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Jim Goldgeier

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Prof/ex-dean, American University School of International Service; senior advisor, Bridging the Gap; Research Affiliate, Stanford; Non-resident fellow, Kennan Institute. Views are my own. www.jamesgoldgeier.com.

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BREAKING Iran will continue missile attacks for as long as necessary says foreign minister, adding negotiations with US 'no longer on the agenda'

10.03.2026 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 15
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Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., the president's sons, are backing a new drone company that is vying to meet fresh demand from the Pentagon and fill a hole left by the administration's ban on new Chinese drones in the U.S. https://on.wsj.com/4uyhkoO
Powerus, a drone roll-up company based in West Palm Beach, Fla., is merging with a publicly traded golf-course holding company backed by the Trumps, Powerus executives said. The reverse merger will result in Powerus, which was formed last year, trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange in the coming months.
The deal brings deeper involvement by the Trump family into a multibillion-dollar sector that has new opportunities for growth following changes imposed by the Trump administration. Those include the Pentagon's emphasis on large-scale, rapid adoption of small drones, and a national ban on new models of the Chinese drones that have for more than a decade dominated the consumer and commercial markets.
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The Wall Street Journal & . Follow ... X WSJ 14h β€’ 0 Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., the president's sons, are backing a new drone company that is vying to meet fresh demand from the Pentagon and fill a hole left by the administration's ban on new Chinese drones in the U.S. https://on.wsj.com/4uyhkoO Powerus, a drone roll-up company based in West Palm Beach, Fla., is merging with a publicly traded golf-course holding company backed by the Trumps, Powerus executives said. The reverse merger will result in Powerus, which was formed last year, trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange in the coming months. The deal brings deeper involvement by the Trump family into a multibillion-dollar sector that has new opportunities for growth following changes imposed by the Trump administration. Those include the Pentagon's emphasis on large-scale, rapid adoption of small drones, and a national ban on new models of the Chinese drones that have for more than a decade dominated the consumer and commercial markets. EXCLUSIVE Nord Lor Finan LTS NasdaqListe Nasa.

What is there even to say anymore?

β€œEric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., the president's sons, are backing a new drone company that is vying to meet fresh demand from the Pentagon and fill a hole left by the administration's ban on new Chinese drones in the U.S.”

10.03.2026 04:54 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 11

Putin-level lying here:

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Trump Confounded by the War He Started It’s now clear: There was no plan.

"The Ukrainians have become the world’s leading experts in counter-drone warfare. We need their expertise. Maybe we should have been learning from them this whole time."

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Putin’s biggest mistake in launching the full-scale invasion? He ignored the fact that Ukrainians have agency. Trump has the same problem. Doesn’t consider that even in smaller, weaker countries, people have agency. They don’t have to just take whatever the big power dishes out.

10.03.2026 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Of course

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Your regular reminder that normal, mainstream, pro-democracy political parties do not make restricting suffrage the central pillar of their policy platform

10.03.2026 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1061    πŸ” 300    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2
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Ukraine Helps U.S. Bases in the Mideast With Stopping Drones

Ukraine helping US. Russia helping Iran. And still Trump’s Russia First policy continues. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/w...

10.03.2026 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump and Rubio dismantled U.S. diplomacy. It’s making the Iran War harder. Since the start of 2026, President Donald Trump has taken the wheel of American military power and pressed hard on […]

β€œAlliance tensions in wartime are normal. Starting conflicts without basic alliance management is not.” The latest from @profsaunders.bsky.social goodauthority.org/news/trump-a...

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Markets are *very* unhappy about developments in Iran.

09.03.2026 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4406    πŸ” 1349    πŸ’¬ 212    πŸ“Œ 106

When are we going to get the results of the Pentagon investigating itself on whether they bombed a girls school while using AI?

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Videos of the depositions of Michael McDonald, Adam Wolfson, and DOGE staffers Justin Fox and Nathan Cavanaugh are available in our playlist at www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Sure β€œcreate supply.” And reward Russia, at a time when it not only continues its war against Ukraine but also reportedly provides Iran with intel to harm Americans. The Trump Russia First policy continues.

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Apparent Affiliate of Danish Company Helps Russians Export Grain From Occupied Ukraine Russian companies are shipping pillaged grain out of occupied Ukrainian ports. The apparent affiliate of a major Danish shipping inspection company, Baltic Control, is being paid to assist.

