Democrats Complicit in Advancing Christopher Wray Confirmation as FBI Director
Constituents giving Hero of the Resistance Sen.
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Trump Signs Executive Orders to Advance Dakota Access and Keystone Pipelines
"'People will mobilize again."
About that "War Crime" — Hospital Was Raided By Afghan Forces Three Months Before U.S. Bombing
by Gaius PubliusThere's new reporting on the U.S. bombing of the Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. As you may know, Doctors Without Borders wants the incident, in which 22 people were killed, including patients who burned to death in their beds, investigated as a war crime. (You'll see their reasons lower in this piece.)Now, thanks to excellent reporting by Ryan Grim at Huffington Post, we have more information.
Pelosi's Office Offers Rude Response to Anti–Fast Track Callers
FRIDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE:Fast Track fizzles in the HouseAs you recall, the way the thing was structured, with the House having to pass exactly the same bill the Senate did in order to get it onto the president's desk, a snag in any piece of the legislative puzzle meant the whole thing falls apart, at least for now. And as the NY Times's Jonathan Weisman wrote this afternoon:
Stealing From Medicare To Pay For TPP-- Unhealthy For Republicans... Deadly For Democrats
The vote of TPP is looming in the House and Obama has Jim Clyburn (D-SC) making all kind of handsome offers to Members of the Congressional Black Caucus to guarantee a big vote score from that circle. You won't find caucus members with integrity, like Barbara Lee and Donna Edwards, playing footsie with Clyburn on this, of course.
