There's no way to sugarcoat this: Yesterday was the single-worst day in American history in the fight against both kleptocracy and foreign influence campaigns.
This is for many reasons—and for one large reason.
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This is for many reasons—and for one large reason.
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Pam Bondi is the first AG in American history who was a lobbyist for a foreign dictatorship. And in her first move as AG: "The Justice Department is scaling back enforcement of laws governing foreign lobbying transparency and bribes of foreign officials." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Bondi Diminishes Justice Department White Collar Enforcement (1)
The Justice Department is scaling back enforcement of laws governing foreign lobbying transparency and bribes of foreign officials, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced.
news.bloomberglaw.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
There's no way to sugarcoat this: Yesterday was the single-worst day in American history in the fight against both kleptocracy and foreign influence campaigns.
This is for many reasons—and for one large reason.
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This is for many reasons—and for one large reason.
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Putting aside his adoration for dictators, Curtis Yarvin is, by all appearances, an idiot.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/m...
January 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Put another way: Elon Musk is currently worth approximately $825 billion more than John D. Rockefeller, the richest of the robber barons, was worth, even adjusted for inflation.
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Nearly two weeks after the release of UNITED STATES OF OLIGARCHY, and one of the clearest responses to the book is that folks don't know just how much worse the US now is in terms of wealth inequality than it was during the Gilded Age.
August 23, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Put another way: Elon Musk is currently worth approximately $825 billion more than John D. Rockefeller, the richest of the robber barons, was worth, even adjusted for inflation.
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Maybe the most revealing stat in this entire report: Russia's multi-year offensive in Ukraine is advancing *slower than the Battle of the Somme*(!)
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February 22, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Maybe the most revealing stat in this entire report: Russia's multi-year offensive in Ukraine is advancing *slower than the Battle of the Somme*(!)
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And how long is it (days? weeks?) before Trump starts saying, "In order to protect American Greenland, we gotta have those Canadian islands up there. Gotta have it. Baffin? Ellesmere? That's ours. Why should Canada have them?"
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All of the Trump administration’s reasons for seizing Greenland—it’s for Arctic “defense,” Denmark can’t do the job, there’s almost no one there, and what right does Denmark have, anyway?—can all apply to Canada’s Arctic islands.
Ottawa’s gotta start preparing—now.
Ottawa’s gotta start preparing—now.
January 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
And how long is it (days? weeks?) before Trump starts saying, "In order to protect American Greenland, we gotta have those Canadian islands up there. Gotta have it. Baffin? Ellesmere? That's ours. Why should Canada have them?"
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I honestly don't know how NATO survives an American push to seize Greenland. What ally would ever trust the U.S. again?
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Some of the things Trump annexing Greenland would do:
—Fracture (maybe even destroy) the trans-Atlantic alliance
—Accelerate Canada‘s nuclearization
—Destroy any effort to jointly oppose Chinese invasion of Taiwan
—Spark a potential anti-American insurgency *in Greenland itself*
—Fracture (maybe even destroy) the trans-Atlantic alliance
—Accelerate Canada‘s nuclearization
—Destroy any effort to jointly oppose Chinese invasion of Taiwan
—Spark a potential anti-American insurgency *in Greenland itself*
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM
I honestly don't know how NATO survives an American push to seize Greenland. What ally would ever trust the U.S. again?
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If it seems like more and more Ukrainian long-strike drone attacks on Russia are succeeding... they absolutely are.
www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...
www.wsj.com/world/ukrain...
June 26, 2026 at 7:35 PM
With Trump’s re-election, Ukraine suddenly faces a new decision: should it develop its own nuclear weapons?
Or a better question: why *shouldn’t* Ukraine re-nuclearize?
My latest over at @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/07/u...
Or a better question: why *shouldn’t* Ukraine re-nuclearize?
My latest over at @foreignpolicy.com: foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/07/u...
Ukraine Now Faces a Nuclear Decision
Under a new Trump administration, Ukraine’s government can't avoid considering a nuclear weapon.
foreignpolicy.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Ayuso no soporta que la juventud tenga voz.
Hoy cierra el CJCM y ataca un espacio clave para la participación democrática. Desde el Ministerio sellamos un compromiso con @consejojuventudesp.bsky.social para garantizar su autonomía.
Mientras ellos cierran oportunidades, la juventud abre caminos.
Hoy cierra el CJCM y ataca un espacio clave para la participación democrática. Desde el Ministerio sellamos un compromiso con @consejojuventudesp.bsky.social para garantizar su autonomía.
