**Obamacare looks surprisingly sturdy after the individual mandate’s repeal Insurers are doing just fine with Obamacare after the penalty for not having insurance was repealed.**
*by IContiSonoInutili (<https://redd.it/el1ipo>)*
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/6/21052264/obamacare-still-in-effect-mandate-gone-voxcare

**Amy McGrath reports raising another $6 million, even as some progressives grumble**
*by Watchdogs66 (<https://redd.it/el1iq7>)*
https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article238944743.html

**Pentagon mistakenly releases draft memo promising withdrawal from Iraq**
*by TheWeekMag (<https://redd.it/el1ivz>)*
https://theweek.com/speedreads/887890/pentagon-mistakenly-releases-draft-memo-promising-withdrawal-from-iraq

**Ilhan Omar voted 2019's antisemite of the year**
*by New_Diet (<https://redd.it/el1k59>)*
https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Antisemitism/Ilhan-Omar-voted-2019s-antisemite-of-the-year-613308

**Amy Kennedy announces run against New Jersey congressman who switched parties**
*by KillKrites (<https://redd.it/el1lbt>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/politics/amy-kennedy-running-against-jeff-van-drew/index.html

**Trump Threat to Destroy Iranian Cultural Sites Condemned Internationally**
*by UnstatesmanlikeChi (<https://redd.it/el1lca>)*
https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/voa-news-iran/trump-threat-destroy-iranian-cultural-sites-condemned-internationally

**The U.S. Military Accidentally Told Iraq It’s Removing Troops**
*by leocohen99 (<https://redd.it/el1nr9>)*
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/01/us-accidentally-releases-draft-letter-calling-for-withdrawal-of-troops-from-iraq.html

**California legislature returns amid homeless, climate crisis**
*by discocrisco (<https://redd.it/el1omb>)*
https://apnews.com/2f513a9ae6061cdb80c557d5a63e658a

**Pete Buttigieg is a Hufflepuff, husband reveals**
*by 419e (<https://redd.it/el1qo0>)*
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/434422-pete-buttigieg-is-a-hufflepuff-husband-reveals

**US Ambassador to Afghanistan John Bass steps down**
*by DragonPup (<https://redd.it/el1r6z>)*
https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-ambassador-afghanistan-john-bass-steps/story?id=68091686

**Column: Don’t try to make sense of Trump’s Iran policy. He doesn’t have one**
*by viva_la_vinyl (<https://redd.it/el1t15>)*
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-06/dont-try-to-make-sense-of-trumps-iran-policy

**Trump administration denies Iran's top diplomat visa to attend UN meeting: report**
*by CodyBye (<https://redd.it/el1umh>)*
https://thehill.com/policy/international/un-treaties/477009-trump-administration-denies-irans-top-diplomat-visa-to

**Esper contradicts Trump on targeting Iran's cultural sites**
*by MAGAsniper (<https://redd.it/el1upi>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/politics/esper-iran-cultural-sites-trump/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_allpolitics+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+Politics%29

**Joe Lieberman Sad Democrats Aren’t Supporting Trump’s Iran War**
*by armchairmegalomaniac (<https://redd.it/el1uyt>)*
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/joe-lieberman-democrats-support-trump-iran-war.html

**Groups rallying in Frankfort demand fair impeachment**
*by RiseAboveTfrump (<https://redd.it/el1uzb>)*
https://www.lex18.com/news/groups-rallying-in-frankfort-demand-fair-impeachment-proceedings-in-the-u-s-senate

**US military sends Iraq withdrawal letter by 'mistake'. The head of the US-led coalition in Iraq told his counterpart that US forces are preparing to leave. But the Pentagon has denied any plans to exit the country, and a top general said the letter was sent by "mistake."**
*by easyone (<https://redd.it/el1w52>)*
https://www.dw.com/en/us-military-sends-iraq-withdrawal-letter-by-mistake/a-51907519

**‘All retaliation options are on the table’: Iran-backed forces warn US they will send soldiers ‘back in coffins’ if troops don’t withdraw from Iraq**
*by chelsea707 (<https://redd.it/el1we1>)*
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-us-war-iraq-trump-soleimani-khamenei-supreme-leader-a9272951.html

**Mike Pompeo Is Said to Decide Against Running for Senate in Kansas**
*by Dr_Tobias_Funke_PhD (<https://redd.it/el1weq>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/us/politics/mike-pompeo-senate-kansas.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

**The US spent trillions trying to remake the Middle East. Trump's strike may have undone it all.**
*by DaFunkJunkie (<https://redd.it/el1z5h>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/world/iran-analysis-amanpour-intl/index.html

**Iran told EU foreign policy chief it doesn’t want escalation**
*by le_br1t (<https://redd.it/el1z9n>)*
https://www.politico.eu/article/iran-told-eu-foreign-policy-chief-it-doesnt-want-escalation-javad-zarif-josep-borrell/

