Wednesday:
Three presidents have used the 9/11 war authorization for 18 years, in 14 different countries, for more than three dozen different military actions. Trump is thinking about using it for war with Iran.
Today, for the first time ever, the House repealed it. https://t.co/vr9V7HSMXD
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) June 19, 2019
Thursday night:
The competing theories are that 1) Trump backed away from starting a war at the last minute for some unknown reason vs. 2) there was no planned attack and Trump admin is just pretending there was one to hide the fact that their policy is trash. Neither would be surprising
— Daniel Larison (@DanielLarison) June 21, 2019
this panel should be on the screens/whiteboards/tables of every editor or producer meeting in every newsroom in the united states. pic.twitter.com/CfwkMIz0K3
— C.J. Chivers (@cjchivers) June 20, 2019
Potential Friday distraction:
In interview, former Soviet general confirms he served as adviser on Trump Tower Moscow project during 2016 campaign, consulting with Michael Cohen by phone. By @thamburger @antontroian https://t.co/KQpa4cPh9I
— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) June 20, 2019
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