Marcelle

Copyeditor; Seattleite by way of Montana, Portland, Osaka, Paris, DC, Bologna, Hong Kong, and Tokyo; SAIS alum; mom of Stella, Ava, and Annabel; wife of Tom.

[Senator Thom Tillis @SenThomTillis]

The careless decision to reduce our force posture in Europe, along with moves by Pete Hegseth and his political henchmen to force out some of our finest general officers is amateur hour at best and deadly at worst.

Hegseth continues to surprise and disrespect our greatest allies and some of our best military professionals with impulsive decisions not grounded in reality or good judgment. If the rumors are true that Hegseth is trying to sideline General Chris Donahue, one of our nation’s finest warfighters, by downgrading U.S. Army Europe-Africa to a 3-star command, he is taking another step down a dangerous path. A step that is not in the best interests of our nation or our servicemembers.

General Donahue has dedicated his entire career to upholding the high standards and warrior ethos that Hegseth claims he is restoring to our ranks. Gen. Donahue has led Soldiers at all levels in Airborne (including Ft. Bragg’s 82nd) and Mechanized units, the 75th Ranger Regiment, and our most prestigious special operation units. He deployed over 20 times in support of Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, New Dawn, Inherent Resolve, Atlantic Resolve, Freedom’s Sentinel, European Assure, Deter and Reinforce, and in support of the Sudan crisis.

Hegseth would do well to surround himself with more patriots like General Donahue and to get his henchmen, who are not qualified to carry Donahue's bag, out of the Pentagon. Keep your word, Mr. Secretary: choose meritocracy over your mediocre yes-men.

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[David French @DavidAFrench]

This is very good -- a call for humility in evaluating the course of the war. The fog of war is still very thick, and it might be thick for a while. So much is contingent.

[Eliot A Cohen @EliotACohen]

At the risk of irritating everyone with definite opinions on this war, here is why I don't share any of them. @theAtlantic https://t.co/CRhp6wUMXu

[Marcelle @stavabava]

@DouthatNYT Ok, now France

[Neal Katyal @neal_katyal]

Seems hard for the President to rely on the 15 percent statute (sec 122) when his DOJ in our case told the Court the opposite: “Nor does [122] have any obvious application here, where the concerns the President identified in declaring an emergency arise from trade deficits, which are conceptually distinct from balance-of-payments deficits."

If he wants sweeping tariffs, he should do the American thing and go to Congress. If his tariffs are such a good idea, he should have no problem persuading Congress. That’s what our Constitution requires.

Trump Says He Will Raise Global Tariff to 15 Percent https://t.co/zVzAvUPkdc via @NYTimes

[Aaron David Miller @aarondmiller2]

I’m stunned by way we seem to be sleepwalking to a potentially massive attack that could spark a regional war, including real concern of terror attacks here at home. Where is Congress, media, former security and defense officials, chattering classes asking right questions.

[Domino Theory @DominoTheoryMag]

It would be "impossible" to move 40% of Taiwan's semiconductor capacity to the U.S., the island's top tariff negotiator said, pushing back against recent comments by American officials who called for a major production shift.
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[Lizzie Johnson @lizziejohnsonnn]

I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

So let’s stop the games.

If you want this fight, @RepJamesComer, let’s have it—in public.

You love to talk about transparency. There’s nothing more transparent than a public hearing, cameras on.

We will be there.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

A statement from the family of Alex Pretti, obtained by CNN:

"We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman.

The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."

[Ritchie Torres @RitchieTorres]

I am one of 70 Democrats co-sponsoring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem. She has defended police brutality and defamed Renee Nicole Good as a “domestic terrorist.”

The Secretary of Homeland Security is a threat to homeland security.

[Ritchie Torres @RitchieTorres]

I am introducing legislation—the Quick Recognition (QR) Act—that requires ICE and CBP officers to wear uniforms featuring QR codes. When scanned, the code would generate a digital ID displaying the officer’s name, badge number, and law enforcement agency.

ICE and CBP should be unmasked not only physically but digitally. Transparency is not an option but an obligation.

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

People want to ban all immigration because of welfare fraud but I document that noncitizens were less likely to commit welfare fraud in 2024 than citizens. https://t.co/dIjluCpMxC

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Rogan: Its very ugly to watch someone shoot a U.S. citizen, especially a woman, in the face…When people say it's justifiable because the car hit him, it seemed like she was turning the car away

Most people who’ve seen the video reach the same conclusion

[Reid Hoffman @reidhoffman]

We can be truthtellers.

[Rikki Schlott @RIKKISCHLOTT]

ICE roving around a city asking people “are you an American citizen” is very different from proactively identifying and targeting a dangerous illegal immigrant for deportation. This is why people are upset.

[amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17]

Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

Dear @Sec_Noem and @DHSgov: Please explain how this U.S. citizen teenager allegedly violated 18 U.S.C. 111. If this kid truly violated that law, why did you let him go after a short period of time?

And why did he look beat up and bleeding after you dumped him in a parking lot?

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

A President with his own private police force to hunt political enemies is how democracies die.

That’s not America.

That’s authoritarianism.

[Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: this is a white supremacist, white nationalist administration.