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I saw that, pretty juicy

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 16:53:35 +0000

I saw that, pretty juicy thread!

"One of Trump's top Iran

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 14:53:44 +0000

"One of Trump's top Iran advisors got suckered into a honey trap, had their laptop/iPhone stolen and hacked before they woke up, and the White House refused to take precautionary measures regarding their security clearance. Ladies and gents, I give you the Trump administration."
— Reza Marashi (@rezamarashi) January 6, 2020

more "sources say" about

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 14:42:17 +0000

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more "sources say" about "senior Pentagon leaders":

Senior officials who would normally be consulted were left out of the loop on the decision to target Iranian Maj. Gen. Suilemani.https://t.co/oy29GNv4mZ
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) January 6, 2020

Story yesterday: Soleimani

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 02:55:36 +0000

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Story yesterday: Soleimani strike was an oddball option that DOD wasn't serious about, but crazy man Trump picked it, shocking everyone.

Story today: Soleimani strike was months in the making, all to get Trump to finally say "yes."

Pay for journalism, folks. It's important. https://t.co/73Lon4cj4f
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) January 6, 2020

Scoop: Trump officials tried

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 01:27:41 +0000

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Scoop: Trump officials tried to stop Iraqi expulsion vote https://t.co/GXaWxUdKFd
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) January 5, 2020

Yes, he's a tip-top divider,

artappraiser — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 00:52:31 +0000

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Yes, he's a tip-top divider, better than all the rest:

When the Saudis think you’re being too aggressive on Iran... https://t.co/nbtYURZauo
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) January 6, 2020

Well I thought on this a

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 20:48:51 +0000

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Well I thought on this a minute and all in all it makes sense because: Trump's a divider not a uniter! ~~Be thankful we got nothing like Shia v. Sunni here in the U.S.~~ Oops

Carrying peace offer. Oops!

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 19:15:50 +0000

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Carrying peace offer. Oops!

This is stunning - #Iraq prime minister tells parliament US troops should leave. Says @realDonaldTrump called him to ask him to mediate with #Iran and then ordered drone strike on Soleimani. Says Soleimani carrying response to Saudi initiative to defuse tension when he was hit.
— jane arraf (@janearraf) January 5, 2020

Reporter Callimachi, one of

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 01:53:02 +0000

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Reporter Callimachi, one of the team authoring this article, who covers the beat of ISIS and Al Qaeda for the Times, outlined what her sources told her and how it fit with what she knew in this thread of 17 tweets this morning. That was probably partly a fishing expedition for more input from more sources for the article, and they may have gotten it.

Tonight he is still having a

artappraiser — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 01:45:27 +0000

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Tonight he is still having a dictatorial temper tantrum, threatening war crimes on Twitter. Even as Tucker Carlson was still busy supporting the formerly isolationist Trump.