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I have to go for it.
This is too good.
"Hi! Can we be your friends?"
This is too good.
"Hi! Can we be your friends?"
"WHO YOU CALLING INSANE?!"
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For @MeghanMcCain
You have a very selective memory.
Do you remember who STARTED the Khan imbroglio?
For @MeghanMcCain
You have a very selective memory.
Do you remember who STARTED the Khan imbroglio?
@MeghanMcCain Khizr Khan went onstage at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, and this is what he said:
@MeghanMcCain Part One:
"Donald Trump, you're asking Americans to trust you with their future. Let me ask you, have you even read the United States Constitution? I will gladly lend you my copy. In this document, look for the words 'liberty' and 'equal protection of law.'"
"Donald Trump, you're asking Americans to trust you with their future. Let me ask you, have you even read the United States Constitution? I will gladly lend you my copy. In this document, look for the words 'liberty' and 'equal protection of law.'"
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I can't decide which is worse for the country, @BernieSanders or @TulsiGabbard.
We'll start with Bernie.
I can't decide which is worse for the country, @BernieSanders or @TulsiGabbard.
We'll start with Bernie.
@BernieSanders @TulsiGabbard You can't end homelessness with money.
The overwhelming majority of the homeless are mentally ill and/or addicted to drugs.
California has HALF OF THE COUNTRY'S HOMELESS PEOPLE.
They get free EVERYTHING.
And they're still homeless.
The overwhelming majority of the homeless are mentally ill and/or addicted to drugs.
California has HALF OF THE COUNTRY'S HOMELESS PEOPLE.
They get free EVERYTHING.
And they're still homeless.
@BernieSanders @TulsiGabbard Also, Bernie is pretending that the federal government is honest about the money it takes from us.
Remember Obama's "green companies"?
It was how Obama repaid his donors.
Remember the "stimulus"?
It went government unions.
Remember Obama's "green companies"?
It was how Obama repaid his donors.
Remember the "stimulus"?
It went government unions.
@BillKristol Lots of people know that @realDonaldTrump is a student of Sun Tzu, but there's another Chinese book of military rules that Trump knows backward and forward.
The Thirty-Six Stratagems.
The Thirty-Six Stratagems.
@BillKristol @realDonaldTrump The author is unknown, but the stratagems are the ideas of General Wáng Jìngzé.
See if anything sounds familiar.
See if anything sounds familiar.
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For @DonaldJTrumpJr
You write that @realDonaldTrump and you are the No. 1 and No. 2 target of death threats in the country, according to the US Secret Service.
washingtonexaminer.com/washington-sec…
For @DonaldJTrumpJr
You write that @realDonaldTrump and you are the No. 1 and No. 2 target of death threats in the country, according to the US Secret Service.
washingtonexaminer.com/washington-sec…
@DonaldJTrumpJr @realDonaldTrump I know what that's like. There was a time when I was getting death threats from every corner of the globe.
And then something happened.
See, I used to spend my time defending people who are the are the victims of psychotic hatred.
And then something happened.
See, I used to spend my time defending people who are the are the victims of psychotic hatred.
@DonaldJTrumpJr @realDonaldTrump Because I didn't let the death threats stop me, some pretty amazing people took notice.
They understood the risk I was taking, so they mitigated the risk.
I'd like to think that we the "deplorables" are mitigating the risk for the Trump family.
They understood the risk I was taking, so they mitigated the risk.
I'd like to think that we the "deplorables" are mitigating the risk for the Trump family.
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Remember when @realDonaldTrump "betrayed the Kurds"?
This doesn't have English subtitles, but it's informative.
Remember when @realDonaldTrump "betrayed the Kurds"?
This doesn't have English subtitles, but it's informative.
@realDonaldTrump Guess who this guy is?
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This is the rationale that leftists always gave for allowing unfettered illegal immigration from Mexico.
This is the rationale that leftists always gave for allowing unfettered illegal immigration from Mexico.
