*by Bakedschwarzenbach (<https://redd.it/el3p5f>)*
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-officials-defend-targeting-iran-cultural-sites-war-crime-2020-1

**Lindsey Graham Just Promised to Change the Senate Rules If Democrats Don’t Hurry Up on Impeachment**
*by meaty_maker (<https://redd.it/el3pma>)*
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/01/impeachment-lindsey-graham-change-rules-mcconnell-pelosi/

**The Democrats’ State Show Trial**
*by buzzboyle (<https://redd.it/el3pna>)*
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnpwarren/2020/01/06/the-democrats-state-show-trial-n2559001

**KT McFarland: Soleimani was the terror king – Dems and liberal media decry his death. Here's why they're wrong**
*by nimobo (<https://redd.it/el3pxf>)*
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/solemani-terror-king-democrats-liberal-media

**The ‘Painful Consequences’ of Trump’s Soleimani Decision Are Already Here**
*by Bakedschwarzenbach (<https://redd.it/el3r63>)*
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/consequences-trump-soleimani-strike.html

**Rep. Ro Khanna on a Public Takeover of PG&E: “Why Can’t We Provide Power to Our Own Citizens?”**
*by AvailableWrongdoer (<https://redd.it/el3rvm>)*
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/01/ro-khanna-green-new-deal-bernie-sanders

**In Case Anyone Needs More Proof the Trump Administration Is in Over Its Head With Iran… | The Defense Department seems to have accidentally informed Iraq the U.S. will pull troops out of the nation**
*by JLBesq1981 (<https://redd.it/el3u3r>)*
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-administration-confused-iraq-troops-policy-letter-leak-934221/

**U.S. to start collecting DNA from people detained at border**
*by Eurynom0s (<https://redd.it/el3ufz>)*
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/u-s-to-start-collecting-dna-from-people-detained-at-border-1.4755259