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Coming up soon: And open thread!
Open Thread – President Biden Delivers Remarks on RussiaPost + Comments (86)
This post is in: Black Lives Matter, Criminal Justice, Shitty Cops
The Police Department in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, where Daunte Wright was killed by an officer, has been flying a “Thin Blue Line” flag just below the American flag. The mayor of Brooklyn Center requested that the flag be taken down because it is inflammatory, and the police complied. Its use has been banned by the …
This post is in: Biden Administration in Action, Rofer on International Relations
A quick post with tweets. It looks like the Biden State Department plans to emphasize human rights. Their human rights report came out this week, and a quick survey of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent tweets shows a great many on human rights. Cross-posted to Nuclear Diner
This post is in: Nature & Respite, Something Good Open Thread
This morning brought an onslaught of robins to the juniper tree outside my office window. I thought that an onslaught last fall had eaten all the berries, but no. The robins are incredibly messy. They were here yesterday, but today they brought friends – cedar waxwings, the loveliest birds ever! A white-crowned sparrow got into …
This post is in: Biden Administration in Action, Rofer on International Relations
[The Biden adminstration’s foreign policy is surprising in many ways. I’ve been thinking it out. The posts summarized here set up a background for development of that foreign policy. In later posts, I’ll look at specifics relating to various countries.] Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Asia and Europe the past two weeks, rebuilding …
This post is in: Open Threads, Political Fundraising
The New Yorker got a copy of a conference call between a policy adviser to Senator Mitch McConnell and the leaders of several prominent conservative groups, including one run by the Koch brothers’ network. The gist of the call was that many conservative voters like HR1, the voting rights bill, and there’s not much messaging that works against it. …
This post is in: Rofer on International Relations, Rofer on Nuclear Issues
In the 1990s, the United States and other countries helped the newly independent states that had been part of the Soviet Union to deal with their nuclear weapons and materials. It’s a story that has been almost completely forgotten, but it contains a number of lessons that might be helpful today. David Frum reminds us …