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...
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SNL cold open 12/6/2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWG5...
Pentagon Press Conference Cold Open - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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December 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM
SNL cold open 12/6/2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWG5...
Authoritarians like Trump don't like having democracies around, which is why he wants to undermine the European Union.
Meiselas: The official Trump U.S. National Security Strategy document has been released. The document says a top priority of the U.S. is "cultivating resistance to Europe's current trajectory." In other words, to destroy the European Union.
December 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Authoritarians like Trump don't like having democracies around, which is why he wants to undermine the European Union.
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Note how the Kennedy Center ribbons are blue, instead of the traditional rainbow colors. Because the Trump administration never gets too preoccupied with its racism to overlook its homophobia.
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Note how the Kennedy Center ribbons are blue, instead of the traditional rainbow colors. Because the Trump administration never gets too preoccupied with its racism to overlook its homophobia.
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Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
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"We tend to imagine corruption as a transaction: money buying votes, quid pro quos in backrooms. But money’s real power is quieter and deeper. It decides which candidates get to run, which policies are thinkable, and whose voices get amplified or ignored."
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"We tend to imagine corruption as a transaction: money buying votes, quid pro quos in backrooms. But money’s real power is quieter and deeper. It decides which candidates get to run, which policies are thinkable, and whose voices get amplified or ignored."
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The only time Article 5 of the NATO Treaty was invoked was to defend us, not for us to defend Europe. European soldiers and civilians died fighting with us and working next to us in Afghanistan. Europe was not attacked on September 11, 2001.
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The only time Article 5 of the NATO Treaty was invoked was to defend us, not for us to defend Europe. European soldiers and civilians died fighting with us and working next to us in Afghanistan. Europe was not attacked on September 11, 2001.
Yet more #GOPCorruption
President Donald J. Trump commuted the prison term of David Gentile, who led GPB Capital, less than two weeks after he began serving a seven-year sentence in a $1.6 billion fraud that prosecutors said harmed more than 10,000 investors.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Yet more #GOPCorruption
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Grocery, electricity, and healthcare costs are all increasing.
What is the Trump Administration focused on? Boat strikes in Venezuela that may not even be heading for the U.S. and are not clearly legal.
Their priorities are all completely messed up.
What is the Trump Administration focused on? Boat strikes in Venezuela that may not even be heading for the U.S. and are not clearly legal.
Their priorities are all completely messed up.
December 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Grocery, electricity, and healthcare costs are all increasing.
What is the Trump Administration focused on? Boat strikes in Venezuela that may not even be heading for the U.S. and are not clearly legal.
Their priorities are all completely messed up.
What is the Trump Administration focused on? Boat strikes in Venezuela that may not even be heading for the U.S. and are not clearly legal.
Their priorities are all completely messed up.
I agree with PM Tusk. Unfortunately, many in the GOP, including Trump, are fans of Russia and its autocratic ruler Putin.
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I agree with PM Tusk. Unfortunately, many in the GOP, including Trump, are fans of Russia and its autocratic ruler Putin.
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
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I’m just a simple country historian w/o a law degree, but it’s more than a ‘long standing tradition’ when its IN THE CONSTITUTION
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I’m just a simple country historian w/o a law degree, but it’s more than a ‘long standing tradition’ when its IN THE CONSTITUTION
No shock. Today's GOP is the party of Vladimir Putin.
Mockler: I used to go to Trump rallies and I would debate with his supporters. There was this one woman… I asked her who her favorite podcaster was. She said Dan Bongino. I asked her if she would vote for Putin or Kamala if she could choose. She said I'd vote for Vladimir Putin…
December 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
No shock. Today's GOP is the party of Vladimir Putin.
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There was a time in American history when traitors would have something other than phony medals placed around their necks.
December 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
There was a time in American history when traitors would have something other than phony medals placed around their necks.
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"The most important lesson for both parties in 2026 is to not run flawed candidates. While affordability, political moderation, and President Trump’s job performance all mattered in Virginia’s and New Jersey’s gubernatorial races, what mattered most to swing voters was candidate quality."
December 6, 2025 at 2:16 AM
"The most important lesson for both parties in 2026 is to not run flawed candidates. While affordability, political moderation, and President Trump’s job performance all mattered in Virginia’s and New Jersey’s gubernatorial races, what mattered most to swing voters was candidate quality."
