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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 2h

Even worse than voting for the Iran War, he voted to abnegate Congress's constitutional authority over the use of military force and to allow Trump to wage war based on his own whims.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 4h

Guess POTUS can now delegate the geographic renaming work to AI

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 17h

Every US president since George HW Bush has used military force in Iraq and for much of that time the legal basis for doing so was tenuous at best—despite two separate (now repealed) Iraq AUMFs. www.reuters.com/world/us-for...

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US forces exit Iraq, emboldening Iran's proxies and Islamic State

US forces withdraw from their remaining bases in Iraq on Wednesday, raising fears they will leave behind a security vacuum, further embolden Iranian-backed militias and give the resurgent Islamic Sta...

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 18h

In today's adventures in the non-unitary executive...

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Biden administration played both arsonist and firefighter in its post-October 7th approach to the Middle East: Unconditional military support to Israel enabling both humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and regional interventions combined with US military actions to manage the fallout.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 19h

The countdown to the renaming of days of the week is progressing

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 19h

Remains to be seen to what extent expansion of US military ops on land in Latin America represents an "escalation" from the boat strikes. Some regional government may have qualms about US drone strikes on their territory. Cooperation could be other than direct action. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...

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Exclusive | How the Pentagon Is Escalating Trump’s Drug War in Latin America

Gen. Francis Donovan shared new details on the use of high-tech drones in the jungle and said that U.S.-assisted land strikes are an option.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 21h

I've negotiated a few agreements on behalf of the USG and this is the first that I've heard of a "morally binding" one.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 23h

The Affordability Agenda: Oligarchy and War

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The precipitating event for the April 2024 hostilities between Iran and Israel—in which Biden intervened to shield Israel—was Israel's attack on Iranian personnel in Damascus. Query whether Biden could have averted the whole thing by reining in Israel earlier. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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How Biden Averted a War With Iran

In April 2024, the U.S. military helped avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East by working with Israel to defeat an Iranian missile attack.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Set aside all this BS (if you can), my read is that Rubio has been trying to managing Trump's absurd Greenland fixation and steer it in a less destructive direction. If the Trump-branded nothing burger of a deal constitutes a "win," then hooray.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Without commenting specifically on the allegations at issue, my recommendation to the Cornell board of trustees in 2003 was to abolish fraternities and sororities at the university.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

theatlantic.com

How Biden Averted a War With Iran

In April 2024, the U.S. military helped avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East by working with Israel to defeat an Iranian missile attack.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Had to watch the clip to check whether he was boasting about the boat strikes.

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John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Days since: USS Abraham Lincoln deployed: 311 Iran war began: 212 USS George HW Bush deployed: 181 USS George Washington deployed: 128 USS Theodore Roosevelt deployed: 1

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Notable that these moves involve usurpations of Congress's constitutional prerogatives. Could be good reasons that this sort of presidential unilateralism is illegal. www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

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The Moves That Backfired on Trump and Drove Interest Rates and Inflation Higher

The president’s own agenda has helped undermine promises to fix the economy and get the deficit under control.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My "No plans to sell weapons to China" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

wsj.com

U.S. Says No Plans to Sell Weapons to China After Perdue Comments

The ambassador to China said President Trump offered to sell arms to Xi Jinping

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wonder what the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee is going to do about this

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Watching this and thinking yet again about how Israel's mass killing in Gaza was facilitated by US-origin warplanes and munitions—military materiel the Biden administration kept flowing despite knowing how it would be used and over the objections of USG human rights and war crimes experts.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wonder who is working in those processing plants, dairies, etc

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Crisis Group @crisisgroup.org · 25/09/2026

NEW STATEMENT | Arresting the Dangerous Descent Back into War in Northern Ethiopia Large-scale fighting has erupted after armed opposition groups launched offensives on Ethiopian government forces. It is not too late to avert a return to bloody war. www.crisisgroup.org/stm/africa/e...

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Starting to wonder about this wars of aggression and ethnic cleansing business.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Meanwhile, in Ecuador...

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

As a gesture of cultural appreciation, I play classic UK punk whenever I drive by the UK embassy. This evening’s selection: open.spotify.com/track/2hrE9w...

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Gotta Little Number - Live

The Ruts · Live At Deeply Vale · Song · 2006

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

US foreign relations as show and tell

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I semi-jokingly remarked to a member of Congress in the spring that Trump's war might really spur the energy transition.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Spoke with @reuters.com about the Trump admin's anti-ICC crusade. "The Trump administration has managed to align itself with Putin in terms of targeting ICC personnel with sanctions, and of course, Putin would also benefit from the destruction of the court." www.reuters.com/world/trump-...