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Republicans and Democrats: A Play in Three Acts.

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ACT 1: Washington DC, United States Senate early 2016 Merrick Garland, an eminently qualified judge, was nominated by Barack Obama to the Supreme Court. For weeks afterwards, Republican senators responsible for considering the nomination refused to meet with him. Some of them slink out of their offices in the Senate to avoid the visiting judge. Several eventually do meet him after being shamed, but refuse to discuss confirmation hearings and restrict conversations to pleasantries. They work in lock step to deny Garland a hearing, and deny him the nomination. For the first time in the Republic’s history, a President’s judicial nominee is denied … Continue reading →

As The Elections Draw Near Secret State Department Officials Call For Action Against Assad

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I don’t have much to say about the below article from CNN other than the fact that it looks like the maneuvering for an escalation in conflicts after the elections is already happening, that there is no such thing as ‘moderate rebels’, and that nothing good could possibly come of this: VIA CNN: More than 50 State Department officials signed an internal memo protesting U.S. policy in Syria, calling for targeted U.S. military strikes against the regime of Bashar al-Assad and urging regime change as the only way to defeat ISIS. The cable says that U.S. policy in the Middle … Continue reading →