Tag Archives: US State Department

Open Thread | Administration Removing Career Diplomats From Posts All Around The World

Posted on December 24, 2025 by rikyrah

Getting rid of more institutional memory to be replaced by mediocre, unqualified incompetents, if they will actually be replaced at all. Trump removes nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial positions By MATTHEW LEE Updated 11:33 AM CST, December 22, 2025 … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign policy, Open Thread, Politics, US State Department | Tagged , , , , , , | 49 Comments

Open Thread | President Biden Negotiates Russian Prisoner Exchange

Posted on August 2, 2024 by rikyrah

President Biden continues to do his job. Negotiating one of the largest prisoner exchange negotiations in decades. Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) posted at 10:47 AM on Thu, Aug 01, 2024: “President Biden—about an hour before he notified the world he was … Continue reading →

Posted in Breaking News, Current Events, Diplomacy, Foreign policy, Open Thread, Politics, President Joe Biden, Vice-President Kamala D. Harris | Tagged , , , , , , | 40 Comments

Tuesday Open Thread | State Department declines to sanction Russia for election meddling

Posted on January 30, 2018 by SouthernGirl2

WTF happened to Checks and Balances? Where are our leaders? If nothing is done then democracy is dead & the GOP is complicit. God help us all. WASHINGTON — The US State Department said on Monday a 2017 US law … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 Elections, collusion, Current Events, Donald Trump, HACKING, News, Open Thread, Politics, Russia, sanctions | Tagged , , , , , , , | 50 Comments