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Trump promises ‘unforgettable’ military parade in DC, but who is it for?

Holding a parade on the president’s birthday, regardless of the overlapping Army anniversary, Perry said, also “tends towards the authoritarian”. “I feel this takes us from a movement of more innocent patriotism to a show of military might that is not only for enemies abroad, but in the minds of the administration, those within,” Perry said.
Barbara Perry
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Gaza humanitarian aid challenges; Israel political turmoil

Mara Rudman discusses the "ever compiling and compounding tragedies playing out in Gaza, political turmoil in Israel while PM Netanyahu is seemingly controlled by two ideological extremists in his coalition, [and] the fate of the hostages and the many non-Hamas affiliated Palestinians in Gaza at peril."
Mara Rudman
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Politico Playbook: Transitions

Everett Eissenstat and Chris Lu have been appointed as the next James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professors at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. Eissenstat is a partner in the public policy practice group at Squire Patton Boggs and is a Trump NEC alum. Lu previously was U.S. ambassador to the UN for management and reform under President Joe Biden and is an Obama alum.
Chris Lu, Everett Eissenstat