Trump criticizes *the Kurds* for not helping America in WWII, "they didn't help us with Normandy." (!!!) pic.twitter.com/yC8yijgjTh
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 9, 2019
Many Kurds fought in WW 2 against Hitler with Soviet army. Most of these Kurds were Yezidis expelled from their hometowns in the Ottoman Empire. Most famous of them was Samand Aliyeviç Siyabendov (Саманд Ðлиевич Сиабандов, Semendê Elî Sîyabend) who was a celebrated national hero pic.twitter.com/p1CcX265py
— Mutlu Civiroglu (@mutludc) October 10, 2019
“What is he smoking?†she asked host Cooper.
“I mean, the Kurds were the pointy end of the spear who fought ISIS on our behalf. They bled and died because they believed in the partnership they had established with the United States and we just threw them under the bus in 24 hours. It’s appalling, it’s disgraceful,†Rice said.
“And then today, when the Turks quite predictably are bombing the bejeezus out of Syria and Trump allegedly orders the U.S. military not to come to their defense, not to protect them. We’ve crossed a Rubicon here of the trail that I think is going to haunt us for decades to come,†she continued. “We are handing over our Kurdish allies to slaughter, and that blood is going to be on Donald Trump’s hands.â€
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Don't forget that those ISIS prisoners, who are most certainly going to jailbreak, are going to head to Europe (our allies) and he's just fine with that too. He's ok with the worst of the worst, as the talking heads describe them, going to basically invade our allies.
These whole 4 years are going to be the WTF part of schools history lessons.
THE INDICTMENT OF PARNAS & FRUMAN: The 2 Ukrainian-born associates of RUDY GIULIANI are charged (along with 2 other men) of conspiring to violate campaign finance laws by "engaging in a scheme to funnel foreign money to candidates…[to] buy influence…" https://t.co/gcnuQz5IwC
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) October 10, 2019
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Wow, this seems important!THE INDICTMENT OF PARNAS & FRUMAN: The 2 Ukrainian-born associates of RUDY GIULIANI are charged (along with 2 other men) of conspiring to violate campaign finance laws by "engaging in a scheme to funnel foreign money to candidates…[to] buy influence…" https://t.co/gcnuQz5IwC
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) October 10, 2019
Huh. They were about to testify to the House today and tomorrow. The timing here is ... interesting.
— John Panzer (@jpanzer) October 10, 2019
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Barr isn't even hiding his obstruction here.
They were supposed to testify in Congress!Huh. They were about to testify to the House today and tomorrow. The timing here is ... interesting.
— John Panzer (@jpanzer) October 10, 2019
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Barr isn't even hiding his obstruction here.
They were supposed to testify in Congress!Huh. They were about to testify to the House today and tomorrow. The timing here is ... interesting.
— John Panzer (@jpanzer) October 10, 2019
Parnas raised $$ for Florida Governor Santis.
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Barr isn't even hiding his obstruction here.
They were supposed to testify in Congress!Huh. They were about to testify to the House today and tomorrow. The timing here is ... interesting.
— John Panzer (@jpanzer) October 10, 2019
Parnas raised $$ for Florida Governor Santis.
An attorney for the two men, John Dowd, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Parnas and Fruman have little history of political involvement but emerged suddenly in a circle of elite Trump donors after Parnas gave $50,000 to support Trump’s election in 2016, and a pro-Trump super PAC reported receiving $325,000 last year from a company the two men incorporated.
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It's all SO DAMN FILTHY!An attorney for the two men, John Dowd, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Parnas and Fruman have little history of political involvement but emerged suddenly in a circle of elite Trump donors after Parnas gave $50,000 to support Trump’s election in 2016, and a pro-Trump super PAC reported receiving $325,000 last year from a company the two men incorporated.
Looks like a Lev Parnas started campaign donations in 2016. Gave more than $100K, most in the week just before the election. Recent recipients are Pete Sessions and @GOPLeader
— Michael McAuliff (@mmcauliff) October 10, 2019
Here are the McCarthy and Sessions donations: https://t.co/s9NkjskJs9https://t.co/YIbFSHg0aV pic.twitter.com/pLhUa1qp3M
Harbath is Facebook’s head of global elections policy. She literally worked for Rudy Giuliani. I can't make this up. pic.twitter.com/wQ1mf9CCY8
— Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) October 9, 2019
From Chair @NitaLowey: “After 31 years...I have decided not to seek re-election in 2020.
