Politics Corner, November 23rd

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Navy Secretary Richard Spencer is not alone in pushing back over Trump's desire to keep in the Navy Seals a man who took selfies with the corpse of a man he killed. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley are pushing back as well. [CNN]

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In case you missed it: Parnas is willing to testify that Nunes had his dirty fingers in Ukraine. The fallout has already begun so expect to see Nunes in front of the Ethics committee again. Let's hope they grill that steak. [NBC] [Politico]


Also from last night: Sondland wasn't kidding, everyone was in on it. The State Department released documents that implicate Pompeo (and Ghouliani) so expect to see Pompeo running for the US Senate from Kansas soon. [NPR]

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GOP Senators are asking for financial reports on Hunter Biden. Good. Let's set that precedent and then let's see Trump's. [The Hill]


Pence went to Iraq to clean up the mess that Trump caused in Syria. Don't expect the Kurds to trust us as long as Trump is President. [AP]

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It's another day so it's another continuing protest (you know, like Iran, Chile, Hong Kong and Paris which are all still protesting, Bolivia is a different kind of mess now) so today let's take a look at Colombia where people are dying protesting their government. [Reuters]


Speaking of Iran, we can't afford schadenfreude. The protests in Lebanon (still going on) and elsewhere, the weakening hold of the government on its unhappy citizens are combining to make Iran as volatile as Donald Trump. And we've left Donald Trump in charge. It's time to worry. [Politico]

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Political discussion welcome.