Question that could be put to Erdogan tomorrow at the joint presser: What did potus say to you on Oct 6 when you informed him you were invading northern Syria?
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 13, 2019
Trump offers trade deal, sanctions workaround to Erdogan for better U.S.-Turkey relations @KarenDeYoung1 @Missy_Ryan @KFahim https://t.co/cOtwGEkzbl
— Ellen Nakashima (@nakashimae) November 13, 2019
Everything is fine. https://t.co/nLUvQgNBdv pic.twitter.com/ysBnn8sfOA
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) November 12, 2019
This guy is visiting our white house tomorrow: Erdogan Warns That Turkey Will Keep Deporting ISIS Detainees https://t.co/SppzrG019x
— Janet Johnson (@JJohnsonLaw) November 12, 2019
“Trump is replacing formal relations among nations in several cases with family-to-family relationship, or crony-to-crony relationships.” https://t.co/cWicJ7CNBl
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) November 13, 2019
Here’s the deal: The Trump team is unlikely to call even a clear war crime a war crime if it hurts ties w/ Turkey. It won’t label the mass murder of Rohingya a crime against humanity or genocide b/c it wants to keep ties w/ Burma, a place w/ less strategic importance than Turkey. https://t.co/4iaORKBMr6
— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) November 13, 2019
Remember the last time Erdogan visited Washington? This is worth looking at again. https://t.co/MHrgf1cy6m
— Damon Darlin?? (@darlin) November 12, 2019
I feel like the easiest argument one could make that this is a bad idea is that his goons also literally beat up peaceful protestors (including American citizens) last time he visited Washington. https://t.co/PmbNKW1bEA
— Chris Bing (@Bing_Chris) November 12, 2019
And the president of the United States will not say or do a thing about it, because he quite literally doesn’t care. https://t.co/Sh2JI2tiKB
— Tamara Cofman Wittes (@tcwittes) November 12, 2019
As Trump and Erdogan meet, Russia’s Putin looms in the background https://t.co/2PSzTcbsoZ
— Bloomberg (@business) November 13, 2019
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matt
new site looks great! congrats!
northlander
What the hell? When did this place get all nice and snazzy looking?
John Cole never would have allowed this sort of thing to happen if he was still with us.
jeffreyw
yay!
Omnes Omnibus
Holy shit! This gives a great first impression.
jeffreyw
yay
PeakVT
Are we back? We are back!
First test for me: does a page bloat to 300 MB of RAM like the old site did?
… seems to be idling at about 51.5 MB.
… right now you seem to need to refresh the page to see your comment, then refresh again to get the edit button. Could be my antiquated browser…
Just One More Canuck
I blame Obama
something fabulous
WOOT
lookit me,
editinga comment!RSA
Hey, anyone else notice that things look different here?
piratedan
I dunno…. it feels like this blog is too clean…. not sure I’m entirely comfortable with it…. :-)
Derelict
Of course Trump loves Erdogan! There Trump money in Turkey, and Erdogan gets to commit the war crimes Trump’s military people won’t let HIM commit.
New site looks good. Let’s see how well it functions! Can it remember my NYM?
Derelict
[Deleted due to redundancy]
something fabulous
Hmm. tried to edit, did it work?
Old Dan and Little Ann
Well hell’s bells. Fuck drumph. Testing…..
PAM Dirac
Looks very tidy. Search seems to work better. Now to check if it saves nyms.
MattF
Looks good…
Kay (not the front-pager)
I’m a sucker for new & shiny, but this looks really nice! Well worth the wait. And my nym and email even carried over!
Good work everyone. I’ll go leave a donation now.
kindness
Last time he was here he watched from his parked limo as his security goons beat up American protestors. I sure would like to see him try that again.
frosty
We’re back! Looks great, I’m looking forward to trying
it out.
L&DinSLT
10 year lurker, lost a bit today with nowhere to go besides spider solitaire. Welcome back! Place looks clean and tidy!
Gelfling 545
My login info stuck but I mistyped my email. ?. Fixing it on this comment. My typing seems to get worse by the day.
JustRuss
Jinkies, autofill still works for my nym/email, and everything’s all fancy-looking. Feel like I gotta change into something nice before I visit this joint.
Ralphie
Nice! Where’s the beer?
Hungry Joe
If the past is any guide — and if it isn’t, what is it good for? — my day-by-day reaction to the new look will be … Day #1: I hate it. Day #2: I hate it. Day #3: Not so bad. Day #4: What was the old look? I forget. Day #17: Its always looked like this, right?
The Fat Kate Middleton
The website is beautiful. But am I thin now?
Honus
So Maggie, who would ask that question? A WH reporter for one of the major newspapers perhaps?
Uncle Cosmo
That building with the big Turkish flag behind Erdogan is the Anit Kabir in Ankara – Ataturk’s tomb. That motherfucker has a lot of nerve being there. I’m honestly kind of shocked that Mustafa Kemal Pasha doesn’t rise right up from his coffin & strangle that Islamofascist bastard with his own tie.
Uncle Cosmo
FTR the building with the square columns behind Erdogan in the one tweet is the Anit Kabir – Ataturk’s tomb overlooking Ankara. That motherfucking Islamofascist has a fuck of a lot of nerve being anywhere near that monument to founder of the secular Turkish republic. Frankly I’m shocked that the spirit of Mustafa Kemal doesn’t rise up out of his coffin & strangle him with his own tie.
Ruff the Dog
Every year around this time, president pardons turkey.
Haydnseek
testing – testing……
Josie
This is so wonderful. Large print that my old eyes can actually read without squinting. And you remembered my nym and email address. What could be better? Well, a handsome, elderly gentleman, but we can’t have everything….
The Lodger
The House Intelligence Committee just spent a day establishing just what some heads of state have to do to get invited to the White House. And yet, there Erdogan was.
NeutronFlux
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