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Mar 4 • 4 tweets • 7 min read
After the earthquake, every House Democrat, including @JamaalBowmanNY @IlhanMN @PramilaJayapal @RoKhanna @AOC, voted to reject "the lifting of [US] sanctions" on Syria. (clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023120)

A top UN expert says these sanctions are "suffocating." (news.un.org/en/story/2022/…)
@JamaalBowmanNY @IlhanMN @PramilaJayapal @RoKhanna @AOC The measure also praises the Al Qaeda-allied White Helmets and reaffirms supports for the neocon Caesar Act sanctions.

Since "The Squad" lacks the minimal decency to oppose murderous sanctions, they should at least find the honesty to change their name to The Sadists.
@JamaalBowmanNY @IlhanMN @PramilaJayapal @RoKhanna @AOC These "progressives" are siding with the Trump neocons who imposed the sanctions.

Trump envoy James Jeffrey bragged that US sanctions "crushed" Syria's economy, while @Andrewtabler noted that US sanctions "exacerbated fuel and food shortages for everyday Syrians." #FraudSquad
@JamaalBowmanNY @IlhanMN @PramilaJayapal @RoKhanna @AOC @Andrewtabler I don't understand how a human being can vote to support draconian sanctions on a war-torn, earthquake hit country and call themselves a progressive -- let alone look in the mirror.

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Feb 24
A top ally says that "by early 2021, Zelensky believed that negotiations wouldn’t work and that Ukraine would need to retake" the rebel Donbas regions "'either through a political or military path.'"

This explains why Zelensky refused talks and escalated shelling in early 2022.
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In April '22, I wrote the article "Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's mandate for peace."
(mate.substack.com/p/siding-with-…)

Here's new evidence: Bill Taylor, ex-US envoy/Trump impeachment hero, discouraged Zelensky from pursuing the "terrible" Minsk peace accords:
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Because @Brian_Whit is engaged in covering up the OPCW cover-up, he makes some telling errors and omissions.

That will naturally happen when you're whitewashing not only the OPCW cover-up, but the sectarian death squads who staged the Douma false flag itself.
.@Brian_Whit makes the extraordinary claim that, in Douma, it was "in the basement where most of the bodies were found."

IIT report says the opposite: the "majority of fatalities" were found on the 1-2 floors & stairwell.

Brian is having a hard time keeping the story straight.
I understand why @Brian_Whit erred here. Some alleged "witnesses" provided by White Helmets claimed many bodies were in basement.

Original Douma report noted this odd "variation", & that there was no evidence for it. This, naturally, was censored. Thanks Brian for the reminder.
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Feb 17
In covering Syria, US state media follows a strict protocol: no mention of CIA dirty war -- one of most expensive in history -- to arm sectarian death squads. And only passing mention of crippling US sanctions.

NYT's @declanwalsh offers a good example: nytimes.com/2023/02/16/wor…
@declanwalsh A key protocol for US state media is to sanitize the US military occupation of Syria. So 900 US troops just happen to "remain", "chasing the remnants of the Islamic State."

In reality, US barely fights ISIS and is there to steal Syria's oil. mate.substack.com/p/to-keep-troo…
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US officials are more honest: they brag that sanctions have "crushed" Syria's economy.
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Feb 14
"Collusion" fanatics insisted that Mueller's full report be released. Their loss: it was a dud, because the Trump-Russia conspiracy theory was a scam.

Now that Durham is scrutinizing FBI misconduct in that probe, @neal_katyal suggests that Durham's report
"need not be public." ImageImage
I fully understand why political and media professionals who peddled the dumbest conspiracy theory of all time -- that Trump was a Russian asset and that Mueller would prove it -- would not want the findings of an investigation into that conspiracy theory made public.
.@neal_katyal's argument is based on a Jan. 26 NYT piece that declared that Durham has "failed" -- even though Durham's findings have yet to be released.

If Durham indeed failed, why be afraid of having his report released for the public to judge? I'll have more on this soon.
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Feb 7
I've tried to stay out of spats that don't involve me directly but this hit piece by @WalkerBragman on @jimmy_dore is too pathetic to ignore. Walker provides no evidence, just relies on the resentment of bitter TYT liars & faults Jimmy for enforcing standard contract provisions.
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Non-disclosure agreements are pretty standard. Does Jimmy not have the right to privacy?

He does. That's why a TYT producer even has to admit that this provision "lines up with the kind of person who... wants to protect themselves." 😱 Image
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So the idea The Nation imposed an editorial line is just ridiculous. Because it fosters genuine debate, The Nation published a number of writers who bought into conspiracy theory that the president was a Russian asset and that Robert Mueller was going to prove it:
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