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Jul 14 4 tweets 2 min read Read on X
FBI officially identifies shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20 of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.
Voter records show Crooks was a registered Republican who made one singular $15 donation to a liberal PAC on January 20, 2021 — Biden’s Inauguration Day.
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For those wondering — yes, the addresses of the 1/21 $15 political donation & the 9/21 voter registration match.
And for those wondering — yes, individuals under the age of 18 can make political donations

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Feb 22
Wow—Girl scouts wanted to make bracelets to help aid Palestinian kids. @girlscouts leadership threatened them, saying they must "stay neutral."
After it was pointed out there've been similar efforts for Ukraine, they pivoted, saying the troop didn't follow "approval processes":
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Sure, the Girl Scout troop may not have followed standard processes when they began their fundraising project for Palestinian kids.
But to immediately threaten legal action against a bunch of scouts & their parents — instead of just helping them do those processes — is appalling.
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Feb 12
AP's Matt Lee: What leverage is US using?

State Dept spox Matt Miller: "The words of the President…matter"

Lee: "Over the top?' That's leverage?"

(2 days after Biden called Israel's behavior "over the top," it attacked the last refuge for 1.5 million Palestinians—killing 90+)
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Feb 9
NEW: The Biden administration has issued a memo requiring foreign governments assure they won’t violate human rights with US weapons. The memo also affirms the “Leahy Law” which bars US military aid being used to violate human rights.

Memo applies to states in ongoing conflicts. Image
For states in an “active armed conflict” in which U.S. weapons are being used, they will have 45 days to issue their assurances of not violating human rights.

If those appropriate assurances are not sent by the deadline, the transfer of weapons will be paused. Image
Note this exception in Biden’s memo on weapons transfers & human rights: it doesn’t apply to air defense systems, arms “for strictly defense purposes,” arms “that are non-lethal in nature,” or transfers “strictly for the operational needs of the DoD” Image
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Jan 23
210 bipartisan members of Congress wrote to Antony Blinken, expressing their "disgust" at South Africa’s suit accusing Israel of genocide.

They praise WH spokesperson John Kirby calling the case "meritless, counterproductive, and completely without basis in fact whatsoever." Image
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Jan 20
Q: Do you condemn Netanyahu using the phrase “from the river to the sea”?

White House spokesman John Kirby: We don’t recommend using the phrase because it’s connotation with Hamas

Q: But this wasn’t Hamas, it was Netanyahu

Kirby: I understand–I don’t have anything more on that
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Oct 24, 2023
NEW: Nearly 300 former Bernie Sanders staffers are calling for him to support a ceasefire.

"You taught us to always speak the truth, and to be on the right side of history, even when it is lonely and especially when it is difficult."

w/ @ryangrim:
theintercept.com/2023/10/24/ber…
@ryangrim "…we write to you today, fighting for those we do not know, as well as those we love who are literally trapped in the crosshairs," the Bernie Sanders staffers wrote.

"If not now, when? If not you and us, then who? We believe in you. We have your back."
theintercept.com/2023/10/24/ber…
@ryangrim Growing list of govt. objectors:
–18 House members pushing ceasefire resolution
–290 fmr. Sanders staffers, 16 fmr. Fetterman staffers, 260 fmr. Warren staffers, and 411 Muslim & Jewish staffers calling for ceasefire
–11-year State Dept official resigning
theintercept.com/2023/10/24/ber…
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