Iran

U.S. extracted top spy from inside Russia because of concern Trump mishandles classified intelligence (Updated)

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The United States Intelligence Community is operating on the working presumption that Donald Trump is a national security risk who cannot be entrusted with highly classified national security information. The president of the United States is a national security risk to the United States. Period. Full stop. (If there truly was a “deep state” conspiracy … Read more

(Update) An ‘imperial president’ compromised by and doing the bidding of Saudi Arabia

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Update to An ‘imperial president’ compromised by and doing the bidding of Saudi Arabia (excerpt): President Trump vetoed the express will of Congress, as expected, setting up another constitutional crisis, asserting his “imperial presidency” executive powers. Trump vetoes resolution to end U.S. participation in Yemen’s civil war: President Trump on Tuesday vetoed a resolution that … Read more

The media misleads the public on Iran (Updated)

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The headlines today are wrong, and misleading: New York Times: Iran Announces New Breach of Nuclear Deal Limits, and Threatens Further Violations Washington Post: Iran set to breach limit on enriched uranium within ‘hours’ Politico: Tehran: Iran set to breach nuclear deal Iran cannot “breach” an agreement already materially breached by the Trump administration. Any … Read more

Arizona Senators Split On Proposal To Forbid Attack On Iran Without Congressional Approval (READ the amendment)

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Arizona’s Senators split on June 27 on a proposal that would have restricted the President’s abilities to begin hostilities with Iran before getting Congressional approval. The bipartisan amendment needed 60 votes to pass; the vote was 50-40. Kyrsten Sinema sided with all voting Democrats to add the check to President Donald Trump’s ability to launch … Read more