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Pentagon Leaders: Soleimani was Planning 'Imminent' Combat Operations

posted onJanuary 7, 2020
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Pentagon leaders on Monday defended the U.S. military strike President Trump ordered against Iranian terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani on January 1, saying that intelligence showed he was planning “imminent” combat operations against U.S. military forces in the region. Army Gen.

Speaker at Soleimani Funeral Crowdsources $80 Million Bounty on Trump

posted onJanuary 7, 2020
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A speaker on Iranian state television during the funeral of Iranian terror chief Qasem Soleimani on Sunday attempted to offer an $80 million bounty for President Donald Trump – but told the audience 80 million Muslims each had to pitch in $1 to cover the cost. Iran is home to an estimated 80 million people. The speaker appeared to be making the inspirational point that, together, Iranians could do anything, including prompt the assassination of the President of the United States. London-based Iranian opposition journalist M.

Josh Hawley Introduces Resolution to Dismiss 'Bogus Impeachment' Trial

posted onJanuary 7, 2020
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Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced a resolution Monday to dismiss the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump, which features robust Senate Republican support. Sen. Hawley introduced a resolution to update the Senate rules to allow a motion to dismiss articles of impeachment for lack of prosecution. The bill features strong support across the Senate Republican conference, including Sens.

Six Separate Foreign Policy Lies by Democrat Joe Biden

posted onJanuary 7, 2020
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From Iraq to Iran, Afghanistan to Ukraine, and everywhere in between, President Donald Trump’s campaign says former Vice President Joe Biden has been lying nonstop about foreign policy in recent days in an attempt to revise history in his political favor. The Democrat presidential frontrunner in 2020, Biden, has made a number of claims in recent days that are demonstrably untrue, ranging from false claims that the Iran deal during the Obama administration “solved” the problem of Iran to untrue claims that he was supportive of former President Obama’s decision to launch the 2011 raid that final

Here, the opioid crisis is bigger than politics. As rehab centers replace pill mills, an Ohio River city fights back - The Boston Globe

posted onJanuary 7, 2020
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PORTSMOUTH, Ohio — Dale King rumbled into the parking lot in his military Jeep, a black 1940s-style clunker that he maneuvered with a skull-tipped stick shift. Heavy metal music blasted from the garage that he and some friends had converted to a gym for the neighboring addiction center. Patients from next door were packed inside wearing worn T-shirts, faded athletic gear, and other hand-me-downs. Half the class were barefoot.

'We can give the whole nation a lesson if they want.' How Latinos revived a once-dying Pennsylvania city - The Boston Globe

posted onJanuary 7, 2020
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HAZLETON, Pa. — Bob Curry is a man in constant motion, not unlike this fast-changing community he’s always championing. Passing a colorful mural in the community center he runs, its rainbow letters spelling out a Maya Angelou quote about the strength and beauty of diversity, he paused for effect. “You see our mural, if you don’t like it, get back on the elevator, you’re free to leave,” Curry proclaimed. He’s kidding — sort of.

They helped Trump win Michigan, then his immigration crackdown split their community - The Boston Globe

posted onJanuary 7, 2020
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MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. — The kettle steamed in the background as a familiar yet painful argument began to boil over between father and daughter in the Slewo home last Inauguration Day. “My president is going to be good for the Christians and the economy,” Warda Slewo, an ardent Donald Trump fan, told his daughter, Ashourina Slewo, in her small kitchen in the northeastern suburbs of Detroit on Jan. 20, 2017. “Your president is a racist,” Ashourina shot back.

Trump’s evangelical support mystifies his critics, but in Wisconsin, it looks stronger than ever - The Boston Globe

posted onJanuary 7, 2020
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NEW LONDON, Wis.—After it was clear that neither of her preferred candidates, Ben Carson and Ted Cruz, was going to be elected president in 2016, Linda Behm prayed. Behm is an evangelical Christian and keeps a calendar filled with volunteer shifts at a thrift store and a food pantry in this small community an hour away from Green Bay. She wasn’t sure about supporting Donald J. Trump, the New York business magnate with a penchant for insults and crude behavior.

House Foreign Affairs panel fires back at Trump in tweet: 'You're not a dictator' | TheHill

posted onJanuary 6, 2020
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The House Foreign Affairs Committee slammed MORE on Sunday after Trump appeared to write that his tweets served as sufficient notification to Congress in the event of a potential military strike against Iran. The Democratic-led panel, in a tweet mirroring the language Trump himself used in his message, warned the president that he was not a "dictator" and that Congress has the power to authorize acts of war.  "This Media Post will serve as a reminder that war powers reside in the Congress under the United States Constitution.