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Amb. Adam Ereli

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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.”

Washington, D.C.
Joined March 2010
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@erelija
Amb. Adam Ereli
7 months
@stephanie_murr @rhonda_harbison Being a billionaire is NOT a job qualification for holding elected office.
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@NoLieWithBTC @milenaac @Acyn As President, one could do a lot worse than to be compared to FDR and LBJ.
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@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 .
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@SteveSchmidtSES is absolutely right. This is the moment for @NEDemocracy President @DamonMacWilson to demonstrate leadership. Either @EliseStefanik sets the record straight and retracts her unfounded, slanderous hate speech, or show her the door.
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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
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@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.
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@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.
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@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 .
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4 years
@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.
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@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.
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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.
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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."
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@kdrkrepp @NationalGuard And precisely what law/statute would @kdrkrepp be in violation of, @NationalGuard ??? Memo to #DCProtests : take as many pictures as possible of our friends in khaki & camo.
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@NoLieWithBTC @WajahatAli Where #Michigan leads, others will follow, God willing.
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@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.
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Don't normalize #Scientology . We have enough whackos masquerading as mainstream already.
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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
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@HowardMortman @HC_Richardson Trump didn’t even go to his funeral.
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@adamliptak @colvinj #RBG is single-handedly saving the Republic, at great personal cost to herself.
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@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.
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@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.
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@alexnazaryan @joshrogersNHPR Whatever happened to "compassionate conservatism?"
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@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.
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This, from @sbg1 : "Amazingly, it is no longer big news when the occupant of the Oval Office is shown to be callous, ignorant, nasty, and untruthful."
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Amb. Adam Ereli
5 years
You’re never too old to learn new vocabulary from #Millennials . Emma Watson: 'I'm happy to be single, I call it being self-partnered'
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@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?
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Amb. Adam Ereli
10 months
This should be a slam-dunk.
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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
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@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.
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Amb. Adam Ereli
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@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.
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@SawyerHackett @rhonda_harbison Did I say that I hate this guy? Pure, unadulterated evil.
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An eloquent call for justice from @MollyJongFast . The fate of @realDonaldTrump lies in the hands of women. @thedailybeast @ejeancarroll
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@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.
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@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.
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@viviannereim @JavierBlas 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.
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@jamiedupree @HC_Richardson The venality, hypocrisy and sheer loutishness of some in Congress never ceases to amaze.
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@Flash_news_ua @McFaul This is REALLY bad. State Dept almost NEVER puts out such categorical travel advisories.
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@McFaul Here's what it takes to negotiate with #Russia :
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always remember what Kaja Kallas told us about soviet negotiation tactics
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Or Jordan or Egypt or Qatar.
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David Miliband
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Incredible, worrying, but true: the US has no Ambassador, or nominee for Ambassador, to Saudi Arabia or Turkey.
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@GravitysRa1nbow @RonBrownstein "I'm not anti-Semitic, but the Jews are trying to destroy my business."
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@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.
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@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."
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@anneapplebaum @davidfrum This is what happens when a leader puts his personal interests ahead of the nation. #Netanyahu must go.
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@Gerashchenko_en True, if by “Russian culture” one means wanton rape, torture, murder and destruction against innocent men, women and children.
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@AccountableGOP The man is sick. Simple as that.
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@HotlineJosh @djrothkopf Would that more @HouseGOP members demonstrate the moral spine and public service ethic of @RepRooney
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@JuddLegum @ProjectLincoln @Dell @AmericanAir Just think how great this country could be if #Texas and #Florida state houses were in the hands of #Democrats .
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@jentaub @JRubinBlogger Dear @CNN employees: your boss’s problem is now your problem. Do something about it.
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Amb. Adam Ereli
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@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.”
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Amb. Adam Ereli
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@SteveSchmidtSES @EliseStefanik @NEDemocracy @SteveSchmidtSES is absolutely right. This is the moment for @NEDemocracy President @DamonMacWilson to demonstrate leadership. Either @EliseStefanik sets the record straight and retracts her unfounded, slanderous hate speech, or show her the door.
