David G A Perry
@davidgaperry.bsky.social
Views my own. Was inspired by the Consular Corps in Jakarta.
Interest, world affairs.
Interest, world affairs.
Hamas will not do unilateral disarmament as Israel continues to occupy Palestinian territory & to kill Palestinian citizens. It's unrealistic & unreasonable to expect that, in view of the 3 year slaughter in Gaza.
Paul R Pillar in Responsible Statecraft
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-board-...
Paul R Pillar in Responsible Statecraft
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-board-...
Phase farce: No way 'Board of Peace' replaces reality in Gaza
There is no ceasefire, no aid, no Hamas disarmament, IDF withdrawal or stabilization force. Just a lot of talk about Trump-run panels with little buy-in.
responsiblestatecraft.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Hamas will not do unilateral disarmament as Israel continues to occupy Palestinian territory & to kill Palestinian citizens. It's unrealistic & unreasonable to expect that, in view of the 3 year slaughter in Gaza.
Paul R Pillar in Responsible Statecraft
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-board-...
Paul R Pillar in Responsible Statecraft
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-board-...
"What Hamas will not do is unilateral disarmament as Israel continues to occupy Palestinian territory and to kill... citizens. It is unrealistic & unreasonable to expect that"
Former CIA chief of analysis at their CTC
Paul Pillar in Responsible Statecraft
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-board-...
Former CIA chief of analysis at their CTC
Paul Pillar in Responsible Statecraft
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-board-...
Phase farce: No way 'Board of Peace' replaces reality in Gaza
There is no ceasefire, no aid, no Hamas disarmament, IDF withdrawal or stabilization force. Just a lot of talk about Trump-run panels with little buy-in.
responsiblestatecraft.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:19 PM
"What Hamas will not do is unilateral disarmament as Israel continues to occupy Palestinian territory and to kill... citizens. It is unrealistic & unreasonable to expect that"
Former CIA chief of analysis at their CTC
Paul Pillar in Responsible Statecraft
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-board-...
Former CIA chief of analysis at their CTC
Paul Pillar in Responsible Statecraft
responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-board-...
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From 9/11 to prisoner swaps, a new book takes on the complicated task of chronicling the CIA's 21st century history:
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inkstickmedia.com/from-9-11-to...
From 9/11 to Prisoner Swaps, a History of the 21st Century CIA
In his new book, Tim Weiner sets about on the difficult task of chronicling the 21st century history of the CIA.
inkstickmedia.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:34 AM
From 9/11 to prisoner swaps, a new book takes on the complicated task of chronicling the CIA's 21st century history:
inkstickmedia.com/from-9-11-to...
inkstickmedia.com/from-9-11-to...
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Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
What Netanyahu's Gov wants is not regime change in Iran but rather using Iran as an all-purpose adversary to blame for anything bad in the ME &to distract international attention away from what Israel itself is doing that destabilizes the region
Paul Pillar Tabnak News
www.tabnak.ir/en/news/7066....
Paul Pillar Tabnak News
www.tabnak.ir/en/news/7066....
Former CIA analyst says Netanyahu not after regime change in Iran
TABNAK, Dec. 26 - Former CIA intelligence analyst says that Israel's Netanyahu is not after regime change in Iran but will attack Iran under the excuse of Tehran's missile program.
www.tabnak.ir
December 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
What Netanyahu's Gov wants is not regime change in Iran but rather using Iran as an all-purpose adversary to blame for anything bad in the ME &to distract international attention away from what Israel itself is doing that destabilizes the region
Paul Pillar Tabnak News
www.tabnak.ir/en/news/7066....
Paul Pillar Tabnak News
www.tabnak.ir/en/news/7066....
This is a journalist’s book, and bears the marks of it. But no one has opened up the CIA to us like Weiner has, and The Mission deserves to win Weiner a second Pulitzer @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social @theguardian.com
The Mission @tim-weiner.bsky.social BRILLIANT
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
The Mission @tim-weiner.bsky.social BRILLIANT
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
The Mission by Tim Weiner review – unmasking the CIA
This impeccably sourced account of the secretive agency during a period of global turmoil deserves a Pulitzer
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This is a journalist’s book, and bears the marks of it. But no one has opened up the CIA to us like Weiner has, and The Mission deserves to win Weiner a second Pulitzer @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social @theguardian.com
The Mission @tim-weiner.bsky.social BRILLIANT
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
The Mission @tim-weiner.bsky.social BRILLIANT
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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A six-year-old child wouldn’t buy this.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell Lawmakers
Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, the commander of the September attack, is set to provide an account of his role for the first time in a closed briefing.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
A six-year-old child wouldn’t buy this.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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The crimes of Trump and his acolytes now include cold-blooded murder in the Caribbean and a plot for the ethnic cleansing of America. We are an autocracy lurching towards the death of our democracy.
