Juliette Kayyem
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Prof @Kennedy_School , @CNN National Security Analyst, @TheAtlantic , Consultant, Author. Obama @DHSgov . Read THE DEVIL NEVER SLEEPS. Pulitzer finalist. 3x mom.
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This narrative — that the President will beat COVID-19 because he is strong and a fighter — is 200000 plus insults. Those who have died didn’t do so because they were lacking the will. It was because our government was weak in its response and didn’t fight for them.
Nothing can stop him from working for the American people. RELENTLESS! 🇺🇸
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Bad reporting: Candidate X says there was voter fraud.
Good reporting: Without proof or evidence, candidate X alleges voter fraud, inciting his/her followers in a nation with increasing political violence.
It is 2022. Get it right. Or a new job.
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I think it is important to be detailed because to say this was a "shooting" is sanitary. Children that young were killed by a weapon that shatters. Young kids would not have identification; they may not be recognizable. There are so many of them. Authorities are figuring 1/
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If police officers quit they lose their pensions. They also aren’t likely to get hired by private sector which is requiring vaccines. These polls suggesting massive exodus in light of vaccination rules are rubbish. Call their bluff. They serve to protect public. Time to adult up.
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We have a terrorism problem in America.
It is home grown. It is white. It is based on supremacy.
It is not from ISIS. It is not from Islam.
It is not from immigrants.
It is the most dangerous epidemic according to FBI.
And it isn't being shamed.
#StochasticTerrorism
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Raise your hand if a QR code flashed around your tv for a minute or so and the idea to scan it not once crossed your mind as you wondered what a waste of money for this company. 🙋♀️
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Excessive debt is viewed as a national security vulnerability and generally means no security clearance allowed. Why? Not only because a debt ridden person is desperate, but because the entity loaning has undue influence over the person.
#TrumpTaxReturns
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Oh hey. Sorry for the delay. Not on twitter all the time, Congressman. This may take a while and I know how busy you must be but let's start with substance then move to process. Shall we? 1/
@juliettekayyem
I’m trying to give you the benefit of the doubt here since I know you from Harvard, but it’s difficult. Answer this question honestly please: why does a drug bust at a POE prove your case that fencing shouldn’t be used in between POE’s? You realize they are separate issues right?
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For everyone all hot and bothered about two women over 40 showing a lot of skin and having a blast, I just want to remind you Adam Levine took his whole shirt off last year and no one said it was degrading to his gender. Don’t be jealous.
This is a hill I will die on.
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Political commentators are falling into mistake that violent terror threats get less so if some mercy (no impeachment) is shown its leader. There is history of counterterrorism efforts that show otherwise. Only complete isolation, powerlessness, deplatforming, of leader works. 1/
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January 3rd. That’s when WH found out. January 3rd.
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My neighbor is a flight attendant. I asked him how he was and expected typical “good and you?” response. Instead he went into a long description of the passenger abuses and outrages and minor slights he is experiencing in the air. Tell people to be nice, he said. People, be nice.
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who knows that their child has not survived because the parent hasn't been reunited with their child. Only this parent can tell -- by look, by the way a parent knows -- which body is his or her child's. And that is what is happening. "Shooting" sounds too benign. 3/3
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For those of us a certain age, it seems inconceivable now how much of our youth was spent fixated on quick sand and what to do if caught in it. What was that about? Did it go away? Was just explaining it to a kid and he thinks we were all on drugs. Were we? It was huge deal then.
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Just tuning in here but....
THIS IS THE ONE TIME WE NEEDED HIM TO LIE!
Donald Trump, answering phone call from 7-year-old on Christmas Eve: "Are you still a believer in Santa? Because at seven it's marginal, right?"
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This is the most fascinating
#SOTU
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That speech was a counterterrorism speech. That's how this ends, treating the elements that support violence or the threat of it for political gain as illegitimate. Biden didn't try to negotiate; he sought to isolate. No other alternatives will work.
#January6th
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Support your point with facts, history, economics and policy. Not with mocking a woman. Because, well, she is me. And you will lose that one. 16/16
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Is it my imagination, or did this week introduce us to about a dozen female state Secretaries of State and AGs across the nation who are beyond awesome and could care less about your precious nerves?
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out who is this child compared to who is that child by figuring out which parents are left without reuniting with their child. And then that child -- maybe unrecognizable, without identification -- has to be identified by a parent. 2/
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I’m in a minimart by a beach and a guy walks in, no shoes, no shirt, but a mask and I have a new American hero.
