This past March, Donald Trump threatened to pull U.S. troops out of Syria. “We’ll be coming out of Syria, like, very soon,” the President said. “Let the other people take care of it now.” Well, today, Donald Trump made good on that promise, announcing though Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White that, “We have started the process […]
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Trump blindsides Congress and U.S. military commanders, announcing that American forces will be leaving Syria, much to the delight of Putin
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Bashar al-Assad, Ben Sasse, Bob Corker, Bret Stephens, Dana White, Donald Trump, foreign wars, Helsinki, Hezbollah, Iran, ISIS, Julia Davis, Kremlin, Kurds, Lindsey Graham, Oleg Deripaska, oligarchs, Russia, Russiagate, sanctions, Syria, Tobias Ellwood, Vladimir Putin 35 Comments
The lesson of today’s Hobby Lobby decision: A corporation’s right to religious freedom trumps your right to reproductive health care
“The court, I fear, has ventured into a minefield,” Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote today in her vociferous dissent following the high court’s 5-4 decision to allow certain employers the right not to provide coverage for medical procedures and medications that run contrary to their stated religious beliefs. The case in question was […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Health, Uncategorized Also tagged ACA, Al McWilliams, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, AstraZeneca, Christians under attack, Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation, corporate personhood, corporations are not people, David Green, evangelical, Hobby Lobby, hypocrisy, Obamacare, Plan B, religious freedom, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Scientology, separation of church and state, Supreme Court, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, war on women 24 Comments