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MOTHERLAND is one of @washingtonpost's top 10 books of the year!
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Julia Ioffe
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Julia Ioffe
@juliaioffe
Author of MOTHERLAND: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy. A finalist for the National Book Award. Also @Puck. All views my own.
Washington, DC Katılım Eylül 2009
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Informative NYT oped by a Navy veteran on the challenge and necessity of reopening the Strait of Hormuz: “Should the regime survive the war with the power to close Hormuz at will…any declarations of victory by the United States will ring hollow.” nytimes.com/2026/03/19/opi…
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As news of a potential $200 billion supplemental request for the Iran War circulates around the Hill, @RepBrianFitz tells a few of us that he's talking to his colleagues about adding money for Ukraine to that request.
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SCOOP!!! Trump administration considering deploying thousands of additional troops to the Middle East as the military prepares options for the possible next phase of the Iran war. One option for securing the Strait of Hormuz includes deploying troops to Iranian shores. w/@idreesali114
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Three new books — @juliaioffe’s “Motherland,” @lea_ypi’s “Indignity” and @Olia_Hercules’ “Strong Roots” — use family memoir to illuminate the lives of women in 20th-century Eastern Europe, writes @howardamos for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/essays/the-fam…
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You know warned about this exact thing happening? Bridge Colby. puck.news/how-elbridge-c…
Phil Stewart@phildstewart
(Reuters) - Iran's government has been degraded since the war began on February 28, but it appears to be intact and Tehran and its proxies remain capable of attacking U.S. and allies' interests in the Middle East, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Wednesday. "The regime in Iran appears to be intact but largely degraded by Operation Epic Fury," Gabbard said, referring to the U.S.-Israel military campaign against Iran, in her opening statement to the Senate Intelligence Committee's annual hearing on Worldwide Threats to the United States. "Even so, Iran and its proxies remain capable of and continue to attack U.S. and allied interests in the Middle East. If a hostile regime survives, it will seek to begin a years-long effort to rebuild its missiles and UAV (drone) forces," she said.
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With all the talk about how Israel somehow “forced” America into so many wars, worth pointing out that in 2003, Israel’s prime minister at the time Ariel Sharon discreetly advised Bush against invading Iraq. Netanyahu, who publicly advocated for war, was then a private citizen.
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Imagine if Hunter Biden did this.
Peter Baker@peterbakernyt
At the same time he is serving as a freelance Middle East negotiator for Trump, Kushner is trying to raise $5 billion for his investment firm, including from governments in the region. @realrobcopeland @maureenmfarrell nytimes.com/2026/03/13/bus…
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I'm sure Elbridge Colby will resign next. Right?
Julia Ioffe@juliaioffe
For decades, Elbridge Colby wrote that attacking Iran was “a recipe for perpetual war” that would be pointless and counterproductive. It's how he made his name in DC. Now he's helping carry out Trump's second strikes on Iran in less than a year. puck.news/how-elbridge-c…
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For decades, Elbridge Colby wrote that attacking Iran was “a recipe for perpetual war” that would be pointless and counterproductive. It's how he made his name in DC.
Now he's helping carry out Trump's second strikes on Iran in less than a year.
puck.news/how-elbridge-c…
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Almost always happy to have senior officials resigning over a war I disagree with. But the antisemitic stuff in here blaming Israel for the Iraq war and a secret conspiracy of the media and Israelis to deceive Trump into going to war with Iran is ugly stuff that plays on the worst antisemitic tropes.
Donald Trump is the President of the United States and he is the one ultimately responsible for sending American troops into harms way.
Joe Kent@joekent16jan19
After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.
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Comrade Stalin, if only you knew of the evil plots to make you deviate from the true cause of the Revolution!
Joe Kent@joekent16jan19
After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.
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"It would hurt consumers, and we'd have to think about what we'd have to do about that, but that's really the last of our concerns right now," said the head of the White House Economic Council
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Hassett: "If the war were to be extended, it wouldn't really disrupt the US economy very much at all. It would hurt consumers, and we'd have to think about what we'd have to do about that, but that's really the last of our concerns right now."
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And yet: how can you not help the president manipulate the stock market?
bryan metzger@metzgov
what the White House thinks about reporters calling Trump's cell phone, via @maxwelltani
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Regarding the Twelfth Anniversary of the Illegal Annexation of Crimea mfa.gov.tr/no_-46_-kirim-…
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Two things can be true at once: U.S. forces are performing brilliantly at the operational and tactical levels while U.S. political leaders are demonstrating remarkable incompetence and incoherence at the political and strategic levels. The latter may undo the gains of the former.
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