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@maxseddon #Putin and #Trump share at least one thing in common: they both believe their own lies. Sign of a sick mind.
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@shannonrwatts This murder is mind-bogglingly insane. Even after reading the excruciatingly detailed @startelegram article, I still can't get my head around it.
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Amb. Adam Ereli
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⁦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 .
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@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.
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1 year
Pathetic, though not surprising. @UN_HRC is a joke that's anything but funny.
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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.
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@jmhansler @USAID This is OUTRAGEOUS! Bonnie Glick is the best thing going at #usaid .
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@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.
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Well this certainly is disturbing. 👇👇👇
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Leaked neo-Confederate group membership reveals that VIPs, military officers and elected officials are part of the group
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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.
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Name one dictatorship today where the future seems brighter today than five years ago. I can't think of one. Your thoughts?
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@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.
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@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."
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@sumlenny And a big reason that we have this war is because Europe didn't want to get tough with Russia in the first place.
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@dlippman @nahaltoosi @playbookdc First he hands #Afghanistan over to the Taliban and now he's pussy-footing with the #Russians . If ever there was a discredited diplomat, it should be Zalmay Khalilzad.
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@GlasnostGone #Maryinka is the answer to all those who advocate negotiations with #Russia . The only off-ramp is victory. #SlavaUkraini
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Amb. Adam Ereli
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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.
@PressClubDC
National Press Club
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Dec 1, 10am at @PressClubDC @ncrius hosts panel on U.S. policy on Iran and #HumanRights with @kenblackwell , @erelija , @chavezlinda , @ambmcg , & Soona Samsami; register here . A new book, Iran: Where Mass Murderers Rule will also be released.
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@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.
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@DavidCornDC @HC_Richardson I put the odds at 10:1 that there’s a picture of #MikeJohnson in drag or blackface somewhere out there.
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@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."
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@ktumulty Tone-deaf Dems gifting Republicans another cudgel with which to beat them. Will they never learn?
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@fromTGA " #German Angst also contrasts painfully with #Ukrainian courage." Nice and tidy 🧵 by @fromTGA . Otto von Bismarck is turning over in his grave.
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@atrupar @rhonda_harbison The other "not a serious person" on this show is @kwelkernbc .
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@igorsushko Standard Red Army practice.
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@davidfrum Fiona Hill said it best:
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@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.
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@mehdirhasan Or women -- don't forget them!
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@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.
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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
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NCRI-U.S. Rep Office
5 years
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
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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.
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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.
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@MollyJongFast These good ol' boys have no idea what real freedom is about.
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@mhmck @milenaac Here's a possible explanation for this seeming contradiction between papal grace and Russian demonism:
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@frankthorp @costareports @SenFettermanPA is right. And to think that @alfranken resigned for soooo much less. #Menendez must go.
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@BeschlossDC @Independent Just being his wife tarnishes her image.
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@Salansar1 expresses #SaudiArabia ’s support for regime change in #Iran . #FreeIran2018
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@kylegriffin1 @rhonda_harbison This is what happens when Americans vote #Republicans into office.
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@ChuckPfarrer @JonathanLanday Reminds me of when Stalin retreated to his Dacha after Germany invaded and remained incommunicado for days.
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Resign, @Jim_Jordan , or are you too much of a coward?
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@sumlenny This is what happens when we fail to act against aggressors early & decisively. #Crimea #Syria #Donbass Shame on #EU , #USA for giving #Putin a pass in the past. A special place in hell for #GerhardSchroeder & others, who chose to sleep with the devil.
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@Culture_Crit Avoiding hell is a powerful motivator. (They also didn't have TV, cell phones and the internet to distract them.)
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@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.
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@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.'
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@amirtibon President Biden is much more than a mere politician. He is a man of deep faith, who truly feels the pain of others.
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@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."
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@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
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@SteveSchmidtSES @LindseyGrahamSC @mikepompeo is what happens when naked political ambition, crazy Christian millennialism, and Tea Party extremism meet foreign policy.
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