Leftists made the US responsible for Mexico's hellish conditions.
In reality, of course, MEXICANS are responsible for Mexico's hellish conditions.
In reality, of course, MEXICANS are responsible for Mexico's hellish conditions.
When the hapless George W. Bush was president, I read a Pentagon assessment that said that illegal immigration was a "safety valve" that prevented Mexico from becoming a failed state.
Well, Mexico IS a failed state, despite us allowing unfettered illegal immigration.
Well, Mexico IS a failed state, despite us allowing unfettered illegal immigration.
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Unlike @SenSanders, I've lived in countries that have universal health care.
Let me tell you some stories.
Unlike @SenSanders, I've lived in countries that have universal health care.
Let me tell you some stories.
@SenSanders I broke my arm in Venezuela.
We had to go to Miami--THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA--because there wasn't a single Venezuelan orthopedic surgeon who could handle multiple compound fractures of the arm.
We had to go to Miami--THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA--because there wasn't a single Venezuelan orthopedic surgeon who could handle multiple compound fractures of the arm.
@SenSanders My brother got an ear infection in the UK.
He went through the National Health Service and ended up deaf, with the constant sound of a buzzer doorbell ringing.
Finally a friend called my father, who found a private doctor on Harley Street.
He went through the National Health Service and ended up deaf, with the constant sound of a buzzer doorbell ringing.
Finally a friend called my father, who found a private doctor on Harley Street.
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Read this piece by @Anis_Shivani to get a terrific glimpse into the undying craziness and self-delusion of the leftist psyche.
salon.com/2019/10/26/tru…
Read this piece by @Anis_Shivani to get a terrific glimpse into the undying craziness and self-delusion of the leftist psyche.
salon.com/2019/10/26/tru…
@Anis_Shivani "Columnists at the New York Times are all angry at the possibility of decriminalizing of border crossings, health care for the undocumented and the abolition of private insurance."
@Anis_Shivani "In fact, they don’t want to do away with Trumpian inhumanity. They want the oppression to continue, but without the transparent rhetoric."
@AlexandraMcG If you read the actual report, Wray says that Islamist terrorists pose the greatest threat to the US.
fbi.gov/news/testimony…
fbi.gov/news/testimony…
@AlexandraMcG Here's what he says about homegrown non-Islamist terrorism:
"The FBI is most concerned about lone offender attacks, primarily shootings, as they have served as the dominant lethal mode for domestic violent extremist attacks."
"The FBI is most concerned about lone offender attacks, primarily shootings, as they have served as the dominant lethal mode for domestic violent extremist attacks."
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Someone asked me why a blockhead on Twitter doesn't want the US to support Israel.
No idea, but supporting Israel brings us things we otherwise wouldn't have, like the SPIKE-NLOS missiles.
businessinsider.com/army-spike-nlo…
Someone asked me why a blockhead on Twitter doesn't want the US to support Israel.
No idea, but supporting Israel brings us things we otherwise wouldn't have, like the SPIKE-NLOS missiles.
businessinsider.com/army-spike-nlo…
Trophy can intercept enemy tank rounds and rocket-propelled grenades from six feet away.
It's like a shotgun, and it's fully automated.
It's like a shotgun, and it's fully automated.
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Impeachment!
If it ever actually gets to a vote in the House, I have no idea if it'll pass.
But.
Impeachment!
If it ever actually gets to a vote in the House, I have no idea if it'll pass.
But.
Because the Democrats are refusing to allow due process, the Senate won't convict.
The Democrats are simply repeating the "accusations means guilt" notion that they used on @realDonaldTrump and Kavanaugh.
And in both cases it failed.
The Democrats are simply repeating the "accusations means guilt" notion that they used on @realDonaldTrump and Kavanaugh.
And in both cases it failed.
@realDonaldTrump Even now--before Trump and the @GOP explain to the public how totally illegitimate this impeachment inquiry is--most Americans oppose it.
Trump will make sure that the country understands what happened.
