3 Stories You Should Read 6/21/2019: Biden, Iran, OR Republicans
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In the category of: The Uncle Joe Stories Continue
Ex-Clinton aide: Biden’s stance on key issue is shocking
Former Hillary Clinton aide Jess McIntosh calls 2020 hopeful Joe Biden’s position on a key abortion rights issue “shocking” as the former Vice President is facing criticism on a number of issues from his past.
In the category of: Buckle up
The Trump Administration’s Pressure On Iran Is Creeping Toward Conflict
Iran’s downing of a U.S. drone is the latest step in a dangerous escalation.
President Donald Trump reportedly ordered and then called off a military attack against Iran after it shot down an unmanned U.S. surveillance drone on Thursday morning, in the most direct escalation yet of the ongoing crisis between Washington and Tehran.
Trump claimed on Friday morning that he’d canceled the strike 10 minutes before its launch out of concern that the likely death toll would not be proportionate to the loss of the unmanned drone. He also tweeted that the U.S. military is “ready to go” and that “Iran can NEVER have Nuclear Weapons, not against the USA, and not against the WORLD!”
The drone incident on Thursday was an extension of this pushback — one that analysts say policymakers should have seen coming.
“This was an entirely predictable consequence of the maximum pressure campaign against Iran,” said Ali Vaez, Iran project director for the International Crisis Group. “The maximum pressure strategy has rendered the Iranians more, not less, belligerent.”
In the category of: Let’s call 911
“Send bachelors and come heavily armed,” one Republican state senator warned police.
Twelve Oregon Republican lawmakers are on the run from the law, having fled the state Senate in Salem on Thursday to deny a quorum for a vote on a major climate change bill. The legislation would establish a statewide cap-and-trade scheme for carbon dioxide.
Democratic Gov. Kate Brown authorized state police to find the lawmakers and bring them back. They are each being fined $500 for every day there aren’t enough senators for a vote. Right now, it’s been less than a day. Oregon State Police said they are also coordinating with law enforcement agencies in nearby states to find the Republicans.
Brown lamented the stunt to avoid passing the bill. “It would have been historic for Oregon, historic for the country, and frankly historic for the world,” she said during a press conference Thursday. “Unfortunately, Senate Republicans have failed to show up and failed to do their jobs.”
Republicans were defiant, however. Oregon Senate Republican leader Herman Baertschiger Jr. said in a statement that Republicans were being “bullied by the majority party.”
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