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7 Apr, 9 tweets, 4 min read
1/In 2010, Gen. McChrystal was abruptly fired by Pres. Obama after Rolling Stone published an article that revealed disparaging comments made by McChrystal & his team about then-VP Biden and his stance on the counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan.

rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
2/According to the 2010 Rolling Stone article, McChrystal's then-Chief of Staff was a guy named Charlie Flynn.

Four years after firing his boss, Pres. Obama fired another close acquaintance of Charlie's: His older brother, Michael Flynn.

npr.org/2018/12/05/673…
3/Fast forward to Jan 6, 2021 where the Capitol Police Chief pleads with the Pentagon for National Guard support due to the insurrectionists who were trying to stop the election certification of President-elect Joe Biden.

And hello again, Charlie Flynn.

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
4/Proud Boys leader, Joe Biggs, had two of his bosses fired by Pres. Obama during his time serving in the Army in Afghanistan.

First it was General McKiernan. Then it was General McChrystal.
According to @nytimes recent reporting, Biggs was actually encouraged by the Rolling Stone's author who actually broke the news of the McChrystal scandal to pursue a career in media.

nytimes.com/2021/04/06/us/…
Proud Boy Biggs saw a lot of terrible things in Afghanistan.

I'm sure having two bosses fired by the first Black commander -in-chief didn't help things, especially if your second boss was fired for complaining about then-VP Biden.

gq.com/story/obama-af…
CODA/Gen. McChrystal is a professional and a leader that biases and disagreements cannot stand in the way of protecting our Constitution.

Despite the circumstances around his firing, he endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 election.

cnbc.com/2020/10/01/for…
On Nov 17, 2020, Pres.-elect Biden met with outside national security advisers as part of the transition. Among those experts were several Obama admin alumni, including retired U.S. Navy Adm. William McRaven AND Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
This ⬆️ is the professionalism of our military. It's not personal. You reset. You move forward. You rise to the occasion when your country needs you, even if its new leader is the guy that the Black guy fired you over.

You don't lead insurrectionists to overthrow an election.

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26 Feb
This is not good news for former House sergeant-at-arms Irving. Either he lied under oath or his clock on his cellphone is an hour behind. Capitol PD have phone records that have the first call to him from Sund at 12:58 pm - not 2 pm, as was testified.

yahoo.com/news/acting-ca…
Sund's phone records show he reached out to House sergeant-at-arms Irving at 12:58 pm. Sund then spoke to Senate sergeant-at-arms Stenger to make the same request at 1:05 pm. Sund repeated his request to Irving at 1:28 pm, 1:34 pm, 1:39 pm & 1:45 pm.
Also, how does Stenger say he didn't get the call from Sund for the request for National Guard support until 2 pm. But then Stenger says he remembers having a convo with Sund at 1:28 pm, 1:30 pm. Was this convo in person & Stenger is just splitting hairs?

2 pm is 2 pm.
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16 Jan
Be still, my soul. A "financial Batman."

cc @ninaandtito @SaysDana
@Stephaniefishm4 @MsMariaT

"David Cohen, tapped to be deputy director to President-elect Biden’s choice of Bill Burns to run the CIA, used to enjoy being known as President Barack Obama’s 'financial Batman.'"
As Ass't Sec of Treasury for Terrorism & Financial Intelligence from 2009 to 2015, Cohen REVELED in plunging DEEP into the subterranean passages of international money laundering, shining a harsh light on militant networks lurking there & discovering & emptying their war chests.
Cohen learned the specialized languages of intern'l bankers & financial regulators. He used those skills TO GO AFTER THE WORST OF THE WORST not by locking them up—that’s a job for Justice, FBI, DEA & DHS—but BY DEPRIVING them of funds that are the lifeblood of any organization.
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13 Jan
DUE PROCESS 101/Thread:

Due process is guaranteed under the Fifth & Fourteenth Amendment. If a citizen will be affected by a government decision, it must give advance notice of what the government plans to do & how its action may deprive them of life, liberty, or property.
With that definition in mind, let's break down yesterday's @TheJusticeDept presser.

"The FBI has a long memory and a broad reach."

"Agents from our local field offices will be knocking at your door if we find out that you were part of the criminal activity at the Capitol."

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"But before we do this, this is your opportunity to come forward as several individuals who were involved in Wednesday's riots have done: to volunteer about their participation."

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31 Mar 20
Tale of Two #COVID19 Cases
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It started last Fri with my friend - who we will call Bert. He's an anesthesiologist in Virginia & had intubated a patient the previous Mon. Upon entering the hospital, patient had NOT been tested. So Bert was NOT allowed to wear an N95 mask.
2/The patient was ultimately given a test. 4 DAYS later, the results came back POSITIVE.

So now 4 DAYS LATER, Bert gets the call from his employer with this news. No need to get the test, they said. Wait to see if you have any symptoms, they said. And keep coming in to work.
3/So Bert is now freaking out, thinking back to how much time he had spent with this patient, how he was NOT allowed to wear an N95 mask when treating any patient who had NOT yet been tested, regardless of displaying COVID-esque symptoms.

(Intubation needed, remember?)
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25 Mar 20
PSA: This was published March 20th. Its mathematical modeling predicted 800 U.S. deaths by March 26th.

We hit that today - one day early.

finance.yahoo.com/news/hell-comi…
"Do you see start to see the gravity of the situation?"
We are now at 890.

cbsnews.com/amp/live-updat…
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23 Mar 20
Dear Dr. Anthony Fauci,

Thank you for this much needed interview with ScienceInsider that was both informative and provided a much needed laugh break.
sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/i…
"EVER" would be the correct answer.
"... then we go in to see the president, we present [our consensus] to him and somebody writes a speech. Then he gets up and ad libs on his speech. And then we're up there to try and answer questions."

#Priceless
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