For over a year, Donald Trump has been remaking the image of the US, both at home and abroad. That image boils down to a single word: untrustworthy.
Intelligence
How the Deep State Taught Stephen Miller to Love Socialism
There’s mounting evidence that John Ratcliffe has sustained Trump’s trust sufficiently to successfully rebut Russian disinformation. So much so, the CIA even taught Stephen Miller to love socialism!
Other Nations are Updating their Threat Assessments, Too
Denmark updated their annual threat assessment, and there’s a new name on their list of threats and challenges. I’ll give you 3 chances to guess who it is.
Hint: one Danish academic analyst uses the analogy of a “painful divorce,” saying this country is no longer “an eternal, reliable ally.”
The National Security Strategy’s Structure and Presumptions
Trump’s National Security Strategy envisions sustaining American power by removing brown people and women from positions of power, sustaining a failed trade war, and dictating what Europe should be.
The Special Relationship is Now Pretty Ordinary
It’s no longer “business as usual” for the UK Foreign Office and the Department for Business and Trade.
Who Needs Intelligence Sharing?
On January 27th, an AP story appeared on the news website Military.com with the headline “Intelligence Sharing by the US and Its Allies Has Saved Lives. Trump Could Test Those Ties.” Today, after watching what’s been going on at USAID, DOJ, and with Mark Milley, it’s no longer “could” – those ties *are* being tested.
The Whole World is Watching, Trump Edition
Among the Trump’s new Executive Orders, one it particular is no doubt getting a lot of attention from Intelligence agencies around the world.
The Terrifying Complexity of Tech Oligarchs’ Obeisance to Trump
ABC’s capitulation to Trump’s lawsuit is a sign of things to come — but also what has long been true. By contrast, the capitulation of the tech oligarchs to Trump may represent something altogether more horrible.
The Mixed Emotions of November 9th
From the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923 to Kristallnacht in 1938 to the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, November 9th brings very mixed emotions. On this November 9th, they are being mixed once more.
Pandora’s Box Opened: Netanyahu’s Double-Tap Fuck-You
Netanyahu’s attacks by exploding electronic devices intended for Hezbollah is yet another series of fuck-yous — but this time Netanyahu blew open Pandora’s box and then some.
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