So all it takes to reassure Europeans is a nicer tone?

I want to see the blanket.

Dear friends on Bluesky, it's been an overwhelming week since the mass layoff at the Post. I'll be continuing the work and would be so grateful if you sign up here to keep up with my future journalism. docs.google.com/forms/d/1dlh...

Truly shocking story. Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why. by partner @nickbowlin.bsky.social @readfrontier.bsky.social

Seems like various parts of the government maybe should coordinate now and then but what do I know

Some personal news: Honored / honoured to join @ChathamHouse, @chmenap Looking forward to engaging on bridge-building and pragmatic/principled diplomacy based on equal/human rights in Israel-Palestine and the Levant during a defining moment in history.

An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University

SCOOP: President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing the first week of April for a long-anticipated summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. And Taiwan's on the menu. @politico.com @meganmesserly.bsky.social @arihawkins.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

🚨 BREAKING News: An internal DHS document shows that less than 14% of nearly 400,000 individuals arrested by ICE in President Trump's first year back in power had violent criminal records. It's the most detailed look yet at who ICE has arrested. | CBS News www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...

A couple invited Bad Bunny to their wedding. He suggested they be part of his halftime show instead.

Ricky Martin just won me a bet with my wife. Thank you Ricky.

The choreography in this Bad Bunny halftime show is astonishing.

Did I miss Pedro Pascal?!

I mean, he is promoting marriage …

Doña Gagá

I’m starting to wonder if I’m hallucinating some of these ads

Gambling! And more gambling! And even more gambling!

Isn't the President technically a White House staffer?

I know more about the artist performing in Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show than I do about the teams playing in the game. Like ... which teams are they?

I did not know the US ambassador to Poland had the power to order a withdrawal of American troops.

Judges, and the people ICE is detaining, keep pointing out that this crisis is one of the administration's own making -- adopting a policy of mass detention without preparing for inevitable surge of legal battles. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

SCOOP: Finland’s foreign minister had an interesting request for the U.S. on Ukraine, a State Department cable shows: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

SCOOP: Finland’s foreign minister had an interesting request for the U.S. on Ukraine, a State Department cable shows: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

The cuts at the Washington Post are both heartbreaking and mystifying.

I had a really weird premonition about this yesterday...

NEW: State Dept cables & interviews with diplomats show wariness among many countries about joining President Trump's critical minerals initiative, especially after his Greenland grab. www.politico.com/news/2026/02... w/colleagues @phelimkine.bsky.social @arihawkins.bsky.social and James Bikales

"State Department cables obtained by POLITICO show wariness among some countries about signing onto a framework agreement pledging joint cooperation in sourcing and processing critical minerals" @politico.com @nahaltoosi.bsky.social @arihawkins.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...

Polymarket Phil.

Holy moly ... www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

So what will the Kennedy Center look like after the renovations?

Please read Minnesota’s amazing local papers: www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...

some Public Service Journalism: I took that Minnesota judge's pdf list of court orders that ICE violated, found all the cases on CourtListener and linked to the dockets reason.com/2026/01/30/j...

One thing this story hints at is how absolute shit the U.S. has been (and probably still is) in gathering its own ground-level intelligence in Gaza. We are almost entirely reliant on others. Will that change? www.reuters.com/world/early-...

What’s the long-term psychological impact of being lied to constantly?

Jack Lew. Every time.

Breaking News: Texas A&M ended its women’s studies program and changed hundreds of courses over race and gender to comply with new policies limiting how race and gender ideology may be discussed in classrooms.

1/The State Department today posted, then quickly deleted, this tweet trashing the Nicaraguan regime. I guess they remembered the Trump admin has been staying relatively quiet on the dictatorship there.

1/Many in the Iranian diaspora are excited about this announcement. But the language is very squishy.

After years of denial and accusing anyone using the numbers of duplicity or Hamas sympathy, the Israeli military now admits — via anonymous briefing to domestic reporters — that the Gaza Health Ministry's death toll from the war is accurate

They just can’t help themselves… www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...

SCOOP: Iceland wanted an apology. Finland was looking for a way out. China was pretty darn happy. U.S. diplomatic cables lay out some behind-the-scenes fallout over Trump's Greenland grab. Do enjoy: www.politico.com/news/2026/01... w/ @paulmcleary.bsky.social & @victorjack.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s moves on Greenland rattled other nations behind the scenes. State Department cables obtained by POLITICO exposed the deep reverberations of the president’s demands for Greenland as foreign officials vented their frustrations with U.S. counterparts.

NEW: Leaked diplomatic cables expose the reverberations of Trump's threats to seize Greenland as EU officials vented their frustrations this month. We also detail how Mark Rutte helped broker a deal. w/ @nahaltoosi.bsky.social @paulmcleary.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

SCOOP: Iceland wanted an apology. Finland was looking for a way out. China was pretty darn happy. U.S. diplomatic cables lay out some behind-the-scenes fallout over Trump's Greenland grab. Do enjoy: www.politico.com/news/2026/01... w/ @paulmcleary.bsky.social & @victorjack.bsky.social

My Persian mother: "Why is his name Bad Bunny? Why is it not Good Bunny?"

There's something so strange about this headline. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...

An extraordinary document. Read it. “Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”

REAKING: A federal judge in Minnesota has barred the Trump administration from arresting / detaining the state's 5,600 refugees while they await lawful permanent resident status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"The draft document — which would be nonbinding for signatories — represents the latest administration initiative to loosen China’s global chokehold on critical minerals and rare earths" @nahaltoosi.bsky.social @politico.com o subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...