Partner, international practice, global strategist in Washington effectively moving the policy needle
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Let’s nominate @MariaCorinaYA for the Nobel Peace Prize. None better than she. Who’s with me? Re-post if you agree! #VenezuelaLibreYa #Venezuela
A modest proposal: most D1 schools should drop football. It’s ruinously expensive, dangerous, and in the world of NIL they can’t compete; they just develop players for the portal. For the others, sell teams to private equity, license the team name, and stop the “college” charade.
ESPN built and destroyed college football.
Conferences are bloated and nonsensical.
Bowl games are irrelevant.
Transfer portal ruins fan interest.
It will inevitably go to a football super league with regional divisions. Those will hopefully look like old traditional conferences that accentuate rivalries in your area. Not Oregon playing Maryland or Stanford at Boston College.
Some will get in. I’m afraid many schools get left behind and maybe that’s OK.
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You know things are headed in the wrong direction for your D1 football program when you highlight…the punter? 🫣
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Hugo Chavez and economic miracle don’t belong in the same sentence unless it’s a discussion on how to make Latin America’s wealthiest nation into a decrepit economic basket case. That does take quite a talent, to be sure.
All those who posted selfies with him from last week in Washington now busy scrubbing their profiles…
Paraguay’s Senate removed President Santiago Peña from office Friday, a dramatic downfall that paves the way for him to face potential criminal charges over his alleged role in the collapse of a major bank. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Guy I havent seen or heard from in years hears I have a client he wants a piece of so tries to make urgent contact to “catch up.” Ok let me check my calendar…how’s never? Is never good for you? 😀
On trade now, I’d like to see unilateral tariffs removed from free trade partners like Chile, Colombia, Peru, etc and USMCA negotiations rapidly concluded with partners Canada and Mexico
The overlooked storyline: election of women Democratic governors
#BREAKING: Deb Haaland wins New Mexico governor’s race
thehill.com/homenews/campaig…
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The Maduro-Petro legacy.
The ELN has consolidated its control over much of the border between Venezuela and Colombia, and is profiting from the enormous quantity of cocaine passing across. Read our investigation: bit.ly/4oMgrhE
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Insane
Venezuela flares approximately 1.3 billion cubic feet of natural gas every day.
This means that while Venezuela struggles with electricity shortages, the country continues burning into the air the equivalent of 7.5 gigawatts of electrical power.
This is not just an economic crime, but an environmental catastrophe that produces an estimated 96,000 metric tons of CO₂-equivalent emissions every day.
Over a year, this is comparable to the emissions generated by approximately 7.6 million gasoline-powered cars.
Resolving this situation should be of urgent priority.
By attracting investment into gas capture, processing facilities, and transportation infrastructure, Venezuela can turn wasted energy into an important source of power for its economy.
Shoulda hired Doug
On this day in 1932, the Australian Army went to war with emus. And lost.
Learn more about The Great Emu War: nationalinterest.org/blog/bu…
Indeed. And we need those with wisdom, maturity, public-spiritedness, standing, and integrity to stay in the fight. Excited to see how you will continue to be a voice of reason and common sense in the days and weeks ahead!
CFK tryna political resurrection in #Argentina. Will be interesting to watch the mental gymnastics of those seeking to curry renewed favor.
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Politics is the art of addition not subtraction
NEWS: From a source familiar with the Michigan Senate race and how Stevens ended up at church with Rogers Sunday:
@MikeRogersForMI called @HaleyforMI on Friday after @AbdulElSayed put out his statement saying she’s not invited to anything with him
Rogers and said his campaign would love to have her join them.
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Obvious clickbait designed to generate publicity but what a dumb thing to pay to promote
A new book explores the capitalist basis of the Kremlin’s aggressive ideology. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/02…
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The Ukraine conflict is revolutionizing warfare. Remember when we used to build battleships? Massive aircraft carriers, extraordinarily expensive manner aircraft, and undersea platforms are ripe for disruption. By the time we react it will be too late.
New Russian cruise missile: Filin
Available in two configurations:
- 50 kg warhead, 1,200 km range;
- 100 kg warhead, 700 km range.
Maximum flight speed is 800 km/h, with a maximum flight time of 90 minutes. Maximum flight altitude is 6 km. Accuracy is around +- 10 m.
The missile is produced by Molniya, the Russian UAV developer behind a cheap, mass-produced type of drone used for strike, reconnaissance, and logistics missions.
Russia is betting heavily on cheap cruise missiles launched from ground platforms, which broadens their possible uses and significantly saves the flight-hour resources of their combat aircraft.
I look forward to not reading this tripe
A new book explores the capitalist basis of the Kremlin’s aggressive ideology. foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/02…
The Venezuela energy issue absolutely nobody is talking about is gas flaring. An environmental, economic, and commercial disaster every single day.
Sad to see that Costa Rica has apparently taken a decision to pull back from CPTPP membership. I have championed this initiative literally from the beginning—indeed, I claim intellectual authorship and have the receipts—and it is a strategic mistake not to finalize access. Wow.
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