Trump will make sure that the country understands what happened.
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AOC is in a bind. She's trying to exploit the California fires in the name of her climate-change cult, but California is exactly how AOC wants the whole country to be.
AOC is in a bind. She's trying to exploit the California fires in the name of her climate-change cult, but California is exactly how AOC wants the whole country to be.
The California fires are 100 percent the result of leftist governance.
It's illegal to cut down even dead trees, and the bark beetle has killed MILLIONS of trees.
All those dead trees are fuel.
It's illegal to cut down even dead trees, and the bark beetle has killed MILLIONS of trees.
All those dead trees are fuel.
California forced the utilities to spend money on worthless "green" projects.
Because the utilities were spending on green projects AND political bribes, they haven't upgraded their infrastructure for decades.
AND there's something else:
Because the utilities were spending on green projects AND political bribes, they haven't upgraded their infrastructure for decades.
AND there's something else:
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Here's a funny article.
Here's a funny article.
First, it says this:
"Baghdadi was a figurehead. He was not involved in operations or day-to-day."
Therefore killing him accomplished nothing.
BUT WAIT!
"Baghdadi was a figurehead. He was not involved in operations or day-to-day."
Therefore killing him accomplished nothing.
BUT WAIT!
Then the article says THIS:
"You have hit a sleeping giant. It will wake up and cause unforeseeable chaos and wreak havoc on the Western civilians."
"You have hit a sleeping giant. It will wake up and cause unforeseeable chaos and wreak havoc on the Western civilians."
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Twitter has reached peak stupid today, so let's educate everybody.
The Islamic State was founded in 1999 by Jordanian career criminal Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
It was called The Organization of Monotheism and Jihad.
Twitter has reached peak stupid today, so let's educate everybody.
The Islamic State was founded in 1999 by Jordanian career criminal Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
It was called The Organization of Monotheism and Jihad.
In 2003, the group went to Iraq and took part in the insurgency.
Zarqawi's goal--as explained in a letter--was to ignite a sectarian war between Sunni and Shia Muslims.
Zarqawi's goal--as explained in a letter--was to ignite a sectarian war between Sunni and Shia Muslims.
In 2004, Zarqawi pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda and renamed his group The Organization of Jihad's Base in Mesopotamia.
Everyone simply called in al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI).
In 2005, Ayman al-Zawahiri--al-Qaeda second in command--outlined the strategy of creating a caliphate.
Everyone simply called in al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI).
In 2005, Ayman al-Zawahiri--al-Qaeda second in command--outlined the strategy of creating a caliphate.
@AKA_RealDirty He left out the fact that the Turks support some of the worst Islamist groups in the entire middle east.
The Turkish Gendarmerie General Command tried to stop arms from going to Islamist rebels--including the Islamic State--but Turkish intelligence (MIT) interfered.
The Turkish Gendarmerie General Command tried to stop arms from going to Islamist rebels--including the Islamic State--but Turkish intelligence (MIT) interfered.
@PodSaveAmerica The Obama administration said there was a protest over video trailer.
This is a lie.
mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-wo…
This is a lie.
mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-wo…
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Someone asked me about the Iranians taking the US Navy CB90 Riverine Command Boats on January 12, 2016.
Here's all you need to know:
They have a crew of EIGHT, not five.
Someone asked me about the Iranians taking the US Navy CB90 Riverine Command Boats on January 12, 2016.
Here's all you need to know:
They have a crew of EIGHT, not five.
And members of the US military NEVER take their passports with them on training missions.
The sailors weren't trained for that mission.
They chosen at random, told to bring their passports, and the rest is history.
It was a setup to make the Iranians look reasonable and the Americans to incompetent and cowardly.
They chosen at random, told to bring their passports, and the rest is history.
It was a setup to make the Iranians look reasonable and the Americans to incompetent and cowardly.
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The political class is totally insane.
They're acting out The Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street."
Everyone is an "asset" and a traitor.
The political class is totally insane.
They're acting out The Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street."
