January 7, 2020

@ChrisMurphyCT Four. That's how many Senate Rs we need to vote for a fair trial where we actually h

@ChrisMurphyCT
Four.

That's how many Senate Rs we need to vote for a fair trial where we actually hear from the most consequential witnesses.

https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1214254194913357825?s=20


FP Smith
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@ChrisMurphyCT
Don't count on @SenCoryGardner
-- we know we can't in Colorado.
Stephen Elpop
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What a sad state of affairs when there are 53 Republican Senators who should ALL want to hear the truth and yet here we are asking/almost begging FOUR to uphold their oath of office.
Gino
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Did Schiff hold fair impeachment in the house?
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Yes
Gino
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I Thot the house was in an urgent and dire situation to remove the president? A joke ! Meanwhile our great president is more popular than ever

January 6, 2020

Mar-a-Lago in the firing line: Iranian presidential adviser posts list of Donald Trump's propertie

I do not want to see anyone hurt or killed. Period.



Mar-a-Lago in the firing line: Iranian presidential adviser posts list of Donald Trump's properties in chilling hint of an attack on his real estate empire - after Iran put an $80million bounty on his head

Hesameddin Ashena linked to an article listing properties owned by Trump
It included Trump Tower in New York as well as his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida
The adviser said that Tehran's 'sole problem is Trump' rather than Americans
Iran has vowed revenge after the death of Qassem Soleimani in a drone strike
Trump has warned of 'disproportionate' retaliation including on cultural sites

By Tim Stickings For Mailonline

Published: 07:39 EST, 6 January 2020 | Updated: 11:51 EST, 6 January 2020



https://twitter.com/WordswithSteph/status/1214226287641927680?s=20




https://twitter.com/kevin_kehres/status/1214230082677592064?s=20

January 6, 2020

Column: Amy Klobuchar offers a return to normalcy in the White House

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212841988




Column: Amy Klobuchar offers a return to normalcy in the White House

https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-klobuchar-trump-biden-chapman-20200103-5ggtq7hocnbstie6lmxjdz2blm-story.html


“My best judgment of America’s needs is to steady down, to get squarely on our feet, to make sure of the right path. ... Let us stop to consider that tranquility at home is more precious than peace abroad, and that both our good fortune and our eminence are dependent on the normal forward stride of all the American people.”

— Warren G. Harding, 1920

Remaining Time -0:11

In the presidential election that took place 100 years ago, the winning candidate ran on a slogan that might have been soporific: “Return to normalcy.” But for a country that had experienced the traumas of World War I, labor strife, a Red Scare and race riots, it promised a welcome respite. Harding got 60% of the popular vote.

Americans often gravitate to the opposite of what they have. Harding was nothing like his predecessor, Woodrow Wilson, whose visionary ambitions included remaking the entire world order. George W. Bush promised to “restore honor and dignity to the White House,” an allusion to Bill Clinton’s lechery. Barack Obama, a former law school professor with a gift for inspiring oratory, was a departure from the folksy, inarticulate scion of a famous Texas political family.

Donald Trump, a thin-skinned narcissist with the vocabulary and impulse control of a 10-year-old, could hardly be more different from Obama. If Americans are weary of the turmoil that Trump has made the organizing principle of his presidency, they may be looking for a president they can occasionally forget about.

In that case, Democratic voters would do well to take a long look at Amy Klobuchar, whose restrained policies and unflappable manner are dull only in the best sense of the word. The qualities that make it hard for her to stand out in a crowded debate might endear her to anyone suffering from a four-year spell of jangled nerves.

