Daniel Larison
@daniellarison.bsky.social
Writer at Eunomia, Responsible Statecraft, and Antiwar
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So it's a meaningless gesture.
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
So it's a meaningless gesture.
If that's true, that's a damning indictment of this faction.
November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If that's true, that's a damning indictment of this faction.
Sure, guys, whatever helps you sleep at night.
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Sure, guys, whatever helps you sleep at night.
This is partisan hack analysis. This is "obvious" only to ideologues that already believed this. The Dems were hurt by rising prices, a doddering, unpopular incumbent, and the administration's enabling of a genocide. They tried to fix the second problem by dumping Biden, but it wasn't enough.
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is partisan hack analysis. This is "obvious" only to ideologues that already believed this. The Dems were hurt by rising prices, a doddering, unpopular incumbent, and the administration's enabling of a genocide. They tried to fix the second problem by dumping Biden, but it wasn't enough.
Billingslea isn't just bad at negotiating arms control agreements. He's also an inept Internet troll.
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Billingslea isn't just bad at negotiating arms control agreements. He's also an inept Internet troll.
On the left, you see what Stephens says this bill does. On the right, you can see what the bill would do. Mamdani is rightly against support for illegal settlements. This is supposed to be scary?
October 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
On the left, you see what Stephens says this bill does. On the right, you can see what the bill would do. Mamdani is rightly against support for illegal settlements. This is supposed to be scary?
This is just sad. Have some dignity, former Biden mouthpiece:
October 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is just sad. Have some dignity, former Biden mouthpiece:
I know it's the WaPo opinion section, but aren't they embarrassed to run things like this?
October 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I know it's the WaPo opinion section, but aren't they embarrassed to run things like this?
Talk about asking the wrong question. The "gambit" is illegal and insane.
October 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Talk about asking the wrong question. The "gambit" is illegal and insane.
Trump’s first-term foreign policy was riddled with one failure after another. Almost everything he attempted either fizzled out or blew up in his face. Don’t let this garbage revisionism stand.
October 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Trump’s first-term foreign policy was riddled with one failure after another. Almost everything he attempted either fizzled out or blew up in his face. Don’t let this garbage revisionism stand.
Murderer says that his murders are good, actually.
October 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Murderer says that his murders are good, actually.
The experts haven't "cast doubt" on this. They have strongly condemned the president's use of the military to murder civilians.
October 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The experts haven't "cast doubt" on this. They have strongly condemned the president's use of the military to murder civilians.
Yes, Trump's real foreign policy is not like the fantasy version that his fans have created in their heads. It only took you four and a half years and multiple wars to notice.
October 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Yes, Trump's real foreign policy is not like the fantasy version that his fans have created in their heads. It only took you four and a half years and multiple wars to notice.
It's going to be so, so stupid: www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...
September 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It's going to be so, so stupid: www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...
Harris still doesn't get it. People didn't protest at Trump rallies because they knew there was no chance of changing his position. They made the mistake of thinking that Harris might be receptive to their message.
September 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Harris still doesn't get it. People didn't protest at Trump rallies because they knew there was no chance of changing his position. They made the mistake of thinking that Harris might be receptive to their message.
Trump starts off the weekend by admitting to more murders:
September 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Trump starts off the weekend by admitting to more murders:
This is supposed to be an attack?
September 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is supposed to be an attack?
Anyone who describes Colby as an isolationist or as a supporter of a "more isolationist" approach should not write about foreign policy.
September 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Anyone who describes Colby as an isolationist or as a supporter of a "more isolationist" approach should not write about foreign policy.
No doubt he will very capably advance the interests of Turkey once he is in Riyadh.
September 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
No doubt he will very capably advance the interests of Turkey once he is in Riyadh.
Trump doesn't have a noninterference policy. What is he talking about?
September 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Trump doesn't have a noninterference policy. What is he talking about?
Too bad that "Trump the realist" is a figment of the imagination.
August 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Too bad that "Trump the realist" is a figment of the imagination.
Just once it would be nice if someone read the text of the Budapest Memorandum before saying something about it. No one promised military intervention.
August 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Just once it would be nice if someone read the text of the Budapest Memorandum before saying something about it. No one promised military intervention.
Realists that think that Trump is on their side will always be bitterly disappointed.
August 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Realists that think that Trump is on their side will always be bitterly disappointed.
Has anyone pointed out to these geniuses that India tariffs do nothing to penalize Russia? They just screw over India and anyone relying on the affected Indian imports.
August 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Has anyone pointed out to these geniuses that India tariffs do nothing to penalize Russia? They just screw over India and anyone relying on the affected Indian imports.
Is it useful to think about something that doesn't exist?
July 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Is it useful to think about something that doesn't exist?