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By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies
The February 25 U.S. bombing of Syria immediately puts the policies of the newly-formed Biden administration into sharp relief. Why is this administration bombing the sovereign nation of Syria? Why is it bombing “Iranian-backed militias” who pose absolutely no threat to the United States and are actually involved in fighting ISIS? If this is about getting more leverage vis-a-vis Iran, why hasn’t the Biden administration just done what it said it would do: rejoin the Iran nuclear deal and de-escalate the Middle East conflicts?
According to the Pentagon, the U.S. strike was in response to the February 15 rocket attack in northern Iraq that killed a contractor working with the U.S. military and injured a U.S. service member. Accounts of the number killed in the U.S. attack vary from one to 22.
Another Step Back for Biden: Attack on Syria Draws Establishment Cheers
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Biden is just a mensch Glad to see a President like Biden who is gracious and would visit Bob Dole, a political opponent who is also a colleague & a friend, said a tweet. President Biden is paying an afternoon visit to Bob Dole, his longtime Senate colleague who s battling cancer and starts treatment Monday. Yet another sign of normalcy in Washington, with a visit from the president to one of the remaining legends from the Greatest Generation, said another.
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Rush Limbaughâs Death Evokes Little Sympathy From Progressives on Social Media
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Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh, who hosted his eponymous radio program âThe Rush Limbaugh Showâ for the past 32 years, died on Wednesday, his wife announced on his show. He was 70 years old.
Limbaugh announced in February 2020 that he was diagnosed with advanced Stage 4 lung cancer. Shortly after, former President Donald Trump controversially awarded him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during that yearâs State of the Union address.
Limbaughâs rise in talk radio led him to influence, often in detrimental ways, the conservative movement over the past few decades. Often lacking in policy points but heavy on personal attacks, Limbaughâs show went after a number of groups, including feminists, members of the LGBTQ community, and racial minorities, as well as left-leaning individuals and organizations in general.