While #OrangeMussolini is spreading his derangement to get attention, #DarkBrandon is getting US political prisoners home Russia Frees Evan Gershkovich, Dozens Of Other Political Prisoners in largest swap since the cold war President Joe Biden said Thursday a prisoner swap that freed WSJ Evan Gershkovich & former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan from Russian custody resulted from “a feat of diplomacy & friendship.” #Bidendiplomacy #BidenForeignPolicy #PaulWhelan #EvanGershkovich
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/russia-free-evan-gershkovich-dozens-of-other-political-prisoners-in-swap-with-west-reports_n_66aaa6cee4b050952a6f50ca
Russia Freeing Evan Gershkovich, Dozens Of Other Political Prisoners: Reports

The reporter for The Wall Street Journal was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison for espionage, a claim the U.S. and the media outlet deny.

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While #OrangeMussolini is spreading his derangement to get attention, #DarkBrandon is getting US political prisoners home Russia Frees Evan Gershkovich, Dozens Of Other Political Prisoners in largest swap since the cold war President Joe Biden said Thursday a prisoner swap that freed WSJ Evan Gershkovich & former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan from Russian custody resulted from “a feat of diplomacy & friendship.” #Bidendiplomacy #BidenForeignPolicy #PaulWhelan #EvanGershkovich
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/russia-free-evan-gershkovich-dozens-of-other-political-prisoners-in-swap-with-west-reports_n_66aaa6cee4b050952a6f50ca
Russia Freeing Evan Gershkovich, Dozens Of Other Political Prisoners: Reports

The reporter for The Wall Street Journal was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison for espionage, a claim the U.S. and the media outlet deny.

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https://www.meidastouch.com/news/sweden-officially-joins-nato #BidenForeignPolicy #Democracy #StopPutin More good news for Democracy win for President Biden..Sweden Officially Joins NATO

Sweden joins Finland as the most recent entrants

Why Niger's coup matters to the U.S. https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190463279/niger-coup-us-counterterrorism-boko-haram-isis #Counterterrorismpolicy The challenge now for the U.S. is to ensure that Niger continues to be a partner in counterterrorism efforts and does not turn to the Russian mercenary group, Wagner, for security assistance, as others in the region have.

"Everywhere Wagner goes," Blinken said in March, "bad things tend to follow."

#NigerCoup #bidenforeignpolicy

https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-sweden-nato-jens-stoltenberg-agrees-to-back-swedens-membership-bid/ #BidenNATO #bidenforeignpolicy #SwedenNATO Updated 
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In another foreign policy win for Biden
Russia-Ukraine WarTurkey Agrees to Support Sweden’s NATO Bid,

The decision clears the way for Sweden to join the defense alliance, a move that had been held up by Turkey’s demands.

#Putinwarcriminal

Turkey agrees to back Sweden’s NATO membership bid

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agrees to drop his resistance to Sweden joining the alliance.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/uncle-sam-american-military-patriotism/674644/ #NATO #bidenforeignpolicy America Is Doing Just Fine
The U.S. deserves a robust defense
Childhood poverty has dropped to the lowest level on record; teenage pregnancy has done the same; the U.S. dollar has experienced generational highs over the past year unemployment recently hit a 54-year low; the number of job openings this past year hit record highs
The U.S. economy continues to surge forward America’s GDP grew to $25 trillion last year
#Democracy #BidenHarris2024
Joe Scarborough: America Is Doing Just Fine

The United States deserves a robust defense.

The Atlantic

New piece by @johncarlbaker.twitter.com for USIP about how the US can develop a realistic North Korea policy that threads the needle between arms control and disarmament

#armscontrol #disarmament #NorthKorea #SouthKorea #USForeignPolicy #USMilitary #deterrence #NPT #BidenForeignPolicy

https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/01/north-korean-arms-control-doesnt-have-conflict-disarmament

North Korean Arms Control Doesn’t Have to Conflict with Disarmament

There is a tension between limiting North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and pursuing the goal of a denuclearized Korean peninsula. To emphasize the former — through arms control and risk-reduction measures — can seem at times like a repudiation of the latter. Conversely, a focus on disarmament — still the core of U.S. policy — can seem outright fanciful given North Korea’s stunning technological advances. In North Korea, the United States faces a nuclear-armed state whose capabilities continue to expand despite international opposition and extensive economic sanctions. Disarmament simply isn’t in the cards right now.

United States Institute of Peace