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The crimes of Trump and his acolytes now include cold-blooded murder in the Caribbean and a plot for the ethnic cleansing of America. We are an autocracy lurching towards the death of our democracy.
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CIA cannot be a global intel service. It would need 10x the people, language skills, country knowledge it has. It relies on liaison with 60+ foreign services, some in nations decidedly not allies. And liasion with NATO nations is crumbling -- openly. It's all about trust. And trust has been broken.
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
CIA cannot be a global intel service. It would need 10x the people, language skills, country knowledge it has. It relies on liaison with 60+ foreign services, some in nations decidedly not allies. And liasion with NATO nations is crumbling -- openly. It's all about trust. And trust has been broken.
Authoritarian State ahoy!
Reviewing individuals’ social media to conduct ideological vetting has been a defining initiative of President Trump’s second term. Here’s an overview of this collection process and how the information is used.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
The Government’s Growing Trove of Social Media Data
It’s increasingly collecting and using social media information to make high-stakes decisions related to immigration.
www.brennancenter.org
July 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Authoritarian State ahoy!
What the Lord Giveth The Lord the Lord Taketh Away.
Just don't tell him about the Order Of The G****r(The thing that holds up stockings!)
POTUS had his chance to behave following the initial invitation.
@milliecooke.bsky.social writes for @the-independent.com
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Just don't tell him about the Order Of The G****r(The thing that holds up stockings!)
POTUS had his chance to behave following the initial invitation.
@milliecooke.bsky.social writes for @the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Trump reportedly handed major political snub ahead of UK visit
www.independent.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What the Lord Giveth The Lord the Lord Taketh Away.
Just don't tell him about the Order Of The G****r(The thing that holds up stockings!)
POTUS had his chance to behave following the initial invitation.
@milliecooke.bsky.social writes for @the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Just don't tell him about the Order Of The G****r(The thing that holds up stockings!)
POTUS had his chance to behave following the initial invitation.
@milliecooke.bsky.social writes for @the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
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My uncorroborated hunch: The US and Iran have agreed on a communications off ramp.
@the-independent.com has this report from @samkiley.bsky.social Rachel Clun and Alexander Butler.
Where's the enriched uranium? Intel to EU suggest it was moved before strikes.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
@the-independent.com has this report from @samkiley.bsky.social Rachel Clun and Alexander Butler.
Where's the enriched uranium? Intel to EU suggest it was moved before strikes.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
Trump-Iran latest: US Defense Secretary rages at coverage of bombing
Pete Hegseth said Iran’s nuclear facilities were destroyed
www.independent.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
My uncorroborated hunch: The US and Iran have agreed on a communications off ramp.
@the-independent.com has this report from @samkiley.bsky.social Rachel Clun and Alexander Butler.
Where's the enriched uranium? Intel to EU suggest it was moved before strikes.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
@the-independent.com has this report from @samkiley.bsky.social Rachel Clun and Alexander Butler.
Where's the enriched uranium? Intel to EU suggest it was moved before strikes.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
"We have entered a new rogue order. The rules-based order that underpins international relations..... has finally been blown away."
@the-independent.com World Affairs Editor @samkiley.bsky.social reports.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
@the-independent.com World Affairs Editor @samkiley.bsky.social reports.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
Why Trump and Israel have only encouraged Iran to go nuclear
The Israeli and US attacks on Iran have brought us into a dangerous new age in which the laws of the jungle are supreme, world affairs editor Sam Kiley writes from Tel Aviv
www.independent.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"We have entered a new rogue order. The rules-based order that underpins international relations..... has finally been blown away."
@the-independent.com World Affairs Editor @samkiley.bsky.social reports.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
@the-independent.com World Affairs Editor @samkiley.bsky.social reports.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
General Hayden's posts have given me hope (and kept me sane) for the last few years.
Thank You.
Thank You.
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June 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
General Hayden's posts have given me hope (and kept me sane) for the last few years.
Thank You.
Thank You.
The Israeli claim that its attack is “pre-emptive” is false.
Paul R Pillar writes in Responsible Statecraft.
responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-attac...
Paul R Pillar writes in Responsible Statecraft.
responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-attac...
Trump must condemn Israeli acts of illegal, naked aggression
Israel is the biggest destabilizing actor — and only real nuclear power — in the region. What happens now?
responsiblestatecraft.org
June 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Israeli claim that its attack is “pre-emptive” is false.
Paul R Pillar writes in Responsible Statecraft.
responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-attac...
Paul R Pillar writes in Responsible Statecraft.
responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-attac...
Prof Pillar would be talking about Israel and Iran right now. Instead he writes about the dire threat to Democracy in the US of A.
Historic times for all the wrong reasons.
Historic times for all the wrong reasons.
Regrettably a Must Read from Paul R Pillar in The National Interest
nationalinterest.org/blog/paul-pi...
nationalinterest.org/blog/paul-pi...