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I have 3 kids. I know the math. A 24/7 nanny, hotel room, food, per diem, toothbrush and soap are far cheaper than this $775 per child, per day these companies are charging US. Our policy isn’t just morally vacuous. It’s bad economics.
Where is $ going?
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A scientist from the national hurricane center.
I am at a complete and utter loss for words looking at Irma's appearance on satellite imagery.
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You absolutely must watch this.
And then don't use "he" (big mistake people) to reference the pilot.
Captain Brenda Riepsaame Wassink brought this one home.
Pilot lands plane sideways in heavy crosswinds at Bristol Airport 👏✈️
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People believed "general" (and gold star dad) made Kelly different. He knows exactly what he is doing. He just threw a widow under bus. ⬇️⬇️
I'll say it again. Stop feeling sorry for John Kelly. This will be his legacy. And he chose it. Judge him as an adult, not a hostage.
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cc: Governor Whitmer.
Trump is not promoting violence tonight against Whitmer and “all of them” (presumably Democrats).
He is promoting terrorism, violence in furtherance of political goals. Say it, because his followers know exactly what he means.
#StochasticTerrorism
We should stop using “violence” to describe what Trump is promoting with words. In fact, he is promoting the unlawful use of violence in furtherance of political or social goals. That is terrorism, a specific type of violence. Trump is promoting terrorism.
#stochasticterrorism
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Dear Boston writers, editors and
@Patriots
fans: the Robert Kraft story is not a sports story, it is a slavery and rape story.
No reason to be emotionally confused about it.
Thank you.
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Our teens were talking about how everyone was doing this earlier in the week. I don’t think I quite grasped it, but it was real. I’m ready to exit the stage and pass the baton. They got this.
This is what happened tonight. I’m dead serious when I say this. The teens of America have struck a savage blow against
@realDonaldTrump
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@ProjectLincoln
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Text from calmest UK diplomat I know. Excuse the language: "we are all fuming right now. All month we’ve been preparing for tomorrow and he drops this shit right after the dinner?? Fucking ridiculous. Tomorrow will be a proper shit show now."
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Donald Trump is broke. He has no access to cash. He's been posting rants all morning. The kids won't have an inheritance. No billionaires are coming to his rescue. He is desperate; the family is desperate. And such desperation is a security risk.
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It is very likely that Russian intelligence agencies -- through signal and human intel sources at Walter Reed, etc -- have more information about the President's condition than we do (though I think we all know how the president is doing.)
#doctorslietoo
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I think I speak for many Americans when I say I wish Fetterman dressed up out of respect for a role and institution since I'm kind of old school and...
I really don't care if he doesn't.
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Even with redactions, Volume 1 is such a mind boggling display of soulless corruption it still blows my mind on 2nd read.
V2 has the capacity to distract us from the treachery in V1. Don't let it. V2 is about POTUS protected from criminal liability. V1 provides moral clarity.
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Hearing that customs officials in tears because they can't get guidance from White House, DHS not returning calls, etc and crowds growing.
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I'm not known for being soft on security, border or otherwise. And so in the realm of policy options, the wall fails every standard that we have learned in homeland security for the last 20 years. Now, I say good night. 25/25
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This will be real test of how to cover whatever Giuliani finds. It is very likely any information will just be made up. Stolen. Altered. The only story that should come out of this is that the Trump campaign is working with a foreign power again to win election.
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From my sources and what has been openly reported, it increasingly looks like
#Flynn
may have a deal with the FBI.
#trumprussia
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99% compliance by fire. 93% compliance by police. 99% compliance by city workers.
These outliers are making a mistake, perhaps sold a lie. But they are adults with responsibility to protect. They are also paid by taxpayers. They are now “free” not to be paid by us.
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Pro-tip. Just got word from internal source that CDC took down the aerosol guidance. I don't see it anymore. WTF.
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Maybe I’m sounding too harsh, no mercy etc. He may be president of the United States but he is also inciter of domestic terrorism. And his complete isolation and condemnation is the safest path forward. We can’t stop now. Total isolation. 4/4
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To view each of Trump's calls to violence in isolation -- "he attacked Milley," or "he attacked NBC," or "he attacked the jury, the prosecutor, the judge " -- is to miss his overall plan to "introduce() violence as a natural extension of our democratic disagreement."
