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After talking to Reagan’s daughter @patti_davis last night I’ve been thinking a lot about a president’s capacity to comfort a nation in mourning 1/
2/ there was Reagan after the Challenger disaster, as mentioned above

3/ LBJ’s address after Kennedy was assassinated

4/ Obama after the church massacre singing “Amazing Grace”

5/ Bush’s speech at the National Cathedral after 9/11

6/ Clinton after the Oklahoma City bombing

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Erdogan himself didn’t make time to meet with Bolton and said that “despite the fact that we reached a clear agreement with Mr. Trump, different voices have been raised from different echelons of the U.S. administration.”
2/ Erdogan: “Trump’s views on Syria and his determination to pull out remain our point of reference.” Re Bolton request Turks don’t attack Kurds, Erdogan said he “cannot make any concessions. Those involved in a terror corridor (in Syria) will receive the necessary punishment.”
3/AP: Shortly after Bolton’s meetings and in an apparent snub to the U.S. diplomatic push, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara’s preparations for a new military offensive against terror groups in Syria are “to a large extent” complete.

apnews.com/b9f1f97288f441…
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Knowledgeable source tells me that White House forced out Pentagon Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Kevin Sweeney (ret.)
Official title was “Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense.”
Sweeney was going to leave within a couple months, having worked directly for Mattis, but WH forced him out before he wanted to leave, knowledgeable source says.
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Retired four-star Admiral William McRaven, the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command from 2011 to 2014 (which included the OBL mission), just issued the following statement to CNN in response to POTUS attacking GEN McChrystal on twitter:

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“Stan McChrystal is one of the great generals of this generation and the finest officer I ever served with. He is a deep strategic thinker, tactically brilliant, with unparalleled personal courage. His leadership of special operations forces in Iraq and Afghanistan...
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“... unquestionably saved the lives of thousands of American and allied troops, as well as countless civilians. No general I know has given more in the service of this country."
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Set your clocks, because tonight we have a cultural activity!

The last time we read a book was Bob Woodward’s “Fear.” We’ve also read Comey, Spicer, Ivanka, Hillbilly Elegy etc, and those links are at the top of the included thread:
Tonight we’re reading a book about fascism and talking history and hysteria!

Send drinks to paypal.me/riseandbeheard or to Venmo at Linda-Tirado-3

See y’all at 5pm Eastern or so!
Okay! I hope you have your drinks and are settling in!

Usually I am reading books so that you don’t have to, but in this instance we are reading a book because we all should! So if you want to buy the thing, you can do that here: amazon.com/Anatomy-Fascis…
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THREAD: Body Language Analysis No. 4355: Comparing Donald Trump & the Tree of Life Synagogue to Ronald Reagan & the Challenger Disaster • • #BodyLanguage #BodyLanguageExpert #Nonverbal #EmotionalIntelligence #PittsburghSynagogue #TreeOfLifeSynagogue #EQ
1/ There's one crucial expression Donald Trump never once displayed during any of his statements regarding the recent mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
2/ It's certainly an expression he should have made - for it's indicative of the emotions of sadness, grief - and importantly, the empathy one feels for other peoples' suffering. This is true regardless of whether their suffering is emotional, physical, or both.
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Ok, so if you follow me, you know I call Congress *pretty much every weekday* (though sometimes when shit is just way too absurd, like this weekend, I leave them voicemails after hours too). I started last year during the healthcare stuff, because of a compelling personal story.
This sad tale of woe was my friend & hair client Julie, whom I met when I was in @PaulMitchellEdu in the mid-00s. Julie was a total redneck, and I loved her, even if she thought Obama sucked. She was a kind & loyal friend. I gave her great highlights (you guys have no idea).
Julie’s dad died of a massive heart attack at age 40, right in front of her. She was 16. Soon after, she had her first daughter. She dropped out, went to work at the first of many low wage & benefit-less jobs. Child support was always spotty. She did what all moms do, sacrificed.
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Trump Hotels' website still lists Trump SoHo New York among its properties in the Our Hotels menu. Select its name though to access its page and there's a message about it being renamed

bit.ly/2EPCSy1
National politics correspondent for Newsweek, Nina Burleigh, with a fun find on a TV above the bar at the Trump Hotel DC bit.ly/2E37QRR
Two errors in the 2nd graf of Breitbart's Trump Hotel DC article:
-holdings aren't out of @realDonaldTrump's hands: trust isn't blind & he can profit from it
-Trump Org told Congress it was estimating foreign receipts—not auto donating in full
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President and Mrs. Trump are dining at the Trump Hotel DC right now.
It’s a 7:41 drive from the White House to the Trump Hotel DC (with a motorcade; slower for you).
Wash Times contributor and member of Trump Advisory Board “brought my parents to meet the Boss” at Trump Hotel DC instagram.com/p/Baz6EFADXp7/
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