Carol Burnett Award winner Ellen DeGeneres is joined by Carol Burnett herself to talk about why the #GoldenGlobes is the best party of the year. pic.twitter.com/vI9koEJ56Q
— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) January 6, 2020
Parties are over, back to the real-as-we-know-it world…
I really wish the first four Dem primaries/caucuses (Iowa, NH, Nevada and SC) were on the same day. It would cover every region of the country and include a heavily Hispanic state and a heavily black one. There is no reason that Iowa alone should have so much power in the process
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) January 4, 2020
NEW: Pelosi sends letter to colleagues: “This week, the House will introduce and vote on a War Powers Resolution to limit the President’s military actions regarding Iran.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 6, 2020
Elissa Slotkin, a freshman Dem in a swing MI district who also is a former CIA and DOD analyst, will lead the effort. Pelosi again reiterated that killing of Soleimani “endangered our servicemembers, diplomats and others by risking a serious escalation of tensions with Iran.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 6, 2020
I’m convinced that the desire not to seem wacky prevents journalists from describing what is happening accurately. It is legitimately difficult to not sound a bit crazed in describing what Donald Trump is doing to the country.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) January 5, 2020
STOP. JUST STOP!
There is NEVER a grand strategy! He’s an impulsive narcissistic ignoramus in cognitive decline. The option was put in front of him by gobsmackingly stupid DoD people, like handing a Glock to a toddler. And he was afraid the embassy attack made him look weak https://t.co/HRAwSKYRun
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) January 6, 2020
I boiled down everything you need to know about the president's foreign policy process in one handy flowchart. pic.twitter.com/Qo9bF1QBEU
— Starfish Considering Taking Up Day Drinking (@IRHotTakes) January 6, 2020
If you want to live in a fantasy world governed by a complicated set of rules which can be understood and mastered, play D&D.
— Starfish Considering Taking Up Day Drinking (@IRHotTakes) January 6, 2020
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