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@grok @unpg34 @nigelpm_uk @ConflictAlarm Article 6 says nothing about “metropolitan areas.” The bases are sovereign areas of the UK and are in Europe and north of the Tropic of Cancer. The UK choosing not to invoke Article 5 to avoid escalation does not mean that Article 6 does not cover those areas.

No, British sovereign base areas in Cyprus (Akrotiri and Dhekelia) are not covered by NATO Article 5. These are UK Overseas Territories, not part of the UK's metropolitan territory in Europe or North America as defined in Articles 5 and 6 of the North Atlantic Treaty. An attack on them would not automatically trigger collective defense—it's a bilateral UK responsibility. (Cyprus itself isn't a NATO member, and the bases' status was set by the 1960 Treaty of Establishment.)

BREAKING: Explosion and direct impact reported at RAF Akrotiri Air Base in Cyprus - base sirens going off and aircraft scrambled into the sky - N14 This would be the first Iranian strike on a British military base on European soil.

@matthewjdowd Sounds like you should have listened to your own platitude.

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

@Bitcojner @libsoftiktok “Any flags found to be at half-staff after they are raised this morning will be treated as a violation of a direct order” is a threat.

@libsoftiktok It wasn't threatening though, it s as an order from an official.

BREAKING: Dave McCabe, Fire Chief for Aurora, IL, reportedly sent out a threatening email to all fire stations instructing them to comply with the city's order to return all flags to FULL STAFF. One brave city fire station LOCKED its flag at half staff, in order to continue honoring Charlie Kirk.

@richfitt @ChicagoStyles84 @grok Frisco, Texas.

@ChicagoStyles84 @grok Where did this fight take place?

The battle of the Beckys! These chicks were on some royal rumble! #Fights #Girlfighting #girlfight

@kryptokev8 @JDVance @grok How? War.

@JDVance @grok how is it possible for one country to tell another what they can and cannot do?

Look, I'm seeing this from the inside, and am admittedly biased towards our president (and my friend), but there's a lot of crazy stuff on social media, so I wanted to address some things directly on the Iran issue: First, POTUS has been amazingly consistent, over 10 years, that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Over the last few months, he encouraged his foreign policy team to reach a deal with the Iranians to accomplish this goal. The president has made clear that Iran cannot have uranium enrichment. And he said repeatedly that this would happen one of two ways--the easy way or the "other" way. Second, I've seen a lot of confusion over the issue of "civilian nuclear power" and "uranium enrichment." These are distinct issues. Iran could have civilian nuclear power without enrichment, but Iran rejected that. Meanwhile, they've enriched uranium far above the level necessary for any civilian purpose. They've been found in violation of their non-proliferation obligations by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is hardly a rightwing organization. It's one thing to want civilian nuclear energy. It's another thing to demand sophisticated enrichment capacity. And it's still another to cling to enrichment while simultaneously violating basic non-proliferation obligations and enriching right to the point of weapons-grade uranium. I have yet to see a single good argument for why Iran needed to enrich uranium well above the threshold for civilian use. I've yet to see a single good argument for why Iran was justified in violating its non-proliferation obligations. I've yet to see a single good pushback against the IAEA's findings. Meanwhile, the president has shown remarkable restraint in keeping our military's focus on protecting our troops and protecting our citizens. He may decide he needs to take further action to end Iranian enrichment. That decision ultimately belongs to the president. And of course, people are right to be worried about foreign entanglement after the last 25 years of idiotic foreign policy. But I believe the president has earned some trust on this issue. And having seen this up close and personal, I can assure you that he is only interested in using the American military to accomplish the American people's goals. Whatever he does, that is his focus.

@MaileOnX @saramfoster @elonmusk Maybe you didn’t know it, but the Smokehouse Creek Fire occurred out in Texas’s rural panhandle, not in the largest city in America (the largest town affected in the Texas fire had a population of 2,000), and we don’t put fire hydrants in cow pastures.

@saramfoster @elonmusk Trump is calling for Gavin to resign. Why didn’t Donald Trump ask for Governor Greg Abbott to resign after over a million acres burned in the largest wildfire in Texas?

We pay the highest taxes in California. Our fire hydrants were empty. Our vegetation was overgrown, brush not cleared. Our reservoirs were emptied by our governor because tribal leaders wanted to save fish. Our fire department budget was cut by our mayor. But thank god drug addicts are getting their drug kits. @MayorOfLA @GavinNewsom RESIGN. Your far left policies have ruined our state. And also our party.

@elonmusk Definitely NSFW.

Insane

@JebraFaushay The Socratic Method.

@Gravantus Da fuq?

Help, what do I do?

@TheDemocrats @KamalaHarris I’m promise: I’m not trolling, but she seriously sounds like she’s been drinking.

Vice President @KamalaHarris’ message to supporters.

@janninereid1 Children shouldn’t have an expectation of privacy vis-a-vis their parents on their mobile devices. Or as I remind my kid: “Until you turn 18, I own your ass.”

Is she right?🤔 Is it ok for a parent to "snoop" through their teens phone?

@GuntherEagleman No. 2

New logo for Trump/Elon MSNBC acquisition… Which one?

@Kica333 My secretary did that once to me. In all fairness, her last call was with her daughter.

I accidentally told my boss I loved him while getting off the phone so if anyone needs me I’ll be walking directly into the ocean.

@elonmusk @MarioNawfal If it were up to me: No free speech? No free trade.

@MarioNawfal I don’t think anyone should go to the UK when they’re releasing convicted pedophiles in order to imprison people for social media posts

UK SNUBS ELON BECAUSE HE CRITICIZED OPPRESSION OF FREE SPEECH Elon has not been invited to the UK government's International Investment Summit because of his posts during recent riots that saw people jailed for comments they made online. The summit in October is the key moment that PM Keir Starmer hopes to attract tens of billions in inward funding for business from the world's biggest investors. Elon attended last year's event and took a starring role in the AI Summit, including a fireside chat with then PM Rishi Sunak. Source: BBC

@WilliamShatner Well, if you were in California, you could vote….

A gentle reminder as we go into Tuesday. I am not political. I cannot vote. I am a Candian citizen living in the US. While I applaud 👏🏻 those who excercise their right to vote in your country; I would kindly ask that you keep your responses to me non-poltical. My best, Bill

@LauraPowellEsq @ClaraJeffery She mostly uses it in a mocking way. Heaven forbid if someone should actually mean it. Now she may take umbrage with “heaven forbid.”

@ClaraJeffery This you?

graduated in 2012 w a degree in Women's Studies cried in 2016 when Trump got elected lost touch w the dems somewhere around MeToo discovered entrepreneurship updated my voter registration in 2018 but didn't tell anyone told myself i was a 'single-issue-voting Centrist' the last 6-12 months i've believed i was going to abstain from voting in the upcoming election because the options are equally terrible but watching Trump survive an assassination attempt and act like a total fucking savage just shifted me into some strange, patriotic gear that my fancy-feminism-white-men-bad infected brain never showed me like, the dude took a bullet and stood up with blood dripping down his face, and rallied a fucking crowd while fist pumping, yelling "FIGHT!" sorry, but i'm voting for that. and saying it out loud feels so freeing (2012 stepfanie would be so pissed but that's okay because 2012 stepfanie didn't know shit)

@evanvucci @APNews This photo and the other one similar to it deserves the Pulitzer Prize.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump raises his fist as he is rushed off stage after an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa. @apnews

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