Lost in the morass of all the other crap this month has spewed was this notable “politics makes strange bedfellows” moment:

It’s long past time for Congress to do right by our troops & the American people, which is why I’m supporting @RandPaul’s AUMF amendment.

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 13, 2017

…and as you might expect, OF COURSE an actually good policy advocated by Rand Paul gets squashed by other GOPers:

Here are the 61 Senators who voted to give Trump the power to start new wars without consulting Congress and the 36 who opposed. #AUMF pic.twitter.com/skkmYkKohK

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) September 13, 2017

_{Yes, I know it’s a wikileaks tweet; I only posted it because it shows the vote count. Disappointing to see a handful of Dems voting to let the AUMF stay, though in line with the discussion above, note how Feinstein (normally a hawk) refused to join them.}