riversedge
riversedge's JournalAdam Schiff: None of what we're doing in Syria is authorized
Source: raw story
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/adam-schiff-none-of-what-were-doing-in-syria-is-authorized/#.WOb17TbowLU.twitter
06 Apr 2017 at 22:12 ET
Rep. Adam Schiff (MSNBC)
....................“At most, we can hope that this will deter the regime from using chemical weapons again,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said. “That is probably the most significant thing you could hope for as well as a deterrent to other regimes in the future by using chemical weapons, but there are still a lot of issues to be resolved and one of them for the Congress is all of this is being done, not just the attack today, but is being done without any congressional vote, any congressional authorization and Congress really needs to deal with this.”
Maddow asked Schiff if he thought that the strike was legal and he confessed that he asked that same question to the Director of National Intelligence.
“That was out of his lane as I thought it might be, that’s really not directly the responsibility of the DNI,” Schiff continued, but said it was one he thinks Congress should ask.
“I think we already know the answer to the question in terms of U.S. law and that is none of what we’re doing in Syria is authorized and this is an issue I took with the Obama administration. I introduced the AUMF that would authorize the use of force against ISIS and al Qaeda. I’m going to be reintroducing that after the recess. Even that authorization, even the argument the Obama administration used that the pre-existing authorizations were broad enough to go after ISIS in Syria, that rationale doesn’t hold up. Even if it did, it wouldn’t extend to attacks like this one on the regime.”........................................
Read more: www.rawstory.com/2017/04/adam-schiff-none-of-what-were-doing-in-syria-is-authorized/#.WOb17TbowLU.twitter
No doubt there will be a big debate about this.
https://twitter.com/RawStory/status/850202742891003904
Here's What Trump's Syria Strike Did to Markets, as Impact Eases
Source: Bloomberg
April 6, 2017, 9:44 PM CDT April 6, 2017, 11:51 PM CDT
Traders were preparing for an important day on Friday, with the key U.S. monthly jobs report and the first Sino-American summit since Donald Trump took office set to offer direction.
The move triggered an instant reaction across everything from stocks to commodities and currencies, as seen in the charts below. While some of the initial moves have tapered off -- for example, Korean won losses have eased -- the strike raised questions about Trump’s broader foreign and national-security strategy. It came just as he meets his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, where North Korea’s nuclear program is likely to be on the agenda. The U.S. hasn’t ruled out unilateral action against the nuclear-armed China ally.
“The markets will just be very jittery all day,” said James Audiss, senior wealth manager at Shaw and Partners Ltd. by phone from Sydney. “Markets have been looking for a reason to sell off. The uncertainty that surrounds this gives them a definite cause to do that and there’s absolute spillover into the South Korean market because of the North Korean situation.”.......................
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-07/here-s-what-trump-s-syria-strike-just-did-to-financial-markets?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
These charts show how the strike played out in markets:.....................
So, Congressional approval is not needed to attack a sovereign country now??
Just asking.
Doc McStabby? @eclecticbrotha 3m3 minutes ago
Yeah OK, Big Boy.
https://twitter.com/eclecticbrotha/status/850157573382787072
study found the 3 female #SCOTUS justices R interrupted much more than males: The Price We Pay for
Tweet:
The Advocate? Verified account @TheAdvocateMag 44s45 seconds ago
A study found the 3 female #SCOTUS justices are interrupted much more than males. There are serious repercussions
https://twitter.com/TheAdvocateMag/status/850140335246163968
The Price We Pay for 'Manterrupting'
http://www.advocate.com/women/2017/4/06/price-we-pay-manterrupting
A new study found that the three women on the Supreme Court are often subject to "manterrupting," and it's not good for society.
By Tracy E. Gilchrist
April 06 2017 8:03 PM EDT
31 shares Share on Twitter
Share on Facebook
Donald Trump interrupted Hillary Clinton (and moderator Lester Holt) 55 times compared to the 11 times Clinton interrupted either of them during the first presidential debate last September. During Jeff Sessions’s confirmation hearings in February, Sen. Mitch McConnell famously silenced Elizabeth Warren, who dared to speak out against Trump’s pick for attorney general. While these famous interruptions have placed “manterrupting” on the collective radar, it’s not new, and no woman is immune to it, as evidenced by the results of a study that found that the three female Supreme Court justices are continually on the receiving end of such rude behavior.
“Using a variety of statistical techniques, we find that even though female justices speak less often and use fewer words than male Justices, they are nonetheless interrupted during oral argument at a significantly higher rate. Men interrupt more than women, and they particularly interrupt women more than they interrupt men,” wrote Northwestern School of Law professor Tonja Jacobi and law student Dylan Schweers, who examined patterns of interruptions in Supreme Court oral arguments and found that Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan are routinely interrupted by the court’s male justices and advocates.
In notes on the study, the authors explained that silencing women on the bench can have far-reaching ramifications.
“Oral arguments shape case outcomes. This pattern of gender disparity in interruptions could create a marked difference in the relative degree of influence between the male and female justices,” the authors wrote. “When a justice is interrupted, her point is left unaddressed, and her ability to influence the outcome of a case or the framing of another justice’s reasoning is undermined.”
Seniority plays a role in the frequency of interruptions, as does political ideology in that conservatives interrupt more often than liberals, the study found. However, gender plays about 30 times more of a role in who is being interrupted than seniority, reports Jezebel..........................
Tune in to watch @HillaryClinton chat with @NickKristof at #WITW:
As usual, she is doing well--crowd loves her.
