Daniel Dale This is much more softly worded than it should be, but thank you NBC News for having the courage to correctly label this statement by Harris as false.

Two years since this effort to encourage a diplomatic solution in Ukraine, and what has been gained? Hundreds of thousands more dead and a few hunded more kilometers of blood-soaked ground gained by Russia. Diplomacy was the right call then and is still the right call now.

Humanitarian groups in Gaza share their location with Israeli officials and then get attacked by the IDF at the same location. Here are 14 examples of that happening. My latest for Responsible Statecraft: responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-hamas-w…

Many thanks to Quincy Institute's Kelley B. Vlahos and Benjamin Armbruster for editing this piece.

"The wild applause that met (Liz Cheney's) announcement in Texas is indicative of where liberals now place their priorities—and goes a long way toward explaining why they cannot be trusted on matter of national security." -- New James Carden The American Conservative theamericanconservative.com/cheneymania-se…

Is Joe still running our foreign policy? In particular, our seriously fraught and urgent Ukraine and Israel policies? Must watch convo with me, Dan McCarthy and James Carden on the latest Trip the Beltway Fantastic! Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=36z4PY…

Sean Padraig McCarthy Once upon a time, the internet was a very decentralized and crazy place. Everyone had their own website and you could find almost anything. It was genuine and organic and interesting, even when it was weird. But, then they sterilized and centralized and commoditized the whole

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.Stephen Semler : Were these aid workers intentionally targeted by the IDF? Here are the details, you decide: responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-hamas-w…

Kelley B. Vlahos : Is this what putting 'America first', or a 'foreign policy for the middle class' looks like?responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-debate-h…

📷 Is Israel intentionally attacking aid workers? We’ve compiled 14 incidents where humanitarians were attacked despite giving the IDF their coordinates and being clearly identified as civilians - by Stephen Semler responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-hamas-w…

NEW George Beebe: Even if Biden approves, if he crosses this red line, there aren't enough Western long range missiles to make a difference. MORE: responsiblestatecraft.org/ukraine-long-r…

At some point there will be no debate about what and how much weapons aid goes to Ukraine; it will be on autopilot. Congress is working on that now, ahead of any possible Trump return. My latest at The American Conservative theamericanconservative.com/as-the-money-d…

US imperial wisdom

Kelley B. Vlahos on a debate to end the debate on what a foreign policy that puts 'America first' should look like: responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-debate-h…

Ian Proud on how seizing Russian assets to give to Ukraine (which is what Western officials are trying to do in short order): "(it) will merely prolong the war and pile more economic and human misery on Ukraine." Here's why: responsiblestatecraft.org/russian-asset-…

Has the proliferation of aid worker deaths in Gaza -- the most on record in a war zone in one year on record -- been intentional? Here are 14 cases. You decide. responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-hamas-w…

Foreign policy under the tires in this week. The real victim? the American people. ICYMI Kelley B. Vlahos : responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-debate-h…

NEW #TriptheBeltwayFantastic! This week I talk to 'Misfit in Moscow' Ian Proud about the Kursk invasion, long range weapons, scuttled peace talks & more. Check it out here and give us a like! youtube.com/watch?v=XjQ3hC…

Neither chamber of Congress has ever voted on legislation to ban stock ownership (or trading) by lawmakers. Since the measure died in the previous Congress, House and Senate members continue buying and selling stock in Lockheed Martin, RTX, and others: readsludge.com/2024/09/12/her…