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Meanwhile, Russia, Assad and Iran are slaughtering civilians on purpose in Syria, and have been doing so for years.https://twitter.com/colrichardkemp/status/1210266350406569987…

Bunk. Turkey is not Russia’s ally. It has done more to frustrate Russia’s Syria plans than the US, especially under Obama, who tacitly facilitated Putin’s campaign. After Obama helped to place Russia on Turkey’s southern border, Ankara has no choice but to negotiate with Moscow. https://twitter.com/leloveluck/status/1210202971709091841 …

Mrs. Claus is sick and tired of his reindeer games.https://twitter.com/khamenei_ir/status/1209574882041835521…

Analysis: True https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1210201738059407361 …

Iliad-gate. Boris is winning. | https://twitter.com/moutet/status/1209969025666732033?s=21 …https://twitter.com/moutet/status/1209969025666732033…

one should strive for accuracy and one should always beware that opponents of the regime will seek to inflate numbers. But all the numbers floating around tell essentially the same story: a brutal, vulgar and rapacious regime is in the throes of a legitimacy crisis.

we know, ordered a brutal crackdown that involved indiscriminate fire on unarmed civilians—something we saw with our own eyes. But what if the number is inflated? What if it was “only” 500 killed — 5 deaths, on average, per city and town. Does change our understanding? Yes,

This controversy over the numbers killed seems a bit silly. Over 100 cities and towns saw significant protests, which involved every ethnic group and social class. That’s 15/deaths, on average, per city and town. That number does not seem outrageous to me, given that Khamenei,https://twitter.com/farnazfassihi/status/1209139287150776322…

I have zero optimism that it will ever happen, but I’d recommend that the US and Turkey team up to impose a no-fly zone over Idlib. There’s be no US forces on the ground, little to no risk to US life, but the murder would stop and we’d improve relations w/Turkey, whom we need.https://twitter.com/jxavierf74/status/1209309988709130242…

We’re going to be seeing a lot more of this film-flam in the coming months, what with the Durham indictments impending. The more we call attention to the tactic, the more we will inoculate ourselves against it.

have been disproven when in fact they’ve been confirmed. This combination of gaslighting and sleight of hand is a pretty simple trick, but thanks to the Twitter mob and the Dem activists who pose as objective TV journalists, it’s remarkably successful.

By pointing the arrow left, the media and the perps prevent people from looking right, while also explaining away their past failure to look right and unwillingness to do so in the present. The media pretends that the big scoop is that the accusations of the conservatives

the hard evidence of what the security agencies actually guilty of. Comey himself used CYA when he said he was exonerated of the claim that he “tapped” Trump’s wires, as if that complaint was ever the heart of the most serious accusations against him.

“New York Times: FBI did not try to place undercover agents inside Trump campaign, DOJ inspector general's report expected to find.” The essence of CYA is to substitute “Security agencies are innocent of [insert some minor claim here]!” as a substitute for focusing on

too far away from the Horowitz report, I want to draw attention to a little trick that the media have been playing. Let’s call it the CYA tactic. You’re a major media outlet. You’ve claimed for over year now, if not longer, that the conservative complaints about the FISA abuse

For reasons of more pressing work and a desire to maintain my sanity, I'm staying aloof from the Russiagate controversy. And it's pretty clear to me that slowly (tho much slower than I ever expected) the truth about the conspiracy against Trump is coming out. But before we get

values won't be snuffed out entirely.

the young generation, which believes that journalism is all about transforming the country into a progressive paradise, has probably already been lost. Conservatives in general stopped listening to the NYT a long time ago. But I still hold out a little hope that the traditional

Netanyahu gave his answer on Twitter: Let the people decide at the ballot box. Otherwise, we don’t have a democracy. That short and simple message should be the sole and deafening response of the Republicans to the impeachment.

A 3-judge panel will address the matter next Tuesday. Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has been instructed to present his legal opinion to the court on the matter by Sunday.

offers Netayahu’s foes a legal maneuver to topple him. They have turned to the Israeli Supreme Court and out to it the question of whether Netanyahu, as an MK facing indictment on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, can be assigned the task of forming a new gov.