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Friday, October 18, 2019

The Open Skies Treaty is not something you have ever heard of most likely.  It is  a post-Cold War agreement that allows countries to operate reconnaissance flights over other nations and collect data on military activities with the aim of building trust between countries. Since coming into force in 2002, the treaty has become a key tool for the U.S. and its European allies to monitor Russian military deployments to former Soviet satellite countries, including Russian aggression in Ukraine. 


Wednesday, October 16, 2019

This term, with Kavanaugh’s vote, the Supreme Court is going to overrule Whole Woman’s Health, gut Roe v. Wade, and allow states to regulate abortion clinics out of existence.


Monday, October 14, 2019

Trump and Republicans have taken their hate for a government-run single-payer health care system official, signing an executive order decrying Medicare-for-all and promoting private insurance’s role in Medicare.


Wednesday, October 9, 2019

When you have greedy, ignorant people in charge, you are going to get results like this.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which back half of the nation’s mortgages, have a mandate to ensure access to affordable loans and are responsible for the broad availability of the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage.


Tuesday, October 8, 2019

By pulling out the Iran Deal he has brought about the acceleration of Iran's nuclear program.  This is a big move by Iran described below and underscores the utter failure of Trump's policy.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday [9/4/19] ordered all limits on nuclear research and development to be lifted, the country's third step in scaling down its commitments to a 2015 deal with world powers.


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