Conor M. Savoy
@conorsavoy.bsky.social
Visiting Fellow at Center for Global Development. Former foreign policy lead at USAID, former CSIS senior fellow, and aid advocate. Views are my own. Washington, DC girl dad; New Englander at heart.
@jd-vance-1.bsky.social do you have any comments? Or is this ok from a congressional war powers’ perspective? I’m sure you have thoughts.
If you want Pete Hegseth to be able to kill anybody he wants anytime he wants while serving up “trust me bro” as justification with zero oversight from Congress, who gives the Trump admin a blank check to do whatever it wants, then vote for the cowardly Republican enablers.
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
@jd-vance-1.bsky.social do you have any comments? Or is this ok from a congressional war powers’ perspective? I’m sure you have thoughts.
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when you’re trying to evade capture after WWII ends:
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
when you’re trying to evade capture after WWII ends:
Hey @jd-vance-1.bsky.social my family was present at the first Thanksgiving. Was yours? Let’s be honest, we’re all invaders. Let’s grow up and accept that the American story is about renewal. We all are newcomers here.
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Hey @jd-vance-1.bsky.social my family was present at the first Thanksgiving. Was yours? Let’s be honest, we’re all invaders. Let’s grow up and accept that the American story is about renewal. We all are newcomers here.
@jd-vance-1.bsky.social catching those violent criminal predators, right?
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
@jd-vance-1.bsky.social catching those violent criminal predators, right?
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[Thanksgiving dinner]
WIFE: These potatoes are burnt to a crisp
ME: Those are for tomorrow
WIFE: Because…tomorrow is Bla-
ME: Black Fry Day
WIFE: These potatoes are burnt to a crisp
ME: Those are for tomorrow
WIFE: Because…tomorrow is Bla-
ME: Black Fry Day
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
[Thanksgiving dinner]
WIFE: These potatoes are burnt to a crisp
ME: Those are for tomorrow
WIFE: Because…tomorrow is Bla-
ME: Black Fry Day
WIFE: These potatoes are burnt to a crisp
ME: Those are for tomorrow
WIFE: Because…tomorrow is Bla-
ME: Black Fry Day
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You never hear about the pilgrims anymore, T. It's because they sailed with Columbus.
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
You never hear about the pilgrims anymore, T. It's because they sailed with Columbus.
Friendly reminder that Musk’s number 2 founded a frozen yogurt place and is ab Ayn Rand fan. While also working at SpaceX. He was roommates with two former coworkers
Some incredible details in this piece
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
*one DOGE faction was planning the future of the US government at a venture capital firm
*illegally communicating on Signal to avoid transparency laws was deeply embedded into organizational culture to be taken for granted
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Friendly reminder that Musk’s number 2 founded a frozen yogurt place and is ab Ayn Rand fan. While also working at SpaceX. He was roommates with two former coworkers
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The Democrats are in a similar position to Labour before they got in. It is a vote against. Nothing wrong with it. But if you don’t move quickly in power, you’re screwed.
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The Democrats are in a similar position to Labour before they got in. It is a vote against. Nothing wrong with it. But if you don’t move quickly in power, you’re screwed.
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Imagine the arrogance of coming to another country as an immigrant, becoming a citizen, and then having the audacity to publicly say you're ready to destroy their constitution.
He should have lost his citizenship awhile ago.
He should have lost his citizenship awhile ago.
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Imagine the arrogance of coming to another country as an immigrant, becoming a citizen, and then having the audacity to publicly say you're ready to destroy their constitution.
He should have lost his citizenship awhile ago.
He should have lost his citizenship awhile ago.
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The thing about the latest news in the Nuzzi/Lizza story is that RFK cost the nation its measles elimination status.
"Heck of a job, Bobby."
"If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished by January, the anniversary of the first cases in Texas, the United States will lose what is known as “elimination status” as determined by the World Health Organization."
(gift link)
"If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished by January, the anniversary of the first cases in Texas, the United States will lose what is known as “elimination status” as determined by the World Health Organization."
(gift link)
C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The thing about the latest news in the Nuzzi/Lizza story is that RFK cost the nation its measles elimination status.
Maybe, just maybe, and I’m spitballing here, it’s not a good idea to make a guy who has 12-18 months senior government experience in charge of OSD-Policy. Call me crazy but it might call for a bit more seasoning and not a guy who brags on the phone about being a “young Kissinger.”
Republicans turn on Trump’s defense policy chief
Republicans turn on Trump’s defense policy chief
Administration allies say they are fed up with the Defense Department’s third-most senior leader and his foreign policy surprises.
dlvr.it
November 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Maybe, just maybe, and I’m spitballing here, it’s not a good idea to make a guy who has 12-18 months senior government experience in charge of OSD-Policy. Call me crazy but it might call for a bit more seasoning and not a guy who brags on the phone about being a “young Kissinger.”