Klobuchar, 59, is in her third term as a senator, and as Democratic members go, she leans toward the center. The website GovTrack reports that in 2018, 33 of the 47 Democratic senators were more liberal than she is.
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Amy Siskind 🏳️?🌈
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Normalcy and a steady hand to get us back on course. Get behind Klobuchar #Klomentumhttps://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-klobuchar-trump-biden-chapman-20200103-5ggtq7hocnbstie6lmxjdz2blm-story.html …
Column: Amy Klobuchar offers a return to normalcy in the White House

Amy Klobuchar has what a lot of people desperately want — the qualities Trump lacks.
chicagotribune.com
https://twitter.com/Amy_Siskind/status/1213861680108711936?s=20

January 6, 2020

Saudi envoy arrives in Washington amid fear of U.S.-Iran war

Source: axios




Barak Ravid of Israel's Channel 13 news 2 hours ago



A senior Saudi envoy has arrived in Washington and will meet Monday with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and senior White House and Pentagon officials in an attempt to de-escalate the crisis in the Gulf.

Why it matters: Saudi deputy defense minister Prince Khaled bin Salman — a former ambassador to the U.S. — was urgently sent to Washington by his brother, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Arabia is deeply concerned it could become engulfed in uncontrolled escalation between the U.S. and Iran following President Trump's decision to kill top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.

What they're saying: Saudi officials told the Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the Saudi envoy will urge restraint while in Washington. Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan expressed similar hopes of de-escalation on Monday.

The big picture: Countries around the world, and particularly in the region, want to prevent a spiral toward war over the killing of Soleimani. Iranian officials have said around a dozen countries approached Tehran to convey messages from the U.S. regarding the need to de-escalate........................

Read more: https://www.axios.com/saudi-arabia-worry-us-iran-war-qasem-soleimani-d9790cc9-956b-4648-89dd-909c01bd19ca.html

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This is really a sickening pic.



https://images.axios.com/_0M0iQEyx4OpZhmWzBip-T8l9Rk=/0x41:3333x1916/1024x576/2020/01/06/1578323070990.jpg

President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump take part in a welcome ceremony in Saudi Arabia accompanied Prince Khaled bin Salman in 2017. Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

January 6, 2020

LIVE Reuters funeral procession for #Soleimani..........

I certainly hope all Americans worldwide are bucked down for trouble.



https://www.reuters.tv/l/PdbN/2020/01/06/funeral-procession-for-soleimani-in-tehran



https://twitter.com/ReutersTV/status/1214187724086886405?s=20

January 6, 2020

Why Twitter won't flag Trump's tweets on Iran

Source: aiox




Ina Fried 8 mins ago




President Trump's use of Twitter to threaten Iran brought renewed calls for CEO Jack Dorsey to take action to limit the president's use of the platform. However, Twitter maintains none of the president's messages violate the company's policies.

The bigger picture: Twitter has said that, in general, it will leave political leaders' tweets up even if they violate the terms of service that apply to other users. Last year it announced a policy that would see the company append a warning to tweets deemed to violate its rules. But, it has yet to apply that policy to Trump or anyone else.

Driving the news: In the wake of the killing of Qasem Soleimani, President Trump took to Twitter, using the platform to threaten to bomb Iranian cultural sites and, later in the weekend, to say he was putting both Iran and Congress on notice that if any Americans were killed he would take action — potentially disproportionate action — against Iran.

What they're saying:

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Former Twitter executive and State Department official Katie Jacobs Stanton: "When I worked at Twitter, we thought it was a good idea for world leaders to have a platform to speak directly to constituents. The use case of announcing and/or threatening war is an outrageous abuse of the platform and most importantly, the Constitution.".....................


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Read more: https://www.axios.com/trump-tweets-iran-twitter-rules-06983ea1-845a-4eef-ae09-6a88e1d8942b.html

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damn damn damn


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Illustration of a Trump Tweet
Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios

January 6, 2020

video of Aussie fire damage......

January 5, 2020 / 4:55 PM / Updated 2 hours ago
Smoke stalls rescues as Australia plans for next fiery onslaught
Sonali Paul, Swati Pandey

6 Min Read

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian officials took advantage of better weather on Monday to reopen roads blocked by wildfires and move some people to safety although thick smoke stalled rescue efforts and hundreds of people remained stranded.

Fires have ravaged more than 8 million hectares (19.8 million acres) of land across the country, an area nearly the size of Austria, killing 25 people, destroying thousands of building and leaving some towns without electricity and mobile coverage.

