Laura Rozen
@lrozen
Reporting on foreign policy. Current: Diplomatic Substack, Just Security ed bd. Al-Monitor Politico Foreign Policy alum. lkrozen threads, lkrozen.bsky, at gmail
Overnight, Putin’s forces struck sleeping residential areas in Odesa and Sumy, wounding several civilians, including a child. Apartment buildings, civilian infrastructure, and vehicles were damaged.
So while @marcorubio has 5 jobs, @jdvance, is using our tax dollars to hit another celebrity vacation hot spot - and an international one at that. Probably good thing, even if costly, that he spends most of his time vacationing and tweeting and he’s not given serious assignments.
Ellen DeGeneres, JD Vance, Beyoncé: How the Cotswolds became an A-list hotspot standard.co.uk/lifestyle/elle…
Again: What Todd Blanche is doing is quite clear. He's going to enter a cooperation agreement with Ghislaine Maxwell so she stops feeding the WSJ damning stories about Trump. It's why they fired Maurene Comey, undoubtedly. emptywheel.net/2025/07/22/tru…
"The Jordanian government is forcibly evicting the Bedul, a group of Bedouins from Petra, in clear violation of their economic, social, and cultural rights, including their right to housing, Human Rights Watch said today." hrw.org/news/2025/07/2…
Defense Minister under Netanyahu, 2013-16:
ראשי מערכת הביטחון- הרמטכ״ל, ר׳ המוסד ומ״מ ר׳ השב״כ, פינוי אוכלוסיה שלמה מבתיה ללא אבחנה, הריסת בתיה באופן שיטתי וריכוזה בתא שטח מצומצם ב״עיר הומניטרית״, לצורך ״גירושה מרצון״ - זו סדרה של פשעי מלחמה על פי דין, שלא לדבר על ערכי המוסר שלנו. הרעבת אוכלוסיה, כדי להביאה ל״גירוש מרצון״…
Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon Watch starts now.
Justice demands courage. For the first time, the Department of Justice is reaching out to Ghislaine Maxwell to ask: what do you know? At @AGPamBondi’s direction, I’ve contacted her counsel. I intend to meet with her soon. No one is above the law—and no lead is off-limits.
also, another note here: Johnson has said that he will wait until August to give the Trump administration time to get these docs out. so now it's on the Trump administration. if they dont do anything in the next month, Johnson won't be able to do anything about action on…
☀️PUNCHBOWL NEWS AM: INSIDE JOHNSON'S EPSTEIN MESS THE HOUSE FLOOR is frozen because House Republicans are rebelling against @SpeakerJohnson strategy for dealing with the EPSTEIN FILES. The HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE is supposed to hold the line for the leadership and vote down any…
A Dr. Araghchi Fox News interview was not on my bingo card… 😂😂😂
Overnight Russia again attacked Odesa with strike drones. At least one injured. A high-rise building was badly damaged and several cars destroyed. Occurs a day ahead of another round of RF-UA peace talks in Istanbul #ukraine
Many people have expressed horror and disbelief at Russia's attacks on Kyiv's metro stations with civilians sheltering inside. Horror, I understand. Disbelief, perplexes me. Russia has shown the world for years that they have absolutely no lows on its savagery and barbarism. 1/5
Bessent sounds like a hostage: “They treat us wonderfully and the food’s delicious. In the evenings, we all sing songs.”
Bessent: "Newspapers like the Wall Street Journal are not used to a high-functioning executive president. They are used to perhaps President Obama, who was not as economically sophisticated as President Trump."
Trump’s foreign policy record has not been effective. Wars still rage on. But when it comes to Europe, he’s succeeding in dividing and weakening the continent, thanks to his supporters inside the gates. Delighted to publish this first oped in @FT on.ft.com/4f6PQZM
איראן לא תוכל לוותר על זכותה להעשיר אורניום בשטחה, לכל הפחות לרמה נמוכה. עם זאת, הוצאתם מפעולה של מתקני ההעשרה עשויה להכשיר את הקרקע לפתרון יצירתי על בסיס הכרה אמריקאית בזכות זו לצד דחיית מימושה בכמה שנים לפחות, למשל על בסיס רעיון הקונסורציום הגרעיני האזורי. התייחסנו לכך כאן:…
שר החוץ של איראן עבאס עראקצ'י לפוקס ניוז: לא נוכל לוותר על זכותנו להעשיר אורניום
Full text: Agence France Presse's association's letter on starvation experienced by journalists in Gaza, along with an English version by Google Translate "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die."
They’re trotting out all the hits! Now we’re back to her emails!
Destruction of the capability to conduct multilateral diplomacy starts with firing the diplomats.
Rahel Rasras, 32 years old, died of malnutrition today.