Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers

Official account of @StateDept’s Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy.

[U.S. Mission to the UN @USUN]

Panelists including former political prisoners Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and José Daniel Ferrer, and experts from @ArchivoCuba joined @USAmbUN today at the UN to shed light on the reality of living under Cuban regime repression.

[Ambassador Mike Waltz @USAmbUN]

The Cuban regime tries to blame its failures on others, but the reality is clear: corruption, human rights abuses, and repression are the real roots of Cuba's problems.

[Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers @UnderSecPD]

@Stefan_A Thank you — also, this is one way to tell which tweets are human-written (though there are also other ways)

[Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers @UnderSecPD]

Silk Road sites like Samarkand are becoming more familiar to Americans, including as a result of social media. Our Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation helped restore some tiles the Soviets marred.

[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

Few places on Earth have historically played such an important role in global trade and commerce as Samarkand.

It’s an honor to be here today — not just to remember the history, but the opportunities for the future.

[Department of State @StateDept]

SECRETARY RUBIO: I don't think it's a coincidence, to some extent, that pulling foreign aid into the State Department and away from this sort of independent, do-whatever-they-want organization which was USAID has had a direct impact on what's happening in the region.

[Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers @UnderSecPD]

Natalie has been doing great reporting lately on these and adjacent concerns ⬇️

[Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters]

“Biological male.”
“Biological female.”
“Protect the children.”

Those are phrases flagged in hate-speech research funded by the Council of Europe.

The published code categorizes biological-sex terms as “structural denial” and protecting children as a “dog whistle.”

The project, conducted by trans advocacy group TGEU and the Institute for Journalism and Social Change, examined YouTube comments.

The accompanying report calls for stronger media regulation addressing publishers that leave comments classified as hate speech online.

[Natalie Winters @nataliegwinters]

“Biological male.”
“Biological female.”
“Protect the children.”

Those are phrases flagged in hate-speech research funded by the Council of Europe.

The published code categorizes biological-sex terms as “structural denial” and protecting children as a “dog whistle.”

The project, conducted by trans advocacy group TGEU and the Institute for Journalism and Social Change, examined YouTube comments.

The accompanying report calls for stronger media regulation addressing publishers that leave comments classified as hate speech online.

[Department of State @StateDept]

America First is common sense.

We are going to use all the elements of American Power to further the interests of the United States.

[Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers @UnderSecPD]

Under President Trump, we razed the federal debanking apparatus and redirected regulators to protect Americans from financial “deplatforming.”

This OCC report is a great example. The OCC, a powerful banking regulator, was previously weaponized for Operation Choke Point. Now, it investigates and exposes similar misconduct.

Because a lot of banking is transnational, and because “reputation risk” and “ESG” policies get incubated in international working groups and economic fora, this directly ties into diplomacy. We obviously sanction terrorists and other bad actors — but when it comes to mundane political disagreements on topics like migration or climate policy, it’s ultimately not in anybody’s interest to live in a world where your debit card can be deactivated for dissent.

[New York Post @nypost]

Major banks closed accounts of MAGA, pro-life and other conservative groups disfavored by Biden admin: bombshell report https://t.co/0GNm3bFN89

[Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers @UnderSecPD]

Had a great time with Eugene Volokh (@VolokhC) at the Vanderbilt Global Free Speech Summit, discussing extraterritorial legal threats to free speech — which go way beyond the DSA.

Also ran into @TaylorLorenz !

[Matthew Boyle @mboyle1]

NEW and EXCLUSIVE— I sat down today for @BreitbartNews with @SecRubio at @StateDept for a long-form on-camera interview. First piece of it just published — in it, Rubio explains the America First foreign policy.

“What’s right for America before anything else”

[Juan Pablo Segura @WHAAsstSecty]

The Trump Administration is delivering concrete results with our Caribbean partners. Today’s U.S.-Caribbean Dialogue with 15 nations focused on expanding trusted investment, cutting off narcoterrorists, and strengthening commercial energy ties. Together, we are building a safer, more prosperous hemisphere. -JPS

[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

For too long, Communist Cuba has been allowed to operate as an outpost for malign actors and terror groups – including the Islamic Republic of Iran, the world’s number one state sponsor of terrorism – to target the United States.

Today, I designated BICSA, a Cuban financial institution which has been providing financial services to sanctioned Iranian entities.

Let me be absolutely clear: the Trump Administration will not tolerate a rogue state hosting hostile foreign military, intelligence and terror operations less than a hundred miles from our homeland. https://t.co/MMEgob7I1V

[Ambassador Mike Waltz @michaelgwaltz]

Great explanation of what the Greenland deal is so important and such a big win for America’s national security. 🇺🇸

[Director Michael Kratsios @mkratsios47]

My full fireside conversation with @patrickc at the Science: A New Golden Age Summit.

We discussed building new institutions for discovery, accelerating scientific progress, and how America can move faster on the hardest scientific challenges.

[Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers @UnderSecPD]

If you want to walk or jog around DC on Columbus Day, you can see the following memorials to the great 🇮🇹 explorer:

* Statue at Eisenhower building, 17th/Pennsylvania;

* Holy Cross Church; and

* Union Station, where I watched a Knights of Columbus ceremony. (This is the statue that used to be covered in HAMAS graffiti. No more!)

[Department of State @StateDept]

Columbus’ discovery of the Americas was our prelude — a brave, bold act of exploration that set into motion the unstoppable course of human events that culminated in the birth of the greatest nation man has ever known.

[Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers @UnderSecPD]

Urban lawlessness, ugliness, and decay are policy choices. We reject them.

[Secretary Doug Burgum @SecretaryBurgum]

As we approach Columbus Day, we reflect on the remarkable transformation of Columbus Circle.

Under the Biden administration, the fountain was broken down and covered in pro-Hamas graffiti.

Now, thanks to @POTUS, it is a symbol of American greatness!

[Secretary Doug Burgum @SecretaryBurgum]

As we approach Columbus Day, we reflect on the remarkable transformation of Columbus Circle.

Under the Biden administration, the fountain was broken down and covered in pro-Hamas graffiti.

Now, thanks to @POTUS, it is a symbol of American greatness!

[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

America was formed by a civilization that has persisted for thousands of years and which must persist for thousands more.

It was the Civilization of Athens and Rome that transformed an infant seaboard republic into a continental empire.