"With the tax liability outstanding, Sharpton traveled first class and collected a sizable salary, the kind of practice by nonprofit groups that the United States Treasury’s inspector general for tax administration recently characterized as “abusive,” or “potentially criminal”.
As a kid in NYC, I saw how the #TawanaBrawley case poisoned race relations. Amazing that Sharpton could become a "civil rights" leader after that.
If you believe (as I do) that #fakenews and #alternativefacts are serious threats, then reject Sharpton.
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The screen cap here shows how @AbuJamajem frames the issue. Notice the difference between Sam's argument that sanctions can't "stop the atrocities" and my contention that they can stop SOME atrocities: 2/
To his credit, @AbuJamajem quotes one of my key points, namely that if Assad has fewer resources, he will not be able to commit as many battlefield atrocities: 3/
I spent all of two minutes on Google to (re)locate clear evidence that Alice Walker is an anti-Semite. But you say you didn’t have time for that, so you went ahead and attacked @bariweiss for calling Walker an anti-Semite. 1/
PS I just clicked thru one of the links in @robertwrighter’s article about @bariweiss, which goes to a story he wrote about how the @nytimes coverage of Iran depends too much on input from right-wing think-tanks.
That’s a very unusual misreading of the Times, but... 1/
As co-author of FDD's new report on Iran's land bridge to the Mediterranean, I would like to acknowledge an important oversight regarding the map on Page 8, which was adapted from the work of Franc Milburn, but for which he did not receive proper credit. fdd.org/wp-content/upl…
As noted on Page 12, Mr. Milburn's article from 2017 in Strategic Assessment "specified in detail three potential routes for the land bridge." His article, including the relevant map on Page 39, is available here: inss.org.il/wp-content/upl…
Mr. Milburn deserves ample credit for what FDD's report described as "the first systematic evaluation of multiple routes for the land bridge." (Page 19) Our map should have been as explicit as our text in giving him credit.
Thanks for the response. The Central America situation was quite complicated, so let me see if I can do it some justice within the constraints of Twitter. 1/