'Khaled al-Faisal, governor of Mecca, returned after seeing Erdoğan & was really worried, one senior member of royal family revealed. “He wasn’t budging, he didn’t want to listen to anything we said. Al-Faisal came back and told the King we have a crisis.” https://t.co/LkIuegJsnU
— Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) October 22, 2018
Erdoğan to reveal 'naked truth' about #Khashoggi's death | World news | The Guardian https://t.co/ImIyiBnTxA
— Steve Clemons (@SCClemons) October 22, 2018
CIA director Haspel travels to Turkey for Khashoggi case: source https://t.co/927C4KlF49
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 22, 2018
Is she making this trip to try and silence Erdogan from exposing MSB? Again, what the hell explains the Saudi hold on US leaders? https://t.co/zL9Prz2n3H
— Michael Smerconish (@smerconish) October 22, 2018
Turkey has been masterfully driving the Khashoggi crisis https://t.co/pnRxJkVyRo pic.twitter.com/1bCq0TvExI
— Slate (@Slate) October 22, 2018
Turkey reportedly imprisons more of its journalists than any country in the world. It is rich as in Kafka-esque that we are depending on its president to provide the accurate accounting of the Saudi government’s murder of a journalist
— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) October 22, 2018
EXCLUSIVE: Surveillance footage shows Saudi operative in Jamal Khashoggi's clothes in Istanbul after the journalist was killed, Turkish source says https://t.co/3m9MpSup8m
— CNN (@CNN) October 22, 2018
The U.K., France, and Germany — without the U.S. — urge Saudi Arabia to clarify what happened to Jamal Khashoggi https://t.co/snE61DBSOd
— Nieman Lab (@NiemanLab) October 22, 2018
BREAKING — Turkish TV @tvahaber broadcasts images showing Saudi Consulate staff in Istanbul are burning documents one day after #Khashoggi murder pic.twitter.com/eeoDiCsn12
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) October 22, 2018
Turkish media have published photographs of Jamal Khashoggi and his fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, in the last hours and days of Khashoggi's life https://t.co/fzJxSLPFOW
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 22, 2018
Merkel: No German arms exports to Saudi until killing cleared up https://t.co/oxvKENwSCV
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 22, 2018
The lies about Saudi arms sales mark a new stage in the debasement of America https://t.co/tBrtM5UG3l
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 22, 2018
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TRUMPWORLD
Mnuchin meets with Saudi crown prince amid Khashoggi crisis https://t.co/ExNEigLx8s pic.twitter.com/XZMq0HfiGj
— The Hill (@thehill) October 22, 2018
Mnuchin being used for Saudi state propaganda in the wake of Khashoggi's murder https://t.co/XKzxcdKciU
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 22, 2018
Our new Washpost editorial says the first step for realigning US-Saudi relations is straightforward:ending all support for MBS’s disastrous war in Yemen. https://t.co/IGv0MnyOc5
— Jackson Diehl (@JacksonDiehl) October 23, 2018
It’s got to the point where he just has to say it, rather than do it..
i do wonder the strategy here. and Republicans ive talked to today here on the hill don’t get it either. https://t.co/wJUh8ZvInZ
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1054507403662802945
Trump has been a public figure for four decades. There's a history of how well he can be trusted when it's in his interest to make something up.
