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Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal mostly just because he hates Obama.

He hates Obama because he’s an insecure racist.

And that’s why we are here.
Sometimes it’s important to pull back and see things for what they are.
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Clara Jeffery
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Without looking, guess how many Democrats are still running for president
Only one to correctly guess is @vermontgmg, at 14. (Yes those of you who want credit for your "in the Democratic primary" as opposed to "Democrats" can say 13) nytimes.com/interactive/20…
@vermontgmg Now, name everybody you can in the above photo without looking them up
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Ooof. Department of unintended consequences: politico.com/news/magazine/…
wow
And the other irony is Biden not doing his part: motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
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Clara Jeffery
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Trying to find the dishy but not clearly-racist tabloid full of the worst sorts of disgruntled "royal watchers"--this doesn't exist, does it.
One of the strangest things about the Tabloid treatment of Harry and Meghan today/always has been the elevation of Thomas Merkle, who's clearly a crappy dad on the make.
I mean, I get the Daily Mail wants him as an ongoing source of photos and grievance but why would the other Tabloids elevate him?
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Dr Gina van Raphael
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Primer 101 on US-Iranian tensions. How did they start?

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Before we begin it’s important to know a couple of points:

* Iran sits between Iraq and Afghanistan

* Iranians are NOT Arabs (neither Iranians nor Arabs like this confusion)
* ~95% are Shi’a — not Sunni — Muslims

* Sunni Muslims comprise ~80% of all Islam
The origins of the tension rested on oil.

In 1901, Australian William D’Arcy, wanted to counter an Imperial Russian threat by securing a Western footprint in the region. Funded by Britain, Anglo-Persian (later BP) oil co was formed.
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Joe Lockhart
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1. Welcome the first Daily White House Shadow briefing of 2020. We start on day one, @PressSec may give one on her way out whenever that may be. You have to do at least one briefing to be in the club. But maybe a lifetime membership to Mar A Lago is better than the Press
@PressSec 2. Secretary club. While the President golfs again today and the tensions around the world continue to escalate, we at the Shadow Briefing have obtained a memo to the President from his senior staff. The memo urges the President to use the new year to turn over a new leaf,
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Seth Abramson
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Trump is on a march to war. The combatants:

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1/ US media has credulously reported that Trump doesn't want war, and my research suggests they're half-right: Trump would *prefer* to avoid war—mind you, *exclusively* because it's bad for his election campaign—but he's willing to go if the men he owes debts to demand it of him.
2/ Trump's chief partner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—with whom he'll enter into a "mutual defense pact" if he can interfere with the Israeli election enough to make sure Netanyahu wins his upcoming election—has *already said he wants war*. newsweek.com/israel-wants-w…
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Journalist and peace campaigner #JohnPilger says there was “not a shred of evidence” to suggest #Iran was responsible and nobody should trust the #Trump administration.

Mr #Pompeo, without presenting evidence to support his claim, said his allegations were “based on intelligence
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President Donald #Trump repeated the claims today during an interview with Fox News, alleging that a video proves Tehran’s guilt.

The video is said to show an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
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Mike Pompeo is forming a dedicated group to coordinate and run U.S. policy toward #Iran as the Trump administration moves ahead with efforts to force changes in the Islamic Republic's behavior after withdrawing from the #nuclear deal foxnews.com/us/2018/08/16/…
Thousands of Iranians have protested in recent weeks against sharp price rises of some food items, a lack of #Jobs and state corruption. The #protests over the cost of living have often turned into anti-government rallies reuters.com/article/us-ira…
They are expressing unhappiness in widespread demonstrations since last December well before #Trump pulled out of the Iran deal. Strikes are increasing, with #vendors in the #Tehran Bazaar holding a work stoppage on June 25 foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/15/ira…
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On Assignment with Richard Engel
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First up: the inside story of a daring raid by Israel’s intelligence agency, the Mossad, in Tehran. Part bank heist, part “Mission Impossible,” the intel seized was key to @realDonaldTrump’s decision to pull out of the #Iran nuclear deal.
When @realDonaldTrump withdrew from the #Iran deal, he cited the Israeli docs as proof that the Iranian promise to abandon nuclear weapons was “a lie.” Just days before, Israeli PM @netanyahu had revealed the intel to the world, with the words “Iran lied.”
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