Nick Merrill? @NickMerrill 13m13 minutes ago
Tune in to watch @HillaryClinton chat with @NickKristof at #WITW:
https://twitter.com/NickMerrill/status/850096149876834305
Hillary spoke at #WITW today.....
Steve Kopack?Verified account @SteveKopack 6m6 minutes ago
.@HillaryClinton: "It is fair to say...certainly misogyny played a role" in the 2016 election. "I mean, that just has to be admitted."
https://twitter.com/SteveKopack/status/850096954872926211
https://twitter.com/jeneps/status/850096954860335107
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/850118947877912578
Candice with an L and 2 others liked
(((Dani Sharon)))? @biophilo 4h4 hours ago
Watching @NickKristof ask a four part question and @HillaryClinton answer them all in order, on point, and with wit, breaks my heart. #WITW
18 replies 147 retweets 443 likes
Latin
👩🏻 #Impeach45 and 4 others Retweeted
Kyle Griffin?Verified account @kylegriffin1 4h4 hours ago
Replying to @kylegriffin1
Hillary Clinton at #WITW: "Why do we have to cover maternal care? Well, I don't know. Maybe you were dropped by immaculate conception."
14 replies 710 retweets 1,522 likes
Damon Bethea
🗽
❄ and 2 others Retweeted
Kyle Griffin?Verified account @kylegriffin1 4h4 hours ago
Replying to @kylegriffin1
Hillary Clinton at #WITW: "This is in our national security interest. The more we support women, the more we support democracy."
6 replies 163 retweets 421 likes
Damon Bethea
🗽
❄ Retweeted
Alanna Vagianos?Verified account @lannadelgrey 5h5 hours ago
"Toughen up your skin. Take criticism seriously but not personally." - @HillaryClinton #WITW
0 replies 67 retweets 113 likes
Latin
👩🏻 #Impeach45 and 1 other Retweeted
Women in the World? Verified account @WomenintheWorld 5h5 hours ago
"By the time you finished with me, I was Typhoid Mary." @HillaryClinton on being a public figure and public opinion. #WITW
2 replies 33 retweets 71 likes
Fredric and 1 other Retweeted
Katie Couric?Verified account @katiecouric 5h5 hours ago
"With men, success and ambition are correlated with likability... With a woman, it's the exact opposite." @HillaryClinton #WITW
Maxine Waters--says this is #Fakenews-----
Oliver Willis Retweeted
Maxine Waters?Verified account @MaxineWaters 43m43 minutes ago
#Fakenews
https://twitter.com/MaxineWaters/status/850064492344070146
Senate GOP gambled and won that battle, but Democracy lost
Christina Reynolds Retweeted
Nick Schumaker? @NickSchumaker 5m5 minutes ago
Merrick Garland should be a member of the Supreme Court today. Senate GOP gambled and won that battle, but Democracy lost. #NuclearOption
Trump ally Roger Stone accuses Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner of leaking fake news to Morning Joe
The best thing about this headline is that it tells the world that Stone is an ally of Trump!
Trump ally Roger Stone accuses Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner of leaking ‘fake news’ to ‘Morning Joe’
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/trump-ally-roger-stone-accuses-trump-son-in-law-jared-kushner-of-leaking-fake-news-to-morning-joe/
Brad Reed
04 Apr 2017 at 15:35 ET
Roger Stone (RT)
Longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone on Tuesday publicly accused Trump’s son-in-law of leaking damaging information about the White House to MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough.
...........................
“Sources tell me the president’s son-in-law enjoys a very lively text exchange with Joe Scarborough, and that Scarborough’s repeated attacks on Steve Bannon, not to mention some of these attacks on the president, clearly are being manipulated by Jared Kushner,” Stone said. “Any criticisms I have of the Trump administration, or any member thereof… are meant to be constructive, not destructive. But in this case, Joe Scarborough is no friend of the president, he revels in passing fake news.”
Stone went on to say that Kushner was particularly dangerous for the Trump administration because, as the husband of First Daughter Ivanka Trump, he’s “perhaps the one presidential aide who cannot be fired.”
Stone also said that Kushner was working overtime to smear top White House political strategist Steve Bannon, despite the fact that Kushner himself has a “very full” plate in handling “Middle Eastern peace and the China visit.”..........................
Rand Paul: Military action in Syria needs Congressional approval
Source: CNN
By Andrew Kaczynski, CNN
Updated 12:35 PM ET, Thu April 6, 2017
Story highlights
"The first thing we ought to do is probably obey the Constitution," Paul said.
"Short of Congress voting on it, I'm opposed to illegal and unconstitutional wars," Paul added.
(CNN)Republican Sen. Rand Paul said Thursday Congress would need to approve military action in Syria.
"The first thing we ought to do is probably obey the Constitution," Paul said on "Kilmeade and Friends." "When Nikki Haley came before my committee and I voted for her, I asked her that question. 'Will you try to take us to war? Will you advocate for war without constitutional or congressional authority?' And she said no. So I assumed what she means by this is that, the President, if he decides to do something in Syria, he would come to Congress and ask for a declaration of war. Short of Congress voting on it, I'm opposed to illegal and unconstitutional wars."
Paul said he had sympathy for the images coming out of Syria, but any action would need to be carefully weighed.................
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/06/politics/kfile-rand-paul-syria-trump/index.html
https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/850026098045980673
Profile Information
Member since: Wed Aug 15, 2012, 03:24 PMNumber of posts: 70,461
