Lisa Gable

I just published “Don’t Let Bullies Define the Narrative of Your Life” @lisagable/dont-let-bullies-define-the-narrative-of-your-life-bc6bef74fb12" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@lisagable/don… #MeToo #SiliconValley

Iran women’s football team: inside their doomed dash for freedom thetimes.com/article/8f3d37…

Why Operation Epic Fury is the opening act of the Indo-Pacific century.

America went to war in Iran because Iran made itself a Chinese weapon. I explain in detail in my piece in @TheFP. America didn’t need to do this -- to invest so much political capital and military firepower -- just to shore up a second-run Israeli operation, nor is it reasonable to believe, as Secretary Rubio claimed, that it's all because of potential Iranian counter-strikes against US forces. Months of American buildup, America setting the timing and pulling the trigger on the operation, and the growing and increasingly dangerous strategic ties between Iran and China for America's ability to face down its chief adversary in the Pacific -- these are all evidence that this was an American decision, and that Israel is playing second fiddle this time around. There are now two wars underway in Iran, not one: The longstanding Israel-Iran war playing out on the regional chessboard, and the much larger US-China confrontation on the global chessboard. They overlap significantly in terms of the two nations' banks of targets in Iran -- but that overlap may not hold to the end. Two wars, not one. If you can only see one of them, you'll misunderstand what's happening now and what happens next. -- This Isn’t Israel’s War. It’s America’s. thefp.com/p/this-isnt-is…

For 250 years, faith and freedom have shaped America. For creators, journalists, and leaders, how we tell that story matters. #America250 Read my latest piece: tinyurl.com/44szvu6u

@TiffanyMSmiley Wonderful being with you!

It’s not all news and media… all the time… I recently snuck in some time with my fabulous dear friend. I needed a reminder of the incredible people I’m blessed to have around me. Lisa is a former ambassador, turnaround CEO, and best-selling author, but more than that, she’s a woman of wisdom, strength, and heart. I feel so grateful to have women in my life with whom I can share real conversations about life, goals, and ambitions. Together, we are better. 💛

More than 80% of Americans agree that the United States is the greatest country in the history of mankind. And yes, that's exactly how I phrased the question.

Based on verification of images, reports and comparative investigative analysis by the International Centre for Human Rights, to date approximately 43,000 people have been killed, 350,000 injured, 20,000 arrested and await possible execution.

Russian propaganda frames "patriotic camps" for Ukrainian teenagers from occupied territories as "career guidance" and "social integration." But the reality is far more sinister. Teenagers aged 14–17 from the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions are enrolled in a mandatory "Defense of the Fatherland" track. Managed by the "VOIN" (Warrior) Center, these programs train children in tactical medicine, drone operation, firearms use, and cyber warfare. Russian authorities openly admit that these children are being trained by active combatants. Instructors regularly rotate from the front lines to the classroom, meaning Ukrainian children are being taught by the very soldiers waging war against their people. Under the guise of "professional development," Russia is conducting systemic militarization. This is a deliberate attempt to erase Ukrainian identity, normalize war, and groom children for service in the aggressor’s army. At @SaveukraineUs, we believe the world must speak out against the militarization of children as loudly as it does against deportation. These are two parts of the same crime. We work every day to rescue children from occupation and restore their right to a future without war. To date, we have brought home over 1,000 children, but thousands more are still waiting for help. Support our mission to save Ukraine’s future. Donate here: 👇 giving.classy.org/campaign/58506…

My latest opinion piece: Why Faith Coverage Must Show Solutions, Not Just Problems - patheos.com/blogs/coalitio…

Milton Friedman breaks down why US medical care is so expensive: “Most payments for medicine are third-party payments. The insurance company pays. The government pays... As a result, everybody is spending everybody else’s money. And nobody spends somebody else’s money as carefully as he spends his own.”

