Taxpayers are subsidizing arms companies’ stock buybacks and dividends. New research from me: www.stephensemler.com/p/taxpayers-...

🌐New analysis from @w2t2impact.bsky.social uncovered how the 1122 Program channels hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to militarize local police with minimal oversight ⬇️ Of 650 agencies using the program, 95% were law enforcement, not emergency services. internationalpolicy.org/publications...

Really happy to publish @wesinjapan.bsky.social at @cipolicy.bsky.social on the history and future of disaster response internationalpolicy.org/publications...

“Our tax dollars are being weaponized against us under the guise of ‘domestic terrorism.'” - @nancyokail.bsky.social, President and CEO of @cipolicy.bsky.social, in @commondreams.org Read more: www.commondreams.org/news/police-...

Banning nuclear tests was both a moral and strategic decision that secured America’s nuclear lead. Restarting them would prompt others to follow and catch up. ➡️@joecirin.bsky.social in @msnbc.com www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

“Failure to take enforcement action against the UAE could condemn hundreds of thousands more civilians to death at the hands of the genocidal forces the Emirates have armed.”➡️ @nancyokail.bsky.social in @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/us-...

A decades-old federal program meant for “counter-drug, homeland security, and emergency response” has become a taxpayer-funded pipeline for militarizing state and local police. @w2t2impact.bsky.social's report rings the alarm in @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/10/30/m...

Listen 🎧| @vanjackson.bsky.social joined @jeetheer.bsky.social to discuss Trump’s reckless plunge into conflict in Venezuela. 👉@thenation.com www.thenation.com/podcast/worl...

New Statement🚨 by @nancyokail.bsky.social in response to horrific acts of violence taking place following the fall of El Fasher, Sudan to the UAE-supported Rapid Support Forces. Read: internationalpolicy.org/publications...

"You can't trust Donald Trump." "But you can trust Trump to be Trump." @mattduss.bsky.social from @cipolicy.bsky.social on how Australia & other countries can understand the US President. 🎧 theaus.in/4nrpSTe @emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol

En un mismo día, EE.UU. bombardea, deporta y compra petróleo a Venezuela. Así se resume la política contradictoria de Washington, dividida entre halcones conservadores y aislacionistas. ➡️@mpaarlberg.bsky.social en @eldiario.es www.eldiario.es/internaciona...

Listen 🎧 | @mattduss and @EmmaShortis discuss Trump’s deployment of troops in the domestic United States, attacks on Venezuela, negotiations over Gaza and Ukraine. australiainstitute.org.au/post/trust-t...

Today, 80+ organizations issued statement strenuously objecting to recent changes in firearms exports - available in English y disponible en español - They argue: "Real harm, including to human rights and to U.S. interests, will follow this new rule." www.forumarmstrade.org/2025firearms...

"The credibility of any U.S. foreign policy initiative, by Trump or any president, is undermined by the U.S.'s own internal political crisis, visible to the world," @mattduss.bsky.social told the NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

I was on It Could Happen Here with @jamesstout.bsky.social and @andrewsage.bsky.social talking about regime change disguised as drug enforcement in Venezuela, Petro’s career in Colombia, MCM’s Nobel, and why solidarity should be with people and not states. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

The US has spent over $38 billion since Oct 2023 arming Israel and backing wars against its enemies in the Middle East. Our Military Spending Monitor shows how the US accounts for two-thirds of Israel’s annual arms imports via @commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/news/albanes...

To be clear, this is Trump not only admitting to using military force without Congress’ constitutionally required authorization, but to committing extrajudicial killings — or in other words, murder.

“The Knesset vote may be symbolic, but the expulsion of Palestinian communities and rapid settlement expansion are not,” @mattduss.bsky.social said about Israel's preliminary approval of a bill to annex a settlement city in the West Bank www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

A consequence of Trump wanting to deport a million people per year and swell ICE’s ranks by 10,000, as well as there being virtually no accountability in the U.S. national security state www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-budget...

NEW: The International Court of Justice has issued an advisory opinion that Israel is legally obligated to facilitate humanitarian relief for Palestinians in Gaza—including via @unrwa.org—whose operations Israel has impeded in violation of international law. Full ICJ opinion: go.icj-cij.org/43raTBl

“What’s bizarre is that the Trump organisation is so deeply leveraged in the Middle East that the corruption could sustain the ceasefire." @mattduss.bsky.social told @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Reports that the Trump administration authorized covert U.S. efforts to push regime change in Venezuela are deeply worrying. Read @mattduss.bsky.social response in @commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/news/venezue...

Read this prescient analysis by @mpaarlberg.bsky.social for @cipolicy.bsky.social internationalpolicy.org/publications...

Washington Post report details deal that I and other El Salvador watchers have been talking about for years: Bukele made a pact with MS-13, DOJ has known about it, and now Rubio’s State Dept is helping him cover it up by handing over gang leaders in US custody to Bukele to be silenced.

🚨New Statement by @mattduss.bsky.social in response to reports that the Trump Administration has authorized covert CIA action in Venezuela. internationalpolicy.org/publications...

