How should the U.S. confront nuclear proliferation today? Carnegie, together with @nti.org and @belfercenter.bsky.social, convened a bipartisan Task Force to explore this question – and point to some possible answers. Read the full report here: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

The release of the video showing Tom Homan rejecting the $50k bribe from FBI agents has been scheduled alongside the release of Trump’s health care plan and news of all the successful trade deals, both of which will be released in two weeks.

This important report comes at a key moment. Thanks to @carnegieendowment.org @nti.org and @managingtheatom.bsky.social for their leadership. BLUF: More countries getting nuclear weapons - whether adversaries, neutrals or allies - is bad for the US and the world.

In a blockbuster weekend story, MSNBC reported that the Trump DOJ shut down a bribery investigation of Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, which recorded him allegedly accepting $50K in a Cava bag during a sting in the summer of 2024

If you are interested in pursuing a PhD in Biodefense at the Schar School at George Mason, join me tonight for a virtual information session at 6 PM ET. schar.gmu.edu/admissions/m...

Taiwan faces real and growing threats, but it also has good cards to play. My latest for Foreign Affairs, with Ryan Haas. www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/nobod...

Turns out the revolution will be televised. It is just not the revolution that was hoped for.

They are working hard to turn Charlie Kirk into the American Che Guevara.

I am sorry, but are people just waking up to the fact that this country is fundamentally a white nationalist instinct held at bay by a thread? This is the struggle that has been going on since the founding fathers.

We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes. That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.

Whoever wrote this @washingtonpost.com editorial has no understanding of military affairs-- and has not been reading two decades of the Post's coverage of the war in #Afghanistan: ♦️There is no way to hold #Bagram without the cooperation of the Taliban, or a Berlin Airlift level of resupply. Brief 🧵

This is really shameful by NYT — you should never quote someone just transparently lying about what happened without immediately clarifying that it’s false. Better yet, don’t quote that person at all

Trump had his accounts suspended on January 7, 8, and 9th 2020. WHEN HE WAS STILL PRESIDENT. It was not Joe Biden because Biden was not President.

Ifs are always iffy but just imagine is Stanton had stayed healthy the last 5 years.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Yes, it is. It is a terrible idea.

The FBI had Tom Homan on VIDEO in Sept 2024 taking $50k in bills from undercover ops, indicating “he would facilitate securing contracts for them in exchange for money once he was in office,” then did…nothing? Case now dropped. Carol Leonnig in her new gig has the story www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

In the last couple of days “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies” co-authors Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares have appeared live on @cnn.com, ABC News Live, and Bannon's War Room! 📺 Full segments below starting with @cnn.com: next.frame.io/share/c0b240...

Grifters all the way down — great scoop @carolleonnig.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

New statement from The Post on Pete Hegseth’s new crackdown on the press at the Pentagon:

This is very likely illegal and puts the military and civilian leaders involved liable for prosecution. We are taught that the military has a legal obligation to refuse illegal orders. How is that working today?

Is Russia to create a NATO crisis to force the US out? That scenario seems more and more likely.

Trump says late-night comedians are not allowed to only say negative things about him, and threatens their licenses. Since the Executive Branch is supposed to be implementing the laws passed by Congress… isn’t this is a violation of the first amendment?

Why does everything have to be a race? It’s not as if getting their first means that getting their second has any less value. Besides we were already there first. That race ended in 1969.

Many people believe this is another test of Russia’s nuclear powered nuclear tipped cruise missile. What some have dubbed the flying Chernobyl.

When the government actively subverts the 1st Amendment while actively abusing the 2nd, it is past time to worry. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/b...

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www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/w... Outrageously dangerous and needs a strong united response. Both political and economic, but unlike some in US and Europe I do not believe this happened b/c Russia doubts NATO deterrent capability. This is a political test of wills. Needs a political response.

Judge tosses Trump suit vs the @nytimes.com, saying it does not properly lay out a legal claim. “A complaint is not a public forum for vituperation and invective. Not a protected platform to rage against an adversary.” Trump has 28 days to refile. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/b...

Vaccinations have been so successful that “there's been a collective forgetting that measles, and mumps, and rubella—these used to be diseases that would kill people in fairly large numbers,” the Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna tells Jeffrey Goldberg. Watch more: bit.ly/46a5DUE #TAF25

In case you were wondering - everything Trump needs to order a nuclear strike is in that bag - and no one: not the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Vice President, Secretary of Defense or a member of Congressional majority need know or can stop him. Have a great day.

So Trump and Kennedy and MAGA/MAHA want to prevent abortions to protect life and then let babies die of preventable diseases by banning proven vaccines? Ok, cool. Cool.

“It’s weird to think of Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert as the canaries in the coal mine,” the comedian @wkamaubell.bsky.social tells @jemelehill.bsky.social. “But if they’re telling us, ‘We’re not afraid of rich white men,’ what can the rest of us do?”⁠ ⁠ Watch more: bit.ly/46a5DUE #TAF25

The Youngkin-Sears and Trump Administrations are wreaking havoc on our economy. We even lost our rank as “America’s Top State for Business.” As Governor, I’ll get our economy back on track. We’ll grow investment, bring new jobs to the Commonwealth, and reclaim our #1 spot.

ICYMI: Tomorrow my opponent is rallying with Vivek Ramaswamy here in Virginia. Yep — the same Vivek Ramaswamy who helped found DOGE. I’m not surprised. @winwithwinsome has made clear — she’d rather cater to the MAGA right than stand up for Virginians and their jobs.

Overcrowded cells. Unsanitary conditions. Limited access to food and water. These are the conditions that ICE has created at 26 Federal Plaza, which eleven elected officials sought to expose. Instead, they were arrested. They must be released right now — and inspectors let in.

The first amendment is the first amendment for a reason.

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

Please join this exciting discussion.

🗓️ Next Friday Sept 26th in DC at @politicsprose.bsky.social (The Wharf) Join us for a conversation between co-author Nate Soares and @jonatomic.bsky.social, Director of Global Risk at the Federation of American Scientists. Audience Q&A, book signing, and more: politics-prose.com/nate-soares

I remember reading about exactly this in bible class.

But what are you going to do about it? conservative believe that punishment acts as a deterrent. How will these violations of law be addressed?

Is there a government agency or critical government service that has been improved since Jan 20th? Just name one.

Colbert and Kimmel are how compliant corporations operate in an autocracy. The government does not have to ban actions - many times orgs or companies just bend the knee, hoping they can avoid more intense scrutiny. This only feeds the beast.

When we warned about authoritarianism-canceling two of the four late night hosts because Trump doesn’t like them, that’s what we meant.

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Trump and his cronies are using blatant government coercion to suppress speech they don’t like — a gross violation of the 1st Amendment. Shame on ABC for caving to political blackmail. We must stand with those who resist the bullies and call out those who appease them. NO KINGS.

These deranged threats from an FCC commissioner should remove any doubt: you no longer live in a democracy. You live in an unconsolidated autocracy and the next 41 months will be an extended effort to ensure that Dems can never take power again.

WSJ editorial: "Using Charlie's murder to justify retaliation against political rivals is wrong and dangerous. It will further divide and embitter our country. No good thing will come of it." www.wsj.com/opinion/they...

Our statement on ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.