Authorization to Use Military Force
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Twenty years after the fact, the Senate is facing up to the fact that the U.S. Congress was duped by the lies of the George W. Bush administration into a prolonged, destructive, devastating war in Iraq. Well, some senators, anyway. They will finally...
by Joan McCarter
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on Mon Mar 27, 2023 at 09:08 AM PDT
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Twenty years ago on Oct. 10, the House of Representatives voted to approve the Iraq Resolution, formally known as the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. The Senate voted for it two days later on Oct. 12. Many...
by Meteor Blades
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on Tue Oct 11, 2022 at 05:37 PM PDT
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If a Russian invasion comes it will be first an electronic attack before an air assault. Regardless envelopment and encirclement of cities will be involved, and as US analysts predict, tens of thousands will die. The failure comes from Russia’s claims...
by annieli
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on Thu Feb 10, 2022 at 12:52 PM PST
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Rep Barbara Lee is in the news today, for her advocacy for women’s rights and for sharing her personal experiences with the American people and Congress. I applaud her courage, but I don’t want to write about her testimony, or even write about the...
by Rory PNG
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on Thu Sep 30, 2021 at 08:39 PM PDT
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The House is in, well, house-cleaning mode this week, dealing with clutter and outmoded bits and pieces lying around. They're kicking it off Tuesday by getting rid of the insurrectionist relics from the last two centuries. They will vote on a measure...
by Joan McCarter
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on Tue Jun 29, 2021 at 08:19 AM PDT
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Here’s some big news today: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday announced his support for repealing the 2002 authorization for military force in Iraq almost 20 years after voting for it in Congress. “I strongly and fully support...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Wed Jun 16, 2021 at 02:01 PM PDT
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The House of Representatives passed two Democratic amendments Thursday designed to constrain presidential war-making authority. One, introduced by Rep. Barbara Lee, would repeal the 2002 Iraq Authorization for the Use of Military Force that the Trump...
by Meteor Blades
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on Thu Jan 30, 2020 at 11:08 AM PST
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The 2001 AUMF is already old enough to serve in the endless wars it’s enabled, and soon it’ll be old enough to drink.
by BrianMcFadden
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on Fri Jan 10, 2020 at 02:50 PM PST
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There have not been any casualty reports regarding Iran’s missile attacks on two airbases in Iraq, and I continue to hope nobody was lost. Iran firing missiles themselves, rather than leaning on their more standard tactic of directing a proxy force to...
by JamesMackler
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on Wed Jan 08, 2020 at 12:20 PM PST
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Guest: National security law expert Karen J. Greenberg; Also: McConnell says has votes to begin fixed impeachment trial; 'GNR' returns for 2020!... On today's BradCast, the world remains on edge in the wake of Donald Trump's targeted assassination of...
by TheBradBlog
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on Tue Jan 07, 2020 at 06:06 PM PST
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Over at Digby’s place, there are some “Quotes o’ the Day” from an American foreign affairs expert in DC who runs the National Iranian American Counsel: Reza Marashi. It’s a series of tweets laying out what he’s been hearing from career government...
by xaxnar
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on Mon Jan 06, 2020 at 01:03 PM PST
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A reminder from the bad old days: The 9/11 war authority is still in effect for Trump to use in Iran In June, the Democratic-led House of Representatives finally repealed the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, which passed nearly unanimously three weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. That's the AUMF that has been used for the...
by Joan McCarter
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on Fri Jan 03, 2020 at 09:36 AM PST
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The House is holding two crucial votes on Thursday July 11 which have a credible chance to impose constraints on beginning a war with Iran. It’s a golden opportunity for each of us to exercise our influence as citizens to slow down the rolling...
by nicteis
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on Thu Jul 11, 2019 at 04:16 AM PDT
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By a 226-203 vote, the House of Representatives this afternoon passed an omnibus appropriations bill that ignores Trump's demands for steep cuts to or the outright elimination of many federal programs. The bill also includes numerous provisions...
by Hunter
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on Wed Jun 19, 2019 at 01:25 PM PDT
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In the progressive blogosphere, a Sanders nomination may feel like a very long-delayed moral victory Netroots
What are the roots of the progressive blogosphere? The medium you’re reading now, in its early years, was of course the place for progressive writers to speak out against George W. Bush’s war against a country that had not attacked us — an...
by Rob in Vermont
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on Mon Apr 22, 2019 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Joe Biden claimed he is the most progressive candidate “running,” before he corrected himself — not about claiming he was the most progressive, but about running. That announcement obviously is soon.
This tweet sums up just a few of Biden’s less...
by TomP
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on Sun Mar 17, 2019 at 06:09 AM PDT
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On the day of a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing examining a proposal to substitute one new congressional authorization to use military force for two existing AUMFs, Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon will announce that he plans to...
by Meteor Blades
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on Wed May 16, 2018 at 06:00 AM PDT
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I’m writing because I’ve seen next to nothing in the mainstream press about this, and I think DK members need to consider it urgently. A new, bi-partisan Senate bill (Corker/KAINE), would make it almost impossible to stop a President from attacking...
by wildwolf
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on Sat Apr 21, 2018 at 04:48 PM PDT
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'Dark Lord of Coal Country' Rising, GOP Panicking Before US Senate Primary in WV: 'BradCast' 4/18/18 Guest: West Virginia's Bob Kincaid; Also: McConnell says no to protecting Mueller, Mattis got Trumped on Syria, Kobach found in contempt (again) in KS, and Cuomo expands voting rights in NY...
Yes, my guest argues on today's BradCast, West Virginia...
by TheBradBlog
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on Wed Apr 18, 2018 at 06:45 PM PDT
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UQ* has a number of questions about the missile attack on Friday, April 13, 2018 on a suburb of Damascas, Syria and Homs, Syria where chemical weapons were allegedly manufactured, stored, or deployed.
Accepted facts and...
by Robertkroll
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on Mon Apr 16, 2018 at 01:11 PM PDT
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