Deborah Snow

Journalist and Writer . Former associate editor Sydney Morning Herald; ex Moscow & London corro for ABC TV, author “Siege: Inside the Lindt Cafe”.

[Deborah Snow @DeborahSnow]

This from alan kohler raises interesting qns https://t.co/DzAOQXYcmM

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Please stop telling women this is toned.

[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

Trump had one of his worst mental health episodes yet last night, posting over 55 times in 3 hours. Here is the list:

10:15 PM - Accuses Obama of attempting a coup in 2016
10:15 PM - Says Obama worked with CIA to overthrow Trump
10:15 PM - Reposts tweet saying Obama is a “traitor” and that he should be arrested
10:22 PM - Attacks dominion voting systems for 2020 election saying they switched votes
10:22 PM - Says Fulton County, GA had their 2020 fraud exposed (there was none)
10:23 PM - Accuses Obama of personally making $120 million from Obamacare (wtf?)
10:23 PM - Cites quack lawyer Sidney Powell on the 2020 election
10:24 PM - Posts fake JFK Jr account that says Obama wiretapped Trump Tower
10:27 PM - Demands Senator Mark Kelly resign
10:29 PM - Claims neither Biden nor Harris were in charge of the Biden admin
10:29 PM - Attacks Fulton County, GA again
10:29 PM - Posts Fox News clip of Rep Ro Khanna
10:30 PM - Demands Jack Smith be arrested
10:30 PM - Accuses Obama, Clinton, and Comey of treason
10:39 PM - Reposts a tweet from a MAGA account saying they have secret intel proving Clinton and Obama committed crimes
10:39 PM - Reposts a MAGA tweet saying Hillary Clinton should be sent to Haiti
10:40 PM - Says the DOJ is “working hard” to arrest his enemies for treason
10:40 PM - Reposts a tweet attacking his own DOJ and Todd Blanche for no arrests of political enemies
10:40 PM - Posts a TikTok video of people stealing from a convenience store
10:41 PM - Posts a TikTok of someone taking a Door Dash order
10:41 PM - accuses Obama, John Brennan, and Clinton of sedition and treason again
10:42 PM - Posts a video of a man on CCTV footage knocking over food a waiter was carrying
10:47 PM - Calls Obama the “most DEMONIC FORCE” in American politics
10:47 PM - Posts a tweet from Mike Flynn saying 2020 election wasn’t fair
10:49 PM - Attacks Dominion again claiming they stole the 2020 election (it wasn’t)
10:51 PM - Reposts a fake Charlie Kirk account that claimed Obama blocked Hillary Clinton from being prosecuted
10:53 PM - Claims Obama was part of Hillary Clinton’s emails in some way
11:28 PM - Claims a senior Democrat just testified under oath that Senator Adam Schiff leaked classified information
1:13 AM - Attacks the New York Times for reporting on the reflecting pool

This man is clearly not well.

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

The sooner we recognize this hard truth—that there’s no military solution to the conflict with Iran—the better off the United States will be.

Sheer military force cannot reopen the Strait of Hormuz without escalating the war and sucking us into another endless, bloody quagmire that delivers zero benefit to our people.

We can’t get rid of the emboldened government in Tehran, regardless of how many leaders we kill. If we try we will end up with a government or failed state, worse than what we have now.

The inevitable reality is this: we will have to cut a deal with Iran. We can be pragmatic and do it now on our own terms, or we can keep listening to the same neocons and the Israeli government who got us into this mess, only to cut the same deal after we’ve lost even more.

Recognizing that we have hit the point of diminishing returns and pulling out now is not weakness. It is strength—and it’s the right thing to do for the American people.

[Deborah Snow @DeborahSnow]

‘This is just disarray’: alarm inside Pentagon after Hegseth staff purges | US military | The Guardian https://t.co/Ng3TM0HzvX

[Deborah Snow @DeborahSnow]

Worth watching all the way thru

[Congresswoman Sara Jacobs @RepSaraJacobs]

I asked Secretary Hegseth a straightforward, yes or no question today: Is Donald Trump mentally stable enough to be Commander in Chief?

