Carol Saivetz
@carolrs.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, Security Studies Program at MIT. Interested in Russian foreign and security issues
This was a great segment this morning!
To me this special place is a taste of my grandfather’s home - Russ & Daughters in NYC celebrates '100 years of appetizing' and family one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5382...
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September 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This was a great segment this morning!
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WGBH building in Boston today
July 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
WGBH building in Boston today
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If you're an elected Democrat, take note that reading Bluesky would've alerted you to this shift starting to happen months ago while your centrist consultant said then and still says now that everybody loves Trump on immigration.
No, they don't, especially not people who might vote for you.
No, they don't, especially not people who might vote for you.
Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings:
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
July 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
If you're an elected Democrat, take note that reading Bluesky would've alerted you to this shift starting to happen months ago while your centrist consultant said then and still says now that everybody loves Trump on immigration.
No, they don't, especially not people who might vote for you.
No, they don't, especially not people who might vote for you.
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“Despite fiery rhetoric, Russia has offered Iran no real support after US strikes, revealing Moscow’s weakened position, competing interests, and reluctance to jeopardize ties with Israel, the Gulf, or Trump,” writes SSP’s @carolrs.bsky.social.
nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-...
nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-...
Russia Is Unwilling to Aid Iran After the US Strike
Despite fiery rhetoric, Russia has offered Iran no real support after US strikes, revealing Moscow’s weakened position, competing interests, and reluctance to jeopardize ties with Israel, the Gulf, or...
nationalinterest.org
June 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“Despite fiery rhetoric, Russia has offered Iran no real support after US strikes, revealing Moscow’s weakened position, competing interests, and reluctance to jeopardize ties with Israel, the Gulf, or Trump,” writes SSP’s @carolrs.bsky.social.
nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-...
nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-...
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June 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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May 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Ah, but of course.
#OligarchEra 🤡
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#OligarchEra 🤡
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May 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Ah, but of course.
#OligarchEra 🤡
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#OligarchEra 🤡
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A sad and terrible loss for our field.
Sad news: Joe Nye has passed away. www.belfercenter.org/collection/r...
Remembering Joseph S. Nye
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May 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A sad and terrible loss for our field.
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May 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Pundits hate simplicity. If something is simple you don’t have to have pundit expertise to explain it.
Trump Cabinet now has a public record as the stupidest Cabinet in history.
This isn’t complicated. They are stupid rich people. Any analysis that doesn’t begin with their stupidity is stupid.
Trump Cabinet now has a public record as the stupidest Cabinet in history.
This isn’t complicated. They are stupid rich people. Any analysis that doesn’t begin with their stupidity is stupid.
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pundits hate simplicity. If something is simple you don’t have to have pundit expertise to explain it.
Trump Cabinet now has a public record as the stupidest Cabinet in history.
This isn’t complicated. They are stupid rich people. Any analysis that doesn’t begin with their stupidity is stupid.
Trump Cabinet now has a public record as the stupidest Cabinet in history.
This isn’t complicated. They are stupid rich people. Any analysis that doesn’t begin with their stupidity is stupid.
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‘nuff said.
And from the WSJ no less
“Americans are being told to accept the pain of higher prices, a slower economy, and shrinking 401(k) balances in the name of Mr. Trump’s project to transform the American economy into what he imagines it was like in the McKinley era of the 1890s.
And from the WSJ no less
“Americans are being told to accept the pain of higher prices, a slower economy, and shrinking 401(k) balances in the name of Mr. Trump’s project to transform the American economy into what he imagines it was like in the McKinley era of the 1890s.
Opinion | A $6 Trillion Trump Tax Increase?
Navarro says tariffs will raise $600 billion a year for the government, but he says this is a tax cut.
www.wsj.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
‘nuff said.
And from the WSJ no less
“Americans are being told to accept the pain of higher prices, a slower economy, and shrinking 401(k) balances in the name of Mr. Trump’s project to transform the American economy into what he imagines it was like in the McKinley era of the 1890s.
And from the WSJ no less
“Americans are being told to accept the pain of higher prices, a slower economy, and shrinking 401(k) balances in the name of Mr. Trump’s project to transform the American economy into what he imagines it was like in the McKinley era of the 1890s.
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Presumably this stuff is all still within the statute of limitations too.
(Reuters) - The best-known member of Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters.
#BigBalls
#BigBalls
Exclusive: DOGE staffer, 'Big Balls', provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show
The best-known member of Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bragged about trafficking in stolen data and cyberstalking an FBI agent, according to digital records reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Presumably this stuff is all still within the statute of limitations too.
