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Syndicated foreign affairs columnist for the Chicago Tribune.

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Hegseth is so tough, manly and confident that I can’t see straight.

05.03.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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No one can predict how the war with Iran will unfold | Rajan Menon and Dan DePetris The war has already become regional: Iran is attacking American-aligned Arab states in the hope that they will pressure Trump to sign a ceasefire

No one can predict how the war with Iran will unfold | Rajan Menon and Dan DePetris

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Reputed Sinaloa cartel security boss charged in Chicago with helping smuggling narcotics A reputed high-ranking member of the Sinaloa drug cartel has been indicted on federal charges in Chicago alleging he ran security and helped the sons of Joaquin β€œEl Chapo” Guzman-Loera …

A reputed high-ranking member of the Sinaloa drug cartel has been indicted on federal charges in Chicago alleging he ran security and helped the sons of Joaquin β€œEl Chapo” Guzman-Loera smuggle and distribute large quantities of narcotics into the U.S.

02.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside the plan to kill Ali Khamenei Israel spent years hacking Tehran’s traffic cameras and monitoring bodyguards ahead of the assassination of Iran’s supreme leader

Inside the plan to kill Ali Khamenei ft.trib.al/0dNzf7Z

02.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

Chamber of morons.

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Opinion | Trump Is Banking on Iranian Weakness. That’s a Mistake.

Incredibly frustrating to pitch numerous ideas, which get summarily rejected, only to read a piece like this, which tells us absolutely nothing and is the definition of uninteresting. I don’t understand op-ed editors. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/o...

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Abominable but completely unsurprising.

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You mean Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S.?

21.02.2026 20:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThanks, but we’ll pass” is the bane of my existence.

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London shots.

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She should just say bluntly that the rules-based order is bullshit. I suppose that’s what she’s getting at here?

13.02.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

If I had a nickel for every time the Guardian ignored a pitch I sent over their op ed staff, I wouldn’t have to pitch anything else for the rest of my life.

11.02.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Panama Canal is a hinge point in Donald Trump’s new order A recent Panamanian supreme-court ruling shows how the β€œDonroe doctrine” really works

Many Panamanians are angered by the unavoidable impression that their government and legal system are dancing to Donald Trump’s tune

07.02.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

None of this is a surprise. Around 70% of the firearms seized in Mexico come from the United States. Clamping down on gun smuggling along the U.S.-Mexico border would do a hell of a lot more on countering the cartels than, say, bombing them from the air.

07.02.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

None of this is a surprise. Around 70% of the firearms seized in Mexico come from the United States. Clamping down on gun smuggling along the U.S.-Mexico border would do a hell of a lot more on countering the cartels than, say, bombing them from the air.

07.02.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Negotiate over what? Its own demise?

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Negotiate over what? Its own demise?

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Daniel DePetris: What kind of deal is the US looking for in Cuba? Donald Trump insists the Cuban government will fall on its own volition yet also says the US is now talking to high-level Cuban officials.

Commentary: President Donald Trump hasn’t given us a clue about what he aims to accomplish in Cuba. β€œIt doesn’t have to be a humanitarian crisis,” Trump said over the weekend.

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Inside Russia’s Secret Campaign of Sabotage in Europe How Russian military intelligence is recruiting young people online to carry out espionage, arson, and other attacks across the Continent.

In 2023, Polish police discovered a network of more than a dozen single-use agents, some of whom were recruited to put up flyers and stickers that read β€œPoland β‰  Ukraine” and β€œNATO go home.” The goal? To get people to question the state’s support for Ukraine. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/diLOUz

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Trump to Iran: Give me your nuclear program, which I β€œobliterated” eight months ago. πŸ€”

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Already tired of the Olympics.

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Perhaps Brett McGurk can address this during his next CNN segment?

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Daniel DePetris: Donald Trump stirs up trouble in US-Canada relations U.S.-Canada relations are getting iced over due to a philosophical difference of how international politics should work.

Commentary: Days after President Donald Trump dropped his tariff threat against eight European countries over their opposition to the United States acquiring Greenland, the self-proclaimed β€œtariff man” instituted another warning against yet another ally: Canada.

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Isolationist Trump is threatening to bomb Iran for the second time in seven months.

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Isolationist Trump is threatening to bomb Iran for the second time in seven months.

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Let’s bring OJ Simpson back from the dead and ask him to write a piece on how to live your best life…

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