Exclusive: U.S. could pull bulk of troops from Syria in matter of days – officials https://t.co/gRxAFhYy1O pic.twitter.com/L0knPX7bYc
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 13, 2019
“This is total chaos,” a senior administration official said midday Sunday. https://t.co/uXyhgF26DR
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) October 13, 2019
"The situation in northeastern Syria has become a humanitarian and foreign policy catastrophe in less than a week, and now Assad will fill the void Trump left behind." https://t.co/zAXTcN8oo0
— New York Magazine (@NYMag) October 13, 2019
Syrian army begins to move troops to 'confront' Turkey in northern Syria: state media https://t.co/3TV5xXJV2X pic.twitter.com/RtJWVd5oXC
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 13, 2019
This is a good sum up from @jonathanvswan of Trump’s bluster diplomacy with Erdogan. The Turkish strong man called Trump’s bluff last Sunday and now we have betrayal and disaster. https://t.co/AlFuLO9tqP
— Eli Lake (@EliLake) October 13, 2019
The president of the United States today: “Let them!” https://t.co/YCA7rpnfIQ
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) October 13, 2019
Breaking News: Amid the chaos that followed President Trump's order to withdraw from northern Syria, U.S. forces left behind dozens of "high value" ISIS detainees https://t.co/H6OUvsTv4W
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 13, 2019
The US military "was unable to carry out a plan to transfer about five dozen 'high value' Islamic State detainees out of Kurdish-run wartime prisons" before Trump ordered US forces out of the way of a Turkish-led invasion. Whatever. https://t.co/AA0d6BhadH pic.twitter.com/5JpbDCxBnN
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) October 13, 2019
Trump admin officials stand by pulling troops from Syria, sanctions delay https://t.co/WrRFCwWqod pic.twitter.com/BkUvZ3kh7O
— The Hill (@thehill) October 13, 2019
The only thing as remarkable as the scale of the catastrophe Trump initiated in Syria is that he made the decision himself over just about everyone's objection at the behest of another authoritarian leader. The GOP has to wake up to the danger he poses to our national security
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) October 13, 2019
With every news clip out of Syria, remember the people who could do something, and won’t.
(They are a 53-vote majority. It would take only four of them to rein in Trump.) pic.twitter.com/oBkkLPvAh9
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) October 13, 2019
— kathleen (@kathlee73732050) October 13, 2019
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TRUMPWORLD
55% of Americans favor an impeachment inquiry for President Trump, while 39% believe there isn't enough evidence to impeach, according to latest NBC News/WSJ poll. https://t.co/SWFX2XdUEx
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) October 13, 2019
Here's why impeachment can't wait.
1. Because the president has committed multiple impeachable offenses and it is Congress's *duty* to impeach him.
2. Because Dems are dumb and he could win in 2020, and impeaching him after will make it seem like trying overturn the election. https://t.co/fcBRIfQf0w— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 13, 2019
NEW – Trump had lunch with Giuliani today at his golf club, amid public displays of support for his lawyer who is under investigation by SDNY https://t.co/xqmgh6dl3E via @kenvogel and me
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 13, 2019
That Giuliani is under investigation means Rudy might finally see what he deprived thousands of New Yorkers: Real justice. His journey from crimebuster to demagogic mass jailer to hired gun for corrupt oligarchs is a moral epic for our time. My new column https://t.co/HDsav8uvOQ
— Will Bunch 🆘 (@Will_Bunch) October 13, 2019
NEW: The White House's crazy, ranty impeachment letter was crafted by …Trump himself https://t.co/Pl97sTluxw
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) October 12, 2019
Tomorrow…
Two words worrying the White House tonight: Fiona. Hill. Great scoop by @JoshNBCNews @carolelee @kwelkernbc https://t.co/OMz6PN85S3
— Dafna Linzer (@DafnaLinzer) October 10, 2019
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
Just published: front page of the Financial Times international edition, Monday October 14 https://t.co/a6e6zqf52r pic.twitter.com/cZGJSDlyyk
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) October 13, 2019
Minister for European Affairs Helen McEntee has said negotiations on a potential Brexit deal have intensified over the weekend and she hopes for a positive outcome, but stressed that the EU taskforce must be given time and space to do its work https://t.co/B27X8FvH1b
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) October 13, 2019
‘My Government has told me to read this speech
-‘Just as they told me to prorogue Parliament
https://t.co/co5xl3L56B— Paul Johnson (@paul__johnson) October 13, 2019
It's hard to escape the conclusion that what really drives Brexit at a psychological level is the desire to see others suffer. It's the revenge of those who hate the idea that others have lived lives richer in achievement.
— Simon Ubsdell #FBPE (@SimonUbsdell) October 13, 2019
Finally…
Nichola Corner, the sister of Lyra McKee, who was shot in April in the Creggan area of Derry during disturbances with the police, says the current Stormont stalemate is an insult to her sister's memory. https://t.co/Fy9VmIYwHr
— Kevin Cooper (@photolinepic) October 13, 2019
The Overnight Note 