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  • Senators Visit Afghanistan, Slam Trump Administration For Lack Of War Strategy (Squaw make war talk)

    07/04/2017 7:05:04 PM PDT · by Zakeet · 49 replies
    Talking Points Memo ^ | July 4, 2017 | Alice Ollstein
    A bipartisan delegation of five senators visiting U.S. troops in Afghanistan for the Independence Day holiday issued a stark warning about the Trump administration's lack of strategy for a military conflict that has dragged on for more than a decade. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) noted with concern that Trump's Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has yet to visit the country, and the administration has not yet nominated an ambassador in Kabul. "It's more than just dropping bombs that will win in Afghanistan," Graham said. "Secretary Tillerson needs to come to Afghanistan quickly." [Snip] "Nobody on the ground here believes there...
  • State Employees Are Having A Hard Time Explaining Scott Walker’s New Voting Restrictions

    06/29/2015 1:00:51 PM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 28 replies
    United Steel Workers ^ | June 29, 2015 | Alice Ollstein
    When Hillary Clinton issued a sweeping call for expanding and protecting voting rights, and called out Wisconsin and other states for passing discriminatory laws, Governor Scott Walker responded by blasting her views as “extreme” and “far outside the mainstream.” He defended his own record of cutting early voting days and implementing a strict voter ID law, saying these changes “make it easier to vote and harder to cheat.” But at a workshop held in Milwaukee in early June, state government employees struggled to explain the byzantine voting restrictions to a crowd of poll workers and community activists. Under Wisconsin’s voter...