This would seem to be important
News: NPR’s Tom Bowman reports of a Pentagon-wide warning about Signal’s security vulnerability - one week ago 👇🏼
March 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This would seem to be important
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Since the DNI and the CIA Director have both testified that there was no classified information in the @theatlantic.com’s “Houti PC Small Group” thread, there is no reason for the magazine not to release the entire thing. I call upon it to do so.
March 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Since the DNI and the CIA Director have both testified that there was no classified information in the @theatlantic.com’s “Houti PC Small Group” thread, there is no reason for the magazine not to release the entire thing. I call upon it to do so.
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Michael de Adder nails it again. (click to see the full cartoon)
Cartoon of the Day: Puppet-in-Chief
An exclusive cartoon from Michael de Adder
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March 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Michael de Adder nails it again. (click to see the full cartoon)
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Any normal judge worth his ethics would be beyond embarrassed by this brazen display of corruption.
President Trump to Chief Justice Roberts, author of the presidential immunity decision: “Thank you again. I won’t forget.” Slaps him on the shoulder.
March 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Any normal judge worth his ethics would be beyond embarrassed by this brazen display of corruption.
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It's hard to even comprehend how disgusting this is.
February 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It's hard to even comprehend how disgusting this is.
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Sharp @financialtimes.com editorial. Do read: “European leaders must use all means they can to try to talk Trump round to a more robust stance. But they must get their act together, too, in taking control of their own and Ukraine’s defence.” on.ft.com/4hC0BU3
Trump’s dangerous approach to peace in Ukraine
[FREE TO READ] European leaders need to speed up efforts to take control of their defence
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February 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Sharp @financialtimes.com editorial. Do read: “European leaders must use all means they can to try to talk Trump round to a more robust stance. But they must get their act together, too, in taking control of their own and Ukraine’s defence.” on.ft.com/4hC0BU3
How stupid!
By “go into”, he means “get invaded.”
REPORTER: Do you view Ukraine as an equal member of this peace process?
TRUMP: Ummmm ... it's an interesting question. I think they have to make peace. That was not a good war to go into.
TRUMP: Ummmm ... it's an interesting question. I think they have to make peace. That was not a good war to go into.
February 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
How stupid!
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So far in the last 24 hours, Russia's gotten:
- a sympathetic ear/voice installed as DNI
- the release of a crime boss
- Hegseth ceding Crimea to them
- Trump offering a WH visit
- The US acting as middleman rather than Ukraine ally
- a sympathetic ear/voice installed as DNI
- the release of a crime boss
- Hegseth ceding Crimea to them
- Trump offering a WH visit
- The US acting as middleman rather than Ukraine ally
February 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
So far in the last 24 hours, Russia's gotten:
- a sympathetic ear/voice installed as DNI
- the release of a crime boss
- Hegseth ceding Crimea to them
- Trump offering a WH visit
- The US acting as middleman rather than Ukraine ally
- a sympathetic ear/voice installed as DNI
- the release of a crime boss
- Hegseth ceding Crimea to them
- Trump offering a WH visit
- The US acting as middleman rather than Ukraine ally
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Time’s new cover is pushing big on the whole “Elon Musk is the real President, not Trump” messaging
February 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Time’s new cover is pushing big on the whole “Elon Musk is the real President, not Trump” messaging
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And here it is: NYT reports that internal emails show that DOGE officials gaining access to Treasury data wanted to use it to pause USAID payments.
This underscores the arguments I made in the piece/thread below about why Treasury's defense of Musk's access is such a sham.
This underscores the arguments I made in the piece/thread below about why Treasury's defense of Musk's access is such a sham.
February 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
And here it is: NYT reports that internal emails show that DOGE officials gaining access to Treasury data wanted to use it to pause USAID payments.
This underscores the arguments I made in the piece/thread below about why Treasury's defense of Musk's access is such a sham.
This underscores the arguments I made in the piece/thread below about why Treasury's defense of Musk's access is such a sham.
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These are the people who we have been expected, for years now, to take seriously when they claim to be concerned about free speech, viewpoint diversity, & the marketplace of ideas on college campuses.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
These are the people who we have been expected, for years now, to take seriously when they claim to be concerned about free speech, viewpoint diversity, & the marketplace of ideas on college campuses.
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Finally finding time to my way through the NYT's big Musk piece, and while I'm probably late to the party — let's see the tidbits we learn. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Starting with: one private individual has asserted so much unlawful authority, even WH officials don't know what he's up to.
Starting with: one private individual has asserted so much unlawful authority, even WH officials don't know what he's up to.
February 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Finally finding time to my way through the NYT's big Musk piece, and while I'm probably late to the party — let's see the tidbits we learn. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Starting with: one private individual has asserted so much unlawful authority, even WH officials don't know what he's up to.
Starting with: one private individual has asserted so much unlawful authority, even WH officials don't know what he's up to.