Mientras ellos cierran oportunidades, la juventud abre caminos.
December 20, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Ayuso no soporta que la juventud tenga voz.
Hoy cierra el CJCM y ataca un espacio clave para la participación democrática. Desde el Ministerio sellamos un compromiso con @consejojuventudesp.bsky.social para garantizar su autonomía.
Mientras ellos cierran oportunidades, la juventud abre caminos.
Hoy cierra el CJCM y ataca un espacio clave para la participación democrática. Desde el Ministerio sellamos un compromiso con @consejojuventudesp.bsky.social para garantizar su autonomía.
Mientras ellos cierran oportunidades, la juventud abre caminos.
'Musk called [Taiwan] “an integral part of China that is arbitrarily not part of China,” and compared the Taiwan-China situation to Hawaii and the United States.' www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Pentagon Set Up Briefing for Musk on Potential War With China
The access would be a major expansion of Elon Musk’s government role and highlight his conflicts of interest.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
All of these on their own would be disasters for US foreign policy, offsetting whatever “gain“ the US might see from forcing Greenland to become American.
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Some of the things Trump annexing Greenland would do:
—Fracture (maybe even destroy) the trans-Atlantic alliance
—Accelerate Canada‘s nuclearization
—Destroy any effort to jointly oppose Chinese invasion of Taiwan
—Spark a potential anti-American insurgency *in Greenland itself*
—Fracture (maybe even destroy) the trans-Atlantic alliance
—Accelerate Canada‘s nuclearization
—Destroy any effort to jointly oppose Chinese invasion of Taiwan
—Spark a potential anti-American insurgency *in Greenland itself*
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
All of these on their own would be disasters for US foreign policy, offsetting whatever “gain“ the US might see from forcing Greenland to become American.
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This is basically the Texas or Hawaii model—except in those instances, Congress bucked immediate annexation.
Which is what would have to happen again.
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Which is what would have to happen again.
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You can see the contours of the Trump admin's next moves emerging: split Greenland and Denmark, recognize Greenland independence, and immediately announce annexation.
www.ft.com/content/3e4f...
www.ft.com/content/3e4f...
Greenland floats meeting US alone without Denmark
Suggestion comes as Washington has sought to drive a wedge between Nuuk and Copenhagen
www.ft.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
This is basically the Texas or Hawaii model—except in those instances, Congress bucked immediate annexation.
Which is what would have to happen again.
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Which is what would have to happen again.
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This isn't a rhetorical question! You can't just hand-wave away years of Russian revanchism already evident in the early 1990s under Yeltsin.
I've never seen any of these incidents addressed by any of the NATO expansion critics.
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I've never seen any of these incidents addressed by any of the NATO expansion critics.
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Do *any* of the NATO-expansion-was-a-mistake folks ever address the fact that Russia was already occupying a chunk of Moldova, already interfering in Georgia, and already doing everything it could to obliterate Chechnya years before NATO ever expanded in the 1990s?
April 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
This isn't a rhetorical question! You can't just hand-wave away years of Russian revanchism already evident in the early 1990s under Yeltsin.
I've never seen any of these incidents addressed by any of the NATO expansion critics.
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I've never seen any of these incidents addressed by any of the NATO expansion critics.
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Ayuso consuma la vergüenza con la Juventud madrileña.
Aguirre lo hizo en su momento cuando el CJCM estaba en San Bernardo, 24.
Recuerdo aquel Comité Ejecutivo del que formaba parte por @ugtmadrid.bsky.social.
El @ppmadrid.bsky.social solo destruye.
Que no callen la voz a la Juventud.
Aguirre lo hizo en su momento cuando el CJCM estaba en San Bernardo, 24.
Recuerdo aquel Comité Ejecutivo del que formaba parte por @ugtmadrid.bsky.social.
El @ppmadrid.bsky.social solo destruye.
Que no callen la voz a la Juventud.
Ayuso fulmina el Consejo de la Juventud de la Comunidad de Madrid
December 21, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Ayuso consuma la vergüenza con la Juventud madrileña.
Aguirre lo hizo en su momento cuando el CJCM estaba en San Bernardo, 24.
Recuerdo aquel Comité Ejecutivo del que formaba parte por @ugtmadrid.bsky.social.
El @ppmadrid.bsky.social solo destruye.
Que no callen la voz a la Juventud.
Aguirre lo hizo en su momento cuando el CJCM estaba en San Bernardo, 24.
