Laura Rozen
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Reporting on foreign policy. Current: https://diplomatic.substack.com Just Security ed board. Al Monitor, Politico, Foreign Policy alum.
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Trump’s New Ukraine Peace Plan Is a Nonstarter
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Trump's New Ukraine Peace Plan Is a Nonstarter
The full details are not yet clear but reportedly include demands Kyiv cede more territory and limit its armed forces, writes Ian Bremmer.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Trump’s New Ukraine Peace Plan Is a Nonstarter
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European and Ukrainian officials have rejected Donald Trump’s latest proposal for a lopsided peace deal that favors Moscow, warning that caving in to Russia will only encourage Vladimir Putin to attack NATO next.
Europe to Trump: Your Ukraine peace plan is no plan at all
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff’s ceasefire blueprint is a blow to dismayed Europeans who thought Trump finally understood that you can’t trust Putin.
www.politico.eu
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
European and Ukrainian officials have rejected Donald Trump’s latest proposal for a lopsided peace deal that favors Moscow, warning that caving in to Russia will only encourage Vladimir Putin to attack NATO next.
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This is fucking horrifying.
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is fucking horrifying.
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
Swastikas and nooses are just “potentially divisive”? Are you kidding me?
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👏 UK on US peace plan: Russia can end war by withdrawing its troops
UK on US peace plan: Russia can end war by withdrawing its troops – Reuters
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has stated that the country supports US President Donald Trump's plan for peace in Ukraine, saying that Russia can end the war immediately by withdr...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:57 AM
👏 UK on US peace plan: Russia can end war by withdrawing its troops
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Hits exactly the same as it did when I was 20 and completely differently all at the same time.
Tracy Chapman hits like no other.
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Hits exactly the same as it did when I was 20 and completely differently all at the same time.
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Trump as told by Hunter Thompson: ""We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high & beautiful wave. So now..., you can go up on a steep hill in [Mar A Lago], & with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark - that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back."
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
New: ‘Glimmers of lame-duckism’:
Republicans are starting to push back on Trump as his popularity falls to all-time low.
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Republicans are starting to push back on Trump as his popularity falls to all-time low.
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‘Glimmers of Lame-Duckism’
Republicans are starting to push back on Trump as his popularity falls to all-time low. “The fear of Trump was paramount on Capitol Hill for Republicans. Now, they’re starting to fear voters.”
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November 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
New: ‘Glimmers of lame-duckism’:
Republicans are starting to push back on Trump as his popularity falls to all-time low.
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Republicans are starting to push back on Trump as his popularity falls to all-time low.
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“In the end, Mr. Lemons, appearing unnerved under questioning, confessed that the prosecutors who had previously handled the case had indeed written a draft of a memo declining prosecution.”
When a U.S. attorney is so incompetent that the Times reporters call her hearing “excruciatingly awkward,” that’s bad for her.
Trump Loyalist Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment
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November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“In the end, Mr. Lemons, appearing unnerved under questioning, confessed that the prosecutors who had previously handled the case had indeed written a draft of a memo declining prosecution.”
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I now understand the story of the Emperor’s Robes in a completely different way
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I now understand the story of the Emperor’s Robes in a completely different way
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I'm just really confused by this strategy. I get that Trump can't admit he's fucked everything up but you can't lie that prices are down without looking stupid.
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'm just really confused by this strategy. I get that Trump can't admit he's fucked everything up but you can't lie that prices are down without looking stupid.
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Instead of considering whether the super-rich really need a tax cut, the Trump regime is considering whether poor people really need to eat.
Brooke Rollins on why the Trump administration is cracking down on food stamps: "We're really opening up the market here, wanting to make sure that those who are receiving this *supplemental* nutrition benefit -- it was never meant for the long term -- are really those who need it."
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Instead of considering whether the super-rich really need a tax cut, the Trump regime is considering whether poor people really need to eat.
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“.. At an excruciatingly awkward hearing in Federal District Court in Alexandria, Va., ..”
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November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“.. At an excruciatingly awkward hearing in Federal District Court in Alexandria, Va., ..”
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Pro tip:
With Chief Judge Boasberg moving full steam ahead on finding which US officials were responsible for ordering defiance of his order...
And whistleblower most likely to testify...
Here's where this is heading in significant part:
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With Chief Judge Boasberg moving full steam ahead on finding which US officials were responsible for ordering defiance of his order...
And whistleblower most likely to testify...
Here's where this is heading in significant part:
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Whistleblower Documents Implicate Emil Bove in Criminal Contempt Order by Chief Judge Boasberg
Email released by whistleblower would presumably implicate Bove in the “contumacious conduct” identified by Chief Judge Boasberg.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Pro tip:
With Chief Judge Boasberg moving full steam ahead on finding which US officials were responsible for ordering defiance of his order...
