Pompeo threatens Iran with the ‘strongest sanctions in history’ https://t.co/2ZiZUbNQVy pic.twitter.com/RCDwsbEPlR
— POLITICO (@politico) May 21, 2018
BREAKING: Pompeo says if Iran makes 'major changes,' US willing to lift all sanctions, restore full diplomatic and commercial ties.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 21, 2018
Scary parallels between Pompeo’s speech on Iran today and Cheney’s 2002 VFW speech on Iraq (and we all know how that turned out) 👇 https://t.co/sj6KiAjVDQ
— Colin Kahl (@ColinKahl) May 21, 2018
Pompeo calls on Iran to rejoin the “League of Nations” (which existed from 1920-1946)
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) May 21, 2018
NEW: Pompeo, in speech at @Heritage, lays out 12 far-reaching demands for any new nuclear deal with Iran pic.twitter.com/uB20cDYaMW
— William Gallo (@GalloVOA) May 21, 2018
The US will aim to "crush" Iran with economic and military pressure unless it changes its behavior in the Middle East, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says https://t.co/XfC69nfs4W pic.twitter.com/Po3NkzYo1a
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 21, 2018
Pompeo's wishlist for Iran is massively unrealistic.
The only thing he's not asking for is Iran to rename itself the Former Yugoslav Republic of Iran.
— Emma Ashford (@EmmaMAshford) May 21, 2018
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ELSEWHERE IN TRUMPWORLD
Pres. Trump: "Now, Gina [Haspel] will lead this agency into its next great chapter. Gina assumes the role of director at a crucial moment in our history. We are reasserting American strength and American confidence." https://t.co/CiEeNTpEh8 pic.twitter.com/392SoIkDK7
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 21, 2018
Trump attacking the former CIA Director before heading to Langley for Haspel’s swearing-in. https://t.co/A47jAJkYaY
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) May 21, 2018
JUST IN: Justice Dept agrees to investigate Trump’s claims that FBI wrongly surveilled him https://t.co/2MwOdpeseh pic.twitter.com/FP7uFacnTU
— The Hill (@thehill) May 21, 2018
For now, we'll trust that Rod Rosenstein is playing the president* like a five-cent violin: https://t.co/mTmzgLuMAm
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 21, 2018
Every discrepancy in the varying accounts of Don Jr.’s Trump Tower meeting with Russians: https://t.co/BjyNaKctbW pic.twitter.com/t8txA4DvMK
— Slate (@Slate) May 21, 2018
AP: Broidy and Nader passed messages purportedly from princes of Saudi Arabia and UAE to Trump https://t.co/lY3JT0D5j9
— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) May 21, 2018
George Nader is clearly sleazy but "Clown Prince", the name he came up with for Jared Kushner, was 👌https://t.co/ONW2iC9ymx
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 21, 2018
President Trump calls NASCAR a sport for "patriotic Americans," noting that fans of the race stand for the national anthem https://t.co/FVOGCjzeyS pic.twitter.com/ZhKYt29SxX
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 21, 2018
.@adamserwer: “There is one Trump scandal. Singular.”
Bullseye. 🎯 https://t.co/dbuV1ilHhA pic.twitter.com/mSDX7WtZWy
— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) May 21, 2018
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WORLD
Thoughts on Moon’s meeting with Trump tomorrow: 1) It increasingly looks like the Moon administration overstated North Korea’s willingness to deal. Moon will probably get an earful over that.
— Robert E Kelly (@Robert_E_Kelly) May 21, 2018
Who’s to blame for the hiccup in North Korea talks? South Koreans say Bolton, calling him a “landmine” that just exploded and a “red light” in the summit preparations. https://t.co/NHDxDojt5c pic.twitter.com/NfzlXiIotV
— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) May 21, 2018
This video has been shared a lot. I thought I’d share myself. Israeli forces beat up medics trying to help wounded Palestinians.This is what Palestinians go through on a daily basis. #Gaza pic.twitter.com/jC8z0C3Q7E
— Nadeem Ahmed (@Muqadaam) May 20, 2018
Mosquito explosion in southwest Russia makes it "impossible" to leave home https://t.co/5yJOAkBD9s
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 21, 2018
The Last Days of Time Inc.: An oral history of how the pre-eminent media organization of the 20th century ended up on the scrap heap. https://t.co/pu50cKEbuh
— Nieman Reports (@NiemanReports) May 21, 2018
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BREXIT BRITAIN
I find this encouraging: Northern Ireland is the first place in the UK where the reality of Brexit has been brought into stark focus and, as a result, public opinion has shifted dramatically against leaving. https://t.co/uR5EC4Pe8U
— Billy Bragg (@billybragg) May 21, 2018
@HAPPatQUB colleagues publish important research today. What do people in Northern Ireland actually think about #Brexit? @QUBelfast https://t.co/dSVVejJOb1 pic.twitter.com/rfV13LqdMR
— HAPP at Queen's (@HAPPatQUB) May 21, 2018
Days after PM reportedly said she wasn't sure unionism would win a Northern Ireland border poll, two opinion polls (MORI & ICM) find no evidence that Brexit has made a united Ireland remotely likely for now. But they are not without hope for nationalists: https://t.co/FwDSXJOYUa
— Sam McBride (@SJAMcBride) May 20, 2018
Capital ‘U’ unionism discards Irish unity ‘don’t knows’ at their peril. My thoughts @NorthernSlant on the @QUBelfast @HAPPatQUB report released today: Northern Ireland and the UK’s Exit from the EU – What do people think? https://t.co/SERSXW3brL
— Connor Daly (@Cdaly29) May 21, 2018
The DUP leader Arlene Foster says nationalism is exclusive but unionism is "inclusive and welcoming" pic.twitter.com/CjjZayddk3
— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) May 21, 2018
UK media should be aware that the reason why the multi cultural, pluralist Arlene Foster is not First Minister right now is because she was worried her supporters couldn't abide the prospect of road signs having a minority language on them & don't want gay people to get married.
— Brendan Heading (@brheading) May 21, 2018
Arlene Foster questions if Dublin's #Brexit stance is 'an attempt to claim north' https://t.co/o9yAQ1FobN pic.twitter.com/zRSb12g4ZP
— The Irish News (@irish_news) May 21, 2018
Hello Kent you are going to be a lorry park…enjoy Brexit. https://t.co/2UaM2xauCH
— Julie Owen Moylan (@JulieOwenMoylan) May 21, 2018
Matthew Parris absolutely skewering a clueless government on their approach to Brexit. 👇 pic.twitter.com/oBtptXoPsk
— James Melville (@JamesMelville) May 21, 2018
'As each week goes by it's clearer the Brexit staring us in the face in 2018 is very different from what was envisaged – all lends further weight to a people’s vote'. YES! 'Whisperings in Westminster. Both parties to change Brexit strategies this week' https://t.co/H64kmezgPc
— Gina Miller (@thatginamiller) May 21, 2018
You'd think she'd be used to it by now https://t.co/452wDdA0VT pic.twitter.com/i8PfBwR104
— Katie Martin (@katie_martin_fx) May 21, 2018
And
Tomorrow’s MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS has no headline, but is impressive nonetheless. #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/NDWIFaW4Gk
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 21, 2018
