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Biden's Syria strike could complicate 'dicey' restarted talks with Iran: CNN's Kaitlan Collins
February 25, 2021
On Thursday, following a military strike on an Iranian military target in Syria, CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins broke down the implications of the action — and its possible implications on diplomacy with Iran.
"We're told this came from the top down, the decision to target these sites specifically. That means it came from President Biden himself," said Collins. "And so this does raise a lot of questions about where they are going to go forward, since they just said they want to restart talks with Iran. Those are multinational talks ... it was always going to be a delicate tough dance that was going to move forward there after former President Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal. So the way this complicates that, how this factors into that, still remains to be seen, because it was already going to be pretty dicey."
<p>"What we do know about the decision behind this, is we were told by the White House press secretary President Biden was 'outraged' by the rocket attacks in Iraq," added Collins. "We know yesterday he spoke with the prime minister there, and they vowed to hold those accountable. So that seems to be what they were trying to do here tonight with this."</p><p>
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Here is the Plan B to raise wages after $15 an hour move was killed by Senate parliamentarian
February 25, 2021
The chair of the Senate Budget Committee on Thursday revealed a plan to boost wages after an effort to raise the minimum wage to $15 in the COVID stimulus bill was blocked by Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough.
Following the ruling, Budget Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT) released a statement.
<p>""I strongly disagree with tonight's decision by the Senate Parliamentarian. The CBO made it absolutely clear that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour had a substantial budgetary impact and should be allowed under reconciliation. It is hard for me to understand how drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was considered to be consistent with the Byrd Rule, while increasing the minimum wage is not," Sanders wrote. ""60 percent of the American people want to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour."</p><p>"I'm confident that we have a majority in the United States Senate including the Vice President that would vote to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour as part of President Biden's American Rescue Plan. Yet because of the archaic and undemocratic rules of the Senate we are unable to move forward to end starvation wages in this country and raise the income of 32 million struggling Americans," he wrote.</p><p>Sanders also revealed a plan to move forward to raise wages of those who work for large corporations.</p><p>"In the coming days, I will be working with my colleagues in the Senate to move forward with an amendment to take tax deductions away from large, profitable corporations that don't pay workers at least $15 an hour and to provide small businesses with the incentives they need to raise wages. That amendment must be included in this reconciliation bill," Sanders argued.</p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e28782124897c7cc78d9452d77977b70" id="0ce25"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1365106926804156425"><div style="margin:1em 0">I strongly disagree with tonight’s decision by the Senate Parliamentarian. But the fight to raise the minimum wage… https://t.co/SO6MPEkYlq</div> — Bernie Sanders (@Bernie Sanders)<a href="https://twitter.com/SenSanders/statuses/1365106926804156425">1614301828.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p>
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President Joe Biden ordered an attack Iranian-backed militias, CNN reported Thursday.
"The US military struck a site in Syria on Thursday used by two Iranian-backed militia groups following rocket attacks on American forces in the region in the past two weeks, according to a US official. The strikes mark the military's first known action under President Joe Biden. The site was not specifically tied to the rocket attacks, but were believed to be used by Iranian-backed Shia militias operating in the region," CNN reported.
<p>Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the strikes occurred "at President Biden's direction."</p><p>"Specifically the strikes destroyed multiple facilities located at a border control point used by a number of Iranian backed militant groups including Kait'ib Hezbollah and Kait'ib Sayyid al Shuhada," Kirbry said. "The operation sends an unambiguous message; President Biden will act to protect American coalition personnel. At the same time, we have acted in a deliberate manner that aims to deescalate the overall situation in both Eastern Syria and Iraq."</p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="19729c059eaa0a297c62b2a786717b78" id="fbcfa"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1365102075252768769"><div style="margin:1em 0">BREAKING: US military carries out airstrike in Syria; the military response from the Biden admin. follows a series… https://t.co/zHRrPPK3Y7</div> — MSNBC (@MSNBC)<a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC/statuses/1365102075252768769">1614300671.0</a></blockquote></div>
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