Can Anything Stop A Donald Trump Dictatorship?
The courts, Congress, and the military are unlikely to resist the Trump administration’s tidal wave of illegality.
nationalinterest.org
June 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Prof Pillar would be talking about Israel and Iran right now. Instead he writes about the dire threat to Democracy in the US of A.
Historic times for all the wrong reasons.
Historic times for all the wrong reasons.
Regrettably a Must Read from Paul R Pillar in The National Interest
nationalinterest.org/blog/paul-pi...
nationalinterest.org/blog/paul-pi...
Can Anything Stop A Donald Trump Dictatorship?
The courts, Congress, and the military are unlikely to resist the Trump administration’s tidal wave of illegality.
nationalinterest.org
June 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Regrettably a Must Read from Paul R Pillar in The National Interest
nationalinterest.org/blog/paul-pi...
nationalinterest.org/blog/paul-pi...
My first read every morning in Australia.
Congratulations to all.
Andy Gregory reports from @the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/media/i...
Congratulations to all.
Andy Gregory reports from @the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/media/i...
The Independent named best digital publishing company of the year
The Independent was awarded top gong at the Digital Publishing Awards
www.independent.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My first read every morning in Australia.
Congratulations to all.
Andy Gregory reports from @the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/media/i...
Congratulations to all.
Andy Gregory reports from @the-independent.com
www.independent.co.uk/news/media/i...
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Silence
Is
Complicity
Straighten your spine
Speak & live your truth
Is
Complicity
Straighten your spine
Speak & live your truth
June 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Silence
Is
Complicity
Straighten your spine
Speak & live your truth
Is
Complicity
Straighten your spine
Speak & live your truth
Reposted by David G A Perry
Real Trump Derangement Syndrome #RTDS is only the latest instance of how with the MAGA right, everything is projection, every accusation is a confession. We present the video evidence.
open.substack.com/pub/davidnei...
open.substack.com/pub/davidnei...
Trump Derangement Syndrome is a real thing. But it's MAGA maniacs who are infected
Republicans want to pretend the national revulsion to Trump's authoritarianism is irrational, while their defense of the president is fraught with insane conspiracism and racial hatred.
open.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Real Trump Derangement Syndrome #RTDS is only the latest instance of how with the MAGA right, everything is projection, every accusation is a confession. We present the video evidence.
open.substack.com/pub/davidnei...
open.substack.com/pub/davidnei...
Editorial @the-independent.com
"The Palestinians of Gaza.. face what the UN calls a “hunger crisis” & “critical famine risk”. The Israeli government knows this...The whole world knows this. We see the TV images of emaciated infants... & yet nothing happens."
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
"The Palestinians of Gaza.. face what the UN calls a “hunger crisis” & “critical famine risk”. The Israeli government knows this...The whole world knows this. We see the TV images of emaciated infants... & yet nothing happens."
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
The starvation of Gaza is a manmade catastrophe that shames us all
Editorial: It is in Israel’s interest to allow humanitarian aid to come into what the UN has called ‘the hungriest place on Earth’. The rest of the world must make Netanyahu see sense
www.independent.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Editorial @the-independent.com
"The Palestinians of Gaza.. face what the UN calls a “hunger crisis” & “critical famine risk”. The Israeli government knows this...The whole world knows this. We see the TV images of emaciated infants... & yet nothing happens."
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
"The Palestinians of Gaza.. face what the UN calls a “hunger crisis” & “critical famine risk”. The Israeli government knows this...The whole world knows this. We see the TV images of emaciated infants... & yet nothing happens."
www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
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My take on the broader implications of the outcome of Polish presidential elections published in the Guardian today.
ps. this is not the title I chose…
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ps. this is not the title I chose…
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Poland’s presidential election result is a morale boost for Maga forces in Europe | Catherine De Vries
Karol Nawrocki’s win is a blow for prime minister Donald Tusk – and it symbolises a larger battle over the political narrative, says policy expert Catherine De Vries
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My take on the broader implications of the outcome of Polish presidential elections published in the Guardian today.
ps. this is not the title I chose…
👇🏽
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ps. this is not the title I chose…
👇🏽
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by David G A Perry
Örkesh Dölet descended on to Tiananmen Square with thousands of fellow student protesters. He’s now 36 years into exile | Nuria Khasim
Örkesh Dölet descended on to Tiananmen Square with thousands of fellow student protesters. He’s now 36 years into exile | Nuria Khasim
As the anniversary of the 1989 massacre approaches, the Uyghur activist reflects on his lifelong dedication to the fight for democracy
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Örkesh Dölet descended on to Tiananmen Square with thousands of fellow student protesters. He’s now 36 years into exile | Nuria Khasim
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Playing to his base. The cruelty is the point. It always has been.
June 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Playing to his base. The cruelty is the point. It always has been.