The next 2 weeks will test whether the press covers him based on that history, or on its fear of seeming to disrespect the presidency. https://t.co/rRVejXwgae
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) October 23, 2018
Can they keep this going until the midterms? Sure they can…
President Trump appeared to seize on reports in right-wing media that erroneously connected the migrant caravan marching toward the southern US border with the terrorist group ISIS https://t.co/QPByeZx3fb pic.twitter.com/Zxd2ojdHay
— CNN (@CNN) October 22, 2018
A senior counterterrorism official tells me, when I asked about this tweet from @POTUS, “we do not see any evidence that ISIS or other Sunni terrorist groups are trying to infiltrate the southern U.S. border.” https://t.co/OrNW9u5Qyt
— Jessica Schneider (@SchneiderCNN) October 22, 2018
As long as you follow where Trump leads you, you lose control of narrative. Trump leads CNN to a caravan & you take the bait. By giving caravans front page coverage, CNN’s validating Trump’s hysteria that this is an emergency. Fact checking’s moot once you grant Trump’s premise. pic.twitter.com/GNSAKtUJLr
— Happy Warrior (@marietoto) October 22, 2018
Watch Fox News destroy Trump's racist caravan lies https://t.co/DmlGQVJGi3 pic.twitter.com/B1gfr8aEj8
— Tommy Christopher (@tommyxtopher) October 22, 2018
Tons of misinformation about the caravan floating around. This photo of a bloodied police officer has tens of thousands of shares on a few big FB pages. It was taken in 2012, and has nothing to do with the caravan. pic.twitter.com/CPxPBygbRv
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) October 22, 2018
Media: @realDonaldTrump "needs a dependable enemy, as he proves constantly in his harsh rhetoric against the news media. But once again, that despised enemy manages to help him at every turn." @Sulliview on the overplay of the caravan. https://t.co/FlHUFgldJA @washingtonpost pic.twitter.com/ffUZQEOp0d
— Porter Anderson (@Porter_Anderson) October 22, 2018
And Republicans, who once exploded with rage at every mendacious Democratic utterance, shrug and say: "But two judges." As though you can sell your soul and get it back via a judicial refund. https://t.co/2Oi4Zqev1r
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 22, 2018
but really, who cares? not these folks…
Definitely not a cult or anything.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) October 22, 2018
Trump is doing a rally with Ted Cruz in Houston. Tweets in this thread.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 22, 2018
I am watching Ted Cruz sell the last splinter of a smidgen of a shard of a microscopic thumbnail of his soul.
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) October 22, 2018
Donald Trump just said there were 50,000 people waiting outside his Houston rally waiting to get in. Here's Houston's police chief stating there are 3,000 people outside. https://t.co/0NnRJGYuYh
— Jason Le Miere (@JasonLeMiere) October 23, 2018
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BREXIT BRITAIN
Theresa May snubs Brussels over Irish border. | #TheTimes #Brexit pic.twitter.com/JUlkMm4quN
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) October 22, 2018
The Guardian view on Brexit delusions: diminishing Britain’s standing https://t.co/OeW6gmhfmK
— pongodhall (@pongodhall) October 22, 2018
Theresa May says Brexit deal is 95pc done but 'impasse' remains over Irish border issue
https://t.co/N40fbEOFnf pic.twitter.com/TU2Ww5hnja— Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) October 22, 2018
A sharp quip from Labour's Peter Dowd on Theresa May's Brexit "95% done" boast: "May I remind the House that 95 per cent of the Titanic's journey was completed successfully."
— George Eaton (@georgeeaton) October 22, 2018
UK has been on its way to no deal for a long time. https://t.co/8rf1xNOPQF
— Peter Geoghegan (@PeterKGeoghegan) October 22, 2018
Convincing argument for a referendum on the terms of Brexit from @RSylvesterTimes https://t.co/vo83S4SGzU pic.twitter.com/RBhq9xDrU4
— Nick Cohen (@NickCohen4) October 22, 2018
The President of Exeter Conservatives calls for a United Ireland, in order to save Brexit.
I wonder if she's run this past the DUP…?! pic.twitter.com/XIU1bXWhaT
— Lon Won (@LonWon) October 22, 2018
Coveney and Varadkar have the air of two men who have pretty much had enough and are happy to say so. pic.twitter.com/kWICfv4fvN
— Declan Lawn (@DecLawn) October 22, 2018
Experts, hah! What do they know…?
BBC News – Nobel scientists make Brexit plea for free movement and funding https://t.co/Z5k5p4TOv8
— Nathan Harvey #FBPE (@babylon1977) October 22, 2018
The Overnight Note 