Paul Richter

I write about foreign policy. Author of "The Ambassadors: America's Diplomats on the Front Lines." Website:

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Great podcast from CFR about how July 4 happened and almost didn't happen.
https://t.co/coKSw4pKoy

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@mattkremnitzer Get a better owner?

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@MarkZuckerman Yes, Nats fans have to be reminded what hits look like.

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@jamespmanley @lrozen It’s a great place! You can skate on the lakes and work on recovering your Minnesota accent.

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Like it or not? The New York Times has an op-ed today chiding Americans for lapping up the Harry and Meghan melodrama, and a front-page story saying Americans are fed up with the ex-royals' self promotion.
https://t.co/uSGxSv8g8S

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The Athletic picks the Nationals as the worst team in the MLB, and not narrowly. "Franchise meltdown...deep putrefaction." The Lerner-Rizzo-Martinez leadership doesn't believe in doing anything halfway. https://t.co/favn2iPNaI

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@GratefulDead Live Dead. And if it’s just one song, Dark Star.

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@BeschlossDC Diamondback terrapins were prominent on the train’s menu, and on the Plaza’s, maybe helping explain why they’re on protected lists today

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@Les_Johns Poor guy. A setback to his plans to take charge of the Commanders

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@GratefulDead They can explain a transitive nightfall of diamonds.

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@TheAthletic @cbranch89 Branch's argument is that the Astros' cheating should be forgiven because they're really good baseball players? Curious logic.

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@AndrewYang Uninterested, you mean

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Extraordinary:

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that now was not a time for war, directly assailing the Kremlin chief in public over the nearly seven-month-long conflict in Ukraine.

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@christophclarey After they’re all paid, how much is left for Carlos?

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@jon_wertheim Answer?

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Explains everything: "Ninety percent of politics takes place in the low- to middle information space," said former Florida Rep. David Jolly on WAMU radio last week.

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Washington spin: Gen. Leslie Grove, head of the Manhattan Project, told the Senate radiation sickness is a "very pleasant way to die":

https://t.co/O4478fWjhr

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Luria: The Secret Service is getting lawyered up.

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@BeschlossDC Those Soviet painters knew how to keep the boss happy. You'd never know he was 5' 4".

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@BeschlossDC Weehawken in its earlier verdant days.