Richard Nephew
@richardmnephew.bsky.social
Senior Research Scholar at Columbia U. Former Anti-Corruption Coordinator at Dept of State (among other things), White House and Dept of Energy. Personal acct.
This was well done, by the way:
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October 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This was well done, by the way:
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Interesting (and troubling) all round, but this bit screamed out at me. I'm sure he hasn't had someone tell him he missed something. This Admin fires anyone who dares question its brilliance (or are standing in the wrong place) and people do have mortgages to pay.
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Interesting (and troubling) all round, but this bit screamed out at me. I'm sure he hasn't had someone tell him he missed something. This Admin fires anyone who dares question its brilliance (or are standing in the wrong place) and people do have mortgages to pay.
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Just read this bit. I also made the concession that my neighbor doesn't have to hand over his car keys and let my kids sleep in his bed. I deserve to have half of his backyard as a chicken coop; he may have the rest and control of his tv remote.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/van...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/van...
August 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Just read this bit. I also made the concession that my neighbor doesn't have to hand over his car keys and let my kids sleep in his bed. I deserve to have half of his backyard as a chicken coop; he may have the rest and control of his tv remote.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/van...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/van...
Unsurprisingly excellent.
Oh, by the way, I was there and this bit is/was true. It was a true strength of those teams. I was unafraid to tell Bill what I thought and he insisted that we do so. I made the same demand, explicitly, of my teams subsequently.
Oh, by the way, I was there and this bit is/was true. It was a true strength of those teams. I was unafraid to tell Bill what I thought and he insisted that we do so. I made the same demand, explicitly, of my teams subsequently.
August 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Unsurprisingly excellent.
Oh, by the way, I was there and this bit is/was true. It was a true strength of those teams. I was unafraid to tell Bill what I thought and he insisted that we do so. I made the same demand, explicitly, of my teams subsequently.
Oh, by the way, I was there and this bit is/was true. It was a true strength of those teams. I was unafraid to tell Bill what I thought and he insisted that we do so. I made the same demand, explicitly, of my teams subsequently.
Ceasefires tend to be messy but even still...
June 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Ceasefires tend to be messy but even still...
Apropos of everything, this was the last para of the acknowledgment section of my 2017 book, The Art of Sanctions.
June 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Apropos of everything, this was the last para of the acknowledgment section of my 2017 book, The Art of Sanctions.
The company we choose to keep. This vote is sadly only a preview of many shameful acts to come as the Trump Administration changes sides.
But it does not change the central fact: Russia's invasion of Ukraine was an unprovoked act of aggression.
But it does not change the central fact: Russia's invasion of Ukraine was an unprovoked act of aggression.
February 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The company we choose to keep. This vote is sadly only a preview of many shameful acts to come as the Trump Administration changes sides.
But it does not change the central fact: Russia's invasion of Ukraine was an unprovoked act of aggression.
But it does not change the central fact: Russia's invasion of Ukraine was an unprovoked act of aggression.