Consultant & opiner. Frmr U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain & Deputy State Dept. Spokesman. Yale and Fletcher alum. “There was a time when beauty was on my side.”
@joelmgunter
@AlecMacGillis
This is how the
#Russian
military operates: deliberate targeting of civilians; inflict as much damage and suffering as possible; spare no one; show no mercy. We've seen this movie before, in
#Grozny
and
#Aleppo
.
This is
@EliseStefanik
bio pick from the
@NEDemocracy
. She is on the Board. This is their Mission Statement. The Board should REMOVE this person immediately. “PEDO GRIFTER” The NED should do that or CLOSE DOWN. Harvard’s Stefanik makes it the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR CYNICISM
@kylegriffin1
@Diplopundit
Not a decision to be taken lightly. Phil Reeker’s defiance of Admin orders is yet another profile in courage from
@StateDept
officials who choose to honor their oaths of office, despite the potential harm to their careers, and at great personal cost.
@maggieNYT
This man is so odious. So sick. Such a cancer on our society. I can't believe what our country has become, that it can enable and sustain such hatefulness.
@TheRealAndrew_
He doesn’t have to do this. It’s not as if it’s going to help him at the ballot box. The man is simply a good human being who cares about people and wants to do what he can to help. It should bring out the best in all of us — even
#Republicans
.
@ChrisJansing
@sbg1
An avalanche of stories w/ examples like these of Trump's psychotic derangements will start coming out the day after he leaves office.
The only thing that should surprise us - & needs to asked NOW - is why didn't those in the know speak up?
Their silence is the REAL scandal.
@YudinGreg
@maxseddon
And the really scary part is that unlike
#Germany
,
#Russia
as a nation will never accept responsibility or rid themselves of the system that produces this level of mass psychosis.
Good for
#SaudiArabia
. Taking matters into its own hands, b/c can't rely on
#USA
. Perhaps if we had a coherent, consistent
#MiddleEast
policy and treated allies with respect, this wouldn't be happening.
CNN: "US intelligence agencies have assessed that Saudi Arabia is now actively manufacturing its own ballistic missiles with the help of China, CNN has learned, a development that could have significant ripple effects across the Middle East."
@TheRickWilson
Prof. Gary Morson writes of a similar "deliberate suspension of moral judgement" following the
#Russian
revolution that paved the way for Leninism/Stalinism. Solzhenitsyn saw parallels in the modern West. History will not forgive those who remain silent or complicit.
Scientology is not a religion it’s a criminal org. It literally does no good in the world, it bankrupts it’s followers, tears them from their families, uses Private investigators to chase them down, and imprisons them
All of this is church policy...not a bunch of rogue members
@60Minutes
To
@60Minutes
and
@LesleyRStahl
: Don't let this interview go by without pressing
#Iran
's President on the death of
#MashaAmini
, a 22-yr-old woman who died today after being beaten on head by the regime’s “morality police” for not “properly” wearing her Hijab.
@AmoneyResists
@KevinMKruse
What is the matter with people? This is INSANE! It’s as if they need to personally experience a holocaust or show trials or a cultural revolution to comprehend the evil that lurks beneath their very dangerous rhetoric.
@MorePerfectUS
@MeidasTouch
At the same time that Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz delights children with free school lunches, Wyoming's
@GovernorGordon
outlaws abortion pill.
I prefer Minnesota.
@BarakRavid
If you were the head of gov’t, wouldn’t you publicly disavow one of your senior ministers who calls for state-sponsored ethnic cleansing? What has
#Israel
PM
#Netanyhu
said about this?
The Case for Designating the Russian Federation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.
Working Group Paper
#5
(September 28, 2022)
The International Working Group on Russian Sanctions
@bdtaylor_SU
@XSovietNews
WTF
@nytimes
? Among the dozens of your handsomely paid editors, there isn't one smart enough to figure this out? As a subscriber, I'm appalled.
@Timodc
Also, can s.o. explain why he was arraigned at 7:30 PM,, rather than normal 9-5 working hours? An ideal slot for prime time viewing but presumably not very convenient for local officials.
@NYMag
@Olivianuzzi
among all the horrors explored in
@Olivianuzzi
's piece, this is the one I find the most disturbing. Too many
#Germans
told themselves "it would be alright" instead of standing up to Hitler.
@JuliaDavisNews
A chilling reality check for those advocating negotiations with
#Russia
over
#Ukraine
. This is the mindset of
#Putin
: "When the war ends, Ukraine will be left with nothing."
If we don't help
#Ukraine
inflict devastating losses on Russia now, we'll lose the long war.
@AWeissmann_
I didn’t think it was possible to hate Donald Trump more or think less of him than I already do, but thanks to
@JeffreyGoldberg
and
@TheAtlantic
, that line has now been crossed.
@Gerashchenko_en
In this context, worth noting the advice given by Roman Emperor Septimius Severus to his sons on ruling the Empire: “Do not quarrel, pay the soldiers, and take no notice of anyone else."