— House Appropriations (@AppropsDems) October 10, 2019
I am honored that my colleagues in Congress elected me as the first Chairwoman of @AppropsDems and will fight vigorously for House Democratic priorities as I negotiate spending bills.†https://t.co/ep4IlTUOsS
Per the WSJ, Giuliani had lunch with these two individuals at the Trump hotel YESTERDAY and then they tried to flee out of Dulles. What do you think Giuliani discussed at lunch? pic.twitter.com/CjGhl4SczZ
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) October 10, 2019
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So I was wondering why these guys would suddenly (NOW) flee the country.
I also wondered who may have tipped them off. Well...Per the WSJ, Giuliani had lunch with these two individuals at the Trump hotel YESTERDAY and then they tried to flee out of Dulles. What do you think Giuliani discussed at lunch? pic.twitter.com/CjGhl4SczZ
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) October 10, 2019
How is this connected to Bill Barr's recent visit to the SDNY? Is he planning to have these guys take the fall or was he trying to stop their arrest?
— VanessaKitten (@xanthanis) October 10, 2019
Sen. Lindsey Graham labeled the Kurds a “threat†in a phone call with a couple pranksters posing as Turkey's minister of defense. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo
By NATASHA BERTRAND
10/10/2019 03:18 PM EDT
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Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has in the last year become something of a congressional point man for President Donald Trump’s negotiations with Turkey, leading discussions on everything from Ankara’s purchase of a Russian missile system over the summer to their more recent incursion into northern Syria.
So when he received a call from a man he thought was Turkey’s minister of defense earlier in August, it didn’t strike him as unusual. “Thank you so much for calling me, Mr. Minister,†Graham said. “I want to make this a win-win, if we can.â€
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But it wasn’t the Turkish defense minister at all. Instead, it was Alexey Stolyarov and Vladimir Kuznetsov, Russian pranksters with suspected ties to the country’s intelligence services who go by “Lexus and Vovan.†The duo have become notorious in recent years for their cold calls to unwitting, high-profile Western politicians, including Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, leading some to suspect that they’ve had help from the Kremlin, according to The Guardian. (A Schiff spokesman said at the time that the House Intelligence Committee “informed appropriate law enforcement and security personnel of the conversation.â€)
Kevin Bishop, a spokesman for Graham, confirmed the call’s authenticity to POLITICO. “We have been successful in stopping many efforts to prank Senator Graham and the office, but this one slipped through the cracks,†he said. “They got him.â€
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Sen. Lindsey Graham labeled the Kurds a “threat†in a phone call with a couple pranksters posing as Turkey's minister of defense. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo
By NATASHA BERTRAND
10/10/2019 03:18 PM EDT
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Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has in the last year become something of a congressional point man for President Donald Trump’s negotiations with Turkey, leading discussions on everything from Ankara’s purchase of a Russian missile system over the summer to their more recent incursion into northern Syria.
So when he received a call from a man he thought was Turkey’s minister of defense earlier in August, it didn’t strike him as unusual. “Thank you so much for calling me, Mr. Minister,†Graham said. “I want to make this a win-win, if we can.â€
Story Continued Below
But it wasn’t the Turkish defense minister at all. Instead, it was Alexey Stolyarov and Vladimir Kuznetsov, Russian pranksters with suspected ties to the country’s intelligence services who go by “Lexus and Vovan.†The duo have become notorious in recent years for their cold calls to unwitting, high-profile Western politicians, including Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, leading some to suspect that they’ve had help from the Kremlin, according to The Guardian. (A Schiff spokesman said at the time that the House Intelligence Committee “informed appropriate law enforcement and security personnel of the conversation.â€)
Kevin Bishop, a spokesman for Graham, confirmed the call’s authenticity to POLITICO. “We have been successful in stopping many efforts to prank Senator Graham and the office, but this one slipped through the cracks,†he said. “They got him.â€
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The pranksters managed to get Graham on the phone again a few days after the first call. In the second call, Graham says he met with Trump to discuss what the “defense minister†had told him. “We want a better relationship with Turkey. That’s exactly what he wants,†Graham said, referring to Trump and again urging Turkey to rethink the S-400 purchase.
Graham then raised an issue that’s been top of mind for Erdogan for years—the U.S. case involving Zarrab, who was convicted in 2018 and sentenced to 32 months in prison stemming partly from bribes he paid to Turkish bank officers.