The images emerging now from Iran of young people, older people, boys and girls, who were murdered in the last few weeks by the Iranian Islamic dictator, the Islamic Corps of Revolutionary Guards, Basij militia and imported killers from Iraq, are heartbreaking but also enraging. Some depict beautiful people at play, at the gym, dancing, on motorbikes; some makeshift morgues full of bodies; some streetscenes where killers shoot down unarmed protesters; and many show families opening bodybags to find their dead children shot in the head; others discover bodies of protesters wounded then executed in hospital beds and particularly women with uteruses removed or other horrors to conceal brutal rapes... Many are not young but it looks like the slaughter of the best and brightest of Iran Gen Z. Ive tried to repost these here. I dont want us to tire of theses or look away. So many are these images that it is hard to open the images or repost them. I have been contacted by people in Iran (who weirdly read my books in pirated Farsi editions) who manage to come online in various ways and they beg me to keep posting these images and faces and keep talking about them. Embarrassingly they thank me just for doing this! That is why i am writing this now. We must keep going and keep doing so. The numbers killed are astonishing: based on sources within the murderous dictatorship, it may be as many as 36000 were murdered just in the first days of the terror 8/9 January and more later - making it likely that 40,000 is a horribly plausible estimate. This makes this event the most greatest massacre in modern Iranian history by far, the greatest single event slaughter in modern MIddle Eastern history since 1900 - along with the Assad's liquidation of an entire town, site of Islamist insurgents, Hama, in 1982 when around 30,000 were killed. Both of them not taking place in wars but in cold blood - and this Iranian atrocity being far more terrible since none of the protesters were armed. We live in a time of egregious comparisons to the Holocaust when the Holocaust is repellently abused and minimized by cynical cretins - radiohosts, podders, politicians- to criticize anything from vaccination to ICE raids. But here is a comparison that stands in its scale and horror: in size and horror this does resemble the two days of Babi Yar near Kiev in Sept 1941 where 33,000 Jews were killed. It is also worth pointing out that an entire progressive movement arose against the autocracy of the Shah. And his was an autocracy. But in his forty year one reign, only around 3000 people were killed, mainly in the last year before his downfall. This week alone would have murdered in the streets, torturechambers, hospitals of Iran. It is very striking that the UN has barely commented on this; its sec-general has been shamed publically by dissident @AlinejadMasih; many countries have refused to vote against Iran; many of those formerly known as 'progressives' are silent or supporting the regime - incredibly; some famous so-called 'humanitarian' NGOs - many of them organizations i revered since my childhood; hello Amnesty where is your other ball now - are silent. In doing so, they have discredited any claim to humanitarian credentials and exposed themselves. Many Iranians dissidents have asked where are all the 'humanitarian' protesters who filled our streets, where are the righteous actors and other boobies now? It says alot that a comedian @omid9 is still doing more than BBC or Sky to cover this story. There are a plethora of great Iranian writers historians activists on X covering this. The killing is still going on. The tyranny is fatally damaged, it may fall on its own ultimately, it is now even more tainted, more likely metamorphose into an ICRG dictatorship. But history shows declining damaged regiimes can survive for years. Britain - as usual desperately doing a lamely virtuous catchup following more determinated players in foreign policy, sometimes sensible things, othertimes foolish - is i think banning ICRG but when the lumbering EU is ahead of you, we should worry; it should also seize the properties owned by Khamenei family and dynasties; and do more. For now all depends on the US President; depending on the details, a US strike might make its downfall more likely or it might not. What can we do? Not enough but keep posting the pictures for a start....

Sharing an @Newsweek article by @MarthaENewton related to forced labor in the supply chain. newsweek.com/confronting-ch…

Read this. Plausible estimates that 43,000 killed in ten days in Iran by the dictatorship. The scale is extraordinary. It is worth recalling that just over 3000 were killed in the Shah’s forty year reign mostly in the 13 months 1978/9. The lack of criticism by UN agencies,‘humanitarian’ NGOs, media and celebs is striking

Honored by @POTUS’ appointment to serve as Chair for the World Expo 2035 bid. The event is an incredible stage to showcase our nation’s Golden Age and American exceptionalism before the world. There is nothing quite like Miami hospitality and it would be a privilege to bring the World Expo back to the U.S. for the first time since 1962.

Chamath Palihapitiya on Elon Musk: "In Silicon Valley, we have had a lost decade. What are the 2 or 3 most incredible technological achievements that Silicon Valley has created in the last decade. You've Elon Musk who created reusable rocketry. He created an entire global mesh of communication infrastructure. He created electric cars. What have the rest of us done? We've created Airpods and Instagram reels."

I am the son of Jewish parents from Iran - my mother fled in 1979, my grandparents were trapped there until the 1990s - and I know how much the Iranian people have to contribute to the world. For years, the “liberal” West has embraced some of the world’s darkest and most violent regimes. It even went along with them and tried to legitimize their pursuit of nuclear weapons. At the same time, it developed an unhealthy obsession with Israel and turned - and continues to turn - a blind eye to the persecution of Jews, Persians, Christians, and Hindus. Parts of the Western world have become the most fertile ground for double standards, extremism, and violence. It is also worth recalling that the antisemitic pro-Palestinian movement, along with a significant number of so-called “human rights” organizations, chose to side with the Iranian regime in its campaign against Israel last summer - the very same regime that murders, rapes, and makes people disappear for daring to oppose it. Now, of course, they are silent. Somewhat paradoxically, on the other side stand Israel, Eastern Europe, the moderate Gulf states, the Iranian people, and others. They may not share the same worldview, but together they form the last line of defense against radical Islam and progressive-communist madness. The Iranian people are known for their long history of resistance. From the Tobacco Protest of 1906, through the rise of Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh in the 1950s, to the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the Green Movement of 2009 — in the end, they will dismantle Islamist rule and reclaim their country.

When I hear calls to replace “rugged individualism” with the “warmth of collectivism,” I pause. Progress—personal and economic—depends on freedom: to choose, to fail, and to innovate. Just ask Ukraine how compulsory collectivism worked. Community lasts when it’s chosen, not imposed.

This weekend, Kyiv was once again under missile attack. Innocent people were killed — including children. Today, I am standing in a church in Kyiv to speak directly to our brothers and sisters in Christ around the world. This message is a call to pray, to speak the truth, and not to remain silent in the face of evil. Because this war will not truly end while Ukrainian children remain abducted and families remain broken. True faith is not passive. True faith acts. I invite you to watch this message and pray with us for peace — and for every child to come home.

As I reflect on a challenging year, I am reminded of the goodness of close friends. Merry Christmas 🎄