Turkey’s surprise military operation in Syria this weekend highlighted its precarious balancing act with the ISIS militants dug in along its border. View this image › A Turkish tank before a military operation inside Syria late Feb. 21. Stringer/Turkey / Reuters ISTANBUL — Turkey’s decision to launch a surprise military operation into Syria this weekend […]
Word has it that Matt Stoller is prominent voice on the left, although the fact that he’s made no attempt to conceal his tenure as senior policy advisor to Alan Grayson is proof enough to us that he’s firmly to the left of the left and happy there. However, progressives as prominent asNeera Tanden, president […]
@RepThomasMassie just saw your interview with CNN. Wow just wow. — Marianne Darragh (@Quince151) April 5, 2017 Welp, it looks like Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has at least one Republican counterpart who doesn’t publicly hold Bashar al-Assad responsible for the latest chemical weapons attack against innocent Syrian civilians: Rep. Thomas Massie: "I don't think" Assad […]
Deadspin, the hybrid sports and politics site currently and forever ownedby Sen. Ted Cruz for the sum of just one tweet, seems to be having a bit of a crisis Thursday night over the launch of missiles at a Syrian airbase where it’s believed the government launched a chemical weapons attack. It seems that it’s […]
http://twitter.com/#!/AbdulHamidAhmad/status/518848000840323072 Depending on whom you ask, Vice President Biden called the crown prince of the United Arab Emerites either to apologize for or to clarify remarks made last week at Harvard University. #Flash: @VP Joe Biden Called UAE Prince on Sunday to clarify remarks he made at Harvard, “I didnt mean that” http://t.co/QQqby8w6qD — ilhan […]
Earlier today, Congressional Democrats met with staffers from the Department of Homeland Security and the White House to assure members that the way the administration is screening refugees from Syria does not put America at risk. It didn’t go so well: The message from the White House was apparently “too complicated.” From CNN: The two […]
http://twitter.com/#!/HeyTammyBruce/status/498226066755186688 Granted there had been only two reported airstrikes on ISIS forces in Iraq at the time of the report, but Fox News conveyed this morning that ISIS actually “expanded their drive near Iraqi Kurdistan Saturday.” The Islamic militants reportedly expanded their drive near Iraqi Kurdistan Saturday despite two U.S. airstrikes aimed at mortar positions and a […]
http://twitter.com/#!/prfekrdumbrella/status/527846101060042752 The recidivism rate of released Guantanamo Bay detainees is quite high, but terror suspects being held there keep being released nonetheless. It’s being reported that a number of Gitmo detainees released in the last three years have joined ISIS: Fmr #Gitmo detainees back on battlefield fighting 4 #ISIS Sources confirm 2 #FoxNews that dozens […]
http://twitter.com/#!/cwa92464/status/471809330400858113 Stacey Dash’s arrival as a Fox News personality was predictably met with hate and vitriol. A Hollywood actress who happens to be black—how dare she refuse to fall in lock step with the left wing, right? The tolerant and open minded left always drops sneering jabs at anyone who bucks the progressive orthodoxy. http://twitter.com/#!/ScottFeinberg/status/471819268775243776 Good […]
http://twitter.com/#!/graciestyle/status/510641073501528064 Cutting off heads and persecuting religious minorities doesn’t leave much time for a social life. Thankfully there’s a new matchmaking service for today’s jihadi on the go. My name is Achmed and I enjoy killing infidels, rioting, explosions, and long walks on the beach… Roundup: ISIS takes to Twitter to find mates for militants […]