Proud to have worked on this investigation, just shortlisted for @gijn.org's 2026 Sigma Awards.

It details how an affiliate of a Danish company appears to have taken part in Russia’s pillaging of stolen Ukrainian grain from two occupied ports on the Sea of Azov.
www.occrp.org/en/investiga...

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Americans Are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive federal campaign to detain and demonize dissenters.

Crucially important read:

The DHS is abusing its power to brand American protesters as terrorists.

WSJ: 181 of the 279 β€œpeople accused by officials on X of attacking federal officers in the past year” are U.S. citizens.

About 1/2 never charged.

0 convicted.

www.wsj.com/us-news/immi...

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β€œIt is becoming increasingly hard to avoid the conclusion that the Trump administration has embarked on this operation without a plan, and is making it up as it goes along, as if they killed enough of the right people and destroyed enough Iranian assets everything would fall into place.”

08.03.2026 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 537    πŸ” 134    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 6

We’re good at β€œclearing out the bad guys.” But have we shown any interest in the people living in those countries? We aren’t in Venezuela. We aren’t in Iran. Will Cuba be any different?

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Chris Murphy: "I think it's likely the United States that carried out this attack on this school. I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact this was one of our first targeting decisions speaks to the incompetence of our leadership at the Dept of Defense."

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Literal "We have always been at war with Eastasia"

08.03.2026 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Im sure this will be convincing Iranians that the US is bombing them for their own good

08.03.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A reminder that the war against Iran is entirely at President Trump's whim and he refuses to explain it.

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FEDWATCH: Oil-shock inflation β€œprevents the Fed from responding to worsening employment conditions .. an adversely tightening policy which could strain credit and put at risk 1 to 2 million jobs created by private credit, according to the Fed’s own estimates.” πŸ‘€

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ICE Detention Is β€˜Hell On Earth.’ Trump Has A Plan To Keep Even More People Locked Up. Immigration detention is not supposed to be punitive. But one man who spent 20 years in state prison told HuffPost the ICE detention facility he is currently in is worse.

New, with @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social: Immigration detention is not supposed to be punitive. But one man who spent 20 years in state prison told HuffPost the ICE detention facility he is currently in is worse. Inside Trump's plan to jail many, many more people:
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

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Steve Witkoff: I've communicated to Russians to stop sending targeting information to Iranians.

"I've strongly said that," he told reporters.

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key questions for journalists to ask: did the military consider any of the risks to human life or the environment when bombing an oil facility in/near a city of close to 10 million? if US did it, was it a result of hegseth's rejection of the law of war?

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Last chance to apply for the 2026-2027 APSA Diversity Fellowship Spring Cycle! Secure a $2000 grant for first- and second-year political science PhD candidates. Submit your application by today! #APSADFP

Apply Now! buff.ly/lgYJmFh

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Trump confronts β€˜bad part of war’ as troops killed in Iran conflict return home Trump joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base for a dignified transfer as the remains of the first troops killed in the Iran war returned to the U.S.

β€œIt’s the bad part of war,” Trump said, wearing a white baseball cap, which he believed was appropriate attire for a dignified transfer www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Possible person-to-person swine flu case reported in Spain. Should we be concerned? Health officials in Spain reportedly informed WHO of a possible human case of swine flu that may have been caused by human spread. Is there reason for concern?

Over the weekend, health officials in Spain reportedly informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of a possible human case of swine flu that may have been caused by person-to-person transmission.
abcnews.com/Health/human...

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Billions of dollars, decades of progress spent eliminating devastating diseases may be lost with undoing of USAID Public health campaigns had made significant strides toward eradicating diseases like elephantitis and river blindness. But this progress has since unraveled with the second Trump administration.

Billions of dollars, decades of progress spent eliminating devastating diseases may be lost with undoing of USAID.
theconversation.com/billions-of-...

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Police body cam footage shows DOGE knew Institute of Peace was private property during raid Footage obtained by The Handbasket’s lawsuit shows a hostile takeover on March 17, 2025.

SCOOP β€” Body camera footage obtained as a result of my lawsuit against the DC Metropolitan PD confirms DOGE and the Trump administration openly admitted they were entering private property when they raided the building on March 17, 2025. That didn't stop MPD from breaking down the doors.

My report:

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