Police on Monday confirmed the death of a 71-year-old man on the south coast of New South Wales (NSW) state who was reported missing on Dec. 31.

A second day of light rain and cool winds brought some relief from heat-fueled blazes that consumed parts of two states over the weekend, but officials warned the dangerous weather was expected to return this week.

https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1214207495863848961?s=20

January 6, 2020

Scoop: Trump officials tried to stop Iraqi expulsion vote

Source: axios




The Trump administration tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade top Iraqi officials to kill a parliamentary effort to force the U.S. military out of Iraq, according to two U.S. officials and an Iraqi government official familiar with the situation.

Why it matters: The Iraqi parliament passed a resolution today calling on the Iraqi government to expel U.S. troops from Iraq, after the U.S killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani and a leader of an Iraqi militia with a drone strike near Baghdad airport.

This resolution could ultimately lead to the U.S. military being forced out of Iraq. But the outcome remains uncertain, and the prime minister who needs to sign it recently resigned.

"I think it would be inconvenient for us, but it would be catastrophic for Iraq," said a U.S. official familiar with the Trump administration's effort to block the vote. "It's our concern that Iraq would take a short-term decision that would have catastrophic long-term implications for the country and its security."


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Read more: https://www.axios.com/trump-iraq-parliament-us-troops-vote-iran-11771de3-f3a0-42d9-82fd-10d13dbf76cd.html

January 5, 2020

Pentagon official refutes Trump over list of '52 targets' in Iran: 'No list adds up to that number'

Source: raw story





Published 1 hour ago on January 5, 2020



A senior U.S. military official doesn’t appear to be aware of what President Donald Trump is talking about when he says there is a list of 52 Iranian targets he could strike.

On Twitter Saturday, Trump told Iran that he has a list that represents the 52 hostages taken during the crisis between 1979 and 1981. The locations are said to be cultural sites important to the Iranian people.


A TIME report on Iraq deciding to vote American soldiers out of the country, interviewed a U.S. military official who said he was unfamiliar with the list.

“There are different lists, depending on the nature of the possible targets — missile bases, nuclear facilities, naval bases, airfields, et cetera — but I don’t know of a list that adds up to that number or one that includes cultural or historic sites like Persepolis,” he said.

According to a CNN report, two senior officials said that there is “widespread opposition within the administration to targeting cultural sites in Iran,” if Trump decides to retaliate.
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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/senior-us-military-official-has-no-idea-what-the-list-of-52-targets-are-that-trump-is-threatening-to-attack/

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I am so glad the Pentagon is exposing lying dirty Trump!


https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1213593975732527112?s=20

January 5, 2020

'Look in the mirror': Lindsey Graham calls Colin Kaepernick a 'racist' for opposing murder of 'brow

Source: raw story



‘Look in the mirror’: Lindsey Graham calls Colin Kaepernick a ‘racist’ for opposing murder of ‘brown people’

Published 6 hours ago on January 5, 2020


Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) blasted NFL player Colin Kaepernick and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) after they criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the assassination of Iran military leader Qasem Soleimani.

In a tweet on Saturday, Kaepernick suggested that the attack on Soleimani was part of a history of “American terrorist attacks against Black and Brown people.”


“Yeah, he’s a loser on and off the field,” Graham told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo in an interview that aired on Sunday. “He has no idea what the Iranian regime has done to the region, he has no idea that they have 600 American deaths as a result of IEDs made in Iran and used in Iraq.”

“It’s un-American,” the senator continued. “He’s a racist. If you’re looking for for racism in America, Mr. Kaepernick, look in the mirror. Your country is not the problem! It’s the Iranian and you’re so blinded by your hatred of Trump that you can’t see the difference between who we are and who the Ayatollah is.”.................

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/look-in-the-mirror-lindsey-graham-calls-colin-kaepernick-a-racist-for-opposing-murder-of-brown-people/

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https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/1213854867502125057?s=20