Ambassador Greg Delawie
@gregdelawie.bsky.social
Former FSO, Ambassador, Europe & Balkans guy, arms controller. Still uphold my oath to defend the Constitution "against all enemies, foreign and domestic." @steadystatevets @NSL4America. Views mine.
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My take on Soft Power: "What the heck is “soft power” anyway? Namby-pamby power? Woke power? Mickey Mouse power? And should we even care, if it’s just “soft?” You bet!" gregdelawie.substack.com/p/hard-truth...
"The policy document, released by the White House late on Thursday, underscores the Trump administration’s clear alignment with Europe’s far-right nationalist parties" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right
Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"The policy document, released by the White House late on Thursday, underscores the Trump administration’s clear alignment with Europe’s far-right nationalist parties" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republicans just don't like facts, do they? www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Republicans just don't like facts, do they? www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
The sycophancy of these clowns is so off the charts. Do they have no self-respect?
this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The sycophancy of these clowns is so off the charts. Do they have no self-respect?
Republicans claim to care about kids but, funny thing, they continue to take actions that will hurt them, like RFK Jr's anti-vaccine effort
Hepatitis B is deadly, causing chronic disease and cancer.
An estimated 16,000 children under 10 were infected annually in the early 1990s before the vaccine was approved for newborns.
RFK Jr.’s plan to weaken vaccine schedules will make our kids sicker. www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/c...
An estimated 16,000 children under 10 were infected annually in the early 1990s before the vaccine was approved for newborns.
RFK Jr.’s plan to weaken vaccine schedules will make our kids sicker. www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/c...
Expert review finds delaying the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose would increase chronic infections in kids
Delaying the timing of vaccinating infants against hepatitis B — which ACIP could vote on later this week — would likely lead to more chronic infections in kids.
www.statnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Republicans claim to care about kids but, funny thing, they continue to take actions that will hurt them, like RFK Jr's anti-vaccine effort
December 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
No shock that the GOP Supreme Court voted to support the GOP gerrymandering plan.
December 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
No shock that the GOP Supreme Court voted to support the GOP gerrymandering plan.
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
Most Republican pols have children, don't they? I guess they don't care much about them if they are doubling down on increasing climate change.
Trump regime doubles down on speeding up the climate catastrophe, allowing them to increase death and destruction.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Most Republican pols have children, don't they? I guess they don't care much about them if they are doubling down on increasing climate change.
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
For Republicans, it's all about #Grift
A startup backed by Donald Trump Jr.'s venture capital firm just got a $620M loan from the DoD, months after the Pentagon gave a major drone contract to ANOTHER Trump Jr.-backed company.
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
This is what kleptocracy looks like. https://popular.info/p/update-trump-jr-backed-startup-receives
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone comp
popular.info
December 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
For Republicans, it's all about #Grift
Republican pols have already accepted #Pedophilia and the #pardon of a drug trafficker who smuggled 400 TONS of cocaine into the US. They will certainly be able to get over the USG murder of these fishermen.
Killed them because they might "stay in the fight"⬇️
Even if you buy all the legal falsehoods (that this is an 'armed conflict,' that drugs are war-sustaining objects), the 2 shipwrecked were in no way, shape or form engaged in "active combat activities" (the actual legal test).
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Even if you buy all the legal falsehoods (that this is an 'armed conflict,' that drugs are war-sustaining objects), the 2 shipwrecked were in no way, shape or form engaged in "active combat activities" (the actual legal test).
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December 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Republican pols have already accepted #Pedophilia and the #pardon of a drug trafficker who smuggled 400 TONS of cocaine into the US. They will certainly be able to get over the USG murder of these fishermen.
Sorry, what is this "U.S. pressure to back away from Moscow" of which you speak? I have not seen any backing away from Moscow; rather, Moscow seems to have a lot of influence on American government policies.
Putin’s visit reasserts the strength of India’s special relationship with Russia and sends a message to Washington that New Delhi won’t be intimidated by U.S. pressure to back away from Moscow, writes Michael Kugelman.
