Thomas E. Ricks

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Thomas E. Ricks

Thomas E. Ricks

@tomricks1

Writer. And an OG verified blue check.

21st century American history Katılım Ocak 2014
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Thomas E. Ricks
Thomas E. Ricks@tomricks1·
There's a good essay to be written on "layoff language." When you read a sentence like, "While this was a necessary decision, it was not an easy one," you know the axe is falling.
Jonathan Carlson@TVreporter

Oh my gosh. @CBSNewsRadio is being shuttered and all CBS News Radio anchors are being let go. I spent the last few years as a local CBS radio affiliate anchor, and tossed to these amazing journalists, so many of whom I admired. This is devastating.

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James Talarico
James Talarico@jamestalarico·
The President of the United States said I insulted Jesus. You want to know what insults Jesus? Kicking the sick off their healthcare. Bombing schoolchildren in Iran. Deporting moms and babies. Covering up the Epstein files.
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@CaitlinPacific In my experience, Yale English majors read all the assigned work, even 'Paradise Lost.' A visiting prof once told me the biggest surprise he had at Yale was that when he merely mentioned a book in an aside, recommending it, a week later, half the seminar had found it & read it.
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Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar@amyklobuchar·
Good news: The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award going to the people of the Twin Cities is a recognition of how our state persevered and led the way in defending freedom and democracy.
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Alan Eyre
Alan Eyre@AlanEyre1·
“Although President Donald Trump says he has ‘destroyed 100% of Iran’s Military Capability’, the 0% that remains is playing havoc with the global economy.” -The Economist
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@JustinALoe Yes and no. I knew a guy who fought in the secret war in Cambodia. He knew there were some things he could talk about. The rest he put in a book and told people it was fiction.
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Justin Loe
Justin Loe@JustinALoe·
@tomricks1 There's usually an inverse relationship is there not between actual participation and talking about it.
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Carrie Coon
Carrie Coon@carriecoon·
Anne Applebaum nails it:
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Tulsi Gabbard 🌺
Tulsi Gabbard 🌺@TulsiGabbard·
Trump promised to get the US out of “stupid wars.” But now he and John Bolton are on the brink of launching us into a very stupid and costly war with Iran. Join me in sending a strong message to President Trump: The US must NOT go to war with Iran. #TULSI2020
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"Just as Irish immigrants once came to this country seeking hope and opportunity, today many immigrants come to our nation. . . we are called to see them not as strangers, but as brothers and sisters. " thegoodnewsroom.org/full-text-arch…
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Canada revels in Trump's humiliation "I can’t tell you what a delight it has been watching country after country – Britain and Germany being the latest – tell Mr. Trump to go pound sand: this is his war, not theirs." theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…
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Joe Kent
Joe Kent@joekent16jan19·
After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.
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Steven Bucci
Steven Bucci@SBucci·
Amen Brother.
M.A. Rothman@MichaelARothman

𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗗 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗩𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 Joey Jones lost both legs in Afghanistan serving this country. So when he has something to say to Adam Schiff and Hakeem Jeffries, you should probably listen. He didn't mince a single word. Where were these Democrats when Joe Biden surrendered Afghanistan? Where was the outrage when Abbey Gate was bombed — when every piece of intelligence tells us it was an absolute cluster of an operation that left American service members sitting as d∗cks? Where was the moral urgency when the Biden administration retaliated by k!lling ten random people they thought might have had something to do with it? And where — 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 — was the righteous indignation when the administration called that catastrophic withdrawal 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 — while Americans watched people fall from the wheels of departing planes? Silence. Complete silence from every Democrat currently clutching pearls over the Iran operation. Now thirteen Americans have d!ed in Iran and suddenly these same Democrats have 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 to say. Now they want to use those thirteen heroes as political ammunition. Now they care about American lives lost in military operations. Joey Jones called it exactly what it is: using the sacrifice of men and women in uniform to score partisan points. And he had a simple, devastating response to all of it. 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯. 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘊𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. You want to litigate the operation politically? Fine. Impeach everybody over it if you win the House. Go to town. But 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆. Not while they're out there. Not while they're still in harm's way and fighting for the country that these politicians are using as a backdrop for their press releases. The men and women in uniform don't get to choose which war they're sent to. They go where they're told and they do the job with everything they have. The least — the absolute 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 — the people back home can do is want them to win. 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁? 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧?

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MAGA Cult Slayer🦅🇺🇸
Tommy didn’t serve. That’s all you need to know.
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