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1. This excellent summation of the current administration's belligerent approach to regime change in Iran reminded me of two other relevant moments in the GOP's relationship to Iran. nytimes.com/2019/05/13/pod…
2. There's the infamous moment in 2007 when GOP Presidential candidate John McCain jokingly sang "Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran" at a campaign event.
3. And then there's the excellent reporting by @adamdavidson that suggests that in 2012-14, the Trump family did business deals in Azerbaijan that look an awful lot like a money laundering operation for the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/t…
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Seth Cotlar
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Nice little amuse bouche from the writers' room to start off the day.
I think I've finally figured out why I'm so Game of Thrones averse...it just looks to me like a hipster mashup of an early 1980s Kiss concert plus a 3.5 hour Lord of the Rings film.
...and brought to you by the US Army [cue recruitment commercial].
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Seth Cotlar
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GOP Patriotism ca. 2019: "We love the Constitution so much that we have no choice but to kill it."

But seriously, this is a horrifying poll. And it is 100% no coincidence that Jerry Falwell Jr from [cough] *Liberty* University tweeted out this idea of an extra 2 years in office.
The other big takeaway from this poll is that 77% of Republicans think there is a "deep state" trying to undermine Trump's presidency. That is a terrifying number.
It's worth noting that this seemingly fringe idea of "the deep state" has become standard issue GOP talking point. Constitutional "scholar" Mike Lee even put the term in the title of his new book.
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I hear the head of PR for this team is kind of a drip.
"I'm gonorrhea-d this back to you one more time before it goes to press." That's what the PR head should have said.
Are they going to play that Pharrell song "Herpes!" during the 7th inning stretch?
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Heshmat Alavi
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LONG THREAD

1)
 Meet @aarondmiller2 & Richard Sokolsky, two “experts” who are rushing to the support of the ruthless regime ruling #Iran.

Attention Miller & Sokolsky:

You are siding with the mullahs against the Iranian people.

Let that sink in.
2)
 Let’s look at their arguments:

The U.S. decision to end #Iran oil sanctions waivers is a “a risky bet that's likely to inflict greater pain on the Iranian public without changing Tehran's behavior or weakening, let along changing, the regime.”
3)
 A reminder for Miller & Sokolsky:

For 40 years, the mullahs’ ruling #Iran have used the country’s oil revenue on everything but the “Iranian public.”

-terrorism & regional wars
-developing ballistic missiles
-a completely unnecessary nuclear program
-domestic crackdown
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Heshmat Alavi
@HeshmatAlavi
THREAD

1)
 Let’s talk about @Farshad, another Iranian regime apologist/lobbyist pushing Tehran’s narrative of the U.S. returning to Obama’s dreadful & highly flawed #Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA).
thehill.com/opinion/nation…
2)
 The entire objective of @Farshad’s article is stated here, exactly what #Iran’s FM @JZarif is demanding.
3)
 While the Trump administration has specifically said time & again of not seeking regime change in #Iran, @Farshad lies & further parrots Tehran’s talking points.

This is an obvious effort to deceive uninformed readers.
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Heshmat Alavi
@HeshmatAlavi
1)
 Let’s talk about a @NYTimes piece by @StevenErlanger rushing to the aid of #Iran’s regime & attempting to portray an image of the mullahs being very much in control.

“Iran Widens an Already Huge Rift Between Europe and U.S.”

nytimes.com/2018/10/09/wor…
2)
 @StevenErlanger discusses Europe “trying to preserve the nuclear accord” by setting up “an alternative payment mechanism that would sidestep the American-dominated banking system,” to prevent the U.S. & Israel from “starting a war.”

Both are deliberate exaggerations.
3)
 The “alternative payment mechanism,” dubbed by the Europeans as a “Special Payment Vehicle,” remains wishful thinking and largely symbolic.
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1)
 Let’s talk about a recently published statement:

“Assessing the Trump Administration’s Iran Strategy”
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2)
 This entire document calls for diplomacy, engagement, talks & so forth with #Iran’s regime.
-This serves completely in the mullahs’ interests & they will take full advantage, as they have in the past 40 years.
-Reminds me of Obama’s failed approach.
3)
 The U.S. is not seeking maximum “military pressure” as claimed in this document.
whitehouse.gov/briefings-stat…
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Heshmat Alavi
@HeshmatAlavi
(1)
 Reading Jake Sullivan’s latest @TheAtlantic piece, I wonder why such individuals & outlets are so alarmed about regime change in #Iran.
theatlantic.com/international/…
Do they benefit in Tehran's mullahs remaining in power?
They may claim not, yet actions speak louder than words.
(2)
 Sullivan’s entire argument is based on the fact that sanctions, and more generally a firm policy against #Iran, will bear no fruit. Taking a look at the past 15 months, in contrast to the #Obama years, much of Iran’s malign behavior has taken a nosedive.
(3)
 Sullivan praises himself (& thus the #Obama team) of negotiating the #IranDeal. What he & others like him refuse to explain is the fact that the people of #Iran, #Syria & other countries across the region are paying the price of their “achievement” with their very lives…
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Heshmat Alavi
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When @JZarif says, "#Iran never raced towards a bomb, nor will it race towards a bomb," rest assured it is the exact opposite.
We will realize how Tehran sought nuclear arms for decades. For a country sitting on an ocean of oil & gas, a "peaceful" nuclear program is meaningless.
A very telling cartoon about #NorthKorea & #Iran, as Pyongyang signals indications to set aside its nuclear weapons/ballistic missile program. This is leaving Tehran as now sole target of the international community's soon-to-come pressures.
For those who describe #Iran's FM @JZarif as a "moderate" or "reformist"

"We will exit the NPT. / We will launch advanced enrichment," he says in response to Trump's May 12th #IranDeal deadline.
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