Robert Wolfe

@bobwolfe.bsky.social

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Professor Emeritus of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Canada. Most posts on trade policy

personal website: rdwolfe.ca

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JP Antifa @jasonpaul.bsky.social · 3d

Are there Voice of Canada stations being set-up to broadcast accurate news into the US?

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 3d

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Reposted by Robert Wolfe, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Joel @snufkinlib.bsky.social · 3d

The minute by minute battle between people uploading the video and companies taking it down is a real early internet idealism information wants to be free cyberpunk situation

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 3d

A C-list anti-vaxxer wanted to know if I was really stupid enough to believe that vaccines work by preventing disease, not infection. Yes, if “stupid” means 200 years of evidence

History class is in session. Do you know why vaccines are called vaccines?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/how-vaccin...

How Vaccines Actually Work

Vaccines prevent disease, not infection, no matter how the word "vaccine" is defined

rasmussenretorts.substack.com

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment

I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.

www.muellershewrote.com

Robert Wolfe @bobwolfe.bsky.social · 3d

I was able to watch it a few minutes ago, but now it's gone.

Matt Peterson @mattpeterson.bsky.social · 3d

I’m watching it now, and this appears to be true.

J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 3d

If you VPN into Canada you can watch the 60 Minutes CECOT story here (for now). Global TV appears to have posted the original tape by accident watch.globaltv.com/series/2893d...

Robert Wolfe @bobwolfe.bsky.social · 3d

thanks! well worth watching.

J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 3d

If you VPN into Canada you can watch the 60 Minutes CECOT story here (for now). Global TV appears to have posted the original tape by accident watch.globaltv.com/series/2893d...

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Matt Peterson @mattpeterson.bsky.social · 3d

I’m watching it now, and this appears to be true.

J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 3d

If you VPN into Canada you can watch the 60 Minutes CECOT story here (for now). Global TV appears to have posted the original tape by accident watch.globaltv.com/series/2893d...

Home | Global TV App | Watch Shows, Movies and Live TV

The Global TV App is home to some of the most watched Canadian channels. Watch full episodes, Live TV and Global News.

watch.globaltv.com

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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 3d

If you VPN into Canada you can watch the 60 Minutes CECOT story here (for now). Global TV appears to have posted the original tape by accident watch.globaltv.com/series/2893d...

Home | Global TV App | Watch Shows, Movies and Live TV

The Global TV App is home to some of the most watched Canadian channels. Watch full episodes, Live TV and Global News.

watch.globaltv.com

Robert Wolfe @bobwolfe.bsky.social · 3d

do we still have a tax structure that discourages small forms from growing?

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d

The commerce ministry said in a preliminary decision on Monday that it had found dairy imports from the EU were subsidised and that China’s domestic industry 'suffered material injury' as a result. ft.trib.al/WgyxlQ7

Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Timothy Snyder, Kim L. Scheppele , and 29 more Anne Applebaum, Timothy Snyder, Kim L. Scheppele, Jan W. Mueller, Richard S.J. Tol, David M. Farrell, Tom Clark, Steve Peers, John McLaren, Rosemary A. Joyce, Jon Green, Martin Tomko, Bruce D. Baker, Robert C. Richards, Alan Richardson, David R. Miller, Robert Wolfe, Aaron Sojourner, Ben Tonra, Jacob T. Levy, Scott A. Imberman, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Stephen P. Smith, Erol Akçay, Eric D. Knowles, Daryl Adair, Jeremy S. Pal, Susan Strasser, Karen L. Cox, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Timothy D. McBride

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

News Team,
Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier.
I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.
Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.
We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed
to kill the story.
If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient.
If the standard for airing a story becomes
"the government must agree to be
interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast.
We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.
These men risked their lives to speak with us.
We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it.
When it fails to air without a credible
explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet.
I care too much about this broadcast to watch
it be dismantled without a fight.
Sharyn

Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 4d

When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

Contingent Magazine @contingent-mag.bsky.social · 4d

Seems like it's worth posting this one again.

Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?

Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?

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Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner, Robert Wolfe, Michael Zimmer , and 2 more Daniel W. Drezner, Robert Wolfe, Michael Zimmer, Michael Jones‐Correa, Stephen A. Meserve

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 4d

This is just sad.

Text: Garry Tan 9 @garrytan
X.com
My 10 year old got sick of coloring something and asked Nano Banana to finish coloring it and this is what it rendered

Image 1: crab half filled in
Image 2: crab filled in by AI

Reposted by Matthew Bunn, Scott L. Greer, Daniel W. Drezner , and 5 more Matthew Bunn, Scott L. Greer, Daniel W. Drezner, Robert Wolfe, Alessandro Nai, Sarah Roberts, Daxton R. Stewart, David Darmofal

Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 4d

Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.

Reposted by Steve Peers, Robert Wolfe, Mark Rice , and 3 more Steve Peers, Robert Wolfe, Mark Rice, Robert L. Tsai, Stuart Shapiro, David Darmofal

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 4d

In the summer of 1950 most US newspapers ran an AP story about how race had become the main issue in the upcoming Georgia governor's race. Segregationist Herman Tallmadge, governor from '47 to '55 and then a Senator until 1981 made a name for himself by refusing to "apologize for being a white man."

Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 4d

Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.

Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica

YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official

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Reposted by Robert Wolfe, Iryna Dronova, Maria Faticov

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4d

In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...

UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 6d

Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.

It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.

The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.

Reposted by Jacalyn Duffin, Robert Wolfe

Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 6d

Selena Simmons-Duffin at NPR broke the news about the trans kids’ health care ban, and now she’s following up. Note that she actually talks to doctors and trans kids, not just politicians.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump's push to end transgender care for young people opposed by pediatricians

Doctors and children's hospitals say nothing in the evidence has changed to justify the Trump administration's efforts to ban gender-affirming care for teens and tweens.

www.npr.org

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 6d

“However dim Europe’s bulbs have grown — and they have dimmed — the rest of the west can still emit light.” My Swamp Notes with @gideonrachman.bsky.social on how we must call the old world to help redress the balance of the new. as.ft.com/r/783475a5-c...

The rest of the west is our only bet

[FREE TO READ] Canada’s Mark Carney has shown others that it pays to stand up to Trump

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Reposted by Reece Jones, Guntram B. Wolff, Richard S.J. Tol , and 58 more Reece Jones, Guntram B. Wolff, Richard S.J. Tol, Dorothy Bishop, Peter Thorne, Mor Naaman, Suzana J. Camargo, Steve Peers, Brad R. Humphreys, Evelyne de Leeuw, Jonathan Wolff, Mary Feeney, Olivier Corneille, Kai Arzheimer, Ian Hall, Henning Melber, Julian Webb, Patricia Aufderheide, Lesley A. Hall, Juan Cole, John Mullahy, Valerie Mueller, James Grimmelmann, Smith, Silvia Secchi, Robert Wolfe, Ariadne Vromen, Trevor A. Branch, Aileen McHarg, Margot C. Finn, Marina Costa Lobo, Howard Stevenson, Michael H. Whitworth, Melanie Simms, Stephen Jones, Miranda J. Lubbers, Maria Abreu, Jen Schneider, Anders Sundnes Løvlie, Michael Jones‐Correa, Aurélien Mondon, Kevin Manaugh, David Bartram, Yue Qian, Helen Schwenken, Henrik Skaug Sætra, Urška Demšar, Jeremy J. Schmidt, Judith Freedman, Hisham Zerriffi, Klaus Oschema, Daxton R. Stewart, Pádua Fernandes, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Lisa A. Kramer, Aidan O’Sullivan, Karin Wulf, Giulio Mattioli, Catherine Spooner, Clark Gray, David Spurrett

Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 6d

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵

Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

Robert Wolfe @bobwolfe.bsky.social · 6d

important thread

Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 6d

What to make of the EU decision on funding for Ukraine? It is a good outcome in my opinion. Here is why:

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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 6d

What to make of the EU decision on funding for Ukraine? It is a good outcome in my opinion. Here is why:

Reposted by Steve Peers, Robert Wolfe

Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.bsky.social · 6d

What can we make of the EU decision to issue a €90bn loan to Ukraine - without tapping into Russia's immobilised reserves? In my latest piece for @ecfr.eu I outline seven takeaways from the decision and why there is (much) more to it than meets the eye [Thread - 1/9]
ecfr.eu/article/seve...

Seven things to know about the EU’s €90bn loan to Ukraine – European Council on Foreign Relations

Ukraine receives a vital lifeline, but it is not coming from immobilised Russian reserves.

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Reposted by Steven Heydemann, Antje Wiener, Robert Wolfe

Carla Winston @carlawinston.bsky.social · 7d

Link: academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

The Oxford Handbook of Norms Research in International Relations

Abstract. Norms research in International Relations (IR) has developed sufficiently over the past 35 years to become its own subdiscipline within the field

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 7d

As the Trump administration turns its attention away from Europe, Britain and Canada will double down on their relationship in 2026 with an "ambitious" new strategic partnership, Ralph Goodale, Canada’s High Commissioner to London, told POLITICO.

Canada eyes an ‘ambitious’ new partnership with Britain amid Trump turmoil

The two countries’ relationship is “incredibly valuable in the kind of dangerous and turbulent world in which we live,” Canada’s High Commissioner to London, Ralph Goodale, tells POLITICO as he steps down.

www.politico.eu

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Graham Lanktree @glanktree.bsky.social · 7d

Prime Minister Mark Carney says U.S. access to Canada’s critical minerals is not ‘assured.’

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

U.S. access to Canada’s critical minerals not ‘assured,’ Carney says

Ottawa, Ontario reach new agreement to streamline major project approvals, including mining in Ring of Fire

www.theglobeandmail.com

Reposted by Will Jennings, Ben Barr, Jonathan Hopkin , and 5 more Will Jennings, Ben Barr, Jonathan Hopkin, Robert Wolfe, Margot C. Finn, Maria Abreu, Calvin Jones, Paul Nightingale

Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 7d

This by the excellent @jburnmurdoch.ft.com confirms my view that political trends are being driven by the halting of the upward economic conveyor belt - striking charts: www.ft.com/content/30a4... Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics