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1/6 was an insurrection because Trump truly hoped Pence would overturn the election

Trump never truly understood why Paul Manafort chose Mike Pence as his Vice President. Trump thought that Pence’s commitment to theocracy would serve Trump’s con of the evangelicals and guarantee loyalty rather than the opposite. Trump got “betrayed” by Pence because he knew Trump would never really be able to deliver a...

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February 24, 2021

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the real Turkey during the Mike Flynn pardon saga could come from some other misdirection

Michael Flynn’s real time in the barrel goes back to the Mueller investigation with whatever Russian involvements Flynn had, as well as a variety of other deals like the Russian/Saudi nuclear “Marshall Plan” project, that will not relate to the lies to the FBI. The latter had Kushner and even Bannon involved. It’s...

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November 25, 2020

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The Trump fantasy projection machine: $250 million HHS COVID pep talk as planned propaganda

A presidency whose essence is publicity and public relations, because the most important thing before declaring the pandemic over, was to “defeat despair and inspire hope”. The most important thing to Trump is to divert attention from what you aren’t doing, and defeating despair is like a war on terror....

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October 29, 2020

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Trump says fuggetabout pandemic. In Montana he's so far ahead we “shouldn't even have the election”

Like a cartoon dog in a burning room or a river in Egypt, we know Trump will spend his post-presidency looking for the real reasons he lost the election. America faces no issue more pressing than the coronavirus pandemic, and so the president has found the message that he believes will carry...

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October 26, 2020

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The Would-be King

Only kings or potentates, dictators, and despots believe the propaganda of their own words. The worst of them, impose it by force and murder. King Salman, President Erdogan, Supreme Leader Khamenei, and President for life, (lest you risk being poisoned), Vladimir Putin have all declared themselves either supreme or believe they should...

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September 7, 2020

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the last free election in US history… maybe, removing swing-state postal sorting machines?

He’s golfing again this weekend in Bedminster. Will he do more pseudo-pressers and populate the “press corps” with “reporters’ from Epoch Times, Gateway Pundit, and OAN. “The president is back at his New Jersey golf resort, bringing his taxpayer-paid golf tab to $142 million.” x Trump’s here at Bedminster, his...

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August 14, 2020

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National Security Officials Are Concerned About Trump's Phone Calls

New reporting from CNN: From pandering to Putin to abusing allies and ignoring his own advisers, Trump's phone calls alarm US officials In hundreds of highly classified phone calls with foreign heads of state, President Donald Trump was so consistently unprepared for discussion of serious issues, so often outplayed in...

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June 29, 2020

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CNN sources: Trump's calls with women foreign leaders have been 'near-sadistic'

There’s so much unhingery packed into this CNN story on Trump’s phone calls with foreign leaders that choosing among the outrages is kind of like picking your favorite Egyptian plague. Want a shower of frogs? Fire ‘n’ hailstones? Locusts? They’re all here, and then some. So let’s start with this...

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June 29, 2020

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Bolton book says administration was uber-corrupt and advisers laughed at Trump behind his back

No way am I going to buy John Bolton’s book. That gruesome, caramel corn-looking motherfucker won’t get a penny from me. But, hey, the enemy of my enemy is (very temporarily) my friend, even if he looks like Wilford Brimley fucked one of Saruman’s orcs. And The New York Times...

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June 17, 2020

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It's a Friedman Unit Election: Bloomberg has the 'Right Stuff'

A 2005 picture of NY Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman.

Not having listened to a random taxi driver, Thomas Friedman comes out for the anti-Bernie ‘radical middle’, because money talks at least for six months. As Larry Diamond, editor of The Journal of Democracy, pointed out to me, several studies he’s been publishing show that the best way to defeat illiberal populism...

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February 14, 2020

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The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 152)

As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see 2020, here’s everything awful the Trump Administration has done this week. 1713. Attempted to cyberbully Greta Thunberg 1714. Resisted disclosing documents regarding...

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December 20, 2019

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Thanks, Mr. Mason

“Shall the man who has practised corruption, and by that means procured his appointment in the first instance, be suffered to escape punishment by repeating his guilt?”– George Mason According to the current United States Senate Majority leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY.), the most ‘deliberative body’ in the world is...

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December 18, 2019

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For Immediate Release: December 10, 2019 Progressive Democrats of America Supports UK Labour Party

Archives Alan Minsky, Executive Director, Progressive Democrats of America Contacts: Alan Minsky, PDA Executive Director, (818)-749-9497 Alan@PDAmerica.org Mike Hersh, PDA Communications Director, (301)-602-9388 Mike@PDAmerica.org Today, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) released a statement about Thursday’s UK General Election. Here are key quotes: Alan Minsky, PDA Executive Director, said, “On Thursday,...

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December 10, 2019

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“As a conservative Republican, I’d rather have a socialist in the White House than a dictator.”

