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Former U.S. Ambassador, proud retired career public servant, aspiring biographer of Mildred Cooke Cecil, childless cat lady. Not as diplomatic as I once was.
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These guys are heroes. Proud to support World Central Kitchen who serve wherever they are needed.

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Large pro- Ukrainian demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. #RussiaIsATerroristState

submitted 47 minutes ago • 1 comment

This.

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Of course they do. Despicable people.

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Proving yet again that when Trumpie and the GOP say “thank you for your service” to our military, it’s shorthand for “fuck you.”

submitted 22 hours ago • 1 comment

This.

submitted 22 hours ago • 1 comment

Gee. Ya think?

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

Excellent piece indeed, but painfully sad. USAID’s impact is enormous and touches many lives. The dedicated work of its staff is-and remains-an inspiration. Our mistake, for those of us who saw USAID on the ground,was thinking that this country truly cared about the world outside our borders.

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

Imagine my surprise.

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

Why is it ALWAYS the women who stand up against Trump? Asking for a country.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Will This Substack Get Me in Trouble? open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...

submitted 1 day ago • 27 comments

Look at the guy in the photo. Wearing a mask and gloves, he's crouched in a puddle in a gutter soaking up bird guano. For science. To try to keep on top of an incipient pandemic. Maybe we should be grateful that people are willing to do this work. Instead of sloughing them off so easily.

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Of course he did. Bastard.

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Trump never had to quit NATO formally to gut it. www.brookings.edu/articles/nat... @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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Unspeakably sad. And horrific.

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China stepping in and stepping up around the world. And why wouldn’t they? The US left the entire field to them in the space of one month. All that winning, right?

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Makes me sick to my stomach.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Truth.

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Some time ago, I said that Putin was holding on by his fingernails in the hope Trump would win and bail him out (similarly to Netanyahu) but man, I didn’t think it would happen this fast and blatantly. We are not the USA we once were, and may never be again.

submitted 4 days ago • 4 comments

Apparently, one’s day is not complete without feckless Boris Johnson chiming in. Here’s his “reading” of Trumpie on Ukraine. Like everything else Johnson says, it’s both self-serving and clueless.

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Www.afsa.org doesn’t have a Bluesky that I can find. This is from their page

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Trump - with his devotion to Putin, abandonment of Ukraine, and lies about history- is the antithesis of everything Ronald Reagan stood for. He is aligning America with the enemies of the very freedom that generations have fought and died to defend.

submitted 3 days ago • 297 comments

I am speechless. And ashamed that this country is turning its back on the very real and pressing fight for freedom in the world today and on its 249 year commitment, however imperfect or inconsistent, to liberal democracy. History will not be kind. Nor should it be.

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Hero. 🇺🇦

submitted 3 days ago • 286 comments

Trump proving beyond a doubt he is working for Russia, is now openly attacking Zelenskyy and Ukraine after failing to blackmail them for trillions of dollars. Everyday Trump is president is a 100 years of shame and embarrassment for the United States.

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The stupid continues. Will the Secretary of State stand up for the need to be informed about what’s happening in the rest of the world Hahahahaha.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

That’s it? That’s the House Minority Leader’s response to the destruction of our government? We are well and truly fucked.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

A sign that the Trump admin is taking your egg price concerns very seriously www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

submitted 4 days ago • 46 comments

Social Security is next, folks. He’s going to let the muskettes play with your Social Security accounts.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

What the Trump Administration really means is that it does not want schoolchildren to learn while black. It does not want teachers to teach while black. It does not want universities to give teachers opportunities while they are black.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

This is how this government is treating your fellow citizens simply because they are public servants. No one is immune.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

DOGE in practice: Disabled Army veteran who has 4 kids and did 3 tours overseas is fired from his job at Bronx VA hospital

submitted 4 days ago • 454 comments

Note to the media: There are no Ukraine peace talks in which Ukraine does not participate.

submitted 4 days ago • 21 comments