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Iraq: American troops leaving Syria cannot stay in Iraq
Via: Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom • News & Politics • 51 Comments • 7 Likes • 7 years ago
“These forces do not have any approval to remain in Iraq.”
BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. troops leaving Syria and heading to neighboring Iraq do not have permission to stay in the country, Iraq's military said Tuesday. The statement appears to contradict U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who has said that under the current plan, all U.S. troops leaving Syria...
Eric Trump Complains That 'Every Family in Politics Enriches Themselves,' Saying 'It Is Sickening'
Via: Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom • News & Politics • 63 Comments • 7 Likes • 7 years ago
“Why is it that every family in politics enriches themselves? ”
President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump complained about families involved with politics enriching themselves, saying "it is sickening." "It can't happen in politics on any side of the aisle," Trump, who is a vice president of his father's company the Trump Organization, lamented in an...
Trump says his Doral resort will no longer host G-7 after backlash
Via: Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom • News & Politics • 123 Comments • 14 Likes • 7 years ago
“"I announced that I would be willing to do it at NO PROFIT or, if legally permissible, at ZERO COST to the USA.”
President Trump on Saturday said the United States would no longer host next year's Group of Seven (G-7) summit at his Doral resort after intense backlash from Democrats, ethics watchdogs and some Republican lawmakers. The reversal came two days after the White House announced that Trump...
How To Stage a Coup in 7 Easy Steps
By: Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom • Op/Ed • 276 Comments • 10 Likes • 7 years ago • LOCKED
““Just remember: What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.” -Donald Trump”
In his novel 1984, George Orwell wrote, “The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” In 2019, Trump said, "Just remember: What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.” What follows is pretty much common...
Judge rejects Trump's challenge to the release of his tax returns for a New York state criminal probe
Via: Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom • News & Politics • 53 Comments • 2 Likes • 7 years ago
Federal judge rejects President Trump's challenge to the release of his tax returns for a New York state criminal probe. Updates as they come in.
The Firing of former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch
By: Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom • Op/Ed • 107 Comments • 12 Likes • 7 years ago
First, a bit of background from Wiki: Former Ambassador Yovanovitch is a graduate of Princeton University, where she earned a B.A. in History and Russian Studies in 1980. She studied at the Pushkin Institute (1980) and was awarded an M.S. from the National Defense University National War...
Woman taunts lion after climbing into enclosure at Bronx Zoo
Via: Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom • News & Politics • 53 Comments • 9 Likes • 7 years ago
“This action was a serious violation and unlawful trespass that could have resulted in serious injury or death. Barriers and rules are in place to...”
A woman climbed over a safety barrier at New York City’s Bronx Zoo last week and made her way into the lion exhibit, standing dangerously close to one of the animals. The woman, standing a few feet away from a male lion, waved her hands and moved her body as if she was dancing. The incident was...
Different Verse, Same as the First?
By: Sister Mary Agnes Ample Bottom • Op/Ed • 269 Comments • 11 Likes • 7 years ago
Remember this Op-ed printed in the New York Times on September 5th of last year? I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. President Trump is facing...