**Trump Admin Bars Top Iranian Diplomat From Entering U.S.: Report**
*by Foxhidesinfo (<https://redd.it/el1zby>)*
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-administration-blocks-iranian-foreign-minister_n_5e13aa58e4b0843d36174de4

**Presidential Candidate Mark Charles (Navajo) Condemns the Assassination of Iranian General**
*by News2016 (<https://redd.it/el1zir>)*
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/presidential-candidate-mark-charles-navajo-condemns-the-assassination-of-iranian-general/

**Feds to Hand Over Roger Stone Records to Media Outlets**
*by PLZ-PM-ME-DAD-JOKES (<https://redd.it/el20ra>)*
https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-to-hand-over-roger-stone-records-to-media-outlets/

**Donald Trump Jr. Under Fire For Decorating AR-15 With Hillary Clinton Cartoon | Many people on Twitter wondered if the president’s son would go against family tradition and actually enlist in the military.**
*by SetMau92 (<https://redd.it/el218s>)*
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5e137350e4b0b2520d25b9b0

**Pentagon chief on targeting cultural sites: "We will follow the laws of armed conflict"**
*by sapientia-maxima (<https://redd.it/el21dp>)*
https://www.axios.com/esper-trump-cultural-sites-armed-conflict-b05559af-e803-4f66-9781-0125248420a1.html

**Obama Wanted to Cut Social Security. Then Bernie Sanders Happened.**
*by almarabierto (<https://redd.it/el21jh>)*
https://theintercept.com/2016/06/02/obama-wanted-to-cut-social-security-then-bernie-sanders-happened/

**The People Around Trump Are Totally Unqualified to Stop the Iran Crisis**
*by TheGamerDanYT (<https://redd.it/el21og>)*
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/01/trump-team-iran-crisis-pompeo-esper.html

**Esper contradicts Trump on targeting Iran's cultural sites**
*by neurocentricx (<https://redd.it/el21x7>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/politics/esper-iran-cultural-sites-trump/index.html

**Florida pulls in billions high-tax state exodus**
*by aw3524 (<https://redd.it/el23ir>)*
https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/florida-revenue-windfall-movers-2018

**Trump says Iranian commander ‘should have been taken out’ years ago**
*by wizardofthefuture (<https://redd.it/el23tw>)*
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/trump-presidency/trump-says-iranian-commander-should-have-been-taken-out-years-ago-1.4132209

**Mike Pompeo Is Said to Decide Against Running for Senate in Kansas**
*by Hrekires (<https://redd.it/el23yy>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/us/politics/mike-pompeo-senate-kansas.html

**Rouhani points to US downing of Iranian airliner in response to Trump threat**
*by geoxol (<https://redd.it/el242p>)*
https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/476970-rouhani-points-to-downing-of-iranian-airliner

**Red states are more charitable**
*by wowzerz_ (<https://redd.it/el249o>)*
https://www.politico.com/story/2012/08/study-red-states-more-charitable-079888

**Trump's tweets about attacks don't count as congressional notice, Warren says in Iowa**
*by sarkanyfarok (<https://redd.it/el24ha>)*
https://eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2020/01/05/elizabeth-warren-says-president-trump-tweet-not-congressional-notice/2820816001/

**Prospect of gun control in Virginia draws threats, promise of armed protest**
*by popashotbruv (<https://redd.it/el25mq>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/prospect-of-gun-control-in-virginia-draws-threats-promise-of-armed-protest/2020/01/05/7e9b230c-2e38-11ea-bcd4-24597950008f_story.html

**One Year in Washington: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reshaped her party’s agenda, resuscitated Bernie Sanders’s campaign, and hardly has a friend in town.**
*by A-MacLeod (<https://redd.it/el25qb>)*
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/aoc-first-year-in-washington.html

**Collins Takes McConnell Line On Impeachment Trial**
*by ginger_bredman (<https://redd.it/el29pd>)*
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/collins-takes-mcconnell-line-on-impeachment-trial

**If Donald Trump orders the bombing of Iranian cultural sites, would it be a war crime?**
*by gahdzila (<https://redd.it/el29wy>)*
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2020/jan/06/if-donald-trump-orders-bombing-iranian-cultural-si/

**Trump Administration Accidentally Declares End of War in Iraq**
*by billthomson (<https://redd.it/el29xj>)*
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/us-troop-withdrawal-from-iraq-letter-mistake-trump-administration.html

**Gov. Inslee Says CBP Denials Of Detaining Iranians Are ‘Simply Not Credible’**
*by Wordie (<https://redd.it/el2b1t>)*
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/gov-inslee-says-cbp-denials-of-detaining-iranians-are-simply-not-credible

**Saudi envoy arrives in Washington amid fear of U.S.-Iran war**
*by Freezer_slave2 (<https://redd.it/el2b6x>)*
https://www.axios.com/saudi-arabia-worry-us-iran-war-qasem-soleimani-d9790cc9-956b-4648-89dd-909c01bd19ca.html