Joe Walsh, who we’d known in 2015 as a Tea Party reactionary, evolved ever slightly as he’s trying to run for POTUS in 2020. Never-Trumping is a strange notion. Trump thinks it’s a synonym for anyone against him, when it is more about Republicans or conservatives who oppose Trump. x...

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December 9, 2019

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Top Pentagon Brass Discussing Resignation

Politico is reporting that Trump's strain with Pentagon inspires talk of more departures: Even before Navy Secretary Richard Spencer’s forced ouster this weekend, a handful of the Pentagon's highest-ranking officials have been debating just when they would feel compelled to resign over what they see as Trump's disregard for the...

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November 26, 2019

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Trump won't pardon Erdoğan, even if he pardons Turkey

Tuesday at the WH is turkey pardon day. It's between "Bread" & "Butter," two rotund gobblers, spending their last night at a luxury DC hotel (not Trump's). Then, @POTUS heads to Florida for a "homecoming rally" marking his changing his official state of residence from NY to FL. pic.twitter.com/mfZHkgrjgB —...

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November 26, 2019

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Report: Baghdadi raid succeeded ‘in spite of,' not thanks to, Donald Trump’s actions

Syrian government forces drive along a road in the countryside of the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on October 25, 2019. - Damascus and Moscow deployed extra forces to Syria's border with Turkey, even as Washington partially reversed a drawback to boost its own military presence near key Syrian oil fields. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

I’ve had bosses before who always seemed to do everything they could to disrupt our team’s progress, either through interjecting nonsense or making decisions that impacted the project without thinking things through. In the end, if we still managed to pull it off, the guy would humbly try to take all of the...

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October 27, 2019

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Pull the Lever…

The racial slot machine Donald Trump has used, since he trundled down an escalator in the late Spring of 2015, reached its’ newest low yesterday. Starting in the late 1880s through the 1960s, when black lives were deemed even worth counting, over 4,700 lynchings took place in the United States....

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October 23, 2019

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More windbaggery as Trump announces ceasefire for Syria crisis he caused: “Wow what a great outcome”

Individual-1 declares “victory for America”. Ethnic cleansing gets a pass as Russia and Turkey get what they want. Trump revels in mentioning blood and casualties. Then jabbers about securing the US border by deterring refugees. Trump: "Let someone else fight over this long, bloodstained sand." (This is a fertile, non-sandy...

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October 23, 2019

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Putin and Erdogan Meet in Sochi, Russia to Discuss “Piece”.

Biloxi Sun Herald “Russian President Vladimir Putin has sat down in Sochi with visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Syria. Putin welcomed the Turkish leader in the Black Sea resort on Tuesday, saying their meeting is very important in the current tense situation in Syria. He noted...

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October 22, 2019

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Will Turkey Steal Our Bombs?

The New York Times has this story up this evening: Erdogan’s Ambitions Go Beyond Syria. He Says He Wants Nuclear Weapons. Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, wants more than control over a wide swath of Syria along his country’s border. He says he wants the Bomb. The story mainly talks...

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October 21, 2019

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Diplomats in Washington say that due to Trump, the US could be held to account for ethnic cleansing.

Diplomatic sources in DC spoke to Richard Engel of NBC news on the ethnic cleansing of Kurds in Syria and the ramifications for our country. It would be nice to see Richard on the MSNBC shows flush the story out, particularly on TRMS. Wow, just wow. x US officials tell...

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October 20, 2019

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Turkey’s Former Ambassador to the U.S., Namik Tan, Openly Mocks Our Idiot *resident.

Proving yet again how much disdain the rest of the world has for the Oval Office occupant, former Turkish Ambassador to the U.S. Namik Tan tweeted this a few hours ago… x Donald Trump's “perfect” letter to Santa. Via @NewYorker pic.twitter.com/GBmGgAnqIsÃ¢Â€Â” Ambassador Namik Tan (@NamikTan) October 18, 2019 One would expect...

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October 18, 2019

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To Former General Mattis: Be a Real Patriot and Tell Us What You Know About Trump.

I’ve never served in the military. I grew up in a strict household under my Dad and went to private Catholic schools were there was always some authority figure bearing down. Therefore, the last place I wanted to be was in the military. As time has gone by though, I...

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October 18, 2019

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Erdogan threatens Trump over the 'lack of respect' shown in his crazy, splenetic letter

Jon Sopel, the BBC’s North America editor, is reporting that Donald Trump’s second-grade playground letter to Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan isn’t having the effect Trump had hoped. Which is hard to understand because usually Trump fully comprehends and anticipates every possible contingency. Weird. x Wow. #Erdogan tells news conference the letter...

