Call it the Hippocratic oath approach to foreign policy, drawn from @gallego.senate.gov's review of Rubio's Munich speech: “While weird, it was also not bad since it didn’t cause more harm” to U.S.-European relations. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

@barackobama.bsky.social: "When I was POTUS, I suppose I could have simply unilaterally ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate a governor or cut off funding for states that didn't vote for me... but that is contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work."

America offers Europe warmer words, but a deep chill remains - The Economist

A German General Prepares His Country for War—and the Clock Is Ticking - The Wall Street Journal

Just a random post that may come in handy soon.

If European leaders want to secure a place at the negotiating table, they must demonstrate to the Kremlin that Russia does not have a veto over security guarantees for Ukraine, writes Iulian Romanyshyn.

"To put it in terms Bezos would use, he is no longer a swashbuckling badass. He should sell the Post to someone who is." Our country and our democracy need it. New from Cameron Barr, former senior managing editor of the Washington Post: lnk.thebulwark.com/4tkLJ2P

Democrats Mess With Winning in Texas - The Atlantic

Imagine if four years into our war in Iraq we had only occupied 20 percent of it and lost 1.2 million men. Would anyone say the US is winning? No? Then how in the hell can you say Russia is winning?!

If Jeff Bezos had any strength of character he would pay someone to take the newspaper he's destroyed off his hands and contribute money to a trust to restore it.

Thank God for Melania Trump - The Economist

A Maryland community has nixed a previously issued building permit for an ICE facility. Oklahoma City landowners backed out of a similar deal with ICE late last month, citing community safety concerns should ICE move in following the extrajudicial killings of two U.S. citizens. trib.al/p0pAC3e

My warning back in late 2024 that Tulsi Gabbard was a national security risk: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Lord Acton, 1887: “Power tends to corrupt. And absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

US contractor sent Gaza plan to White House that would secure 300% profits - The Guardian

New photo!

It’s profoundly unsettling that many of the world’s most powerful figures named in the Epstein Files, including the US president and the wealthiest person alive, continue to hold positions of influence. What a terrible world we live in

@mahsaalimardani.bsky.social Great interview with @yaldahakim.bsky.social

straight up Gestapo shit

Yesterday, Todd Blanche said that people weren't going to find in the Epstein files what we always suspected. And while I'm mostly watching what others find in the Epstein files second hand, I keep thinking, are you fucking HIGH? Everything I'm seeing is precisely what we expected.

❗️🇺🇸 Putin mentioned more than 1,000 times in Epstein scandalous tapes. American behind-the-scenes political and criminal life is heavily tied to Putin, interestingly…

Epstein lawyers discussed possibility of cooperation with prosecutors days before his death, files reveal - The Guardian

Trump’s New Method of Humiliation - The Atlantic

Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp: www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

Authoritarianism. Which comes in many types - recommended reading here:

FYI: everyone appointed by this admin, including Warsh, will be gone in three years.

Moscow, substation 💥💥💥

US federal judge blocks ICE deportation of five-year-old boy and his father - The Guardian

Trump faces growing GOP backlash over immigration crackdown after second deadly shooting - The Hill

I just saw a commercial on CNN for Fannie Mae with a fake AI Trump voice (it sounded like Trump would if he wasn’t mentally mashed potatoes) that looked like a campaign commercial. Who is paying for that

Public outrage and media exposure matter.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.” 💔💔💔

"Pretti was a U.S. citizen, born in Illinois. Like Good, court records showed he had no criminal record and his family said he had never had any interactions with law enforcement beyond a couple of traffic tickets." {gift link} wapo.st/3LxWTQV

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