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.
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A pair of Washington-area golfers have sued over Trump’s plan to overhaul a public golf course here, alleging it violated several laws and the original spirit of the park.
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Golfers sue Trump administration over public course takeover in D.C.
Some area golfers say the president’s ambitions for East Potomac Golf Links could put low-cost entry points to the game out of reach.
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February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
A pair of Washington-area golfers have sued over Trump’s plan to overhaul a public golf course here, alleging it violated several laws and the original spirit of the park.
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I’m sorry to say but Marco is not coming to save the Transatlantic alliance. He’s fully bought in on the admin’s approach but is just perceived as less likely to pee on the floor like JD did last year.
Rubio tells Europe that US will not abandon transatlantic alliance ft.trib.al/wjgxV0v
Rubio tells Europe that US will not abandon transatlantic alliance
Secretary of state says Washington wants to work ‘together with you, our friends’ on the continent
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February 14, 2026 at 10:47 AM
I’m sorry to say but Marco is not coming to save the Transatlantic alliance. He’s fully bought in on the admin’s approach but is just perceived as less likely to pee on the floor like JD did last year.
Agree. I did my graduate work at BU and I learned a lot from the cohort of foreign area officers in my classes. This is such a stupid move by DoD.
It was hugely helpful for us security studies graduate students at MIT to have a robust group of military fellows all the time. Not to mention in technicsl fields. Buzz Aldrin was sent to MIT to study/invent orbital rendezvous math
DOD own goaling itself all the way to obscurity - critical thinking is woke, AI can do all our thinking for us
Just so profoundly mind numbing, in addition to everything else
Just so profoundly mind numbing, in addition to everything else
February 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Agree. I did my graduate work at BU and I learned a lot from the cohort of foreign area officers in my classes. This is such a stupid move by DoD.
Russ Vought has finally found a type of foreign aid he likes. What an utterly disgraceful human being being.
Republicans are not fiscal conservatives and they never were.
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
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February 13, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Russ Vought has finally found a type of foreign aid he likes. What an utterly disgraceful human being being.
Once again: what is Kushner’s role in the government and did he undergo a secret clearance process? Being the president’s idiot son-in-law does not mean you can officially represent the USG.
Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Once again: what is Kushner’s role in the government and did he undergo a secret clearance process? Being the president’s idiot son-in-law does not mean you can officially represent the USG.
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We live in challenging times. But these are also clarifying times, where the choices are clear, and we have examples to admire.
All honor to the Epstein survivors.
All honor to the people of Minneapolis.
All honor to the people of Ukraine.
All honor to the Epstein survivors.
All honor to the people of Minneapolis.
All honor to the people of Ukraine.
February 12, 2026 at 12:57 PM
We live in challenging times. But these are also clarifying times, where the choices are clear, and we have examples to admire.
All honor to the Epstein survivors.
All honor to the people of Minneapolis.
All honor to the people of Ukraine.
All honor to the Epstein survivors.
All honor to the people of Minneapolis.
All honor to the people of Ukraine.
A good thought experiment here is: what do you think Larry Summers would have done if an aide at Treasury or Harvard sent him a memo or talking points as incoherent as Epstein’s writing?
Imagine believing that the guy behind this unwitting poem was the genius guarding the gates to various intellectual castles.
February 12, 2026 at 12:46 PM
A good thought experiment here is: what do you think Larry Summers would have done if an aide at Treasury or Harvard sent him a memo or talking points as incoherent as Epstein’s writing?
Absolute wild ride over my morning coffee today. Read it all the way through.
My conversation with the White House's special election cybersecurity expert included allegations about poison soda, medical experimentation, "Satanists," and a moment where it sounded like he began to cry. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid
Clay Parikh unloaded in a nearly two hour conversation with TPM.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Absolute wild ride over my morning coffee today. Read it all the way through.
I’m sure he’ll get back to us when the intern finishes running the clips through Google Translate
Alford: "On Bad Bunny - we're still investigating. There's info out about the lyrics. I don't speak fluent Spanish, but if it's true what was said on natl TV, we have a lot of Qs for entities that broadcast it & we'll be talking w/ the FCC. This could be worse than the Janet wardrobe malfunction"
February 11, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I’m sure he’ll get back to us when the intern finishes running the clips through Google Translate
Quietly sobbing in the bathroom about all the young children swept up in ICE raids no doubt
February 10, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Quietly sobbing in the bathroom about all the young children swept up in ICE raids no doubt
Six days a week and twice on Sunday.
I didn't vote for Bush, I was quite critical of Bush, and if forced to choose between Bush and Trump for US president, I'd easily pick Bush.
February 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Six days a week and twice on Sunday.
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You can tell the German people you're winning bigger and bigger victories, but sooner or later they're going to notice those victories are getting closer and closer to Berlin.
