Wow. Just wow. https://t.co/gnSURA8obU
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) November 24, 2019
Sec. Spencer leaves his position having demonstrated how to lead. Leadership isn’t power. Its principle: “Navy Secretary Richard Spencer fired in dispute over discipline of SEAL” https://t.co/lgdssOlT2p
— Maya Wiley (@mayawiley) November 24, 2019
“The rule of law is what sets up apart from our adversaries … I cannot in good conscience obey an order that I believe violates the sacred oath I took.” https://t.co/NAHeAtXCVH
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 24, 2019
Another patriot whose conscience dictates that he resign rather than quietly accede to the further devaluing of the rule of law and degradation of the principles of order, discipline, and accountability so important in the military and law enforcement. Good for him. https://t.co/BALMfaX88k
— Michael R. Bromwich (@mrbromwich) November 24, 2019
So, it looks like (if this report is right) that Spencer was bargaining with Trump to stay out of the proceedings, and if he did, Gallagher keeps his Trident.
There is no version of any of this that is good for U.S. civil-military relations. None. https://t.co/7SSchIdg7I— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) November 24, 2019
I’m deeply skeptical of the official telling of the Spencer/Gallagher story. The one consistent theme I’ve heard has been opposition to WH interference at the highest levels of Navy/SEALs & WH pique at that opposition. For Navy Sec to go down & Gallagher survive is odd at best.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) November 24, 2019
Chaos continues to reign supreme in Trump’s Pentagon—his Navy Secretary fired for trying to negotiate the White House away from interfering in the case of a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes. Trump is tearing apart the fabric of our military’s justice system. https://t.co/1ZdYJRN1gi
— VoteVets (@votevets) November 24, 2019
Elsewhere…
SCOOP
White House review of Ukraine records finds Chief of staff and OMB staff trying to figure out justification for @realDonaldTrump block on aid – after the fact and after an anonymous CIA complaint. Me w @jdawsey1 @thamburger
https://t.co/j20XPGHGWX— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) November 24, 2019
“It must suck to be that dumb.” https://t.co/OKGgFJ43Mw
— David Cicilline (@davidcicilline) November 24, 2019
The American intelligence community unequivocally blames Russia for attacking our elections and democracy. When elected officials sow confusion around this fact or raise Ukraine, they are doing the bidding of Vladimir Putin.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) November 24, 2019
Lordy there are tapes!
Intelligence Committee has audio recordings from Rudy Giuliani's associate Lev Parnas https://t.co/AzWgJjny6V
— Raw Story (@RawStory) November 24, 2019
BOOM! Devin Nunes spent $57,000 in taxpayer money on flights to Europe to investigate the Bidens, according to House Ethics complaint filed by @TheDemCoalition over his “abuse of power.” Rep Adam Smith says ethics probe is “quite likely, without question.” https://t.co/tsm1ka9DW3
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) November 24, 2019
To be clear about what’s going on here, @DevinNunes says he will sue CNN for … [checks notes] … quoting a statement made by Lev Parnas’s lawyer https://t.co/eHhcynJBQX
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 25, 2019
Dude. Read the room 🐮 https://t.co/KD5cRwFHqF
— Devin Nunes’ cow 🐮 (@DevinCow) November 24, 2019
Scoop: White House directed block of Armenian genocide resolution https://t.co/gdCLwaVbog
— Jim VandeHei (@JimVandeHei) November 24, 2019
After 2 weeks showing the very best of America – public servants standing up for truth against an unfit POTUS – the GOP's state of denial, conspiracy mongering brought things back to earth. Why I fear for America after an impeachment trial is my new column https://t.co/HJxkzzbjiO
— Will Bunch 🆘 (@Will_Bunch) November 24, 2019
Wow..
NEW: Americans Steal Kremlin’s Playbook, for Clicks and Profit.
Our investigation found a former Fox News executive has been hiring Macedonians to pump out politically inflammatory flame bait, petitions, and the occasional conspiracy theory to Americans. https://t.co/VtIE8aGudE— Nicole Perlroth (@nicoleperlroth) November 21, 2019
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
ANALYSIS: Johnson’s coalition of Vote Leavers holding together. He doesn’t need to win new voters, he needs to keep hold of what he’s got. Brexit first and foremost. Not much of a blueprint for what lies beyond #GE2019 https://t.co/dqzjZsJCSG
— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) November 24, 2019
This is interesting. Their manifesto also has no sign of the Tory logo. They’re running as the quasi-Brexit party. https://t.co/hIWPEzzSgW
— Will Davies (@davies_will) November 24, 2019
Today we fact checked Conservative claims on Brexit and more.
Our manifesto analysis so far: https://t.co/PiE5cRnI9C pic.twitter.com/O5B3LIakFY
— Full Fact (@FullFact) November 24, 2019
If only the Tories had been in power for the last 9 years they could have done something about this. https://t.co/PdgRsrSgi1
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) November 24, 2019
How Britain's 18-24-year-olds split at this point in 2017:
Labour 57%
Conservatives 24%
Lib Dems 9%
Green 4%How they split today:
Labour 43%
Lib Dems 27%
Conservatives 20%
Green 7%#GE2019— Matthew Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) November 24, 2019
May I ask you to watch this short video I made about the NHS?pic.twitter.com/VNzKPYGgq2
— rob delaney (@robdelaney) November 23, 2019
cute..
Meet Jim, a dismayed longstanding Conservative who’s backing me. pic.twitter.com/sA6EvLRrfF
— David Gauke (@DavidGauke) November 24, 2019
So Britain has not just become corrupted by oligarch money, over the last 10 years Russian intelligence has been able to assassinate over a dozen people on UK soil with impunity https://t.co/Y9wsHXJSPO
— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) November 24, 2019
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WORLD
Breaking News: Hong Kong's pro-democracy candidates won a stunning victory in local elections that drew a record turnout, in a sharp rebuke of Chinese policies https://t.co/33QEVdixjI
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 24, 2019
The eyewitness accounts of Uighur concentration camps in China have been horrific & the world has been silent too long. Now the great @_EmmaGH & @JulietteGarside have documentary back-up. New important leaks via @ICIJorghttps://t.co/l0834ziaU9
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) November 24, 2019
Amazing: Beijing’s operations manual for running mass concentration camps and spying on its own people https://t.co/iwDXo3x7IU
— David Beard (@dabeard) November 24, 2019
Put this in the time capsule to understand these years: "The now disgraced ex-CEO reportedly claimed that three people would save the world: Mohammed bin Salman, Jared Kushner and Neumann himself" https://t.co/t2NkNApOcA
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) November 25, 2019
Stranger and stranger and stranger and https://t.co/Yz0ZzmhYco
— Jamie Bartlett (@JamieJBartlett) November 24, 2019