Ian M Hartshorn
@ianmhartshorn.com
Professor of Political Science. Current project: international labor solidarity after trade liberalization. Cases and texts, international and domestic institutions, qualitative data. Part-time rancher, with one head of (cat)tle. Union guy.
Hey folks. Make a will. Even if you “don’t have anything”
If you have kids and you don’t have a will you’re being negligent.
If you have kids and you don’t have a will you’re being negligent.
February 5, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Hey folks. Make a will. Even if you “don’t have anything”
If you have kids and you don’t have a will you’re being negligent.
If you have kids and you don’t have a will you’re being negligent.
Is he saying it’s a good thing or a bad thing to look like Tom Cruise. I honestly can’t tell.
Trump at Natl Prayer Breakfst: "We prefer somebody that's a strong, powerful person w/extremely good vision that can shoot a rifle very well to a person that's extremely weak, non-muscular, can't shoot a rifle, has no idea where the hell he is. We have a military where they all look like Tom Cruise"
February 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Is he saying it’s a good thing or a bad thing to look like Tom Cruise. I honestly can’t tell.
I’ve used it in ever class I’ve ever taught.
Killing the CIA World Factbook might seem like small potatoes, but it was a touchstone of curated facts in a sea of disinformation.
February 5, 2026 at 6:01 AM
I’ve used it in ever class I’ve ever taught.
I’d love to see a list of businesses on the right side of history and come give them some money.
Axios had a story today about how hard Minnesota’s economy is being hit and how slow the recovery could be. So, I’m going to take this opportunity to say that if you want to support the Twin Cities, you should plan a visit for this summer, spend some money here, & see how amazing it is for yourself.
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 AM
I’d love to see a list of businesses on the right side of history and come give them some money.
80 year old New York guy who thinks “the Italian vote” is key to his victory.
quick question: why
New @washingtonpost.com:
Trump is planning to install a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the White House
Officials are eying a spot by E St, north of the Ellipse
with the terrific @oliviacgeorge.bsky.social
Trump is planning to install a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the White House
Officials are eying a spot by E St, north of the Ellipse
with the terrific @oliviacgeorge.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
80 year old New York guy who thinks “the Italian vote” is key to his victory.
I wish 'put every political science prof on your email list!' wasn't part of the 'long shot local political candidate starter pack'
February 3, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I wish 'put every political science prof on your email list!' wasn't part of the 'long shot local political candidate starter pack'
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People have been shouting for years that no one should be a billionaire, that wealth on that level is personally poison and societally catastrophic, and now we have millions of terribly written emails demonstrating in the clearest terms that every one of those shouts was impossibly correct.
February 3, 2026 at 1:52 AM
People have been shouting for years that no one should be a billionaire, that wealth on that level is personally poison and societally catastrophic, and now we have millions of terribly written emails demonstrating in the clearest terms that every one of those shouts was impossibly correct.
Sometimes I like to ask my wife “sooo where do you think this is all heading, me and you?” Like it’s our fifth date. She usually replies “the grave Ian. It’s heading to the grave” and that’s the most romantic shit ever.
February 3, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Sometimes I like to ask my wife “sooo where do you think this is all heading, me and you?” Like it’s our fifth date. She usually replies “the grave Ian. It’s heading to the grave” and that’s the most romantic shit ever.
I literally happily give talks for like a cup of coffee or a slice of pizza. Especially for students or activist groups. My hair is not as good as Klein's, but I'll honestly tell you if I don't know something or am not an expert in it.
I bring this up - well, for lots of reasons. Ezra Klein’s rates were going around a little while ago. (More than 10 times what I was offered.) He doesn't have to do that. He could say no. The Times pays him plenty. He could just give talks when he feels like it. You don’t have to monetize yourself.
February 3, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I literally happily give talks for like a cup of coffee or a slice of pizza. Especially for students or activist groups. My hair is not as good as Klein's, but I'll honestly tell you if I don't know something or am not an expert in it.
Say what you want about Norman Finkelstein, but it's probably a good thing if you only show up in the Epstein files to say that you think Epstein should be throttled.
February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Say what you want about Norman Finkelstein, but it's probably a good thing if you only show up in the Epstein files to say that you think Epstein should be throttled.
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Just think about the amazing Epstein scoops the new CBS Evening News contributors will have just by interviewing each other.
February 1, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Just think about the amazing Epstein scoops the new CBS Evening News contributors will have just by interviewing each other.
Are we at the point where folks ‘need’ an alternative? I had a meeting the other day and the person was like “we all us ai everyday” and didn’t believe me when I laughed out loud and denied that.
February 1, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Are we at the point where folks ‘need’ an alternative? I had a meeting the other day and the person was like “we all us ai everyday” and didn’t believe me when I laughed out loud and denied that.
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Stephen Miller is saying that like it's a bad thing.
It is ipso facto anti-American to the core.
It is ipso facto anti-American to the core.
February 1, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Stephen Miller is saying that like it's a bad thing.
It is ipso facto anti-American to the core.
It is ipso facto anti-American to the core.
