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Director, . Host, . Inaugural visiting Vann Professor at Davidson College.

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  1. 42 minutes ago

    Perhaps we shouldn’t renominate or re-elect presidents who make “big mistakes,” especially when all the evidence is that this president is increasingly emboldened and likely to make them?

    We must always have the backs of our allies, if we expect them to have our back. The Kurds were instrumental in our successful fight against ISIS in Syria. Leaving them to die is a big mistake.
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    Mattis said he would speak out against Trump when the time was right and that he would know “know it when I see it.” As we trap and then betray our allies this morning, does he not see it yet?

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    50 minutes ago

    You are right. And 20 of you can end all this. Nobody is asking you to land on Anzio beach. Just to risk future cheap haircuts at the Senate barber shop. Step up.

    If reports about US retreat in are accurate, the Trump administration has made a grave mistake that will have implications far beyond Syria.
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  4. 51 minutes ago

    Lindsey Graham calls Trump’s decision “shortsighted and irresponsible” and “unnerving to its core.” Perhaps other Trump defenders could speak up? Perhaps they could stop being his defenders? Perhaps former Trump officials could say publicly how dangerous a second term would be?

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    Lindsey Graham calls in to Fox & Friends & calls Trump's decision to abandon the Kurds "impulsive." "I hope I'm making myself clear how shortsighted &…
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  5. 1 hour ago

    A useful thread by the former special envoy who resigned in protest almost a year ago.

    Donald Trump is not a Commander-in-Chief. He makes impulsive decisions with no knowledge or deliberation. He sends military personnel into harm’s way with no backing. He blusters and then leaves our allies exposed when adversaries call his bluff or he confronts a hard phone call.
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    13 hours ago

    An important story: China is using its economic power to censor speech by Americans in the US. And the , which (correctly) has no problem with players/employees criticizing our gov't, is now apologizing for criticizing the Chinese gov't. This is shameful and cannot stand.

    NEW: the NBA has released a statement on Daryl Morey:
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    8 hours ago

    Basically the US persuaded the SDF Kurds to dismantle defensive positions that deterred Turkey, promising security guarantees in exchange. Then once the SDF Kurds became defenseless, Trump gave Erdogan the green light to invade. Hard to imagine a more sinister sequence of events.

    says that agreement with US to drawdown from key positions in N. means that, with 's threat to launch an imminent offensive, it's become "a mechanism of death" that will "displace our people& change the stable & secure region into a zone of... permanent war." …
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    2 hours ago

    Tommy Meyerson, a young Marine Corps officer who served in northeastern Syria, wrote this in December ‘18. It’s still true today: “No one wants American troops to stay in Syria forever, but U.S. interests and honor demand that they stay for now.”

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  9. 3 hours ago

    With the betrayal of the Kurds and Trump's full-on America First tweet storm this morning, is there a single principled internationalist, a single believer in American global leadership somewhere in the Trump Administration who will resign in protest?

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    21 Dec 2018

    America’s worst nightmare is to have reliable allies -- like the Kurds who have fought so bravely against ISIS -- abandoned and destroyed.

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    10 hours ago

    When Trump briefly decided the U.S. would abruptly pull out of Syria earlier this year, even then he pledged the U.S. would "devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds." This time around, the White House's attitude appears to be "it's not our fight."

    Starting the long overdue pullout from Syria while hitting the little remaining ISIS territorial caliphate hard, and from many directions. Will attack again from existing nearby base if it reforms. Will devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds. Create 20 mile safe zone....
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    9 hours ago

    "It's not that I agree with the… corruption offending allies tariffs lying abuses of power nepotism mistreatment of immigrants massive deficits degradation of discourse conceding to dictators corporate welfare… it's just you NeverTrumpers just won't give Trump any credit"

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  13. 4 hours ago

    In 1975 we betrayed the Kurds at the behest of the Shah. Four years later the Shah was gone and the dishonor remained. Betrayal in the name of realpolitik rarely works out well.

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  14. 4 hours ago

    “It isn’t just that impeachment is not a coup—it’s the very opposite of a coup. A coup is, by definition, illegal. Impeachment is as legal as it comes.”

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  15. 4 hours ago

    The estimable ⁦⁩ has put together “the definitive version of events according to Trump and his most obsequious allies.” It’s an entertaining read. It’s kind of amazing Team Trump decided to try to sell it. It’s scary that anyone believes it.

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  16. 12 hours ago

    Flail (v.): Wave or swing wildly; flounder; struggle uselessly.

    ....This makes Nervous Nancy every bit as guilty as Liddle’ Adam Schiff for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, and even Treason. I guess that means that they, along with all of those that evilly “Colluded” with them, must all be immediately Impeached!
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    Oct 6

    . takes a look at how Republican lawmakers will be judged for how they handle Pres. Trump. He says they should remember lessons learned from how Joseph McCarthy’s contemporaries handled him.

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  18. 19 hours ago

    If this had even the pretense of being a serious legal investigation, Barr would have warned Trump against prejudicial statements. It would be interesting to ask Barr if he’s fine with this, or if he’s discussed this with the president. Also: Is there still a WH Counsel?

    The Biden family was PAID OFF, pure and simple! The fake news must stop making excuses for something that is totally inexcusable. Sleepy Joe said he never spoke to the Ukrainian company, and then the picture came out where he was playing golf with the company boss and Hunter.....
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  19. 20 hours ago

    Hasn’t this conclusion by the president made a fair and credible investigation of the Bidens by his Attorney General impossible? But of course the point was never to have a proper investigation, with legal protocols in place. If it had been, Barr would have recused himself.

    The Biden family was PAID OFF, pure and simple! The fake news must stop making excuses for something that is totally inexcusable. Sleepy Joe said he never spoke to the Ukrainian company, and then the picture came out where he was playing golf with the company boss and Hunter.....
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  20. 20 hours ago

    “‘It was a fairly polite request for something that the Australian government had already made pretty clear that we were quite happy to do,’ Mr. Morrison said.” “Fairly polite” is a fairly polite choice of words by the Australian PM about Trump.

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