As Trump responds to the legal cases against him and his supporters with ever increasing threats of violence, it is a reminder that Trump's most enduring legacy is already known. Me from
@theatlantic
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It's not becoming of your position.
I wish you best as you assess this and your role. And you engage with women and men whom you disagree with in a much less personal manner. I believe the facts, history, economics and policy are against building a wall. You don't. 15/
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US pandemic response in 11 words:
"We have no single point of leadership and no master plan."
Dr. Rick Bright
#RickBright
#itsthatsimple
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We should stop using “violence” to describe what Trump is promoting with words. In fact, he is promoting the unlawful use of violence in furtherance of political or social goals. That is terrorism, a specific type of violence. Trump is promoting terrorism.
#stochasticterrorism
"The president’s effect is to embolden white supremacists, violent militias and anti-government extremists. He has been warned of this numerous times, yet he persists. He knows. He just does not care. And the country, I fear, will pay the price."
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Former CIA Deputy Chief of Staff.
Had Obama listened to the Pakistanis over US intelligence officials -- like Trump is listening to Putin -- SEAL Team Six never would have gotten Bin Laden.
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"Destabilization in a nuclear power is never a good thing. The most important response is nobody do anything too quickly on the US side. And President Biden is known for understanding that. He doesn't do his foreign policy by tweet and we should all be grateful for that."
@cnn
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My two cents as this deputy speaks and suggests they worry that people are doing self-care or left scene:
El Paso officials should make it clear there will be no immigration enforcement at hospitals or family reunification centers. Period.
MAKE IT CLEAR.
#ElPasoShooting
@CNN
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"Trump is the spiritual leader for domestic terrorists and he is their operational leader. He tells them what to do. Now, total isolation. 25th A. Yes. Impeachment. Yes. Deplatforming. Yes. We are still in the tactical phase of a counterterrorism effort. Enough with unity."
@cnn
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The facility work however is not closing, per
@cnn
. They are escorting all but counters and legal observers. They’ll close down the perimeter. Calm folks down. But Arizona counting continues. Remarkable they didn’t have better perimeter protection but will set up now.
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They seized this fentanyl at the PORT OF ENTRY.
At the PORT OF ENTRY.
PORT OF ENTRY.
(am I being too subtle).
#wall
Customs and Border Protection made the largest seizure of fentanyl in the agency's history at the Nogales port of entry on the southern border, per
@geneva_sands
. Officers uncovered 100 packages of fentanyl weighing nearly 254 pounds with an estimated value of $3.5 million.
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For context:
23 members of the NYPD died on 9/11.
29 members of the NYPD have died from coronavirus.
The anti-social distancing rallies are not just disrespectful of public health workers, but a stress on public safety entities. Trump has chosen sides. As they say, never forget.
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We’ve come a long way since Mexico was going to pay.
Pentagon to transfer $1.5 billion to border wall from Afghan forces, other areas
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For those of you I'm just meeting, Clarke is taking my old position under Obama. I am floored. And feel for my career staff.
JUST IN: Sheriff Clarke says he’s joining the Trump Administration
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Result of Trump "unleashing" ICE with no enforcement priorities except "get them."
It's the homeland that John Kelly built.
'Mom, where are you?' Girl with cerebral palsy detained by immigration officials cries for help
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And as a graduate of Harvard, your odd mentions of it in every tweet to me (this is the first time I have mentioned it) suggests its a dig. I'm sorry you feel that way about what you may or may not have learned here. We try to teach responsible bipartisan leadership. 13/
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build a wall. So let's take your example of the fentanyl arrest. Think about it: it was stopped because it wasn't a wall. It was intelligence, man/women power, technology and DOGS that led to the arrest. That's how it should work; it's not a sign that there is a better 6/
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Some of us have spent a career in and out of government, or media, or private sector, and the academy (she is me). But I would take your interest in my opinions more seriously if they didn't include such odd personal attacks. 14/
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On substance, I think you know the answer. And if you listened to the one person who is your colleague and who actually knows the border (and is from your party), you would understand why the dynamics of border security are fluid and require a layered, not static, response. 2/
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Elon Musk isn’t amusing, nor particularly interesting, and often wrong. Much like Trump, he’s actually quite predictable. He’s gross.
