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OK. I laughed out loud.
Thought you were taking some well-deserved downtime?
Trump and Hegseth know exactly what happened with the bombing of the girls school. This “investigation” is a smoke screen because they know the attention span of our media cycles, so they will drag it out until they stop getting asked about it. Which is usually 48 hours or so.
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“Ambassadors like Kushner signal Washington’s contempt for actual diplomacy; they are there to undermine our fellow democracies, not work with them, by amplifying claims of antisemitism and liberal bias.”
Evidence suggests the deadly blast at an Iranian school was likely a US airstrike
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It’s sure easier than helping increasingly threatened American citizens abroad, isn’t it, Mr. Secretary?
Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"
I will tolerate a lot, and occasionally have a potty mouth myself, but if you’re gonna use my thread to gratuitously cuss out people, particularly other posters, it’s a block.
Me too. Usually thru clenched teeth.
No ships at all going through the Strait of Hormuz
As the death and destruction mounts throughout the Middle East, the imbecile Trump calls for “unconditional surrender.”What a laughably sick tragedy—for America and the world. Tough days ahead.
This careless response should alone be grounds for impeachment.
Bingo.
I (optimistically? vainly? cynically?) look forward to that day when Rubio‘s ass is hauled up on the Hill to testify for hours about his abject failure to prepare, support-or even communicate effectively-to our citizens abroad in crises. Of course, he’ll weasel and blame it on staff.
Again, Prof. Saunders, thank you for continuing to shout into the void. Diplomacy is, and should be, an instrument as important as war in a nation’s tool kit. These fools thought otherwise. I go back to Powell‘s Pottery Barn Rule: you break it you own it. We are going to learn this all over again.
This.
THIS, dammit.
Maybe this is just me, but I kind of think massive military operations, in which we're demanding unconditional surrender as the outcome, probably should be authorized by Congress.
And it’s not as if we haven’t been down this road before.
Operation Epic Fail.
The cat. She hasn’t yet shared the octopus‘s name.
Don’t think so but it’s sure cute!
Time line cleanse and sudden realization that Molly may not have missed me as much as she should. Her amazing petsitter knew how to entertain her!
Look in a mirror. Any mirror.
Shocking, isn’t it? Consular Affairs had those task forces up and working-planning!- often before we knew there was a serious problem. I can only charitably assume that either CA was kept in the dark or they’ve been so decimated that they simply don’t have the band width or resources anymore.
I couldn’t/wouldn’t dare pick a favorite, but I still think that the Mary I book is one of the most elegant, informative, indeed groundbreaking, bios I’ve ever read.
Latest @theguardian.com cartoon
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Their ability to be playful and their love of cats, are just two of the many reasons why I admire the Ukrainians.
Important piece, which will likely become more important as the days pass.
Wait until she finds out the State Department doesn’t have its own planes.