Really impossible to top this response. Sums it up beautifully.
This is the most glamorous opening to an article about a white supremacist flattering journalist who lied to her readers and editors while having an affair with narcissistic crank who eats roadkill, swims in sewer water, will cause children to die, and is 50 years her senior that I've ever read.
what the actual fuck
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Really impossible to top this response. Sums it up beautifully.
Glad he’s so focused on the things that matter
Watch America getting screwed
Meanwhile, Hegseth…
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Glad he’s so focused on the things that matter
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LOL ... other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
LOL ... other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?
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“Hugs.”
Ken Starr, immediately after being fired for his role in the coverup of sexual abuse at Baylor: I should reach out to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“Hugs.”
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Ok but hear me out: His emails.
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Ok but hear me out: His emails.
Truly what a time to be alive.
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Truly what a time to be alive.
And people like Summers would rip an aide’s head off if he was handed talking points with a period out of place. But old Jeffy writes barely coherent drivel and Summers et al are hanging on every word.
Every single time! Epstein will write:
"porsecters h4arrsed me w/ sbuopenas al bcuase tr4ificing myners .due porcess much???no"
and then there's, like, the former president of a university or white house counsel or something replying:
"You're totally right, and also I love you with all my heart."
"porsecters h4arrsed me w/ sbuopenas al bcuase tr4ificing myners .due porcess much???no"
and then there's, like, the former president of a university or white house counsel or something replying:
"You're totally right, and also I love you with all my heart."
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
And people like Summers would rip an aide’s head off if he was handed talking points with a period out of place. But old Jeffy writes barely coherent drivel and Summers et al are hanging on every word.
Seems pretty relevant
So the next time you read a hit piece on a Democrat who called them out or see some self-righteous bullshit about how they seek the truth without fear or favor, pull out this email and ask: What did the NY Times know and when did they know it? You will get nothing but crickets from them in response.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Seems pretty relevant
Gosh it’s almost like Rubio has sold his soul to the devil and doesn’t care. But you know, let’s definitely vote to reopen the government this crowd seems on the up and up.
Sen. Shaheen sent a letter to Sec. Rubio criticizing him for paying Equatorial Guinea an astounding $7.5 million to take deportees from the US who aren’t their citizens. The State Dept. has said the country has big corruption and human trafficking issues. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
Senator Criticizes Rubio for Paying $7.5 Million to Equatorial Guinea to Take Deportees
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Gosh it’s almost like Rubio has sold his soul to the devil and doesn’t care. But you know, let’s definitely vote to reopen the government this crowd seems on the up and up.
So transparent they’re doing it in the Situation Room, because I guess they don’t trust that Boebert won’t live tweet the discussion?
Q: Given you answers about transparency, why are WH officials meeting with Boebert in an effort to get her to not sign the Epstein files petition?
LEAVITT: Doesn't it show transparency that members of the Trump administration are willing to brief members of Congress?
LEAVITT: Doesn't it show transparency that members of the Trump administration are willing to brief members of Congress?
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So transparent they’re doing it in the Situation Room, because I guess they don’t trust that Boebert won’t live tweet the discussion?
Great to see this happening!
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November 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Great to see this happening!
And what insights is Portnoy going to share? Besides being a bigoted piece of shit, he’s a know nothing who’s own staff revolted when he did a softball interview with Trump. I’m from Boston and love Boston, but this guy is a disgrace to the region.
Somebody please show Bari Weiss my interview with Portnoy from 13 YEARS AGO TELLING (AND REPEATEDLY DEFENDING) RAPE JOKES. Why is CBS platforming a dude with a looong history of misogyny? Forward to a 1:35 to see my confrontation with him. youtu.be/B7QTahhIBqI
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
And what insights is Portnoy going to share? Besides being a bigoted piece of shit, he’s a know nothing who’s own staff revolted when he did a softball interview with Trump. I’m from Boston and love Boston, but this guy is a disgrace to the region.
The Onion has been absolutely on fire this year.
Trump Solemnly Lays Wreath At Site Where He Would Have Died During Vietnam War If He Weren’t Rich https://theonion.com/trump-solemnly-lays-wreath-at-site-where-he-would-have-1832907992/
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Onion has been absolutely on fire this year.
Can’t wait for these morons to squander this opportunity.
Total American cultural victory
- #Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa & Foreign Minister @AsaadHShaibani playing basketball with @CENTCOM Commander Admiral Cooper & @CJTFOIR Commander BG Kevin Lambert.
November 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Can’t wait for these morons to squander this opportunity.