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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 17h

I think they already tried to justify it, and the answer was basically “because the president can do it.”

Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 18h

I have a hard time thinking anybody in their right mind expects Trump to follow the National Security Strategy, even his own. So how relevant are these documents in the grand scheme of things?

Nahal Toosi @nahaltoosi.bsky.social · 18h

NEW: I'm told that Trump is close to releasing his National Security Strategy, and the drafts right now have a heavy focus on the Western Hemisphere. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Trump’s NatSec Strategy is almost ready

Signs point to quite a lot of focus on the Western hemisphere in the Trump administration's first National Security Strategy.

www.politico.com

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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 2d

Prime time network TV is so laughably bad. Who watches this shit?

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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 8d

Also, 99% of Americans have no clue who this person is, so who cares?

Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 8d

Not to be a Negative Nellie but the position @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social & Bernie and AOC all take is: “You know that country that we say is committing genocide? We should give it massive amounts of military aid, tho less than before.” It’s weird weaselly nonsense www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Michigan’s Mallory McMorrow has shifted her stance on the war in Gaza

Mallory McMorrow has shifted her position on the ongoing Middle East conflict.

www.politico.com

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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 11d

King-like.

Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 12d

Honored to speak with @npr.org about the Trump administration's legal justification for lethal strikes in the Caribbean.

"What this boils down to is the President of the United States asserting a prerogative to kill people based solely on his own say so."

www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

Trump tells Congress that the U.S. is in 'armed conflict' with drug cartels

President Trump says the U.S. is in an "armed conflict" with unspecified drug cartels. That's according to a document sent to Congress about the military strikes on suspected drug boats.

www.npr.org

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Jack Carter Benjamin @jackcarterbenjamin.bsky.social · 11d

Throw it on the pile of once-great news institutions taken over by wealthy ideologues.

Isn't media consolidation grand?

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 12d

Bari Weiss is expected to be named editor in chief at CBS News on Monday, with parent company Paramount paying $150m in cash and stock to acquire her Substack publication, The Free Press. My story this morning: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Bari Weiss to be named top editor at CBS News

Paramount Skydance will acquire the journalist’s publication, the Free Press, which she started after quitting the New York Times in 2020.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 12d

I can’t tell you how refreshing it is to unfollow someone. It’s like the best thing ever.

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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 13d

Trump wants to get out of the Middle East, which is why he just gave Qatar a NATO-style U.S. security guarantee. Brilliant man.

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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 14d

The U.S. and Iran are back to square one.

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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 13d

Trump wants to get out of the Middle East, which is why he just gave Qatar a NATO-style U.S. security guarantee. Brilliant man.

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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 14d

The U.S. and Iran are back to square one.

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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 14d

Alternative title: “How Donald Trump’s Gaza deal—which won’t be implemented—came together.”

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 14d

How Donald Trump’s Gaza deal came together ft.trib.al/sqgN9Mo

How Donald Trump’s Gaza deal came together

The hurried diplomacy and backroom arm-twisting that shaped the White House plan

ft.trib.al

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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 18d

Colorado.

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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 19d

This is entirely hypothetical, so I’m not sure why the Economist is freaking out about it. Also, it infantilizes the South Koreans.

The Economist @economist.com · 19d

In return for North Korea halting their nuclear programme, Donald Trump could remove American forces from the South. This would be a dreadful outcome for the world

The deadly allure of a bad deal with North Korea

Donald Trump may be tempted to sell out America’s allies

econ.st

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 19d

One under discussed aspect of lethal US strikes in the Caribbean is the effect on mil-intel cooperation with foreign partners.

If I was still in the US government & a foreign partner started lawlessly killing people like this, I'd definitely raise a red flag w/r/t intel sharing, arms sales, etc.

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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 20d

My brother is out west on a vacation and he sent me these pictures. Wyoming is stellar.

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The Economist @economist.com · 23d

Even as Western governments promise statehood, Palestinians increasingly despair of its realisation. The devastation of Israel’s onslaught in Gaza has taught most Palestinians the futility of armed resistance

Palestine is unrecognisable on the ground

The UN stands up a state that is disappearing from view

econ.st

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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 23d

Ok I stand corrected.

Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 23d

As a Jets fan, it’s a Sunday tradition to sit down and try to watch unwatchable football.

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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 24d

The guy who killed the investigation—or at least said he didn’t support it—is now a federal judge.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 24d

“On Sept. 20, with hidden cameras recording the scene, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills, according to an internal summary of the case.”

Homan was being investigated for allegedly “soliciting payments in exchange for awarding contracts should Trump win the election”

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

www.msnbc.com

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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 25d

Trump-era withdrawal deal with the Taliban says otherwise.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d

Trump: "We're talking to Afghanistan. It should have never been given up."

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Dan DePetris @dandepetris.bsky.social · 26d

If you’re incapable of having a conversation about your subject matter without gloating or mentioning your credentials every 30 seconds, then I’m not interested in hearing from you.