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Friday Nite Videos | January 3, 2020

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Bernie Sanders' Remarks on Iran Following Suleimani Asassination. Vanishing Voters of Georgia. Why Drugs Are So Expensive. Google and Amazon Are Now in the Oil Business. Cadets Fired for Giving Nazi Salute.

New Ukraine Emails Tell a Damning Story

Kate Brannen Just Security
Newly obtained, unredacted documents make it clear the hold on Defense and State Department Ukraine funding came at the president’s direction

Centrist Democrats Need a 2020 Reality Check Right Now!

Cas Mudde The Guardian
Andrew Gillum, former Tallahassee mayor and Democratic nominee for governor. Instead of obsessively pursuing white, middle-class midwestern voters, Democratic Party leaders must protect and expand their base. The Democratic electorate the Republicans will “allow” to vote in November will not be enough to defeat Trump.

A New Year and a New Trump Foreign Policy Blunder in Iraq

Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies Independent Media Institute
We hope 2020 is when the American public finally looks at the fateful choice between war and peace with 20/20 vision, and we will start severely punishing Trump and every other U.S. politician who opts for threats over diplomacy, war over peace.
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