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-Mike Pompeo casts himself as the defender of Persian culture

-Secretary of State concedes Soleimani assassination is part of “maximum pressure,” no evidence of imminent threat

-Chuck Schumer is worried--about the future of the US empire

-Joe Biden laments “Iranian parliament” ordering US troops to leave

-Senate Finance Committee advances USMCA trade deal authorization

-Pete ButtiCIAeg

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-Mods on high alert as Trump posts war crime threat after war crime threat

-Javad Zarif: “End of US malign presence in West Asia has begun.”

-Trump officials reportedly ready “to kill as many as possible” on the way out. Army people, if you’re reading this: considering going AWOL

-GOP mulls senate rule changes to force Pelosi to send impeachment articles to the upper chamber

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-US military sends 750 more troops to Iraq after embassy siege, with possibility of more on the way

-Pompeo cancels travel plans, Kataeb Hizbollah spokesperson claims “psychological defeat” for US

-Cig sales were down in 2018 for the 15th consecutive year, vaping was on the rise

-Bernie with the biggest Fourth Quarter haul at $34 million, Buttigieg in second (so far) with $24.7 million; Yang at $16; Biden and Warren reports to come

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-Iraqi guards watch attack on US embassy after Pentagon airstrike kills 25 people

-Sound familiar? UN says Chelsea Manning is being tortured

-2019…Actually Good? A year of labor fighting back

-2020 Predictions: Insha’allah it will be Nancy Pelosi’s final year in Washington

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-The Affordable Care Act said--nothing, you idiots. The Affordable Care Act is dead, it’s locked in the judicial system basement

-House Dems delay moving articles of impeachment to the Senate. Pelosi may have got something right, for once

-Jeff Van Drew officially betrays the Democratic Party--and if someone wanted to help him get re-elected as a Republican they wouldn’t get blacklisted by the DCCC (unlike left-wingers supporting primary challengers)

-NIST reviews law enforcement facial recognition finding much higher chances of false positives for black and asian suspects

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-Impeachment vote today. It’s hard to appreciate the historic nature when thinking about how Dems have screwed this up

-Putting the rib-meatloaf birthday cake on hold: whistleblowers warn new inspection program leaves US pork vulnerable to contaminants

-Trump NLRB: Bosses have the first amendment right to suppress workplace speech through email

-FTC releases announces Cambridge Analytica settlement. Ex-CEO and app developer promise they will never again deceive 50 million people to influence US elections

-Quality of life deterioration detailed by GAO, net worth “substantially negative for Millennials”

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-McConnell girds everyone for impeachment trial by dismissing the idea that trials need witnesses

-Guy who graduated college in 2008 set to be confirmed by Senate for powerful obscure regulatory position

-Why not just make letter carriers into first responders for a biological terrorist attack? GAO with dystopian cost-saving suggestions for the Post Office

-Labor Department readies new rule to saddle public sector labor organizations with more costs

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-Dems capitulate on wall, look set to take government shutdowns off the table until September

-Eli Lilly generic insulin not available in 83 percent of pharmacies, per senators’ survey

-SCOTUS declines to revive Boise ban on homeless people sleeping in public places

-Boeing to keep 737 max production suspended, after failing to pressure FAA into allow plane to fly again

-Senate Democrats attempt to undermine Corbyn’s Labour at the last minute before the British general election

-Education Secretary Betsy Devos defends Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit college that went bankrupt while defrauding students

-DHS announces opioid mail surveillance contest winners: More money for security complex to tackle public health issue

-GAO recommends creation of climate change infrastructure bank, with past climate change recommendations totally ignored

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-Trump emoluments case set to go before full Fourth Circuit, with possible Supreme Court case looming

-Final defense policy bill jettisons Democratic items with top House Dem negotiator scoffing at “negotiating harder” before right-wing think tank

-Pentagon inspector general launches probe of military border mission. Investigation to include “training on potential contacts with civilians.”

-Justice Department inspector general dismisses theory of “deep state” launching Trump probe

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