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The Trump Doctrine
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The Trump Doctrine
May 24, 2025

The deranged left claims Donald Trump’s foreign policy is chaotic, that it has no broad goal. So it is good to see Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a little-noticed statement, lay out the broad outlines of Trump’s foreign policy, and thus his State Department’s own marching orders. Rubio managed to work in some “inside baseball” points as well, leaving clues as to how the State reorganization is proceeding with like-minded individuals seeded into key positions in the bureaucracy.

Tough times ahead at Foggy Bottom?
May 3, 2025

If you had “State Department” on your DOGE bingo card as the next agency teed up, mark yourself a winner. But are tough times ahead for Foggy Bottom?

Tough times ahead at Foggy Bottom?
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O testamento do “presidente” Blinken
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O testamento do “presidente” Blinken
March 10, 2025

Antony Blinken, secretário de Estado da Administração Biden, concedeu no dia 2 uma entrevista de 50 minutos à jornalista Lulu Garcia-Navarro, do jornal The New York Times. Blinken (n. 1962) iniciou-se no poderoso e blindado círculo dos demiurgos da política externa norte-americana em 1994, ao tempo de Clinton, voltando em força nas Administrações Obama.

USAID falls, exposing a giant network of U.S.-funded “independent” media
February 19, 2025

The Trump administration’s decision to pause USAID funding has plunged hundreds of so-called “independent media” outlets into crisis, thereby exposing a worldwide network of thousands of journalists, all working to promote U.S. interests in their home countries.

USAID falls, exposing a giant network of U.S.-funded “independent” media
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The USAID scandal and the free speech monomania
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The USAID scandal and the free speech monomania
February 17, 2025

There are laws backed by popular support that are unable to be enforced. If things are already this bad, imagine without them at all.

O escândalo USAID e a monomania da liberdade de expressão
February 15, 2025

As questões sexuais do wokismo, que tendem a normalizar todo tipo de parafilia, lembram a tensão que talvez seja a mais antiga.

O escândalo USAID e a monomania da liberdade de expressão
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Say what? Marco Rubio, America’s new top diplomat, says no clear reason why U.S. bankrolled Ukraine
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Say what? Marco Rubio, America’s new top diplomat, says no clear reason why U.S. bankrolled Ukraine
January 17, 2025

Marco Rubio is a liar. He better practice getting real if he wants to be a top diplomat rather than the duplicitous hawk he has been for most of his career.

“Terrorist organization” means whatever the U.S. wants it to mean
December 12, 2024

The US government is simultaneously (A) preparing to remove from its list of designated terrorist organizations the group which led the charge to oust Bashar al-Assad in Syria and (B) justifying Israel’s land grab in Syria by saying the nation has been taken over by terrorists.

“Terrorist organization” means whatever the U.S. wants it to mean
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