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Thread about MAGA violence and calling it out. MTG's comments aren't just about Nazis. Her words are in line with a narrative of Trumpism: endorsing violence or threat of violence for political gain, a throughline from 2016 to 1/6 to disenfranchisement efforts. 1/
Rep. Greene slammed for comparing House covid restrictions to the Holocaust
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nearly 800 miles of barriers, drones, dogs, etc. -- are so much better. See unlike a war zone (I'll defer to you on that), a port of entry must permit flow. It is how we function as a market economy. So us "experts" think about it in terms of how do we better "secure flow" 5/
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Just a reminder.
Two 15 year olds were killed by gunfire in their Kentucky high school today.
Where are the 50,000 important text messages between FBI lovers Lisa Page and Peter Strzok? Blaming Samsung!
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How would you spend them? No one, not even CBP until last few months, ever even thought a wall made sense because it would take years (tell me how that solves a crisis, but as you know there isn't one), require eminent domain (your Texas colleagues have thoughts on that), and 9/
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Years ago, I met Tlaib at a celebration for us in Detroit for a new generation of Arab and Muslim Americans who might help build bridges across communities. I even got a key to the City of Dearborn and was so proud when she ran and won there. Now, she does not speak for us. 1/
From the river to the sea is an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence, not death, destruction, or hate. My work and advocacy is always centered in justice and dignity for all people no matter faith or ethnicity.
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That would be Will Hurd so just read this first.
If viewing better than reading, how about this:
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Can we just start saying the quiet parts out loud? The WH has no intention of stopping Russia in 2020. I’m saving you the moral outrage later on. There is no other way to explain their (Trump, Pence, Kushner, Giuliani, etc) reaction to
#MuellerReport
Volume One.
Vice President Mike Pence refuses to answer if 1) he regrets using hacked emails during the 2016 campaign & 2) if he pledges not to do so in the next presidential campaign. He walked away upon attempted follow-up.
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Exactly. By saying Trump incites “hate” or is “divisive,” we are really denying what is actually going on.
So let’s be clear with words: The President incites terrorism, the unlawful use of violence against civilians in pursuit of political gains. Say it.
#StochasticTerrorism
Trump actually offers a defense of Kyle Rittenhouse, his right-wing supporter who killed two protesters.
"I guess he was in very big trouble, he probably would've been killed."
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A few notes on Bezos' security apparatus. The guys I knew at FBI and Secret Service often ended up in VIP Protection, a lucrative post-government position where salaries can be in the high 6 digits. It's a serious job, especially to protect the richest of the rich. 1/
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I hate this, hate not knowing what will break me.
I’m in my office for first time since March. An empty Diet Coke. Papers from last term. And a stickie note to remind myself to make plans for family’s April break. For no reason and every one, that brought me to my knees.
#VOTE
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A side issue, but so telling. Of all the images and noise from Wednesday, I can’t get it out of my head that Trump told the crowd he was going to join them on their walk up to the Capitol and then he just left.
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So, why would anyone who lives, works or actually spent a career (I think you know my bio by now. . . ) in homeland security and border management not favor a wall? The alternatives -- man/women power, technology, barriers (yes, lest you forget, the Obama Administration built
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This is some post-verdict jury instruction: you could get killed or injured, certainly harassed, definitely trolled so don't identify yourself and don't identify anybody else.
Trump's strongest legacy will always be violence as an extension of our democratic processes.
Judge in E. Jean Carroll case advises jurors not to identify themselves after finding Trump liable of sexual abuse and defamation and ordering him to pay $5 million in damages.
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G7 Security Anyone?
@Fahrenthold
point here that the mayor of Doral wasn't notified is more proof (do we need it?) that there was no real search for a locale. If the mayor wasn't contacted, neither was the police chief. No serious security review was done.
Background 1/
I just talked to the mayor of Doral — who now needs to plan to host 8 world leaders and thousands of diplomats.
He learned this when we did, by watching Mulvaney on TV. He still hasn’t gotten a call from the White House.
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For the next 10 days and beyond, Trump has to be seen as ineffectual, without oxygen, so he can not have second act. No soft exit. It’s horrible to admit, but do not buy into argument that violence is less if we put a brake on gas pedal. They need to be stopped. 2/
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"Everyone clapped and praised the pilot after he set the aircraft down." The pilot is Tammie Jo Shults, one of the Navy's first female fighter pilots and the first woman to fly the F/A-18. Come on.
