We found Travis Timmerman from Urbana Missouri - an American prisoner liberated from one of Assad’s most notorious prisons. He’s fine. A bit dazed. Didn’t realize the regime had fallen until this morning.
But while RN majority has been averted, we should still worry. RN still on the up, Le Pen will avoid blame for what comes next and can point finger at everyone else for all that is wrong.
@pudgeyale92@washingtonpost Fair enough. Yes. But left-leaning. Defo not right. Will be interesting to see the first Labour budget. By the first-ever female Chancellor (Finance Minister/Secretary in N American terms)
#IranVotes2024#iran The last campaign rally of the only reformist candidate in the Iranian Presidential election abruptly cancelled. Police herding crowds away from the area now.
JUST IN: North Korean TV shows video of the Tuesday morning launch of the Hwasong-16B. It says the missile is a "new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile."
Just began Amor #Towles “Table for Two” - just out. Divine! Stopped to re-read “Rules of Civility” as prequel. Loved it all over again. AND “A Gentleman in Moscow” is at last on air as a TV series from Paramount+ with the magnificent Ewan McGregor as the Count. Feast time.
“The security environment is the most dangerous I’ve seen in 40 years in uniform,” Adm. Aquilino warned last week.
“We haven’t faced a threat like this since WW2.”
A few more clips, quotes, & mic-dropping moments from his final public appearance as Commander, U.S. INDOPACOM 👇