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Science is what America did best for 8 decades, causing the US economy to dominate world markets and utterly transform the world’s understanding of itself. All that has come to a senseless and “shattering” end. www.statnews.com/american-sci...
American Science, Shattered
An eight-decade partnership between universities and the federal government made U.S. science preeminent. It took Trump less than a year to shred that
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December 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Science is what America did best for 8 decades, causing the US economy to dominate world markets and utterly transform the world’s understanding of itself. All that has come to a senseless and “shattering” end. www.statnews.com/american-sci...
"The key thing is that this number has shot up since Roanoke College asked it in August. Then, 60% thought the nation was on the wrong track; now it’s jumped up to 74%. That’s the biggest swing in more than a decade of poll results." cardinalnews.org/2025/12/05/r...
Roanoke College poll: Trump is much more unpopular in Virginia than during his first term
Nearly half of those surveyed see him as either a criminal or a fascist. Trump’s worsening numbers in Virginia help explain this year’s election and offer a warning for next year.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"The key thing is that this number has shot up since Roanoke College asked it in August. Then, 60% thought the nation was on the wrong track; now it’s jumped up to 74%. That’s the biggest swing in more than a decade of poll results." cardinalnews.org/2025/12/05/r...
Trump has a lot of experience at lying as well.
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Trump has a lot of experience at lying as well.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Did you know Trump has added 2.2 trillion to the national debt since taking office 10 months ago?
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Did you know Trump has added 2.2 trillion to the national debt since taking office 10 months ago?
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MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE QUICKLY FINDS OUT WHICH WING IS VIOLENT
🧵 #HearthWarriors 🫂strike boycott blackout protest
** defend the hearth🫂... defund 🐷 **
🧵 #TruthWarriors ❕TRUMP billionaires Putin destroy America Techbros private army Elysium elites scum **BOYCOTT CORPORATE* bsky.app/profile/clea...
🧵 #HearthWarriors 🫂strike boycott blackout protest
** defend the hearth🫂... defund 🐷 **
🧵 #TruthWarriors ❕TRUMP billionaires Putin destroy America Techbros private army Elysium elites scum **BOYCOTT CORPORATE* bsky.app/profile/clea...
December 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE QUICKLY FINDS OUT WHICH WING IS VIOLENT
🧵 #HearthWarriors 🫂strike boycott blackout protest
** defend the hearth🫂... defund 🐷 **
🧵 #TruthWarriors ❕TRUMP billionaires Putin destroy America Techbros private army Elysium elites scum **BOYCOTT CORPORATE* bsky.app/profile/clea...
🧵 #HearthWarriors 🫂strike boycott blackout protest
** defend the hearth🫂... defund 🐷 **
🧵 #TruthWarriors ❕TRUMP billionaires Putin destroy America Techbros private army Elysium elites scum **BOYCOTT CORPORATE* bsky.app/profile/clea...
Cassidy knew JFK Jr was a whacko when he voted to confirm him. He abandoned both his oath to the Constitution and the Hippocratic oath in that confirmation.
December 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Cassidy knew JFK Jr was a whacko when he voted to confirm him. He abandoned both his oath to the Constitution and the Hippocratic oath in that confirmation.
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Were u in DC on Jan 6th storming the Capital, have u trafficked millions in drugs, did u try & sell a Senate seat, block entry to a legal abortion clinic, commit bank fraud robing the elderly of life savings? No biggie. Stop by 1600 Penn Ave, grab a scratch & see ticket-u may win a Pardon. Odds r 💯
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Were u in DC on Jan 6th storming the Capital, have u trafficked millions in drugs, did u try & sell a Senate seat, block entry to a legal abortion clinic, commit bank fraud robing the elderly of life savings? No biggie. Stop by 1600 Penn Ave, grab a scratch & see ticket-u may win a Pardon. Odds r 💯
Trump and his cronies have made the US weaker than it has been in decades. Putin's orders? "The politicization and hollowing out of America’s diplomatic capability endanger our global leadership and, as a consequence, our national security" open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
Destroying American Diplomacy: Pulling Down our First Line of Defense
The Steady State | by Charles A. Ray
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December 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Trump and his cronies have made the US weaker than it has been in decades. Putin's orders? "The politicization and hollowing out of America’s diplomatic capability endanger our global leadership and, as a consequence, our national security" open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...