Trump believes he can get more than a nuclear deal from Iran, but pressure will make Tehran stick to its guns and turn to China and Russia – @sinatoossi.bsky.social told @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

With the Gaza Humanitarian Fund, Israel & the United States enabled U.S. security contractors to participate in war crimes alongside the IDF against Palestinian civilians in Gaza. The US could and should prosecute citizen perpetrators under the War Crimes Act internationalpolicy.org/publications...

“It’s no wonder the interceptors fail in the film. This is an accurate portrayal of what is likely to happen in a crisis” ➡️ CIP @joecirin.bsky.social on how 'House of Dynamite' offers a surprisingly realistic view of the fragility of the U.S. crisis defense system. newrepublic.com/article/2016...

Listen 🎧: @mattduss.bsky.social joins @ahmedmoor.bsky.social to discuss Gaza’s crisis, the new ceasefire, shifting U.S. views of Israel, accountability for the Biden administration, and more. fmep.org/resource/acc...

Watch▶️ @nancyokail.bsky.social joined ABC News to o discuss the Sharm El-Sheikh summit that took place yesterday 🔗 abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Watch ▶️ @mattduss.bsky.social discusses what comes next for Israel, Gaza and the region with Mark Goldberg on Global Dispatches www.globaldispatches.org/p/what-comes...

Watch ➡️ @mattduss.bsky.social does a deep dive on the viability of the proposed peace deal between Israel and Hamas. with @cgtn.bsky.social Watch the full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fes4...

Echoing CIP's statement, @mattduss.bsky.social emphasizes the need for sustained pressure to advance the ceasefire and achieve lasting peace for Gazans and Israelis.

US pressure must be sustained in order for the Gaza ceasefire to endure and proceed past its first phase. We cannot forget that the last seven months of starvation and slaughter began as Netanyahu refused to move beyond the first phase of the previous ceasefire. @cipolicy.bsky.social’s statement:

🚨NEW statement by @nancyokail.bsky.social in response to the agreement of an initial phase of a Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Full Statement 🔗 internationalpolicy.org/publications...

"Budgets are about priorities, but even though Americans have the thinnest social safety net of any modern country, somehow we always seem to find billions upon billions of dollars to assist Israel in its various wars," @mattduss.bsky.social told told @ajenglish.bsky.social aje.io/1q9jnc

Ending the Gaza war and ensuring the long term security, rights and well-being of Palestinians and Israelis will take work and international support. My colleagues at @cipolicy.bsky.social have five recommendations for how the United States can start that work internationalpolicy.org/publications...

This week marks two years since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. A new @cipolicy.bsky.social memo sets out recommendations for permanently ending the Gaza war that followed & ensuring the long term security, rights & well-being of Israelis & Palestinians: internationalpolicy.org/wp-content/u...

Europe’s snapback of UN sanctions on Iran, presented as a defense of nonproliferation, will instead undermine it by narrowing space for diplomacy and fueling escalation. Read @sinatoossi.bsky.social's analysis in @thebulletin.org thebulletin.org/2025/10/why-...

Re-upping my recent piece for CIP’s International Policy Journal as more escalatory US strikes on Venezuela are on the horizon.

Listen 🎧➡️ @nancyokail.bsky.social discusses Trump's peace plan with @ABCaustralia: “It leaves a lot to Israel and Netanyahu’s judgment… this gives Netanyahu the words to be indefinitely there and continue the occupation.” www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Trump’s plan for Gaza “contains numerous opportunities for Netanyahu to renege on his commitments, as he has repeatedly done in the past – @mattduss.bsky.social told @commondreams.org ⬇️ www.commondreams.org/news/trump-g...

🎧 Listen: @mattduss.bsky.social on Bob Woodward's book 'War' and the limitations of DC’s most famous chronicler. www.thenation.com/podcast/poli...

New from @mattduss.bsky.social for @cipolicy.bsky.social: following President Trump’s meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House, and the Trump administration’s release of a “21-point plan” to end the conflict in Gaza.

WATCH 📺: @nancyokail.bsky.social analyzes Netanyahu’s UN speech amid global protests over Gaza. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN1N...

🚨NEW STATEMENT by @nancyokail.bsky.social in response to President Trump’s issuance of a Presidential Memorandum targeting U.S. civil society organizations under the guise of countering domestic terrorism and political violence: internationalpolicy.org/publications...

Trump has used Tren de Aragua as a ‘convenient boogeyman’ to achieve political goals and distract from domestic controversies, Senior Non-Resident Fellow @mpaarlberg.bsky.social told the @latimes.com www.latimes.com/world-nation...

“Recognition of Palestinian statehood is largely symbolic unless paired with halting arms transfers that fuel the genocide—otherwise it’s a performance of justice while complicit in violence," @nancyokail.bsky.social told @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/09/25/p...

“How to Fix America” 🎧➡️ @mattduss.bsky.social joined @gideonrachman.bsky.social on the @financialtimes.com Rachman Review to discuss the challenges defining America’s future. www.ft.com/content/4581...

WATCH ➡️ @mattduss.bsky.social reacts to the Trump's remarks at the U.N. General Assembly. abcnews.go.com/Politics/vid...