CNN Exclusive: Turkey says Trump knew ‘precisely’ about scope of N. Syria operation. “President Trump and President Erdogan have reached an understanding over precisely what this operation is,” Gulnur Aybet, Senior Adviser to the President of Turkey told @camanpour
🙄 Trump’s presidency is a “bad idea”. The attack on Syria is criminal and traitorous by @realDonaldTrump and the rest of his administration and the @GOP
From a Senator who has propped up President Trump at every turn, this is pretty rich. Well done, Senator @LindseyGrahamSC ! I’m sure the Kurds are heartened by your calls for prayers. As Turkish troops approach.
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"The notion that you can withhold information and documents from Congress no matter whether you are the party in power or not in power is wrong. Respect for the rule of law must mean something, irrespective of the vicissitudes of political cycles."
Here's a simple test:
The Democrats either hold Sonland in contempt based on obstruction, or they don't.
Hey, it's just a Constitutional crisis. Why bother with protecting the prerogatives of a co-equal branch of government in the face of lawlessness and obstruction?
For the second straight year, the Treasury Department will have to borrow $1 trillion to pay for the government's growing budget deficit, a consequence of juiced government spending and smaller revenues as a result of the late 2017 tax cuts. https://t.co/f8UT5GPe3g
False! Greta Thunberg is a hero. The Whistleblower is a hero. The many people who are running in tough seats to get rid of these monsters ar heroes. The people speaking truth to power are heroes. There are MANY heroes.
The Syrian Kurds are being abandoned after they fought, and lost 10k men and women, to battle ISIS for the world. Now, they could be- and many expect will be- wiped out in a campaign of ethnic violence/displacement.
IC WHISTLEBLOWER UPDATE: I can confirm that my firm and my team represent multiple whistleblowers in connection to the underlying August 12, 2019, disclosure to the Intelligence Community Inspector General. No further comment at this time.