That's why Obama started this war in the first place, of course. And the Israelis' concern now is that since the war backfired and Iran has a greater presence in Syria than ever before, that Trump could follow-up his withdrawal from northeastern Syrian Kurdistan with...
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Andrew McCarthy Warns Trump: Senate Republicans Could Turn On Him Over Syria
Turn on him in the impeachment crisis, that is. Writes Andrew McCarthy, former federal prosecutor and prominent defender of Trump during Russiagate, and foreign policy hawk in the National Review: Bad impeachment news for Trump – GOP senators enraged by Turkey’s...
‘The answer to a murderer targeting immigrants is…more immigration control, according to the president.’
Elizabeth Nolan Brown at Reason: On Monday morning, Donald Trump reacted to the two recent mass shootings by offering what sounds like a quid pro quo to liberals: Give me my border plans, and I'll give you gun control. This weekend saw two mass shootings in America,...
Philip Weiss: It’s About The Benjamins
Philip Weiss at Mondoweiss is correct in pointing out that the strategy of Trump and the Republicans is to exploit the division in the Democratic party around support for Israel. The main target is large democratic donors. While Trump and the Republicans have been...
‘A man I found guilty of dealing drugs died in prison. I wish I could take that verdict back.’
Dang it Bobby, the amount of religious faith this person invokes to defend his decision to help destroy the existence of a good man ... is almost(?) unbelievable. Is he just making excuses? No. This is what Democrats and Republicans think. This is what we're up...
End All State Support to Colleges and Universities
While Democratic Party presidential candidates are stumbling over themselves in offering people free college tuition and other political candy in the hope of buying their votes, I’ve got a better idea. Let’s end all state support of colleges and universities entirely....
News Roundup 6/12/19
US News The US formally request the UK extradite Julian Assange. [Link] The Trump administration calls for Saudi Arabia to show tangible progress into the investigation of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. [Link] Senate Democrats and Republicans are working to block...
Trump May Pardon US Troops Accused or Convicted of War Crimes
While the Pentagon rarely goes to the lengths of pursuing war crimes charges against American troops, the sheer number of US wars at any given time mean there will inevitably be some. Officials say President Trump is preparing to pardon some of them. President Trump...
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