And whistleblower most likely to testify...
Here's where this is heading in significant part:
www.justsecurity.org/116777/bove-...
With Chief Judge Boasberg moving full steam ahead on finding which US officials were responsible for ordering defiance of his order...
And whistleblower most likely to testify...
Here's where this is heading in significant part:
www.justsecurity.org/116777/bove-...
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So the "real" document, the one voted on and returned by the actual Grand Jury, said No Bill for all three charges. Halligan and the foreman changed it to say "only count 1" later. But the only legit piece of paper we have actually said that the GJ declined to indict!
That confused the magistrate because there seemed to be a facial discrepancy between the two documents handed up by the foreperson.
So, for the record, she had the foreperson pencil in an amendment to the grand jury’s no bill report, specifying that the no bill was to Count 1.
So, for the record, she had the foreperson pencil in an amendment to the grand jury’s no bill report, specifying that the no bill was to Count 1.
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
So the "real" document, the one voted on and returned by the actual Grand Jury, said No Bill for all three charges. Halligan and the foreman changed it to say "only count 1" later. But the only legit piece of paper we have actually said that the GJ declined to indict!
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<4 weeks later, that long period of static polling seems firmly over. The shutdown and Epstein, presumably, have finally made a dent. After months at a stable -10, now at -15.
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
<4 weeks later, that long period of static polling seems firmly over. The shutdown and Epstein, presumably, have finally made a dent. After months at a stable -10, now at -15.
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On a recent Saturday in a retirement home in the northeastern French village of Kunheim, happy hour started early as a bartender poured beer and champagne. After obtaining a liquor license, the retirement home has opened a bar to the public, and seniors say they love the idea
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November 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
On a recent Saturday in a retirement home in the northeastern French village of Kunheim, happy hour started early as a bartender poured beer and champagne. After obtaining a liquor license, the retirement home has opened a bar to the public, and seniors say they love the idea
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An Omni ICE flight landed in Hanoi four hours ago. It left the Louisiana detention hub where Melissa Tran was being held at 1:15am on Tuesday.
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
An Omni ICE flight landed in Hanoi four hours ago. It left the Louisiana detention hub where Melissa Tran was being held at 1:15am on Tuesday.
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More: The original indictment—the one the grand jury did see and vote on—was also handed up in open court along with the second indictment.
But, as noted, the document was marked as though the grand jury had returned a no bill as to the entire indictment, not just Count 1.
But, as noted, the document was marked as though the grand jury had returned a no bill as to the entire indictment, not just Count 1.
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
More: The original indictment—the one the grand jury did see and vote on—was also handed up in open court along with the second indictment.
But, as noted, the document was marked as though the grand jury had returned a no bill as to the entire indictment, not just Count 1.
But, as noted, the document was marked as though the grand jury had returned a no bill as to the entire indictment, not just Count 1.
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EU foreign ministers will be briefed tomorrow about a spate of sabotage attempts and airspace incursions that Russia’s neighbors say marks a “very dangerous phase of escalation” by the Kremlin, and one that endangers civilians.
EU ‘minutes from big casualties’ in Russian hybrid war, Lithuanian minister warns
An act of railway sabotage in Poland is just the latest sign the bloc needs to respond to Moscow’s tactics, Lithuania’s foreign minister told POLITICO.
www.politico.eu
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
EU foreign ministers will be briefed tomorrow about a spate of sabotage attempts and airspace incursions that Russia’s neighbors say marks a “very dangerous phase of escalation” by the Kremlin, and one that endangers civilians.
..which seems to confirm it exists
MORE: Under questioning by the judge, prosecutor Tyler Lemons said that he’s under orders from the Deputy Attorney Generals’s office not to disclose whether there is a declination memo recommending against the prosecution of Comey
November 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
..which seems to confirm it exists
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The federal court that struck down Texas' redistricting plan says the letter from a Trump DOJ appointee that kicked off the whole thing is "challenging to unpack the DOJ Letter because it contains so many factual, legal, and typographical errors. "
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November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The federal court that struck down Texas' redistricting plan says the letter from a Trump DOJ appointee that kicked off the whole thing is "challenging to unpack the DOJ Letter because it contains so many factual, legal, and typographical errors. "
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The Charlotte Observer is really stepping it up with their coverage and it's time for me to see if they still deliver a weekly to my house.
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Charlotte Observer is really stepping it up with their coverage and it's time for me to see if they still deliver a weekly to my house.