@judgeluttig
@AWeissmann_
@nytopinion
@judgeluttig
delivers his verdict: “… Republicans are as responsible as Mr. Trump for this month’s indictment — and will be as responsible for any indictment and prosecution of him for Jan. 6.”
@shannonrwatts
This murder is mind-bogglingly insane. Even after reading the excruciatingly detailed
@startelegram
article, I still can't get my head around it.
The world will soon discover what those who have worked w/
@FaisalbinFarhan
already know: an individual of soft-spoken steeliness, disarming charm, intellectual depth & cosmopolitan sophistication. An inspired & inspiring rep for
#SaudiArabia
.
@rothschildmd
@KevinMKruse
When are we going to stop worshipping billionaires as know-it-all sages? Just b/c you know how to make $, doesn’t mean that you’re a good person or one that should be trusted with the public’s welfare.
Meet the 2023 U.N. Human Rights Council.
Members now include:
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇨🇳 China
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇩🇿 Algeria
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇻🇳 Vietnam
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
🇧🇩 Bangladesh
I wish I were making this up. I'm not. Today, 70% of UNHRC are non-democracies. Happy New Year.
@YAppelbaum
I didn’t think it was possible to hate Donald Trump more or think less of him than I already do, but thanks to
@JeffreyGoldberg
and
@TheAtlantic
, that line has now been crossed.
Don't hate me, but
#Saudi
Arabia. Put aside your biases and speak with the people of that country. The vast majority will tell you that their future looks brighter.
@OhNoSheTwitnt
Am so sick of all the hype over the space billionaires.
Their "reaching for the stars" = thinly disguised ego plays dressed up as brave & bold projects for betterment of mankind.
Better to spend ur $ on education so dumb Americans know when pols r lying 2 them & get vaccinated.
@NatashaBertrand
Please. Read this article. Tells you so much about how this war is being waged.
"With no information coming out of a city, no pictures of demolished buildings and dying children, the Russian forces could do whatever they wanted. If not for us, there would be nothing."
Looking forward to hosting a distinguished panel of speakers
@PressClubDC
to discuss "The Summer of Blood": the 1988 extrajudicial killing of 30,000 dissidents by
#Iran
's rulers, many of whom remain in positions of power today.
@rgoodlaw
So,
#Trump
Administration claims intel assessment on
#RussianBounty
was inconclusive, but it was good enough to brief
#NATO
officials??? 🤔
Something just doesn't add up.
@maxboot
speaks for many of us: "I, too, am soul-weary & incredulous that so many Republicans who are 'in many ways good people' could become imitators & enablers of the most dishonest and corrupt president in U.S. history."
@andrewmichta
So true: "
#Russia
is a fascist neo-imperial state."
"We are in a twilight struggle against an enemy that doesn't live by our rules."
"Russia is the aggressor murdering innocent people in
#Ukraine
. It must be decisively defeated..."
Everything else is a distraction.
@YousefMunayyer
@nadia_bilbassy
Are you kidding? What about Trump? Moving Embassy to
#Jerusalem
. Closing the consulate. De-funding UNRWA. Totally contemptuous treatment of the PA by Jared and others. Absolutely no comparison, imho.
New publication, "Iran's Emissaries of Terror," sheds light on key role of Iranian embassies as facilitators of terror attacks. The facts are clear & incontrovertible:
@JawadZarip
complicit in use of diplomatic facilities to assassinate enemies & dissidents on foreign territory
Amb. Ereli: “The poster child for the regime’s ‘moderates’ is Javad Zarif. This report shows
#Zarif
’s true colors. The fact of the matter is that he &MOIS are in bed together. The embassies are the tip of the spear for gov-sanctioned assassination ops throughout the world”
#Iran
Good thread here. Compelling account of
#Trump
's consistent, persistent and insistent defense of
#Russian
interests.
This HAS to be the talking point for 2022 and beyond: a
#GOP
enthralled with and held hostage by a
#Putin
stooge.
I'm in the middle of finishing up a book on the Trump presidency and how the courage and dedication of many career public servants and Trump political appointees kept us from much worse outcomes that Trump and his inner circle thought.
@RamAbdu
The blind prejudice and heartless cruelty of
@itamarbengvir
and his followers do great discredit to the State of
#Israel
and the values that it claims to represent.
@thedailybeast
@davidfrum
Hopefully a precursor of things to come from courts in D.C., Atlanta and Florida: "Justice Arthur F. Engoron tore apart what he called the Trump family’s 'bogus arguments' and obstreperous conduct. And he summed up the entire defense as 'a fantasy world, not the real world.'
@djrothkopf
@EdwardGLuce
@RepLizCheney
: A shining but solitary example of what constitutes moral courage in the age of "what-aboutism.
"her stance meets the most important test of courage — personal sacrifice."
@HustusMichael
Good God almighty.
Each and every doctor involved in the decision to let
#Tua
play yesterday should at a minimum undergo an official inquiry led by the
@AmerMedicalAssn
, and certainly not the
@NFL
.
#T