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I wasn't going to re-engage it. I don't want to be know as the "expert" who accused you of mansplaining any more than you want to be known for an SNL skit. It's not why we do what we do; it's personal and I took to heart what you said in response to the SNL skit. Civility. 12/
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Impeachment is now about deterrence. There is no other way to stop Trump welcoming foreign interference in our elections in 2020 (after all, Ukraine is only country we know about so far, let alone 2016) regardless, indeed despite, Senate vote.
It’s critical to name and shame it.
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Chilling with son who is showing such resilience spending his senior HS year at home and then he remarked “if vaccines go well, we are all going to party a lot in college to make up for it” and now I will lock him in his room for 4 years and think resiliency is overrated.
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Whatever you want to say about academics and experts on tv, the carelessness of some congresswoman with their total inability to wait to determine who bombed the Gaza hospital is shameful and dangerous.
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There will be countries where he is safe from extradition, if that is what he is worried about. Many of those countries are Muslim countries. They say irony is dead. It is not.
"Maybe I'll have to leave the country. I don't know." -- Trump on what could happen if he loses to Biden
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would pull from the dynamic security that does work. So that us "experts" oppose the wall is just an unbecoming comment. Us experts include your Republican colleagues and those of us who have worked border issues in government. And, again, CBP. 10/
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Perimeter probe = the opposing side is looking at what you are doing.
Buckle up = gear up
Rock steady = man up
1/50 = mapping scaling description for terrain and distance (where are assets like bridges)
I don't think this is subtle.
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Kushner pushed for Comey firing after stories broke about his sister in China and that the FBI probe was expanding to financial dealings
Sources tell us Kushner was a prominent voice advocating Comey's firing & the President's angry that move has created a firestorm
@MajorCBS
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The masking move by Abbott wasn’t sudden. He saw the data. The biz community was panicking. He needed political cover. That pro-mask cover came Sunday from Pence, then Cheney, McConnell,then Trump. A 5 day delay while TX got sicker.
I believe in reckonings. Take the win for now.
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Anyway, I feel silly writing this. You know this and if you don't happy to continue the conversation but one final thing. . . about that mansplaining thing. 11/
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This is false. I have never worked for Qatar government. In fact, I have no Middle East clients. This is nothing more than a pathetic hit job to discredit me and distract from my very valid criticisms of the White House and its handling of the Saudis &
#Khashoggi
murder.
@cnn
Shocked to hear this🙄
Many of CNN's national security analysts have undisclosed ties to oppressive Qatari regime - Conservative Review
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I'll say it again. Stop feeling sorry for John Kelly. This will be his legacy. And he chose it. Judge him as an adult, not a hostage.
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This is the week when Trump became Qanon. This isn’t a political statement; it just is, however disturbing. Week began with images of Trump on Truth Social wearing a Q pin and promoting their slogans; it ends with Q music and the Q “one” sign by crowd at his rally.
Trump's rally in Youngstown, Ohio, ends with the dramatic music playing. Strange vibes.
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alternative with a static solution. So I suspect you get this but I"m happy to explain. On process, though, you are the congressman. And you know that your job is to weigh priorities with funding. 7/
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Worth noting: America’s search for a vaccine is led by Muslims.
Moncef Slaoui, head of Operation Warp Speed, Muslim Moroccan born, Belgium/American immigrant
Ugur Sahin and Oclem Tureci, scientist couple leading vaccine for Pfizer, Muslim Turkish born, German immigrants
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"At the end of the day, cruise ships have motors, propellers and rudders,”CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings on how easy it would be to abandon Florida if it doesn’t let the cruise line do vaccination checks. Vaccinations are becoming a competitive advantage in market. Good.
Major cruise ship company may avoid Florida if state doesn't permit Covid-19 vaccination checks, CEO says
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"As I've been saying for several years, Trump knows EXACTLY what he is doing." Trump posted an address he claimed was Obama's that led to an armed 1/6 insurrectionist to go to "his neighborhood. That's close enough for me and certainly close enough for the Secret Service."
@cnn
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Major manufacturers WILL NOT DRAMATICALLY CHANGE priorities of production until US promises them a market. We can't do this on mere charity. Without
#DefenseProductionAct
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@cnn
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So let's assume you have 100 pennies to spend across competing priorities. And so let's say you want ALL of them to be spent on border enforcement (not sure how your constituencies would feel about that). 8/
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