Richard Stengel

Former Under Secretary of State in Obama admin & Editor @TIME. Political analyst @MSNOW. Book: "Information Wars." + @rickstengel.bsky.social

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

I always told my journalists, there aren’t two sides to a lie. Yes, you should be non-partisan, but not neutral. Journalists must be biased in favor of the truth and facts. Biased in favor of democracy itself. We protect the press so the press can protect democracy. Let’s do that

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

“…never see his like again.”

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

I'm not sure if Gordon Wood has any equal as a historian of the founding era. His book "Empire of Liberty" is magnificent. His lifelong theme was how America became America and how we all became Americans. Nothing was ever sugar-coated. We may never see his life again. RIP. https://t.co/6rjBJCKqUR

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

Brava to Kristen Welker for maintaining her cool and her reportorial backbone in an interview with a rude and bullying interview subject who could not marshall a single fact in response to a civil question.

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

President Trump said he has no idea “where the hell” he got his “stat” that Black unemployment is doing better than ever before. That’s probably because the “stat” is fake. The Black unemployment rate is higher now than it was when Trump returned to office…in fact, higher than it was in each of the last 34 months of Biden’s term. https://t.co/r3BentdjF3

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

It would be amazing if Trump could negotiate an agreement in which “Iran reaffirms that under no circumstances will Iran ever seek, develop or acquire any nuclear weapons." Oh, that was from Obama's 2015 Iran nuclear deal that Trump ripped up.
https://t.co/gzX4b2Dxzl

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

In terms of our global soft power, the White House 250th UFC spectacle will confirm the international view that America is vulgar, violent, low-brow and tasteless.

[Anna Bower @AnnaBower]

NEWS: A @lawfare report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported.

Incredible work from Katherine Pompilio:
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[Richard Stengel @stengel]

While the practical effect of this is negligible (the president can veto it), the fact that a bipartisan majority of the House is standing up for its constitutional authority and against a war-of-choice is enormous. The tide is shifting.
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[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

“Our conclusion: the Iran War is worse than a failure. It's a strategic calamity with no notable achievements and potentially trillions in direct and indirect costs to the US and global economy.”

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

Nations decline when security officials are selected for loyalty, not ability; sycophancy not skill; pliability not backbone. https://t.co/WoeE4YFtUu

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

Their incompetence is breathtaking. Foreign policy is complicated, but having a national birthday party is not. They've turned a celebration of democracy into a carnival of toxic narcissism. https://t.co/5eFgzJYFjt

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

The most stunning thing about this extraordinary tale of corruption is that the whole scheme was concocted to get around what Trump really wanted: the IRS to directly pay him hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars. https://t.co/AxwPo1rmy2

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

The only advantage the president has as a negotiator is that he’s such a terrible negotiator. The people across the table can’t believe how emotional, uninformed, unhinged and unsmart he is. They wonder if it’s a strategy. It’s not.

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

The federal deficit is approximately $1.8 trillion. The Government Accountability Office estimates that all possibly improper payments across all federal programs is a maximum of $180 billion. That's 10% of the deficit. What you've heard (a phrase no federal official should ever use) is incorrect.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Stephen Miller: "Based on what I've heard, we could balance the federal budget if the only dollars that went out of the treasury went to individuals who were properly, lawfully, correctly eligible to receive them"

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

I’d wager that if you added up all the typos, spelling errors, and grammatical mistakes made by all the White Houses in the 250-year history of the republic, they would not equal the number of mistakes made by this White House. https://t.co/C4V6BwyPOD

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

"It is for us the living to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." #HappyMemorialDay.