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I don't know enough about our situation in Syria to say whether pulling out is "good" for the US or "bad" for us in the long run. I do know that Putin is a fan of Trump's move, so there is that From the New York Times:

Mr. Trump said on Wednesday that he was ordering the withdrawal because the United States military had achieved its goal of defeating the Islamic State militant group in Syria. But the move caught many by surprise, including some of his military and diplomatic advisers. It has also drawn criticism, even among Republicans, for abandoning Kurdish allies in the fight against the Islamic State and for aiding the geopolitical ambitions of Iran and Russia in the Middle East. Speaking at his annual news conference, which typically runs for several hours, Mr. Putin said he broadly agreed that the Islamic State had been defeated in Syria. “Donald’s right, and I agree with him,” Mr. Putin said.

As President Donald Trump threatened to allow a government shutdown if Congress did not provide funding for his proposed wall along the Mexican border, a Republican congressman from Ohio offered…

That's a headline I thought I'd never read...and yet there it is.

Senator Chris Coons, co-chairmen of the 2019 National Prayer Breakfast, admits that the National Prayer Breakfast gives access to spies and enemies of the Republic, but says he is going to continue so co-chair it..because...it is... wait for it... nonpartisan.

“It is unfortunate that some have attended the Breakfast in the past for the wrong reasons,” (Coons) said in a statement to The Times. “Nevertheless, we’re as committed as ever to ensuring that the 2019 National Prayer Breakfast is a success and follows the tradition of being nonpartisan and unifying.”

NOT BREAKING: The shit, house of cards economy is a shit house of cards economy.   Since the financial markets are the only measure of the "economy" that get covered…

This song is from a crazy little Christmas Special Bill Murray did in 2015.  Watching the special on Netflix has become a holiday tradition in our house. Here is what…

MELISSA FRANCIS (CO-HOST): ...He (Cohen) says that the president directed him to [violate campaign finance laws]. If that's true, then that basically clears the president, because he used his own…

It isn't just the cruelty.  It is the cavalier "we don't give a fuck" attitude that makes us a country of monsters.  I don't know if the Brittish in India were…

In 1953, President Dwight Eisenhower began the tradition of the National Prayer Breakfast.  Whatever benign purpose it was founded to serve, it has morphed into something far from benign.   It is…