Recuerdo aquel Comité Ejecutivo del que formaba parte por @ugtmadrid.bsky.social.
El @ppmadrid.bsky.social solo destruye.
Que no callen la voz a la Juventud.
Add to this Kushner's Serbia project, which collapsed because he had no idea about local dynamics or why he would be viewed so negatively—yet another failure to attach to Kushner's name.
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And if and when Kushner's project in Albania falls apart (or the government falls!), it'll just be the latest in a long, long string of failures for Kushner.
Failed media mogul. Notoriously terrible real estate investor. Iran, Gaza, Ukraine negotiations—all failures.
Failed media mogul. Notoriously terrible real estate investor. Iran, Gaza, Ukraine negotiations—all failures.
July 5, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Add to this Kushner's Serbia project, which collapsed because he had no idea about local dynamics or why he would be viewed so negatively—yet another failure to attach to Kushner's name.
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And now it's the Canadians' turn to underestimate the threats they're facing from Trump—especially once Trump claims Greenland as the US's own.
It's a strategic nightmare for Canada, which is only going to get worse.
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It's a strategic nightmare for Canada, which is only going to get worse.
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Ottawa is still under-estimating Trump's threats. Would there be a massed American troop movement against Vancouver? Probably not.
But could American troops suddenly start popping up in the Canadian Arctic, to "secure American trade routes"? Absolutely.
www.economist.com/the-americas...
But could American troops suddenly start popping up in the Canadian Arctic, to "secure American trade routes"? Absolutely.
www.economist.com/the-americas...
January 9, 2026 at 10:40 PM
And now it's the Canadians' turn to underestimate the threats they're facing from Trump—especially once Trump claims Greenland as the US's own.
It's a strategic nightmare for Canada, which is only going to get worse.
'
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It's a strategic nightmare for Canada, which is only going to get worse.
'
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Also: Trump's talk about turning Canada into the "51st state" takes up all of the oxygen, but remember when he specifically talked about moving the border from the 49th parallel Canadian officials have to absolutely consider that as part of a real threat from the U.S. now.
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And how long is it (days? weeks?) before Trump starts saying, "In order to protect American Greenland, we gotta have those Canadian islands up there. Gotta have it. Baffin? Ellesmere? That's ours. Why should Canada have them?"
bsky.app/profile/cjcm...
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All of the Trump administration’s reasons for seizing Greenland—it’s for Arctic “defense,” Denmark can’t do the job, there’s almost no one there, and what right does Denmark have, anyway?—can all apply to Canada’s Arctic islands.
Ottawa’s gotta start preparing—now.
Ottawa’s gotta start preparing—now.
January 15, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Also: Trump's talk about turning Canada into the "51st state" takes up all of the oxygen, but remember when he specifically talked about moving the border from the 49th parallel Canadian officials have to absolutely consider that as part of a real threat from the U.S. now.
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If it wasn't Trump, who the hell okayed this meeting to give Musk access to the US's secret war-plans against China? Did Hegseth do it on his own accord? Did someone tell Hegseth that Trump okayed it?
Will Congress do anything to get to the bottom of this?
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Will Congress do anything to get to the bottom of this?
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This has to be one of the most shocking things in Trump's second term: the wealthiest man in the world, who China has significant leverage over, was set to get access to US war plans against China—and the US president didn't even know about it.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
April 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If it wasn't Trump, who the hell okayed this meeting to give Musk access to the US's secret war-plans against China? Did Hegseth do it on his own accord? Did someone tell Hegseth that Trump okayed it?
Will Congress do anything to get to the bottom of this?
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Will Congress do anything to get to the bottom of this?
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Encore des présentations #MECADEV au CJCM avec @nyniane-sp.bsky.social, Tyler Marino, Myriam Amari @goatyourtea.bsky.social & Lucie Comparat présentant leurs travaux de recherche
April 24, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Encore des présentations #MECADEV au CJCM avec @nyniane-sp.bsky.social, Tyler Marino, Myriam Amari @goatyourtea.bsky.social & Lucie Comparat présentant leurs travaux de recherche
Nos reunimos con el CJCM que Ayuso y el PP cierran esta semana.
Una mayoría absolutista que ataca y censura la voz crítica de la juventud organizada. Tienen todo nuestro apoyo en sus siguientes pasos para seguir garantizando que la voz de los jóvenes llega a las instituciones.
