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    Jun 20

    "...the only security of all is in a free press. The force of public opinion cannot be resisted, when permitted freely to be expressed. The agitation it produces must be submitted to. It is necessary to keep the waters pure..." - Thomas Jefferson, 1823

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  2. 9 minutes ago

    RT’ing this just to see if Leonardo DiCaprio’s top stops spinning..

    Replying to @DefenseBaron @gaylelemmon
    Meta meta meta: when RTs who RTs on Kurds. My life has come full circle.
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  3. 37 minutes ago

    I wrote this 5 days before Trump’s inauguration. We now have the answer: No. // SPECIAL REPORT: The Military Loves the Obama Doctrine. Can It Survive Trump? - ⁦⁩

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  4. 41 minutes ago

    We warned you. In September 2017 –> ‘I Want to Finish This’: US Special Ops Leaders Urge Washington to Stick by the Syrian Kurds - ⁦⁩

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  5. Retweeted
    8 hours ago

    You are right to want others to fight more and pay more. The Kurds have fought fiercely against ISIS and have been valuable allies. They deserve better.

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  6. 44 minutes ago

    That was fast. America’s best friends between Baghdad and Damascus are about to get slaughtered. By Washington’s “ally,” the dictator Erdogan. With Trump’s blessing.

    Turkey threatens to ‘bury’ Kurdish forces in Syria amid U.S. withdrawal
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  7. Retweeted
    1 hour ago

    ICYMI: hopes US withdrawal does not mean more suffering for Syrian Kurds

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  8. 50 minutes ago

    Give me a break with the McConnell’s “strong statement” thing. McConnell is Trump’s biggest enabler after Paul Ryan. He gets no credit for an emailed little line about hoping for another Mattis-like SecDef. McConnell’s Senate confirmed Ben “Pyramids are Grain Silos” Carson, FFS

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  9. 54 minutes ago

    Trust in America: gone. Leverage in Mideast: gone. Intelligence sharing: gone Respect of world leaders: gone Hope for post-Assad Syria: gone SOF troops’ chances of finding “by, with, through” partners to help fight terrorists: gone

    Secretary of State: Gone Secretary of Defense: Gone Secretary of Interior: Gone Secretary of HHS: Gone…
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  10. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    Say it on the record, you coward

    "The saving grace is that this president has not been tested by a major national-security crisis. But it will come, and when it does, we are fucked,” said a senior U.S. national-security official. …
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  11. Retweeted
    8 hours ago

    Okay, Republicans. How much longer are you going to let this farcical “presidency” continue? At a time of such political, economic, and geo-strategic turbulence—both nationally and globally—are you waiting for a catastrophe to happen before acting? Disaster looms!

    ....equipment. General Mattis was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations. A new Secretary of Defense will be named shortly. I greatly thank Jim for his service!
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    6 hours ago

    Jim Mattis is leaving. US troops in Syria are leaving, and US troops in Afghanistan are *maybe* leaving. But John Bolton's around and ready to talk about Nicaragua

    The Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act is another strong message that this Administration will continue to press the Ortega regime for a return to democracy and human rights. The United States stands by the brave Nicaraguan people and supports their calls for freedom.
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  13. 1 hour ago

    My parents are here for night No. 1 of a week-long visit. Its comedy gold, Jerry, but I can’t live tweet it cause Mom follows me and she’s sitting right there.

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  14. 2 hours ago

    I missed this Stephen Miller interview and I think I'm glad I did.

    Stephen Miller talking right now on CNN about how ISIS is the enemy of “other countries.” This would be news to the Pentagon.
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  15. 2 hours ago

    This 👇👇👇👇👇

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    This is the Raqqa the US will leave behind when it pulls out of Syria. A destroyed mess
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  16. 2 hours ago

    Stop saying Tom Cotton.

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  17. 2 hours ago

    “I want out, but not like this.”

    I want out of these forever wars, before withdrawal there are basic conditions that exist (like ISIS, Taliban, Turkey, Kurds, etc.) that require diplomatic agreements, tools and process to put in place. I don’t see where that has been done. I want out, but not like this.
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  18. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    Here's an early look at The Washington Post's A1 page tomorrow

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  19. 2 hours ago

    Top Dem on Senate Armed Services Committee...

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    . tells that President Trump's plans to withdraw troops from Syria "was the straw that broke the camel's back" for Mattis.…
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    3 hours ago

    Amazing detail by : His resignation already written, Mr. Mattis made a last attempt to convince Mr. Trump to change his mind on Syria. Rebuffed, the retired 4-star Marine general asked aides hand out 50 copies of the letter at the Pentagon.

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  21. 3 hours ago

    Trump’s Betrayal.

    In the Syrian town of Kobane, where the US alliance with Kurds began in 2014, thousands of Kurds marched in anger and dismay toward a U.S. base, many clutching photographs of their children killed fighting ISIS alongside U.S. forces. ⁦⁩
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