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20 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Glenn, he held back military assistance to Ukraine to force a political favor against Biden. He twice ordered the withdrawal of US forces from Syria, ceding territory to Russia & Iran. He refused to blame or call out Russia for 2016 election interference, Navalny poisoning 1/
2/ ..arms to Taliban or now this enormous cyber attack. congress had to force bim to enforce sanctions against Russia via veto-proof majorities. Otherwise, superb point.
3/ Undermining NATO alliance, withdrawing troops from Germany, and questioning mutual defense provisions of NATO are also all gifts to Putin and the Kremlin.
4/ Finally, his outreach was meant to achieve a grand agreement on nukes. In reality, intermediate nuclear arms treaty expired with no current plan for the way forward. Nuclear agreements have backtracked, not advanced.

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10 Dec
New: Pentagon is planning to withdraw most support for CIA counter-terror missions by the beginning of the year, in a move expected to have a broad effect on the scope of the agency's paramilitary operations, CNN has learned. 1/
2/ Acting Def Sec Miller informed CIA Director Haspel of the decision in a letter this week. The changes, which will take place by January 5, involve returning DOD personnel detailed to the CIA & military equipment, incl Predator drones. W/ @rabrowne75 (@DefenseOne 1st reported)
3/ US military provides a wide range of support to CIA paramilitary operations, incl air transportation, logistics & medical evacuation. The move would be the latest major policy change since Pres Trump initiated a major shakeup at Pentagon following his loss to Joe Biden.
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8 Nov
“The people of this nation have spoken. They’ve delivered us a clear victory...we’ve won with the most votes ever cast for a presidential ticket in the history of the nation,” President-elect @JoeBiden
“I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but unify...who doesn’t see red states and blue states, only sees the United States." - @JoeBiden
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7 Nov
World leaders congratulate President-elect @JoeBiden;

Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau:
 
“On behalf of the Government of Canada, I congratulate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their election as the next President and Vice President of the United States of America.” 1/
2/ Irish premiere Michael Martin said on Twitter:

“I want to congratulate the new President Elect of the USA Joe Biden. Joe Biden has been a true friend of this nation throughout his life and I look forward to working with him in the years ahead.”
3/ German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Twitter:

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28 Oct
In a hail of presidential comments this week, pay some due attention to this one: Trump saying that a terror plot to kidnap @GovWhitmer (for which a dozen men have been arrested and charged by the DOJ) “maybe it was a problem, maybe it wasn’t”. 1/
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3/ There is a defense bubbling up in some far-right circles that the group was merely planning a house arrest. Watch this training video and see if you buy that: cnn.com/videos/politic…
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3 Sep
Headlines from my chat with Dr. Fauci this am:

1- Whether the US will have a Covid-19 by October remains "unlikely" but "not impossible," Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases, told me.

"These are all guesstimates," Fauci said
2- “I would assume, & I'm pretty sure it's going to be the case, a vaccine would not be approved for the American public unless it was indeed both safe & effective. If that's the case Jim, I would not hesitate for a moment to take the vaccine myself & recommend it for my family."
3- On convalescent plasma: “The data do not indicate strongly one way or the other...It looks almost certainly that it's safe. The real question is, how effective is this? And that will have to await the proper clinical trials."
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The following are quotes from Donald Trump’s sister and niece discussing the president:

Maryanne Trump Barry: “The goddam tweet and the lying. Oh, my God, I’m talking too freely, but you know. The change of stories, the lack of preparation, the lying, the- holy sh*t.”
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Mary Trump: No way!
3/Maryanne Trump Barry: And he-
Mary Trump: He had somebody take his entrance exams?
Maryanne Trump Barry: SATs or whatever.
Mary Trump: Yeah. Oh, Jesus Christ!
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