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Daniel Drezner
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Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.

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Daniel W. Drezner is an American political scientist. He is known for his scholarship and commentary on international relations and international political economy.

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · Feb 6
Sigh. We fucking warned you.
V Paul Musgrave ® @profmusgrave Around the department: Americanists: how bad can it be really? Comparativists: dictatorship, purges International relations: nuclear war 2017-01-12, 9:18 AM 708 Retweets 944 Likes Paul Musgrave @profmusgrave • 2017-01-12 Replying to @profmusgrave Americanists: haha but seriously IR and comparative: who is joking t189 © 194 L Jacob T. Levy @jtlevy • 2017-10-10 Replying to @profmusgrave Theorists: "We will go and view the city of tyranny, and once more take a look into the tyrant's soul." 01 Daniel W. Drezner @ @dandrezner • 2017-01-12 Political theorists: oh, so now you want to talk to us, do you? Paul Musgrave @@profmusgrave Around the department: Americanists: how bad can it be really? Comparativists: dictatorship, purges International relations: nuclear war L789 • 236

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2h
This is really something. Trump/GOP efforts to rig midterms running into serious trouble

Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner

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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 2h
How about we keep Obamacare functioning as is until you get those ideas worked out?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h
FOX NEWS: So what would Trumpcare look like?

DR OZ: Well, these are all ideas that we're still working on

Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner

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David Burbach 🇺🇸🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 2h
If you think Harry Truman, James Forrestal, and Adm. Leahy were wokesters renaming something to be politically correct, then I don't know what to tell you. Good luck.

Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner, Alan Richardson, Aviel Roshwald

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
Trump: "We have officially renamed the Dept of Defense back to the original name, Dept of War. And remember we won World War 1, we won World War 2, we won everything in between. We won everything that came before. And then we brilliantly decided to change the name. We became politically correct"

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Andrew Bennett @larthallor.bsky.social · 17h
Super weird play call to make in the midst of multiple sports gambling scandals happening.

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 17h
It’s so funny that Nick Sirianni can’t manage to get fired even though everyone wants to fire him because Howie Roseman is too good at his job

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 17h
If you enjoy watching Congress, you probably loved this football game

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 17h
WTF did the Eagles just do?

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Steve Jones @stevejones20.bsky.social · 18h
WHAT A SET FROM SPO WHAT A FINISH FROM WIGGINS WHAT A NIGHT OF BASKETBALL

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 18h
oh fuck off. www.foxnews.com/sports/comma...
Commanders fans face backlash for booing Trump during US military ceremony
President Donald Trump read the name of those who decided to enlist in the U.S. military but faced boos during the ceremony at Northwest Stadium.
www.foxnews.com

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🦃 Seth Masket 🦃 @smotus.bsky.social · 18h
What are you kidding? The first episode of "Death by Lightning" is the 1880 Republican Convention? How does this not have a porn warning?

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 18h
Yep

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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 19h
Trump Defends Plan to Bring in Hundreds of Thousands of Chinese Students: ‘I Know What MAGA Wants Better Than Anybody Else’
Trump Defends Plan to Bring in Hundreds of Thousands of Chinese Students: ‘I Know What MAGA Wants Better Than Anybody Else’
President Donald Trump defended his plan to bring hundreds of thousands of Chinese students into the country, declaring, "I know what MAGA wants." The post Trump Defends Plan to Bring in Hundreds of Thousands of Chinese Students: ‘I Know What MAGA Wants Better Than Anybody Else’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 20h
If you're bleeding internally you just uhh call around and compare health care plans. Make a budget spreadsheet and see what you can afford. Do I have to spell it out for you. I have a ballroom to build

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Status @status.news · 21h
Bari Weiss’ interest in high-profile journalists under contract at rival networks has struck insiders as naïve, and raised questions about her recruiting tactics. Meanwhile, CBS News staffers are bracing for another round of layoffs.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
Weiss’ Anchor Wishlist
Bari Weiss’ interest in high-profile journalists under contract at rival networks has struck insiders as naïve, and raised questions about her recruiting tactics. Meanwhile, CBS News staffers are bra...
www.status.news

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 21h
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 21h
NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028.

w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 21h
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22h
If you’re seeing this viral claim that Trump is working on 15-year car loans, it’s fake.
THE WHITE HOUSE PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP As he continues to work hard to make the American Dream accessible to everyone, President Trump today has asked the Departments of Transportation and Commerce to make vehicle ownership for all a reality by introducing 15 year car loans! Secretaries Duffy and Lutnick are already working on it! Delivering for America!

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 22h
That’s one way of putting it: “The episode underscores the haphazard ways consequential policies are sometimes brought before the president, and how Trump’s govern-by-whim nature can backfire.” www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
‘Sold POTUS a bill of goods’: WH furious with Pulte over 50-year mortgage
The White House was blindsided by the idea and is now dealing with a furious backlash from conservative allies, business leaders and lawmakers.
www.politico.com

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 1d
Oh, honey, bless your heart...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d
America's political elite has decided that climate change is no longer that important or worth talking about, but rest assured, it's still happening, it's extremely bad, and yes, it is going to affect you here in America.
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 1d
Earthquake Prediction Flowchart

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Comic. Someone is claiming to predict the exact date of a future earthquake. Should you listen? [flowchart: start] → NO (There are big earthquakes constantly, so if anyone ever *does* figure this out, it will be immediately obvious that their method works and then the world’s seismologists will not shut up about it. You won’t need this flowchart.)

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 1d
It turns out that the madman theory works on one particular target. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-madman...
The Madman Theory's Perfect Target
Yes, it's moderate Democrats.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
COLLINS: When Trump says grocery prices are down, what numbers is he basing that off given it's not true?

HASSETT: Inflation is down

C: But grocery prices are up

H: Not everything. Egg prices are down. Why haven't you covered egg prices?

C: We certainly have. But grocery prices are up about 1.4%

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: British journalist Sami Hamdi is being released from US detention.

Trump administration agents detained him two weeks ago at the San Francisco airport — hours after he addressed an event, where he urged US leaders to take an “America First” approach rather than “Israel First.”