Alex Ward

“what has happened…seems to some in the federal government more like China’s cultural revolution, where the only good ideas are the ones that flow from the leader, & both research reports & intelligence findings should support the president’s desires.” https://t.co/ZYwgkSV6lW

RT @JonLemire: “Trump told aides this week that he does not believe a summit with him, Zelensky, and Putin—which he once hoped would be a w…

Actually, he compared the war to children fighting in a park

Oksana Kovalenko @superumka

I’ve been hearing nonstop explosions in Kyiv for several hours. First it was drones, now Russia’s launching ballistic missiles. Air defense is working. Meanwhile, Trump is treating it like just some street fight between guys.

Look, man, you never go full Prigozhin

World War X

By saying Russia and Ukraine may need to "keep fighting" before they're willing to make peace, Trump is both 1) bowing to reality and 2) admitting his sprint for peace just isn't going to happen. He also blew past another "two weeks" deadline to decide if Russia will negotiate.

Axios scooping its own scoops was always the inevitable outcome

Emily Stewart @EmilyStewartM

is it a scoop i can’t tell https://t.co/xq3kXo6GPl

RT @paulmcleary: SecDef Pete Hegseth won’t attend a meeting of 50 defense ministers at NATO HQ Wednesday that has been key to coordinating…

RT @WSJPR: Congratulations to @WSJ's @AnnieLinskey for receiving the 2024 @PresGeraldRFord Journalism Prize for Distinguished Reporting on…

RT @PhilipWegmann: Was Trump informed of the Ukrainian drone attack on Russia ahead of time? "He was not," replies @PressSec.

This is right, with the exception being the major backlash to Biden going to Saudi Arabia and the fist bump

Emma Ashford @EmmaMAshford

Not a fan of takes like this. All administrations operate with a mixture of realist and idealist policies, even if they lean in one direction. We never see takes like "Biden is a liberal internationalist except when he's not." Only realists are supposed to be pure. https://t.co/TpTVArgRoq

RT @paulmcleary: The Pentagon is shifting oversight of Greenland by putting it under U.S. Northern Command, pulling it away from European C…

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Joe Wilson @RepJoeWilson

War criminal Putin’s time making arrogant demands while playing perpetual victim is up. President Trump graciously offered him a way out of the horrific mess he created. He cowardly continued bombing church playgrounds and sleeping families because he knows he has lost. Time for

RT @John_Hudson: "it is without a doubt true that Israel has committed war crimes," says former State Department spokesman Matthew Miller h…

The Assad regime imprisoned Austin Tice, top secret files show. Whereabouts still unknown. https://t.co/KCugHB4YLi