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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Unlike American journalism there is a much lower concentration of oligarchs in European media
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) announced that it will no longer publish content on Elon Musk’s platform, X. The organization said it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Unlike American journalism there is a much lower concentration of oligarchs in European media
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RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
jamanetwork.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about Don Jr receiving a massive loan for his startup from the Pentagon. I guess when there’s so much corruption some things fly under the radar?
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about Don Jr receiving a massive loan for his startup from the Pentagon. I guess when there’s so much corruption some things fly under the radar?
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Every right-wing oligarch, podcaster, hack, Russian apologist, paid influencer, and bot has been activated in a coordinated manner to attack Europe after the EU fined Musk.
December 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Every right-wing oligarch, podcaster, hack, Russian apologist, paid influencer, and bot has been activated in a coordinated manner to attack Europe after the EU fined Musk.
GOP economic policies are intentionally causing this economic downturn
🚨 BREAKING: Brutal economic news—U.S. employers have rolled out plans to cut 1.17 million jobs so far this year, the highest level since the 2020 pandemic and a 54% spike over last year. Behind all the happy-talk about “strength,” millions of workers are quietly getting shown the door.
December 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
GOP economic policies are intentionally causing this economic downturn
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The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
#Racism is a fundamental principle of the GOP
Hegseth reversed the policy Mark Esper put in place in 2020, which was designed to prevent “discrimination, prejudice, and bias in all ranks.” Hegseth wants to know what they look like when these decisions are made.
December 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
#Racism is a fundamental principle of the GOP
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This is why I’m cautiously optimistic — in the long run.
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is why I’m cautiously optimistic — in the long run.
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Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to Trump’s ballroom project?
Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbf6BJzpk1E
Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbf6BJzpk1E
Trump’s Ballroom Corruption Exposed
Robert Reich
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December 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Why have so many corporations lined up to donate to Trump’s ballroom project?
Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbf6BJzpk1E
Because in Trump's White House, everything is for sale — even the building itself. Watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbf6BJzpk1E
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They’re desperately trying to separate the pipe bomber from MAGA, Trump, and 1/6. It’s why there’s a 22-day gap in the arrest affidavit. I’ll be covering this on the @meidastouch.com channel tomorrow at noon PT.
Please call the guy the January 6th pipe bomber.
Fox is calling him the "January 5th bomber" because he planted the bombs the night before but really because they don't want to mention 1/6 as a bad day.
Fox is calling him the "January 5th bomber" because he planted the bombs the night before but really because they don't want to mention 1/6 as a bad day.
December 7, 2025 at 4:51 AM
They’re desperately trying to separate the pipe bomber from MAGA, Trump, and 1/6. It’s why there’s a 22-day gap in the arrest affidavit. I’ll be covering this on the @meidastouch.com channel tomorrow at noon PT.
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This is a major shift. Amazed by the lack of uproar in the US.
Changes to U.S. Security Strategy 'Largely Consistent' With Russia's Vision – Kremlin
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/07/c...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/07/c...
Changes to U.S. Security Strategy 'Largely Consistent' With Russia's Vision – Kremlin - The Moscow Times
Russia has welcomed changes in the U.S.
www.themoscowtimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This is a major shift. Amazed by the lack of uproar in the US.
Better tell Trump so he can pardon the dope smuggler like he did Hernandez!
December 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Better tell Trump so he can pardon the dope smuggler like he did Hernandez!
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The Post identified cases of U.S. citizens being targeted by immigration enforcement agents that are documented in video and witness accounts. Lawyers and community leaders said there are many others involving people too frightened to come forward.
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown
Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Post identified cases of U.S. citizens being targeted by immigration enforcement agents that are documented in video and witness accounts. Lawyers and community leaders said there are many others involving people too frightened to come forward.
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Europe Sounds the Alarm as the United States Sides With Putin
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Europe Sounds the Alarm as the United States Sides With Putin
While Russian drones target NATO allies and Ukraine’s president, Trump’s America abandons its commitments and openly embraces a strategy that weakens Europe and empowers the Kremlin.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Europe Sounds the Alarm as the United States Sides With Putin
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Thank good ness Trump's national security strategy aligns with Moscow's. Republicans must be so proud that their policy aligns with that of a corrupt tinpot dictator, thief, and murderer like Putin. www.bbc.com/news/article...
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Thank good ness Trump's national security strategy aligns with Moscow's. Republicans must be so proud that their policy aligns with that of a corrupt tinpot dictator, thief, and murderer like Putin. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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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.
open.substack.com
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.
open.substack.com
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.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-free...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/trump-free...
December 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Yet more #GOPCorruption