They’ve got more than 1,200 videos posted on YouTube, but the first by Diamond and Silk almost didn’t happen.
“I didn’t know how to upload it to YouTube,” said Diamond in their new book, Uprising: Who the Hell Said You Can’t Ditch and Switch? Silk was eventually able to post it, and their first endorsement of then-candidate Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign 20 days after his announcement began their new video career, they revealed in the book being released on Tuesday. …
- Keep an eye on James Gilmore III, the administration’s man in Vienna, who is hardening his stance against Russia and becoming a leading U.S. voice criticizing the Kremlin’s efforts to destabilize the region. As the U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation, he is trying to break through all the other news in the world to keep attention on Russian President Vladimir Putin, said a U.S. diplomat. …
US Representative @RepHastingsFL and I wrote an article detailing the importance of the @OSCE in protecting the world against the rise of authoritarianism, published today in @just_security. The ideals of democracy are under threat and need to be defended.https://t.co/ep7vbSpnVa
— Ambassador James S. Gilmore III (@USAmbOSCE) August 13, 2020
- It’s finally happened. The Interior Department’s plan to farm out key offices has led to the opening of the new Bureau of Land Management headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado. Every employee who wanted to move from Washington will be in the new headquarters by the end of August. …
- Capitol Hill is mourning the death of Donnald Anderson, a long-serving House officer who rose to be clerk of the House, one of the key positions that keep the chamber running. He died on July 30 in Sacramento. He came to Washington as a House page and was remembered by the U.S. Capitol Page Alumni Association as a mentor to hundreds of pages. …