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October 18, 2019

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Hostilities and human displacement continue in Syria despite the Turkish “pause”

Trump’s complete and clueless capitulation to Turkey and the associated betrayal of the Kurds continues as a “pause” in combat operations is to last 120 hours prior to the meeting in Sochi between Erdogan and Putin. 300,000 people are now said to be displaced. Erdogan expected a confrontational meeting, but the...

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October 18, 2019

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Individual-1 has another rally… this time in Dallas – Beto has a rally across town

There’s a Beto counter-rally (above) about 14 miles away from the Trump rally in Dallas at the American Airways Center (image below). At the Trump rally there are more than a few riffs on today’s craziness with Turkey and #Trumpeachment Daniel Dale tweets the fact-checks below. This is the American...

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October 18, 2019

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Trump betrays Kurds one year after promising “I don’t forget” their sacrifices for the U.S.

That Donald Trump betrayed America’s Kurdish allies in the fight against ISIS should come as no surprise; Trump betrays everyone sooner or later. But Trump’s treachery in codifying Turkey’s ethnic cleansing of the Kurds across the Syrian border is different in kind and degree. After all, agreeing with President Erdogan...

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October 17, 2019

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“Dude gotta go” … majority in favor of impeachment and removal

The Trump meltdown seems not to have had much effect, other than enhancing Speaker Pelosi’s image with women as Gallup polls a majority in favor of impeachment and removal. So much Republican cowardice, especially in the US Senate, as #Trumpeachment continues. There could be an actual breaking point, even as history...

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October 17, 2019

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Trump “pro-life” evangelicals are now fiercely defending the murder of actual babies

From now on, anyone going on a rant about how they are pro-Trump because they are “Christian” and “pro-life” are getting sent these photos by me—directly and with no warning. Why? Because they are responsible for supporting this carnage. I decided not to show these four photos directly in the...

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October 17, 2019

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LOL. Kevin McCarthy and Trump Don’t Know Why Pelosi Laughed at Trump’s Letter to Erdogan.

Second LOL diary of the evening. I can’t help that the LOLs just keep on coming… Confirmed: Kevin McCarthy confirms that Nancy Pelosi owned the president 😂 pic.twitter.com/SwsB2RM02K — Acyn (@Acyn) October 17, 2019 Are they really that stupid or just counting on their audience to be? drumpf’s “serious item”…...

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October 17, 2019

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Check out the kookaburra letter Trump sent to Erdogan after giving him green light to invade Syria

This comes courtesy of Trish Regan at — oh, here it is — Fox Business. Other reporters have followed up on this and confirmed it’s real. Yes, 100 percent real. Though I’m still holding out hope that my brain has been floating placidly in a vat of dive-bar egg brine...

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October 16, 2019

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The MOAT (Mother of All Tweeters)

The last time the President told the press to ask my lawyer, Michael Cohen was subsequently fitted for a numbered orange jumpsuit. Well, Rudy, I think your right profile is your best side and black and white stripes say GQ federal prison. You remember in 2018 aboard Airforce One when...

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October 16, 2019

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Trump on the Kurds: 'There's a lot of sand they can play with'

Yes, but what were the Kurds wearing when Turkey invaded? That’s what I want to know. x “It's not our problem,” Trump says in Oval Office of Turkey's invasion into Syria. He adds that the Kurds are “not angels.” Also, he says this: “They've got a lot of sand over...

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October 16, 2019

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Erdogan Will Not Meet with The Vice-Colluder, only The Colluder-in-Chief Himself.

In another move to slam dunk on the dotard and disrespect the U.S., Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced he will not meet with V.P. Pence, whether or not Mother is with him, but will hold out for a visit from The Big Colluduna himself. Haaretz.com “U.S. Vice President Mike Pence...

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October 16, 2019

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Trump talks Turkey: sternly-worded threats, tweeted loudly

Trump has now made threats against Turkey, having tried to bluff Erdogan and failed, again, as Axios reports. Unfortunately, Trump cannot erase a crisis of his own making with initiatives that will take weeks to implement while people die. This raises more questions about conversations between Trump and Erdogan especially...

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October 14, 2019

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Trumpian treachery in Syria – “Russia role on the rise as Trump packs and leaves”

This debacle continues as Trump claims he’s in favor of world peace, likely because he “lost” the Nobel prize to someone who brokered actual peace. Even more likely is that Trump’s holdings in Turkey were threatened and he was given a signal that this withdrawal would be favorable to Putin. This is shaping...

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October 13, 2019

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Turkish atrocities against Kurds begin: casualties reach hundreds, 70,000 displaced so far

The predicted bloodbath unfolds. Wapo does an excellent summary of the current situation. x Turkish state-backed media hails a Ã¢Â€Âœsuccessful operationÃ¢Â€Â to Ã¢Â€ÂœneutralizeÃ¢Â€Â an unarmed 35-year old woman working to unite Arabs, Christians, and Kurds in NE Syria. Ms. Hevrin Khalef was reportedly dragged from a vehicle and shot to...

