Amazing story of an editor fact-checking a young writer to find that she had completely made up sources and quotes in articles in some of the biggest news outlets in the world. One by one, those outlets took down her faked stories. The editor's exasperation with AI stands out

Glad to know that this random ACP account that misread my Wagner coup thread as an endorsement of the Russian military is actually based in Brazil.

More evidence of the total dysfunction in the Trump administration. The State Department didn't know about Witkoff's "peace plan", congressional GOP didn't know, the US IC didn't know, and apparently even Trump didn't know the detail. Complete chaos. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/11/…

Dear Europe: If you read this and still think the United States is with you, you deserve everything you fear is coming your way. This is Russian-style corruption incorporated into the American system. wsj.com/world/russia/r…

A must-read piece on how naked cynicism of Russians and venal opportunism of the Trump camp brought us the Witkoff-Dmitriev drug deal.

This is crazy. The DoD Inspector General couldn't get a transcript of the DoD chat because it was on a private phone, which the SecDef refused to turn over. So, they relied on The Atlantic's records.

Can't think of another example of a global power so demonstratively burning its assets and destroying its influence, in a single document

The State Dept. is instructing its officers to deny visas to those who engage in “activities including combatting misinformation, disinformation or false narratives, content moderation, compliance, and trust and safety”. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/d…

This is consistent with the new Trump NSS. It would mean the end of NATO. By undermining collective defense, Trump would destroy deterrence, inviting Putin’s aggression on Europe. The world would then see the sacrifice of much of what was earned by our forebears in WWII.

Disastrous along side the publication of Trump’s National Security “Strategy.”Trump delivers a massive gift to Putin. Our troops will inevitably be force to pay the bill. Exclusive: US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense, officials say | Reuters reuters.com/business/aeros…

This included the potential abandonment of political projects associated with the post-war liberal international order by Washington and the embrace of Europe as a "Laboratory of Reaction", both of which are echoed in today's National Security Strategy ukraine-analytica.org/wp-content/upl…

Overlooked detail in the 2025 National Security Strategy: A year after the collapse of Assad, the Trump admin is labeling Middle East democratization as a "misguided experiment with hectoring these nations...into abandoning their traditions and historic forms of government"

Deputy Secretary of State: “we cannot pretend that we are partners” with the European Union

This is a great snapshot of what this whole debate is about:

If you need any further evidence that this administration sees Europe as a larger threat than Russia.

What this really means: The EU should be abolished so that great powers run by unaccountable oligarchs can better bully smaller countries.

What are your views on Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union? Or does this concern only extend to allies and partners of the United States?