Great reporting. Binance Fired Staff Who Flagged $1 Billion Moving to Sanctioned Iran Entities wsj.com/finance/curren…
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Richard LeBaron
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Richard LeBaron
@RBLeBaron
Retired Senior US Diplomat. Occasional commentator on foreign affairs. Strong supporter of public service.
Washington DC Katılım Mayıs 2013
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Richard LeBaron retweetledi
"Only very sick kids should die from measles"
No, Secretary Kennedy
NO child should die from measles.
Because there's a vaccine to prevent it.
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This, on the #Saudi-#Emirati rift and the role of #Israel, is worth the read: 972mag.com/saudi-uae-rift…
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Ditto
Howard Mortman@HowardMortman
"The Post is severely diminished without Book World because the two have always enhanced each other. That makes this decision, this move of ending Book World not just tragic but bizarre to me. Book World was never ancillary to the mission of the Washington Post." -- @CarlosNYT
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What, not sending to the ship to Lousiana? Often ranked 50th for health care among US states. wsj.com/politics/natio…
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Huckabee has now made 29 damage control posts after his embarrassing interview with Tucker Carlson.
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Fifteen years after the 2011 revolution, Tunisia’s experience shows that political freedom alone cannot sustain democratic transitions, writes @Ameni_Meh, Assistant Professor at @williamandmary, in the Tunisia chapter of our 2026 Atlas of Freedom and Prosperity.
Read the full chapter ➡️ t.ly/cmLHv
2026 Atlas ➡️ t.ly/73ds0
#FPIndexes #FPAtlas2026
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The relationship between #SaudiArabia and the #UAE has notably deteriorated. Fellow @Dr_Ulrichsen spoke with @IChotiner in @NewYorker on what’s driving the rift, the UAE’s role in Sudan, and how Trump’s transactional foreign policy may deepen the rivalry.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/t…
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Let's be clear: this is not about Bibi or Herzog. It's about Trump’s fear of eventual prosecution. nytimes.com/2026/02/15/wor… via @NYTimes
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Maybe the #UAE would like to be Trump's 51st state? They are certainly more his style than Canadians
Republicans against Trump@RpsAgainstTrump
Q: The WSJ reported that Abu Dhabi’s royal family invested hundreds of millions in World Liberty. Why did you accept that investment? Trump: I don't know about it. I know crypto is a big thing. My son is handling that. My family is handling it.
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With the international community continuing to enable Israeli policymakers to evade accountability for their crimes, Israel has killed at least 89 Palestinians in Gaza in the last 5 days. Since the declaration of the ‘ceasefire’, Israel has killed 559 Palestinians in Gaza.
We must not normalize this horror. We must not forget these crimes.
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The @washingtonpost just let go of every single journalist working on the #MiddleEast.
What a stunning, absolutely incomprehensible decision.
I hope they all get snapped up fast by the Post's competitors.
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@viviannereim Excellent piece. Hope you will write about the roots of this rivalry. Do they predate independence, for example?
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Saudi Arabia, has tried to avoid expensive foreign entanglements recently, but it is doubling down on Yemen now, amid a festering rift with the UAE:
nytimes.com/2026/02/04/wor…
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Wow, @WSJopinion advocating regime change in Iran without even a semblance of a credible plan. wsj.com/opinion/donald…
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People will go to jail, but they won't be Georgia election officials.
Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/… via @NYTimes
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Wow, AMZN "VP for People Experience and Technology" speaks. Just can't imagine putting that whacky title on a business card. How about "VP for Saying Goodbye," to thousands of colleagues. wsj.com/tech/amazon-to…
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@rmslim @FaisalbinFarhan Yemen differences are a symptom of deeper differences. Would be interested to hear more about the roots of this antipathy.
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Glad to read this statement by @FaisalbinFarhan . Time for wise leadership on both sides to bring this under control. #KSA #UAE
عبدالله البندر@a_albander
وزير الخارجية الأمير فيصل بن فرحان: - علاقة السعودية مع الإمارات بالغة الأهمية لاستقرار المنطقة، والمملكة ترغب في علاقات قوية وإيجابية. - لدينا اختلافات في الرؤى بشأن اليمن، والإمارات قررت أن تخرج من اليمن وإذا كان الأمر كذلك أعتقد أن هذا الأمر أساسي لاستمرار علاقات قوية مع الإمارات.
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Apparently, he Is he the only one in that crew who saw the obstruction of justice charges coming down the track wsj.com/politics/polic…
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Just stop this nonsense. Hurt feelings & threats do not make for sensible trade policy. President Trump threatened an escalation in a brewing trade war against Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government wsj.com/politics/trump…
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The word is "quashed" not ""squashed." Hire back those copy editors @washingtonpost. cop Iran’s Protests Have Been Completely Squashed, Government Says nytimes.com/2026/01/21/wor… via @NYTimes
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