#AUMF

Adam N Weinstein

AdamNoahWho

1. Thread on the NDAA, Afghanistan, and one-way Congressional oversight that writes a blank check for the president to deploy troops in perpetuity around the world under two-decade old AUMFs

Stephen Miles

SPMiles42

This is SUCH an important article! Please give it a read but let me unpack why I'm so excited by this reporting. https://twitter.com/RStatecraft/status/1359151867062849540 First and foremost, kudos to @benjaminja for

FreedomWorks

FreedomWorks

The $740.5 billion #NDAA for FY 2021 fails to deliver ANY meaningful reforms and perpetuates the status quo in some areas. It also includes big government power grabs, places burdens

Daniel DePetris

DanDePetris

THREAD: I was 13 years old on 9/11. The one thing that still sticks with me is the feeling of complete and utter fear in the weeks & months following

Jo Jorgensen

Jorgensen4POTUS

The 9/11 attacks were a major shock to the American people, they made us afraid and angry.Our political leaders used our fear and anger to launch a war in Afghanistan,

Mangy Jay

magi_jay

I don't think that "Democrats were cowards and couldn't stand up to McConnell" is the correct framing. Dems clearly made a political calculation. Plenty to potentially criticize about that calculation,

Sunrise Movement LA 🌄

SunriseMvmtLA

THREAD: So...Newsom appointed @AlexPadilla4CA to be our next Senator. We were part of a campaign pushing for a progressive appointment. Part of that campaign was sending prospective candidates questionnaires, and

Glenn Greenwald

ggreenwald

On September 14, 2001 -- three days after the 9/11 attack, while bodies still lay underneath the simmering rubble in lower Manhattan -- @RepBarbaraLee delivered one of the wisest and

Write Winger

RealWriteWinger

1. Well, the first thing we’re going to do is find a large piece of property with multiple houses and/or room to build more in a nice, quiet, and peaceful

It's Going Down

IGD_News

As millions are about to lose unemployment benefits + face eviction as moratoriums end, Chad Wolf, author of the family separation policy + who was appointed by Trump, is directing

Jim Geraghty

jimgeraghty

“If we use the word ‘genocide’ and are seen as doing nothing, what will be the effect on the November [congressional] election?” — Susan Rice, on the National Security Council,

Bush320

bush320

For the people who think the global mass arrests are a complete farce, allow me to explain the legal justification to what is soon about to take place. For the

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