February 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
You can tell the German people you're winning bigger and bigger victories, but sooner or later they're going to notice those victories are getting closer and closer to Berlin.
Once again asking: what is Jared Kushner’s role in the U.S. government? Has he undergone a clearance process? Being the idiot son in law of the president isn’t an official role…
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on the USS Abraham Lincoln.
February 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Once again asking: what is Jared Kushner’s role in the U.S. government? Has he undergone a clearance process? Being the idiot son in law of the president isn’t an official role…
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i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol
February 8, 2026 at 10:54 AM
i forget who made it but it cracks me up lol
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I've written about the overarching post story, causes, underlying pattern. But the failure of Lewis or Bezos to even show up, literally or figuratively, on a day of devastating cuts epitomizes the profound lack of character and accountability that is so common place today within the American elite.
February 8, 2026 at 6:15 AM
I've written about the overarching post story, causes, underlying pattern. But the failure of Lewis or Bezos to even show up, literally or figuratively, on a day of devastating cuts epitomizes the profound lack of character and accountability that is so common place today within the American elite.
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Dems need to abandon the idea, fed to them by certain commentators, that Trump's 2024 win represented a durable cultural shift against immigration. It's blinding them to the possibilities of this moment.
Check out this exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
Check out this exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
February 5, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Dems need to abandon the idea, fed to them by certain commentators, that Trump's 2024 win represented a durable cultural shift against immigration. It's blinding them to the possibilities of this moment.
Check out this exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
Check out this exchange with @brianbeutler.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/2061...
Oh yeah this is happening. Still remember the vote and then running into Scott Brown that night in the security line at DCA and thanking him for his vote and him having no clue what it meant. Good times…
When New START expires at midnight, nothing can legally stop the Trump regime from dramatically increasing the number of operationally deployed nuclear weapons, especially on ICBMs and SLBMs. Within months, it could easily surge the number of such warheads by uploading MIRVs from the reserve force.
February 4, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Oh yeah this is happening. Still remember the vote and then running into Scott Brown that night in the security line at DCA and thanking him for his vote and him having no clue what it meant. Good times…
Literally my favorite Trump cucks.
nobody has ever been more cucked than pro-Trump China hawks.
February 4, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Literally my favorite Trump cucks.
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Today is a great day to support journalism you trust.
February 4, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Today is a great day to support journalism you trust.
Literally one of my favorite online resources. This is terrible.
getting rid of the world factbook is so galactically stupid
Need some data hoarders to save the CIA's World Factbook—a definitive source on many topics—since they're now killing it www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
February 4, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Literally one of my favorite online resources. This is terrible.
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Striking from new Quinnipiac poll:
*Voters prefer path to legalization over deportations for most undocs by 59-34. Among independents it's 61-33
*Majority says Trump on immigration is making America less safe
Again, there's broad rejection of the whole project, not just ICE tactics (see below)
*Voters prefer path to legalization over deportations for most undocs by 59-34. Among independents it's 61-33
*Majority says Trump on immigration is making America less safe
Again, there's broad rejection of the whole project, not just ICE tactics (see below)
February 4, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Striking from new Quinnipiac poll:
*Voters prefer path to legalization over deportations for most undocs by 59-34. Among independents it's 61-33
*Majority says Trump on immigration is making America less safe
Again, there's broad rejection of the whole project, not just ICE tactics (see below)
*Voters prefer path to legalization over deportations for most undocs by 59-34. Among independents it's 61-33
*Majority says Trump on immigration is making America less safe
Again, there's broad rejection of the whole project, not just ICE tactics (see below)
Mike Johnson giving Randy Fine a run for his money for dumbest member of the House today…
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Rs to "nationalize" elections: "We had 3 Republicans who were ahead on election day in last cycle & every time a new tranche of ballots came in they just magically whittled away until their leads were lost. It looks on its face to be fraudulent. Can I prove it? No"
February 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Mike Johnson giving Randy Fine a run for his money for dumbest member of the House today…
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Krasner ain’t wrong.
Gov. Josh Shapiro called District Attorney Larry Krasner's comparison of ICE agents to Nazis "abhorrent." Krasner responded that Shapiro is "not meeting the moment."
Philly DA Larry Krasner says ‘don’t be a wimp’ after Gov. Josh Shapiro decried his comparison of ICE agents to Nazis
www.inquirer.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Krasner ain’t wrong.
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Exclusive: A U.S. official has alleged wrongdoing by U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard in a complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to people familiar with the matter.
Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.
on.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Exclusive: A U.S. official has alleged wrongdoing by U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard in a complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to people familiar with the matter.
Honestly if you’re not moved by this then you don’t understand that complexities of being an American.
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III, in charge of millions of artifacts, was asked which museum object was his favorite representation of America. His answer? Joseph Trammell’s Freedom Papers.
February 2, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Honestly if you’re not moved by this then you don’t understand that complexities of being an American.