He didn't say yes. And that speaks volumes.

[Deborah Snow @DeborahSnow]

@JaneCaro @MarinaHyde Next level skewering

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

I’m detecting more and more unease in the US and Europe about Pres Trump’s bewildering conduct in the war with Iran. ‘He doesn’t seem to have any idea how to get out of the trap Iran has set for him,’ says one US ex-diplomat.

[Deborah Snow @DeborahSnow]

NDIS is a tale of shared Labor, Liberal failure. What matters is that the disability scheme is fixed https://t.co/N9JdXRWdYc

[Stew Peters @realstewpeters]

TUCKER CARLSON: “I’ll be tormented for a long time by the fact that I played a role in getting Donald Trump elected. And I want to say that I’m sorry for misleading people.”

This is a very humble and honest statement. Big respect to Tucker.

[Christopher Hale @ChristopherHale]

BREAKING: The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching authority on just war doctrine — less than twelve hours after JD Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd the pope should “be careful” talking theology.

This is a serious escalation as the institutional Catholic Church is coming together to defend its pontiff from the White House’s political attack.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

As a doctor, I would simply like to observe that we do not, routinely, conduct ward rounds with a flock of attending bald eagles, nor assess patients with bolts of light emanating from our palms, nor have satanic angels rising from our toupees. Other than that, the AI pic of Dr Trump was spot on.

[Deborah Snow @DeborahSnow]

“Moral squalor” nails it - how does an ego grow this monstrous?

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

I doubt Pope Leo XIV will lose any sleep over this, before he begins his pilgrimage to Africa tomorrow. But the rest of us should. Because it is unhinged, uncharitable and unchristian. Is there no bottom to this moral squalor?

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

What fantastic news from Hungary. Proof that if you stand up to it right wing kleptocratic populist authoritarianism can be beaten. Orban will now flee somewhere with his wealth. But this is more than a bad night for him. It is a bad night for Putin who as in Moldova spent a fortune trying to rig it. It is a bad night for Trump. It is a bad night for Vance and Rubio who believed that their mere presence in Budapest would swing the vote Orban’s way. They helped Magyar! . It is a bad night for Farage the AfD and Le Pen because it shows that when their brand of politics is exposed to serious opposition and scrutiny it collapses. Magyar is far from the perfect leader but my God he deserves all the congratulations coming his way for ousting Orban and showing how it can be done. He now has the tough job of dismantling the corrupt systems and bodies installed over 16 years. The people of Hungary deserve our thanks for showing these people can be beaten. And Zelensky now deserves far greater support from Europe.

[Deborah Snow @DeborahSnow]

The comical clumsiness of this intervention

[Donald Trump Jr. @DonaldJTrumpJr]

To our friends in Hungary, we hope you will vote for independent thinking and for someone who stands for Hungary First. We hope you will vote for my father’s friend and ally. One leader in Europe has a direct line to the White House, I hope you will support Viktor Orban! #Hungary

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

"I could take out Iran in one day. I could take out... in one hour": This is 25th Amendment stuff. Notice he always uses the word "I". This is how dictators talk. In Trump's delusion, he has separated himself from the country. It's how Hitler talked. 😳�

[💕 Brittany Belle 💕 @BrittanyinTexas]

The biggest test of Vance’s career and he failed.

Kushner & Witkoff were never trained for this level of global stakes.

3 unqualified losers who lost the deal.

Meanwhile, Trump & Rubio party at a UFC fight.

And you wonder why our country has become an international joke.

[Monica @AttardMon]

This really is incredible reporting from @jonathanvswan and @maggieNYT in the NYT on how Trump was duped into war with Iran. What to say? Other than idiot https://t.co/lCWOrFCmEJ

[Deborah Snow @DeborahSnow]

@JamesSurowiecki @MaMoMVPY That grown men in senior positions would abase themselves in this way is puke making

[Deborah Snow @DeborahSnow]

6 Takeaways From the Story of Trump’s Decision to Go to War With Iran https://t.co/kZT6UDi6h3 via @NYTimes