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New pick for high-level State Department job: "Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work."

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 03, 2025
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Darren Beattie speaking at 2020 Student Action Summit, by Gage Skidmore, (2020) (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Remember way back in the Before Times (like, 2018) when being caught at a white nationalist conference would tank your political career? Not anymore! Meet Darren Beattie, your new acting State Department Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, …

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