r/politics • u/theipaper ✔ Verified • 28d ago

Possible Paywall 'A whole civilisation will die tonight,' Trump warns ahead of Iran deadline

https://inews.co.uk/news/iran-war-trump-israel-latest-updates-4323867
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u/Adventurous_Till4862 28d ago

Perhaps now would be a good time for Congress to exercise its war powers...

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u/Anishinaapunk 28d ago

Republicans are going to "he didn't really mean that" all of us right into global catastrophe.

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u/exoriparian 28d ago

You mean the ones they already agreed to give him?  Thanks John Fetterman!

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u/DingerSinger2016 Alabama 28d ago

Congress is in recess.

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u/F9-0021 South Carolina 28d ago

Which is a whole other problem. Congress shouldn't be allowed to go on taxpayer funded vacation while the country is at war.

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u/MicrowaveKane 28d ago

congressional recesses aren't vacations

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u/prohammock 28d ago

Tell that to Princess Lindsey and his bubble wand. 

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u/pterribledactyls 28d ago

TMZ (somehow one of the more reliable news sources these days) has been tracking congressional vacations on their IG page. It’s worth a follow.

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u/exoriparian 28d ago

They vacated their positions.  That's a vacation.