Morning Reads: GOP To Authorize Real War Over Benghazi; Donald Sterling Is Fighting Mad
May 20, 2014

Via Moyers & Company:

Good morning! We’re just two days away from the New Populism Conference headlined by Elizabeth Warren in Washington, DC. If you’re nearby, consider checking it out. And if you aren’t, all the good stuff will be streamed online.

Turning a political war into a shooting war –> House Republicans are poised to authorize a real war over Benghazi. Ari Rabin-Havt reports for The American Prospect that the AUMF will be virtually identical to the one passed after 9/11.

Another domino falls –> A federal judge struck down Oregon’s same-sex marriage ban on Monday. LGBT folks in the Beaver State rush...

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