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Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School. In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.-- George Orwell

Brookline, MA
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Joined June 2011
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    14 hours ago

    If tariffs are so great, how come you're giving farmers $12 BILLION of our tax dollars -- --to compensate them for what your trade war is costing them? I'd rather they get their money from customers in China than from taxpayers in the US.

    Tariffs are the greatest! Either a country which has treated the United States unfairly on Trade negotiates a fair deal, or it gets hit with Tariffs. It’s as simple as that - and everybody’s talking! Remember, we are the “piggy bank” that’s being robbed. All will be Great!
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    19 hours ago

    Forcible regime change in Iran? What could possibly go wrong? 🤔

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    18 hours ago

    One of the biggest reasons for our terrible foreign policies is that the people who were catastrophically wrong about Iraq (and everything since) are still on TV all the time while those who were right about Iraq are still systematically shut out.

    Ari Fleischer says the US should destabilize Iran to initiate regime change: ""The more unstable we can help Iran to become, the better it is to actually secure peace"
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    Jul 23

    Amen! too! Equity and social justice cannot advance without

    Only 39 of the 160 seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives are held by women. It's time for more female representatives so our state legislature can truly reflect gender equality.
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    Jul 21

    Seems to be some confusion here. The government didn’t “break into a lawyer’s office.” The FBI got a judge to sign off on a lawfully-executed search warrant.

    Inconceivable that the government would break into a lawyer’s office (early in the morning) - almost unheard of. Even more inconceivable that a lawyer would tape a client - totally unheard of & perhaps illegal. The good news is that your favorite President did nothing wrong!
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    Jul 23

    Good reminder that: 1. Regime change is almost always a bad idea. See: : 2. It is especially a bad idea in , where no alternative exists (e.g., , ). See: : 3. is still clueless.

    To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!
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  7. Jul 23

    The problem w/people saying is all talk and just bluffing re NKorea or Iran or even a full-on trade war--even if it's true--is that sooner or later he will try to prove them wrong.

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  8. Jul 23

    I've got no objection to confronting China over intellectual property theft and other violations of the WTO. I just wish he wasn't doing it in such as lame and counter-productive way.

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  9. Jul 23

    , , & keep warning that war with US would be very costly. They're correct. But William Hartung reminds us that this is true for the US as well.

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  10. Jul 23

    Imagine what Mad King ’s unhinged tweets would look like if Twitter permitted italics and underlining. But they wouldn’t be any more truthful.

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    Jul 20

    This is why we have oxford commas

    beautiful family photo of the president with his wife, daughter and mistress
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    Jul 21

    As terrifying as it may be, we need to accept the fact we have a President who's incapable of defining the national interest untethered from his own personal demons, needs, and obsessions. Trump is the first all about Me not We President.

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    Jul 21

    Trump exacerbates tensions w/DPRK. Then, he leaps at a chance to “solve” problem in person. He meets Kim, declares the threat eliminated. But little has changed. He’s painted himself into a corner and can’t acknowledge reality w/o looking weak and foolish.

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    Jul 20

    U.S. Policy 101: Regime change in the Mideast is always on the table.

    An eerily familiar drumbeat of war is intensifying across DC, as the continues its wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and Yemen. The ghosts of America’s neoconservative past are dusting off their Iraq playbook to make the case for war with Iran.
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    Jul 21

    . articulates the 'what', articulates the 'why'

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  16. Jul 20

    Regardless of your personal political preferences, wouldn’t’ you feel better if you were confident , the , and were telling the truth about Russia, NATO, Russia, NKorea, and Iran?

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    Jul 20

    In no other two-party system does the party that receives the most votes routinely find itself out of power

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  18. Jul 20

    As always, already looking for someone to blame for the eventual failure of his economic politics. Has he EVER taken responsibility for his mistakes?

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    Jul 19

    Unbelievable. Although nothing is unbelievable anymore. Republicans refuse to approve funding for cyber security upgrades to protect voting systems from attack. They have money for baby cages & an ego-based military parade. But protecting democracy? Too expensive for them.

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    Jul 19

    A recently retired Army brigadier general says it is high time to hold our leaders accountable via

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