ANKARA, Turkey (@AP) – Turkey says its ground forces have crossed the border into northern Syria.
— JONATHAN GARCIA (@jonathangarcia) October 9, 2019
BREAKING: Turkey says its ground forces have crossed the border into northern Syria. At least 7 civilians were killed in earlier Turkish airstrikes and artillery shelling. https://t.co/x6dTTt9tZx
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 9, 2019
Turkey ramps up attacks in Syria as it reportedly targets a US ally fighting ISIS, launching a land operation in addition to earlier airstrikes https://t.co/KIUjHkCZvu pic.twitter.com/cspkukLYc5
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 9, 2019
Turkey launched a military offensive to push US-backed Kurdish forces away from the border in northeastern Syria today. The action comes days after Pres. Trump announced that US troops would pull back from the area. CNN’s @clarissaward and @npwcnn report. https://t.co/HWbR5kDTWN pic.twitter.com/zG34rRXtPp
— CNN (@CNN) October 9, 2019
Talking of Trump…
Asked about his move to abandon the Kurds, Trump says Turkey has "been wanting to do this for many years" & "they have been fighting each other for hundreds of years" as if that justifies it.
"You have the PKK which is the natural enemy of Turkey … possibly always will be" pic.twitter.com/MoDbvYExmM
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 9, 2019
Trump threatens Erdogan if Turkey wipes out Kurds: "I will wipe out his economy if he does that."
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 9, 2019
Dumbest president. Ever. https://t.co/O4I7XvKWQm
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) October 10, 2019
I am so angry today.
We were serious in November, 2016, when we said that pending Foreign Emoluments Clause violations were serious, and threatened global instability, put a question mark next to every foreign policy decision. https://t.co/VVDWq8X8rw
— Zephyr Teachout (@ZephyrTeachout) October 10, 2019
Asked about potential of ISIS fighters escaping following withdrawal of U.S. troops from northern Syria, Pres. Trump says, "Well, they're going to be escaping to Europe. That's where they want to go. They want to go back to their homes." https://t.co/D6EgS0bFru pic.twitter.com/FoOB8mys7U
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 9, 2019
Thread from a GOP congressman and veteran who knows the Kurds and the fight: pic.twitter.com/SFqf8cJ6L4
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) October 10, 2019
Lou Dobbs: We can claim victory over ISIS
Guest: No we can't
Lou Dobbs: "I said we can claim, I didn't say it was true" pic.twitter.com/t0h6MqrfGe
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) October 9, 2019
I am pleased to have reached a bipartisan agreement with Senator @ChrisVanHollen on severe sanctions against Turkey for their invasion of Syria.
While the Administration refuses to act against Turkey, I expect strong bipartisan support. pic.twitter.com/Ph5fIVt7k3
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) October 9, 2019
650,000 views in hours. This is fake. It never happened. https://t.co/WDzI2OOETU
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) October 9, 2019
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BIZARRO TRUMPWORLD
Trump ally calls impeachment "regicide" and whistleblowers "suicide bombers" https://t.co/do26IkI4jM pic.twitter.com/41hvmYELLP
— The Hill (@thehill) October 9, 2019
The House committees investigating Trump and Ukraine have requested that his former Russia advisor Fiona Hill appear for a deposition on Oct. 14, as well as turn over several documents dating back to January of 2017.https://t.co/Jio6lyNqdM
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 10, 2019
Democratic lawmaker: Trump officials who don't cooperate with impeachment inquiry should be taken "to a little jail" https://t.co/qhAEEMUxSl pic.twitter.com/PdW10MDMVX
— The Hill (@thehill) October 9, 2019
Trey Gowdy once said: "The notion that you can withhold information and documents from Congress no matter whether you are the party in power or not in power is wrong. Respect for the rule of law must mean something, irrespective of the vicissitudes of political cycles." https://t.co/jipjhAtSXv
— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) October 8, 2019
Painful to watch. https://t.co/4EcfgZoxux
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 10, 2019
"pls stop" is a very unconvincing defense. https://t.co/jaJ3U2zR81
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) October 9, 2019
When Democrat Andrew Johnson was facing impeachment in 1868, his supporters — like this New York Herald piece — denounced the effort as a "coup d'etat" pic.twitter.com/n0nG3ZuSxj
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 9, 2019
And, if true, another high crime…
BREAKING: Trump pressured Tillerson to drop a case into Reza Zarrab – A Turkish/Iranian gold trader who was a client of Rudy’s https://t.co/MGCG5RbIPF
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) October 9, 2019
Meanwhile…
As "extreme" fire threat ramps up, power is being cut to at-risk customers across California https://t.co/5YgsEwDWqQ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 9, 2019
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WORLD
Merkel joins vigil outside Berlin synagogue in response to Halle attack. https://t.co/2d3R5bMHzC
— Frank Jordans (@wirereporter) October 9, 2019
New details on the Halle shooting. The shooter live-streamed his attack to Twitch. It was taken down, but not before it had been capped and shared on white-supremacist Telegram channels to tens of thousands of users who hailed the shooter as a saint. https://t.co/VCYHHIbFLw
— Brandy Zadrozny (@BrandyZadrozny) October 9, 2019
Emerge from Yom Kippur – and 25-plus hours with the phone switched off – to see that this happened https://t.co/2UhJ3BT59r
— Jonathan Freedland (@Freedland) October 9, 2019
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
EU’s #Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told the European Parliament that ‘we are not really in a position to be able to find agreement with the UK’ https://t.co/pOErs6P9y2 pic.twitter.com/s9X6xSgXEW
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 9, 2019
Christ, these people are unbelievable.
This is the same Jeremy Hunt who gravely insulted virtually every EU leader when comparing the EU to the USSR. And he now wants the EU to change its position, to save the Conservatives bacon.
You couldn’t make it up. https://t.co/60poeF7qS8— John O’Brennan (@JohnOBrennan2) October 9, 2019
here she is… worth saying again this is an untested area of law and it is impossible to be sure exactly what would happen in this scenario, even tho a lot of lawyers (and MPs ) are already very sure it could never work https://t.co/9qIZ9aJhl1
— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) October 9, 2019
In view of today's events, the government has updated its list of who's to blame for the Brexit catastrofuck and by the way it's definitely not them. pic.twitter.com/TrNjnfwuy6
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) October 9, 2019
#Brexit is ‘like a death sentence': retired Britons in EU face loss of #healthcare https://t.co/zGq9I0of0f
— Richard Corbett (@RCorbettMEP) October 9, 2019
Brexit bum's rush: No-deal #Brexit could wipe out UK's toilet paper stocks https://t.co/kPQVeZJQFh
— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 9, 2019
Seriously, don’t ask…
Rebekah Vardy is more searched than Brexit in the UK today. pic.twitter.com/ZwUgOtCSxB
— GoogleTrends (@GoogleTrends) October 9, 2019