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Mar- 2022 -14 MarchMember Briefings
Are We Doing Enough to Help Ukraine?
This morning on @Morning_Joe, @JoeNBC asked me, and I’m paraphrasing, what it was going to take for the West to defend Ukraine, to…
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8 MarchMember Briefings
How to Win the Energy War with Russia
As we enter the energy war phase of this crisis, when Americans are asked to pay more, perhaps twice as…
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7 MarchMember Briefings
No, NATO Expansion Had Nothing to do with the Ukraine War
Folks, can we please put to rest the “NATO Expansion” got us to where we are with the Ukraine fable?…
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Feb- 2022 -23 FebruaryMember Briefings
Thoughts That Keep Me Awake Late at Night
I’m lying awake here tonight because I honestly can’t fathom how we have gotten to the point that the leader…
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14 FebruaryMember Briefings
Trump’s Love of Putin Looking Worse and Worse with Every Passing Day
Trump’s slavering over Putin was repulsive enough in light of Putin’s long criminal history. It looks much worse in light…
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14 FebruaryMember Briefings
Trump\’s Love of Putin Looking Worse and Worse with Every Passing Day
Trump\’s slavering over Putin was repulsive enough in light of Putin\’s long criminal history. It looks much worse in light…
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10 FebruaryMember Briefings
Required Reading from DSR
For the next few weeks, while I am finishing up my book “American Resistance: The Untold Story of How the…
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Jan- 2022 -22 JanuaryMember Briefings
Weekend Quick Takes: The View from DC
As I mentioned on our podcast, I was in Washington all week doing high level meetings. In my last brief,…
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19 JanuaryMember Briefings
In Search of Optimism
I have spent this week as I often do meeting with senior officials and smart observers in and around Washington. …
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7 JanuaryMember Briefings
Was January 6th a Mere Prelude to Much Worse to Come?
David Remnick, editor of the New Yorker, who in my view is one of a handful of American journalists who…
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5 JanuaryMember Briefings
How Do You Grade America’s Response to Last January 6th?
How do you grade America’s response to the coup attempt that occurred one year ago, on January 6 2020? By…
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5 JanuaryMember Briefings
How Do You Grade America\’s Response to Last January 6th?
How do you grade America’s response to the coup attempt that occurred one year ago, on January 6 2020? By…
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Dec- 2021 -29 DecemberMember Briefings
Overreaction? Taking Stock of the Top Foreign Policy Predictions of 2022
I have a confession to make. I spend too much time watching sports on TV and reading about them on-line. …
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20 DecemberMember Briefings
Sure, Hate Manchin, He Deserves it. But Now Focus on What We Can Do About It.
I feel your contempt and loathing for Manchin. He’s earned it. I’ve been seething all morning. It’s far from the…
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17 DecemberMember Briefings
The Damoclean Sword of Distrust that Hangs Over US Foreign Policy
On Friday afternoon, a senior state department official held a roundtable discussion with members of the press in which he…
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15 DecemberMember Briefings
THE GARLAND CONUNDRUM
“Merrick Garland is the wrong man for the job.” It’s a view I have heard often on recent trips to…
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8 DecemberMember Briefings
Spoiler Alert: Bad as the Roys are on “Succession,” the Murdochs are much, much worse.
Look, I don’t know what was up with Kendall Roy in that last scene from the last episode of “Succession.” …
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2 DecemberMember Briefings
The GOP is No Longer a Legitimate Political Party…and the Media Have Failed to Notice
When Donald Trump or Kevin McCarthy or Lauren Boebert seek to dismiss or deflect a criticism as partisan, they are…
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Nov- 2021 -17 NovemberMember Briefings
Notes from the Third Subbasement: Sometimes, in DC, Universal Agreement is Also a Form of Dysfunction
Summer is hot. Winter is cold. Washington is dysfunctional. It has become so obvious to be almost a tautology. I…
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12 NovemberMember Briefings
Notes from the Third Sub-basement: Bannon’s Indictment is Overdue and Not Enough
Steven Bannon has been indicted on two counts of Contempt of Congress. Each carries a possible sentence of up to…
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