U.S. Weighing Military Options After Syrian Chemical Attack: Here’s What We’re Reading
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Here’s what we’re reading today.
1. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says there’s ‘no role’ for Bashar al-Assad
“Senior Defense Department officials are developing options for a military strike in response to the Syrian government’s chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians on Tuesday, officials said on Thursday.
“At the same time, the nation’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, said the devastating chemical weapons attack in Syria made it clear that there was ‘no role’ for President Bashar al-Assad to continue governing his country, and he promised a ‘serious response’ from the United States.”
+1: Russia challenges Trump to say what he would do about Syria. – CNN
+1: ‘The dead, wherever you looked’ – inside Syrian town after gas attack. – The Guardian
2. Conservative senators defend Lynn Beyak, as media called ‘parasites’
“Some Conservative senators are standing by colleague Lynn Beyak a day after she was removed from the Senate’s Aboriginal peoples committee for defending the residential school system, with one senator branding media ‘parasites’ for trying to ask Beyak questions.”
– CBC News
3. Republicans use ‘nuclear option’ to break Supreme Court fillibuster
“Republicans voted to change Senate rules, upending a longstanding tradition by eliminating the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees. The move paves the way for Judge Neil Gorsuch to be confirmed Friday on a simple majority vote after what could be some of the most contentious debate in Senate history.”
4. Farms could slash pesticide use without losses, research reveals
“Study shows almost all farms could significantly cut chemical use while producing as much food, in a major challenge to the billion-dollar pesticide industry.”
5. Steve Bannon is losing to the globalists
“The question has always been, Which Trump will win out: the nationalist rabble-rouser or the avatar of global capitalism?”
