Palestinian Man Recounts Brutal Sexual Assault by Israeli Settlers

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/w...

Kudos to the NYT editor who took “Appears to” out of the lead headline (finally)

White House Terror Tactics Are Pushing Blue State Leaders to Active Resistance There is another point I want to note about what has happened...

Should be all states as well as all of the Congress. This is emerging as a moment for elected leaders to be . White House Terror Tactics Are Pushing Blue State Leaders to Active Resistance talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/white...

To follow on my previous post, this is a good start, but it does not seem out of order to expect major corporations to stand up for the first and fourth amendment protections among other constitutional guarantees be protected. The Only People And Companies Who Are Standing Up To Trump - HuffPost

The Only People And Companies Who Are Standing Up To Trump - HuffPost
Danish PM Mette Frederiksen, Danes and Greenlanders should be on this list.
Too few have stepped up but perhaps more to come following these examples - e.g. U.S. state governors filing more suits as Americans are killed by feds.

Videos From Minnesota Show How Aggressive ICE Has Gotten During Arrests and Encounters With Protesters For weeks, residents have documented the impact of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign and captured many violent confrontations on camera.

Videos Showing Aggressive ICE Tactics in Minnesota Fuel a Backlash www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show

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Opinion | There’s One Easy Solution to the A.I. Porn Problem

Good discussion of the AI safety legislation needed: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...

Opinion | Trump’s New Strategy Document Is Misguided and Dangerous

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I missed this when it came out - a trenchant summation of the argument that the U.S. is committing superpower suicide by mislabelling threats & attacking its allies.

US law requires tapping women’s talents in national security and peacemaking. Listen to my conversation about the 2017 Women, Peace and Security Act with the WPS Co-Chairs Rep. Lois Frankel and Rep. Jan Kiggans on the urgency and the benefits. www.cfr.org/event/women-...

Trump’s AI thaw: How Europe and the Gulf can protect against American and Chinese tech pressure Recent changes in US policy have brought the US and Gulf states together again on AI—creating new openings for European decision-makers…

Very interesting article about how Europe can develop its model of trustworthy AI. ecfr.eu/article/trum...

Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A partial list of the degree to which constitutional rights are being infringed. This has been part of my research on the decline of democracy worldwide, and the US slide will make a huge difference if not stopped.

Resharing as it did not get wide play when we first put it out via Politico NatSec Daily last spring…

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy: Farah Pandith Farah Pandith has spearheaded efforts to counter violent extremism in both Republican and Democratic administrations. CFR sat down with her to understand where such efforts stand today and what it’s …

"The extremist momentum that has been built since 9/11 is shocking."

Love this new @cfr.org series on foreign policy careers. Here, the great @farahpandith.bsky.social tells Ivana Saric about her pioneering work in countering violent extremism. www.cfr.org/article/how-...

Looking forward to getting my own copy of @kschake.bsky.social’s book, and this excerpt certainly whet’s the appetite.

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The Kremlin’s plot to kill NATO’s credibility The alliance needs an emphatic response to Russian air incursions

NATO’s response to the drones over Poland must be accompanied by spine from Donald Trump. Despite having promised to end the war in Ukraine in a day, he has let Vladimir Putin lead him by the nose

@kschake congratulations! I look forward to reading this very timely history. Just followed you and trying to build up my blue sky alternative as Twitter is just too terrible.

How a Ceasefire Agreement Can Bolster Ukraine’s Security—and NATO’s, Too While hopes for a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war remain slim, U.S. and European leaders need to lay the groundwork for lasting peace. Designing provisions that impose high costs on Russia for an…

My @cfr.org colleague Paul Stares on what an agreement to end the war in Ukraine would actually require. It’s way more than a ceasefire although Putin hasn’t agreed to even that. www.cfr.org/article/how-...

If you did not read it in hardcover, I highly recommend you peruse the paperback version of this seminal work on the history of far-right extremism by my colleagues @jacobware.bsky.social and @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social

Former senior officials are calling on Congress to investigate a troubling pattern of firings of senior women from top military and diplomatic jobs under the Trump administration. If you share this concern, please call your members of Congress.
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In Politico on 4/25.

The National Endowment for Democracy has been an effective, low-cost tool to support democracy— with bipartisan support for four decades. See here for the toll of cuts in testimony by @tcwittes.bsky.social and Dan Twining, heads of the Democratic & Republican institutes: thehill.com/opinion/whit...

April 20 letter and signers EMBARGOED House Armed Services Committee Senate Armed Services Committee House Foreign Affairs Committee Senate Foreign Relations Committee House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Senate Sel...

This letter to Congress resurfaces the pressing issue of firings of highly qualified women in national security. 140 former senior officials seek action as recruitment and retention will likely suffer if these unwarranted dismissals do not stop. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I thought these were the people who are fighting antisemitism on college campuses 🤔

Thank you for this and the AI Bill of Rights, @alondra.bsky.social

Trump’s DEI Purge in the Military Puts U.S. National Security at Risk The administration’s “anti-DEI” campaign targets vital expertise and experience in government agencies.

My latest piece about the latest firing of a senior woman leader—VADM Chatfield. This is her third assignment with NATO at a critical moment in the Ukraine war and US role in NATO. Her firing is the opposite of meritocracy. www.cfr.org/blog/trumps-...

See Richard Haass's take on all the troubling acts of capitulation to executive branch overreach and malfeasance. Some universities, law firms, and agency heads are heading to the courts to defend the rule of law, but not enough. OpSec (March 28, 2025) open.substack.com/pub/richardh...

The Long, Proud History of Women in the Military Women in the military have been removed from the Department of Defense and Arlington Memorial Cemetery's websites: why this is happening and how it can be reversed.

Why are women being deleted from DoD and other U.S. websites? Find out here and express your concern to your congressional representatives. Women are a vital part of our national security establishment, and too many women are being dismissed without cause. www.cfr.org/blog/long-pr...

Trump’s Cuts to Democracy Promotion Like the NED Already Hit Asian Organizations Hard The Trump administration has significantly reduced U.S. foreign assistance for democracy promotion,  weakening critical support structures in regions like Southeast Asia.

The Trump administration has significantly reduced U.S. foreign assistance for democracy promotion, weakening critical support structures in regions like Southeast Asia, expert Joshua Kurlantzick writes.