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October 12, 2019

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Play to Pay – Trump golfs today as Arms for Dirt scandal continues and as Turkey invades Syria

Mike Pompeo was being lobbied to remove Ambassador Yovanovich by the two men arrested this week trying to flee the country. The recall of Ambassador Yovanovich included one route to Mike Pompeo through Pete Sessions (R-TX). It was an extensive, coordinated effort culminating in the Arms for Dirt threat. Anne Applebaum writes a related...

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October 12, 2019

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Another Crack in the Wall: Marc Thiessen Calls Out Trump

I despise Marc Thiessen. He is an inept, supercilious, illogical Trump defender-at-all-costs who gets to write op-ed’s for the Washington Post twice a week, probably so they can claim “balance.” As a representative of the Trumpists, he is doing them no favors with his easily disassembled distortions. But when I...

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October 11, 2019

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even Fox News…. yes, Fox News polls at 51% for Trump's removal

Tough sitting at the tipping point — when 55% polled want Trump impeached. x BREAKING: A new Fox News poll shows that 55% of Americans think Trump should be impeached Ã¢Â€Â” and 51% believe he should be removed from office. Only 40% are opposed.#ImpeachmentTaskForce pic.twitter.com/WHBWMCFORY— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) October 9, 2019...

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October 9, 2019

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Trump: It's okay to betray the Kurds because 'they didn't help us with Normandy'

Oh, the fucknuttery. It never ends. (Second tweet.) x Trump notes that the Kurds “didn't help us in the Second War War, they didn't help us with Normandy” — the idea being that this justifies not helping them against Turkey pic.twitter.com/SXdZOIqs1n— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 9, 2019 “The Kurds are...

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October 9, 2019

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For Trump, only WWII alliances count as he proclaims the return of the incandescent lightbulb

x “Look, I don't want you to rob the bank. I think robbing the bank is a bad idea, and I do not endorse it. Now watch as I disable the alarm and tell the security guard to go on break.” https://t.co/sbIKJkl2Mo— M.S. Bellows, Jr. (@msbellows) October 9, 2019 Another...

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October 9, 2019

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Fatal Distraction

There is a term used in Syria and Turkey about the Kurds, “Arabize.” Essentially the Kurds since the 1920s and 30s have been ostracized as rebellious heretics. Although the Kurds comprise nearly 25 percent of the Syrian and Turkish population, Bashar al-Assad the Syrian leader, and Recep Erdogan the Turkish...

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October 9, 2019

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Trump's collusion with Turkey is more than a distraction from Ukraine woes

Excellent William Saletan article in Slate reminding us how much Turkey is part of Trump’s corruption going back to Mike Flynn. It’s made worse as Turkey begins its new attacks on the Kurds. It’s hard to keep track of President Donald Trump’s betrayals of his country. First he solicited Vladimir Putin’s...

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October 9, 2019

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will Spineless Trump's 'great and unmatched wisdom' be impeached by Thanksgiving in Turkey

x Sitting next to a couple in their 80Ã¢Â€Â™s as they talk about #Syria He adjusts his hearing aid as she says, Ã¢Â€ÂœWeÃ¢Â€Â™re abandoning the #Kurds who fought w us, now ISIS May make a comeback.Ã¢Â€Â Ã°ÂŸÂ˜Â¬Ã°ÂŸÂ˜Â¬ — heather nauert (@HeatherNauert) October 7, 2019 Turkey roll. The dealmaking poobah failed...

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October 7, 2019

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Ignoring the Irony

I have got to hand it to Republicans, their ability to ignore the irony of their talking points is breathtaking. In 1998 erstwhile Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich voted to impeach former President Clinton on obstruction of justice charges. In June of 2017, when questioned about Donald Trump, Mr....

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October 7, 2019

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Autocrats Stick Together. Trump Throws Our Syrian Kurd Allies Under Erdogan’s Bus.

The wheels on the bus go round and round… x Trump released big statement late Sunday on US allowing Turkey into the safe zone in northeast Syria. Turkey wants to go in to attack the Kurds there, who are close partners with the US military & are critical in fighting...

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October 7, 2019

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Charles M. Blow challenges us with important questions

His column for today’s New York Times is titled It's the Cruelty, Stupid and reminds us of so many of what I cannot help but describe as the transgressions against humanity and violations of American principles committed under the leadershipo/direction of the current occupant of the Oval Office, with the...

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July 4, 2019

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Trump Hasn't Defeated Isis, He's Abandoning the Kurds to Placate Erdogan and Protect MBS. Updated

So Hair Fuhrer just tweeted this a short amount of time ago…. We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2018 And he is lying…natch. Isis has not been defeated. I can’t crack the WSJ paywall...

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December 19, 2018