Scott Rauland

Foreign affairs analyst. Husband, father, bird watcher, scuba diver, & political junkie.

[Scott Rauland @ScottRauland]

@RT_com What we all really want to know is how the Russian strategic bomber fleet is doing. Where is your report on that??

[Scott Rauland @ScottRauland]

@notatallwoke @anneapplebaum How the hell would any sane person connect those two dots??

[Scott Rauland @ScottRauland]

@crimebucket @anneapplebaum @FT The markets sure are telling a story! I hope you don’t have your entire nest egg invested in stocks.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

The @FT, not mincing words https://t.co/sWokEj4Oev

[Scott Rauland @ScottRauland]

@HelsinkiComm I get your point, but will take issue with your wording - Russia is actually a VERY reliable aggressor!

[Scott Rauland @ScottRauland]

@Poodleface02 @davidhogg111 This also completely overlooks the fact that the U.S> had the strongest economic recovery from Covid of any developed nation. How convenient!

[Sen. Elissa Slotkin @SenatorSlotkin]

I will be voting no on the Continuing Resolution tomorrow. My statement below ⬇️

[🍏 Vladimir Kara-Murza @vkaramurza]

For once, albeit accidentally, Putin has told the truth: long-term peace in Ukraine is only possible by “eliminating the root causes of this crisis.”

The main “root cause” is an old deranged KGB officer in the Kremlin who views the collapse of the Soviet empire as “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century”, calls his opponents “national traitors” and Ukraine “an artificial state”, and idolizes Stalin and Andropov.

Without “eliminating” this “root cause” there will not be peace not only in Ukraine, but in Europe as a whole.

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

The tragic self-destruction of a great newspaper continues. I had the privilege of working with @RuthMarcus for years and she is the best of the best. Whether you agree with her or not, she is the model of journalistic excellence and integrity. https://t.co/WEZh3IJ39V

[Fareed Zakaria @FareedZakaria]

The Trump administration has effected a revolution in foreign policy. Every country will consider how to wean itself off dependence on the United States. The Post-American World is now in plain sight.

My take:

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

I had a productive meeting with the President of the Council of Ministers of Italy @GiorgiaMeloni to develop a joint action plan for ending the war with a just and lasting peace.

No one other than Putin is interested in the continuation and quick return of the war. Therefore, it is important to maintain unity around Ukraine and strengthen our country's position in cooperation with our allies – the countries of Europe and the United States.

Ukraine needs peace backed by robust security guarantees.

I am grateful to Italy for its continued support and partnership in bringing peace in Ukraine closer.

🇺🇦🇮🇹

[Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe]

Now federal workers can reply by saying, "We wasted hours and hours of our time, paid for by U.S. taxpayers, just trying to figure out whether to answer this stupid email."

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Please share this fact sheet about Ukraine with anyone who needs it

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Trump starts his presidency with less public support than any of his modern predecessors just entering office other than Trump 1.0, per @pewresearch which finds his approval rating at 47%. https://t.co/nNuDDEJ124

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

Let’s be clear: Trump and Elon are illegally seizing government resources, accessing your private medical and financial data, and firing – without cause – thousands of employees.

They are not looking for waste or fraud, they are circumventing constitutional checks and balances and breaking the law.

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

Donald Trump is making a deliberate attempt to overwhelm the system, and to overwhelm you. It can be difficult to keep up. And that’s by design.

But we can keep up – and respond. Here’s what he’s doing, and what it means for you. Just the facts. 🧵⤵️

[Scott Rauland @ScottRauland]

@big_dave45440 @anneapplebaum An “audit and peer review” . . . by college kids? Do you realize how absolutely stupid that sounds?

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Murphy: "Let's not pull any punches about why this is happening. Elon Musk makes billions off of his business with China. And China is cheering at this action today. There is no question that the billionaire class trying to take over our govt right now is doing it based on self-interest."

[Anders Åslund @anders_aslund]

Raskin: "We don't have a fourth branch of government called Elon Musk!"
What an embarrassment for the US that this has to be said.
The US has long been a plutocracy.
Now it has become a kleptocracy: A rogue billionaire seizes illegal control over the federal disbursements!

[Scott Rauland @ScottRauland]

@RobbieGramer An all time low for the practice of public diplomacy at State!