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U.S.-Kurdish Security Ties Were Never Meant to Be Long-term
Via: It Is ME • Op/Ed • 38 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 years ago
“As difficult as it is for many in Washington to accept, the United States is not responsible for Syria's internal politics—nor is the U.S....”
President Donald Trump's announcement last Sunday of a U.S. redeployment of forces from positions along the northeastern Syrian-Turkish border has been panned by a wide swath of the foreign policy establishment as a betrayal of Washington's Syrian Kurdish partners. The anger in the Beltway is...
Countries unite to oppose Turkey's Syria operation
Via: It Is ME • News & Politics • 46 Comments • 5 Likes • 5 years ago
“"Civilians and civilian infrastructure should be protected."”
Governments across the world joined in condemning Turkey's military incursion into northeastern Syria as the conflict ran into its second day . The European Union's foreign affairs chief, Federica Mogherini U.N. spokesperson Farhan Haq for U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres British...
Gowdy in talks to join Trump's impeachment defense team
Via: It Is ME • News & Politics • 26 Comments • 4 Likes • 5 years ago
“"We are in discussion with Trey about joining our team,"”
Former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) is in talks to join President Trump's legal team as the president mounts a defense against an impeachment inquiry from House Democrats. "We are in discussion with Trey about joining our team," Trump attorney Jay Sekulow said, adding that no final decisions have...
South Park' issues sarcastic apology for critical China episode
Via: It Is ME • News & Politics • 12 Comments • 4 Likes • 5 years ago
“"Like the NBA, we welcome the Chinese censors into our homes and into our hearts,"”
"We too love money more than freedom and democracy. Xi doesn't look just like Winnie the Pooh at all. Tune into our 300th episode this Wednesday at 10! Long live the Great Communist Party of China! May this autumn's sorghum harvest be bountiful! We good now China?" " In a statement Tuesday,...
Rep. Ilhan Omar files for divorce
Via: It Is ME • News & Politics • 13 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 years ago
“"irretrievable breakdown"”
A case file dated Oct. 4 shows that the 37-year-old Omar filed for a dissolution of her marriage to Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi, citing an "irretrievable breakdown" of the relationship. The documents state that Omar and Hirsi were married on Jan. 5, 2018, and are parents to three children ages 16, 13...
Difference between "Reporting", and "Sensationalizing" .... for the TDS Folks !
By: It Is ME • excellent • 76 Comments • 5 Likes • 5 years ago
“Good is Good and CRAP will still ALWAYS be CRAP !”
Same SUBJECT, two different ways of reporting the same information. The Wrong Way ! https://news.yahoo.com/trump-last-hope-white-people-115816601.html Andrea Salcedo,The New York Times•October 2, 2019 Title: Trump Is 'Last Hope for White People,' Said Police Chief on Trial This is the...
Hillary Clinton tries to delegitimize the 2016 and 2018 election results, again
Via: It Is ME • Op/Ed • 52 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago
“"You can run the best campaign. You can have the best plans. You can get the nomination. You can win the popular vote. And you can lose the...”
Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy — at least according to Hillary Clinton. The two-time failed presidential candidate commiserated with failed 2018 Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams this week, claiming they were both robbed of their respective elections. Just ignore the vote...
Climate change is already here. 2020 could be your last chance to stop an apocalypse
Via: It Is ME • Op/Ed • 47 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago
“The world is drifting steadily toward a climate catastrophe.”
The world is drifting steadily toward a climate catastrophe. For many of us, that’s been clear for a few years or maybe a decade or even a few decades. But others have known that a reckoning was coming for much longer. A Swedish scientist first calculated in 1896 that adding carbon dioxide to...
Teens pledge not to have kids until action taken on climate
Via: It Is ME • News & Politics • 43 Comments • 4 Likes • 5 years ago
“"Because even though I want to have children more than almost anything. What kind of a mother would I be if I brought a baby into a world where I...”
Teenagers have been bursting into the conversation surrounding — passionately advocating for the planet and their future living on it. But this college student is making her activism even more personal by pledging not to have children until leaders take action....