Putin Heads to New Delhi
The visit comes at a somewhat precarious moment for India-Russia relations.
foreignpolicy.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Sorry, what is this "U.S. pressure to back away from Moscow" of which you speak? I have not seen any backing away from Moscow; rather, Moscow seems to have a lot of influence on American government policies.
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New from me:
Hegseth’s responses are nothing more than sniveling from a man who is supposed to be a model for an organization built on bravery and competence.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Hegseth’s responses are nothing more than sniveling from a man who is supposed to be a model for an organization built on bravery and competence.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth’s Weak Excuses
His evasive responses to Signalgate are shameful nonsense.
www.theatlantic.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
New from me:
Hegseth’s responses are nothing more than sniveling from a man who is supposed to be a model for an organization built on bravery and competence.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Hegseth’s responses are nothing more than sniveling from a man who is supposed to be a model for an organization built on bravery and competence.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Reposted by Ambassador Greg Delawie
Trump just pardoned ANOTHER alleged white collar crook — live entertainment executive Timothy Leiweke — who was indicted by Trump's own DOJ this past July for conspiring to rig a bidding process.
A new Golden Age for corporate crimes.
A new Golden Age for corporate crimes.
December 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Trump just pardoned ANOTHER alleged white collar crook — live entertainment executive Timothy Leiweke — who was indicted by Trump's own DOJ this past July for conspiring to rig a bidding process.
A new Golden Age for corporate crimes.
A new Golden Age for corporate crimes.
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Disgusting.
Among Republicans - " The Holocaust of Jews and Nazi Germany was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe"
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 37%
Manhattan Institute / Oct 26, 2025
Disagree: 56%
Agree: 37%
Manhattan Institute / Oct 26, 2025
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Disgusting.
If you have abandoned any sense of morality then the legal question of culpability for a crime may not occur to you.
They were so busy bragging about the murders to look tough—performing toughness—that they never paused to consider that they were bragging about murder.
Why would they?
They’re so rarely held accountable.
Why would they?
They’re so rarely held accountable.
They made a mistake from the beginning, not just morally but tactically, in gleefully releasing all their boat murder snuff films and blasting them out wall-to-wall so everyone sees them a million times. Can hardly plead now 'no, this one would be too gruesome, we don't release that kind of stuff.'
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
If you have abandoned any sense of morality then the legal question of culpability for a crime may not occur to you.
Trump ignores the massive inflation he has caused.
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Trump ignores the massive inflation he has caused.
And once again the power of the US government will be used to represent a private company owned by the single largest donor to Trump campaign to leverage foreign governments.
December 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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If the president can magically claim that drug runners are “narco-terrorists” to justify killing them, what’s to stop him from declaring democratic lawmakers as “political terrorists” or legally protesting American citizens as “agitator terrorists” to justify their murders?
December 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
If the president can magically claim that drug runners are “narco-terrorists” to justify killing them, what’s to stop him from declaring democratic lawmakers as “political terrorists” or legally protesting American citizens as “agitator terrorists” to justify their murders?
"For Americans, making money with Russia in the hope of making peace would be a time-tested mistake. But helping to make money for Russia while it pursues its aims of undermining Western freedom and American leadership would be a crime." www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...
Opinion | Putin’s Choice: Peter the Great or Steve Witkoff
Russia and the U.S. talk of peace through profit while Ukraine fights to survive.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"For Americans, making money with Russia in the hope of making peace would be a time-tested mistake. But helping to make money for Russia while it pursues its aims of undermining Western freedom and American leadership would be a crime." www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...
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Pardon me?
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Just another part of the Republican War on Women.
FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”
December 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Just another part of the Republican War on Women.
Amorality is a key characteristic of today's GOP.
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Amorality is a key characteristic of today's GOP.
Absolute truth. The GOP is working hard to destroy the future of the US economy to protect businesses of the 20th century like coal.
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Absolute truth. The GOP is working hard to destroy the future of the US economy to protect businesses of the 20th century like coal.
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Absolutely…there are also calls from MAGA/GOP-world to return to the requirement that only property owners have the right to vote.
December 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Absolutely…there are also calls from MAGA/GOP-world to return to the requirement that only property owners have the right to vote.