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The bill looks like a triumph of GOP sclerosis + dysfunction over attempts to remake its agenda along coherent populist (Vance) or dynamist (Musk) lines, which is why the VP is implausibly casting its details as so much "minutiae" and Musk is screaming from the sidelines.

Entirely true. Doesn’t mean it’s not the right decision to stop the shipments now for US interests, though.

One more time for those in the back: maybe it’s time for regime change at CENTCOM. warontherocks.com/2020/10/defund…

Ok, just one more: jacobin.com/2025/06/kurill…

The thing is: Kurilla’s logic is really problematic. Yes, China is making inroads in the Middle East. Chinese companies and exports are helping to shape the region — the US firing more missiles on behalf of Israel does not help us with that. Backing the war in Gaza — massively

Final point as there’s a lot of “we’re abandoning Ukraine because Trump loves Putin!” on this hellsite. Yes, we wasted weapons in a pointless war with Iran. But we’re now talking about a tradeoff between Ukraine & the lives of US troops whose bases might be left undefended in a

Lmao "cognitive warfare" -- what are we talking about here? What was the point of making every strategy dweeb (myself included) read Clausewitz if people were going to spend their whole careers just coming up with new euphemisms for politics? Just say politics! You won't melt!

I think this is a severe misunderstanding. DoD isn‘t working against the President‘s wishes. They are doing exactly what this administration said it would do from the start. It is misleading to think that -deep down- Trump has bought NATO‘s agenda and is now being sabotaged.

Headline / byline from hell.

A raft of new articles from Biden admin folks arguing that Trump should take steps they themselves thought were too risky -- seizing Russian assets, heavier oil sanctions -- to help Ukraine.

If you're making an inspirational Bible quote calendar, it's a good idea to make sure you know who you're quoting.

.Emma Ashford is great, just listened to this Ezra Klein podcast of one month ago youtube.com/watch?v=hE5hxE…

I argue in my latest piece for IISS News that in the wake of Iran's attack on Qatar's al-Udeid base, the Gulf states must now confront the hard realities of their changed security environment. iiss.org/online-analysi…

For the Gulf states, a weakened Iran is not necessarily less dangerous, Israel is a destabilising and unrestrained actor and the US presence in the Gulf is more likely to invite Iranian retaliation than prevent it. No easy answers on the horizon.

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