Una mayoría absolutista que ataca y censura la voz crítica de la juventud organizada. Tienen todo nuestro apoyo en sus siguientes pasos para seguir garantizando que la voz de los jóvenes llega a las instituciones.
December 18, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Nos reunimos con el CJCM que Ayuso y el PP cierran esta semana.
Una mayoría absolutista que ataca y censura la voz crítica de la juventud organizada. Tienen todo nuestro apoyo en sus siguientes pasos para seguir garantizando que la voz de los jóvenes llega a las instituciones.
Una mayoría absolutista que ataca y censura la voz crítica de la juventud organizada. Tienen todo nuestro apoyo en sus siguientes pasos para seguir garantizando que la voz de los jóvenes llega a las instituciones.
This is all completely plausible, even likely, for Trump in 2028. He's renominated, he's on the ballot, he claims victory—and then claims "the people have demanded a third term, and who am I to turn down the people?"
And then what happens?
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And then what happens?
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Sure, serving a third term as president is barred by the Constitution. But the Constitution doesn't ban:
—A political party nominating a president who's already served twice
—A two-term president appearing on election ballots
—A two-term president claiming victory, regardless of the actual outcome
—A political party nominating a president who's already served twice
—A two-term president appearing on election ballots
—A two-term president claiming victory, regardless of the actual outcome
April 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is all completely plausible, even likely, for Trump in 2028. He's renominated, he's on the ballot, he claims victory—and then claims "the people have demanded a third term, and who am I to turn down the people?"
And then what happens?
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And then what happens?
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This is even more true now than it was a few months ago. Armenia hosting an EU summit, Kyrgyzstan(!) suddenly pushing back against Moscow's narratives, Ukraine taking the upper hand in the war—and more signs of Russian decline to come.
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Russia's pretensions at great power status are obviously ridiculous.
But at some point—given that Moscow is now a vassal state for China, that its influence in the Caucasus and Europe has collapsed, etc etc—you have to wonder if it's fair to still call Russia even a *regional* power.
But at some point—given that Moscow is now a vassal state for China, that its influence in the Caucasus and Europe has collapsed, etc etc—you have to wonder if it's fair to still call Russia even a *regional* power.
May 27, 2026 at 1:01 PM
This is even more true now than it was a few months ago. Armenia hosting an EU summit, Kyrgyzstan(!) suddenly pushing back against Moscow's narratives, Ukraine taking the upper hand in the war—and more signs of Russian decline to come.
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There it is: Trump announces the US will not be enforcing its new shell company registry, which is the single-best tool to counter kleptocracy.
March 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If only we'd listened to Zbig on Russia far earlier—not lying to ourselves about Yeltsin, doing more (or anything!) to support Chechnya, realizing that Russia was hurdling toward fascism—we'd all be in a far better place. bsky.app/profile/cjcm...
This 1994 essay from Brzezinski is the single-most prescient thing I've ever read about Russia: a country that even then was transforming into a revanchist autocracy, dedicated to restoring empire and demolishing Ukrainian sovereignty.
Incredible foresight.
www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/rus...
Incredible foresight.
www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/rus...
The Premature Partnership
Rosy scenarios of a democratic, economically revitalized Russia are the basis for the U.S. partnership with Boris Yeltsin. Such views hinge on the assumption that Russia wants peace with its neighbors...
www.foreignaffairs.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If only we'd listened to Zbig on Russia far earlier—not lying to ourselves about Yeltsin, doing more (or anything!) to support Chechnya, realizing that Russia was hurdling toward fascism—we'd all be in a far better place. bsky.app/profile/cjcm...
Toss in the fact that Putin's suddenly looking at having lost not only Maduro and Assad (and Khamenei), but suddenly Orban's gone, Russia's on the outs in Mali, there's potential collapse from Cuba to Transnistria...
Putin's terrible year has just begun.
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Putin's terrible year has just begun.
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No one's saying that the past month has been *the* turning point in Russia's war in Ukraine... but it sure might be seen that way. (Someday.)
Ukraine's new advantage in long-range drone strikes, Russia's accelerating economic fracture, sudden bursts of discontent in Russia itself—all at once.
Ukraine's new advantage in long-range drone strikes, Russia's accelerating economic fracture, sudden bursts of discontent in Russia itself—all at once.
May 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Toss in the fact that Putin's suddenly looking at having lost not only Maduro and Assad (and Khamenei), but suddenly Orban's gone, Russia's on the outs in Mali, there's potential collapse from Cuba to Transnistria...
Putin's terrible year has just begun.
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Putin's terrible year has just begun.
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