1. If our @NATO alliance prevents us from standing up to #Erdogan we are morally obligated to arm the #SDF with heavy weapons and anti-air capabilities to fight off the unprovoked #Turkish aggression in N Syria. The Syrian people and fighters of the #SDF earned that
2. much with their blood in Kobane, Raqqa and Baghuz. More SDF died fighting ISIS for us in Syria than US forces in all the years in Afghanistan. We have a force that believes in freedom, democratic rule and equality of all people. If we abandon them to the autocratic racist
3. Erdogan to be slaughtered we will lose the ability to convince others to join us in the fights against terror. Erdogan is a bully and if we give in to him we desecrate the memory of the people who died in the war on terror. He is allied with both Al-#Qaeda and #Daesh and
4.our IC knows it. The SDF needs a way to shoot down #Turkey's drones and defend against shelling. If we won't commit our forces at least give them what they need to fight, get ready for #Erdogan's ultimate goal when he releases the 40,000 Deash being held in #SDF prisons.
5. At some point we have to stand up to Erdogan. Today is a good day to start. @POTUS @JakeSullivan46 @SecDef @SecBlinken @CENTCOM @SenatorMenendez @SenJackReed @ODNIgov

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1. As minutes tick off to Fulton County DA's opposing filing in the 11th Cir @LindseyGrahamSC's request for a stay, it's worth considering what he'll do if it's denied & how it might impact the members of @GOP in Congress & former #45 officials soon facing the grand jury.
2. I think if denied his Koch machine litigation team will seek an emergency stay from SCOTUS. The question is how much attention to their corrupt confirmations funded by the Koch machine each conservative justice with life tenure is willing to endure. My money's on them denial.
3. And if they do, every judge will then have a basis to deny any relief to people like @tedcruz @HawleyMO and @MikeLeeforUtah when they are called to the grand jury and seek to block it. The denial of Graham's stay request at SCOTUS could bring the opening of flood gates
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1. For people who are new to the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, you may not know that the Russian Black Sea Fleet had a long term lease to use Sevastopol. Russia's invasion and de facto annexation have now resulted in the Russian fleet facing the loss of Sevastopol.
2. I can't imagine what is going on in the Russian Navy command that has seen their flag ship sunk and now their entire Black Sea Fleet at risk of being destroyed at anchor and cut off from the Russian mainland when the Kerch bridge is destroyed.
3. I believe Putin is dying. He has created a dictatorship that has none of the checks that the old Soviet system had with the Politburo able to remove a leader who became a threat to the state's survival. The Russian military is simply going to watch itself be destroyed
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This case was originally filed May 29, 2019.
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3. Merrick Garland assumed his position as AG on March 11, 2021. On May 3, 2021, judge Jackson issued her ruling on the cross-motions for summary judgment and on May 24, 2021 the DOJ filed its appeal to the DC Circuit.
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