Memo to Blinken:

US officials say Israel is engaging 'unconscionably high levels of civilian harm to military advantage' and 'killing humanitarian workers and journalists at an unprecedented rate.' reuters.com/world/middle-e…

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell welcomed Trump official Matt Pottinger on air to bash China — without mentioning Trump.

Also unmentioned: Pottinger's lucrative corporate advisory work in Asia. Bashing TikTok may benefit his clients, but none of this is disclosed. msnbc.com/andrea-mitchel…

Biden's formative years in Washington were a time when being reflexively pro-Israel was good politics.

'The group of people around him in his close political circle went by the rulebook of the 1990s,' Jeremy Ben-Ami says.

The politics is now changing.
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State Department spokeswoman resigns in protest of Biden’s Gaza policy english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-ea…

Blinken has been sitting on staff recommendations to sanction Israeli military units linked to killings or rapes

'They've been sitting in his briefcase,' an official tells Brett Murphy. propublica.org/article/israel…

Investment powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz announces a new $600 million American Dynamism fund.

I wonder how much of it is powered by Saudi dollars?!

Everyone sharing their Conan O'Brien stories seems to have forgotten that time he did PR for Netanyahu. haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Primer is a military AI startup expanding its revolving-door influence.

Now, the former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Bob Ashley, joins Primer.

'Primer's cutting-edge AI solutions are already helping national security professionals deliver,' he says.

Should it be kosher to work as a special presidential envoy and a corporate consultant at the same time?

If you have thoughts (or tips) on government ethics in Biden's Washington, I'd love to hear from you. levernews.com/the-defense-in…