Everyone is an "asset" and a traitor.
In "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street," aliens take over the world by turning all humans against each other.
They do this by switching off the power on a street and then selectively switching it on, house by house.
They do this by switching off the power on a street and then selectively switching it on, house by house.
In a very short time, everyone on the street becomes convinced that everyone else is an "asset" or a traitor, and they all kill each other.
The aliens take over the world one street at a time.
The aliens take over the world one street at a time.
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Dear @MinneapolisPD:
This guy was filmed committing TWO ASSAULTS.
How about some action?
First assault.
Dear @MinneapolisPD:
This guy was filmed committing TWO ASSAULTS.
How about some action?
First assault.
@MinneapolisPD Here he is.
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Let's ask @SenatorRomney some questions:
Senator, where are the videos of Iranians advancing with the Syrian Arab Army?
Let's ask @SenatorRomney some questions:
Senator, where are the videos of Iranians advancing with the Syrian Arab Army?
@SenatorRomney Senator, how did the Syrian Arab Army arrive in Manbij so quickly?
The SAA was in Idlib, and then two days later, it was in Manbij.
If everyone was shocked by our withdrawal, why does it appear that the SAA was prepositioned?
The SAA was in Idlib, and then two days later, it was in Manbij.
If everyone was shocked by our withdrawal, why does it appear that the SAA was prepositioned?
@SenatorRomney Senator, why did Erdogan say YESTERDAY that he would never agree to a ceasefire, but today he agreed to one?
The Turks say it's a "pause," but that's semantics.
It's a ceasefire.
The Turks say it's a "pause," but that's semantics.
It's a ceasefire.
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Someone asked me to school @eugenegu.
Here goes.
The Syrians rose up on March 15, 2011. Assad's security forces opened fire on them the same day.
Someone asked me to school @eugenegu.
Here goes.
The Syrians rose up on March 15, 2011. Assad's security forces opened fire on them the same day.
@eugenegu Assad also used Alawite murderers known as shabiha or "ghosts."
They kidnapped dissidents and tortured them to death, returning their bodies to their families.
They kidnapped dissidents and tortured them to death, returning their bodies to their families.
@eugenegu As always happens during unrest in the Middle East, Islamists arrived and took on the government.
The goal of the Islamists was to make Assad kill as many people as possible, when would make him even more unpopular.
The goal of the Islamists was to make Assad kill as many people as possible, when would make him even more unpopular.
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Why do leftists always lie about this kind of thing?
@TomSteyer is lying about his father, Roy H. Steyer.
Why do leftists always lie about this kind of thing?
@TomSteyer is lying about his father, Roy H. Steyer.
@TomSteyer Roy Steyer was not "assistant to the chief prosecutor at Nuremberg."
The American Chief Prosecutor was Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson.
His assistants were Telford Taylor, William S. Kaplan, and Thomas J. Dodd.
The American Chief Prosecutor was Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson.
His assistants were Telford Taylor, William S. Kaplan, and Thomas J. Dodd.
@TomSteyer Lieutenant (jg) Roy H. Steyer, US Navy Reserve, was on the staff of Section Chief Commander Sidney J. Kaplan, US Coast Guard Reserve.
Steyer prepared documents. He was not a prosecutor, and he was not the only Jewish person there.
Steyer prepared documents. He was not a prosecutor, and he was not the only Jewish person there.
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I have no idea why people find it impossible to accept that there are players in the Middle East quite capable of handling the Turks.
nationalreview.com/2019/10/kurdis…
I have no idea why people find it impossible to accept that there are players in the Middle East quite capable of handling the Turks.
nationalreview.com/2019/10/kurdis…
"So, yes, it is incumbent on the Trump administration in general and on Secretary Pompeo in particular to find ways to prevent mass Turkish attacks on the Kurds, while not inserting American ground troops into a cauldron of fire between Turks and Kurds."
This is the THIRD Turkish invasion.
They had their asses handed to them both times before.
They had their asses handed to them both times before.
