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We're entering a world where the US, rather than leading the free world, is another actor that the free world maneuvers around. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

Congress, in creating #USAID, knew that humanitarian&development assistance serve US interests in a longer timeframe than most foreign policy. It made sense to have some institutional separation from State Dept. Aid is not just another weapon. Or it shouldn't be. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/w...

"Have you said 'thank you' once?" #Trump #diplomacy @beschlossdc1776.bsky.social

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News: www.devex.com/news/exclusi...

A '90-day pause in United States foreign development assistance for assessment of programmatic efficiencies and consistency with United States foreign policy...' www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

You are not immune to propaganda. #art

Day 20 of dry January. Maybe the wrong month to stop drinking. #RaymondCarver

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‘Will Pay Any Amount:’ Private Firefighters Are in Demand in L.A. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/u...

The Clinton administration faced a choice: Pull the plug on free trade and internationalism or push ahead without the safety-net side. Over objections of more liberal voices in the administration, Mr. Clinton chose the latter How Democrats Lost the Working Class www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/u...

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where we are and why. @hcrichardson.bsky.social heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-5-...

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... An honorable man at the helm of a deeply compromised foreign policy machine.

Gabbard’s history of embracing fringe ideas and conspiracy theories has drawn renewed scrutiny in light of Trump’s nomination for her to serve as his director of national intelligence, FP’s Amy Mackinnon writes.

Latest Updates: Jimmy Carter Dies at 100 www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12... RIP Jimmy Carter. Dignity and integrity the likes of which th White House may never see again.

Written by AI, or someone who doesn't know US English? timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/b...

"Where is US foreign assistance money going?" they ask naively, as if anyone who is paying attention can't answer that question themselves, sitting at their computer. Https://foreignassistance.gov

My best read of 2024. What's yours?