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The world breathes a sigh of relief, and incoming DNI Gabbard loses a buddy.

Bashar al-Assad’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.

Syrian Forces Withdraw From Damascus Suburbs, Monitors Say: Live Updates Two war monitoring groups said Syria’s military had pulled out of a number of Damascus suburbs where anti-government protests erupted. The movements could not immediately be confirmed.

It sure seems like Assad’s forces are crumbling, highlighting the weakened state of Russia and Iran. But what comes next? Will Russian forces actually evacuate like the Iranians? How will Turkey handle this? Will there be a viable Syrian state? What will it look like? www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...

Watching doge learn about the federal government in real time is a fascinating adventure

There are many dangers ahead in Syria. But of course we should be happy to see its prisons liberated and the end of a regime that fueled the rise of ISIS terrorists, used chemical weapons against children, and sent millions of refugees fleeing across the world.

🇵🇱👀 "Today, Russia neither respects borders nor respects human rights. Lavrov came here [OSCE] to lie about Russian aggression in Ukraine, so I will not listen to these lies," - Sikorski

❗️"Russia should either start observing the OSCE principles or be excluded from this organization," he added.

The tainted legacy of the Merkel-Obama years A failure to respond to Russian, Chinese and Syrian aggression helped to create the unstable world of today

The tainted legacy of the Merkel-Obama years

https://www.ft.com/content/0a538c85-27fb-400e-ae8b-f13fb6ce4e72

“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.

They run them bc people react to them the most.

If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.

It’s not easy and takes constant practice!

YouTube video by Netflix The Leopard | Official Teaser | Netflix

The Leopard by Tommasi di Lampedusa is perhaps the best-known of the Sicilian novels. It depicts the changing times around the time of Italian unification in 1860. This seems interesting enough. #netflix #sicily #theleopard

Trump loyalist pushes ‘post-Constitutional’ vision for second term Russ Vought, the former president’s budget director, is laying the groundwork for a broad expansion of presidential powers.

Old: Originalism.

New: Post-Constitutionalism.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is a success for diplomacy. I extend my gratitude to our American and French friends for their crucial role. As former Ambassador to Israel, I deeply hope this step will have an effect on the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza and the release of the hostages.

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