“Anyone could have wound up talking to Jeffrey Epstein it’s no big deal!” Makes a lot of sense if your talking about like, some finance meeting in 1992 and a lot less sense when you’re talking about like “I flew down to see him during his second house arrest for child trafficking in 2012”
February 1, 2026 at 4:49 PM
“Anyone could have wound up talking to Jeffrey Epstein it’s no big deal!” Makes a lot of sense if your talking about like, some finance meeting in 1992 and a lot less sense when you’re talking about like “I flew down to see him during his second house arrest for child trafficking in 2012”
Oh yes. I’d like to introduce you to the “bad cops good soldiers” rhetoric in Egypt (and other Arab states).
The security forces should be under civilian democratic control and accountable for ALL of their actions from the local to the federal level.
The security forces should be under civilian democratic control and accountable for ALL of their actions from the local to the federal level.
I’m *extremely concerned* about the way folks are reforming their image of the cops in light of everything that’s happening, even though we only have a handful examples of them disagreeing with ICE, while still being responsible themselves for the murders of Black and brown people across the country
January 31, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Oh yes. I’d like to introduce you to the “bad cops good soldiers” rhetoric in Egypt (and other Arab states).
The security forces should be under civilian democratic control and accountable for ALL of their actions from the local to the federal level.
The security forces should be under civilian democratic control and accountable for ALL of their actions from the local to the federal level.
Most Opsec talk in liberal spaces is as LARPy as tactical wear in conservative spaces.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Most Opsec talk in liberal spaces is as LARPy as tactical wear in conservative spaces.
Just shit that would have been corny in my fraternity house at 19 years old. And this guy is now one of the “big thinkers” at CBS News. What a joke.
Oh look, according to Peter Attia MD “pussy is low carb” something that is totally normal for a doctor to say to Epstein, who had previously been convicted of procuring a child for prostitution
January 31, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Just shit that would have been corny in my fraternity house at 19 years old. And this guy is now one of the “big thinkers” at CBS News. What a joke.
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As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”
![That which is for me through the medium of money - that for which I can pay (i.e., which money can buy) - that am I myself, the possessor of the money. The extent of the power of money is the extent of my power. Money's properties are my - the possessor's - properties and essential powers. Thus, what I am and am capable of is by no means determined by my individuality. I am ugly, but I can buy for myself the most beautiful of women.
Therefore I am not ugly, for the effect of ugliness - its deterrent power - is nullified by money. I, according to my individual characteristics, am lame, but money furnishes me with twenty-four feet.
Therefore I am not lame. I am bad, dishonest, unscrupulous, stupid; but money is honoured, and hence its possessor. Money is the supreme good, therefore its possessor is good. Money, besides, saves me the trouble of being dishonest: I am therefore presumed honest. I am brainless, but money is the real brain of all things and how then should its possessor be brainless? Besides, he can buy clever people for himself, and is he who has [In the manuscript: is. - Ed.] power over the clever not more clever than the clever? Do not I, who thanks to money am capable of all that the human heart longs for, possess all human capacities? Does not my money, therefore, transform all my incapacities into their contrary?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:myqic77tkmdhmaufgkvj43hr/bafkreidpuxbx764xh7vobavcnvs3v2lo5fnfi6dukfrmk3ygxmseznkyxi@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”
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Y’all, crazy — Blas Nunez-Neto, whose @searchlightinst.bsky.social memo told Dems NOT to back ABOLISHING ICE, is an ex Biden official now senior adviser at WestExec — shadow lobbyist for defense/tech firms benefitting from the cruelty🤔
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
January 31, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Y’all, crazy — Blas Nunez-Neto, whose @searchlightinst.bsky.social memo told Dems NOT to back ABOLISHING ICE, is an ex Biden official now senior adviser at WestExec — shadow lobbyist for defense/tech firms benefitting from the cruelty🤔
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
prospect.org/2026/01/19/a...
I know I’m class reductionist but one thing these “revelations” reinforces is that there is no productive, moral, or positive outcome of allowing billionaires to exist. Money is made by the state for purposes and can’t be hoarded.
January 31, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I know I’m class reductionist but one thing these “revelations” reinforces is that there is no productive, moral, or positive outcome of allowing billionaires to exist. Money is made by the state for purposes and can’t be hoarded.
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the fact that this bullshit has even reached the supreme court is completely disqualifying to the entire field of law
A different kind of April fools
*SUPREME COURT SETS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS FOR APRIL 1
*SUPREME COURT SETS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ARGUMENTS FOR APRIL 1
January 30, 2026 at 4:15 PM
the fact that this bullshit has even reached the supreme court is completely disqualifying to the entire field of law
1) The Modern World System
2) Introduction to the Bible
3) International Economics
4) Technology, Class, and English Society
5) Theatrical Performance
2) Introduction to the Bible
3) International Economics
4) Technology, Class, and English Society
5) Theatrical Performance
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1) Greek Thought and Literature
2) Prairies
3) The Fatimids
4) Archery
5) Cold War Turkey
1) Greek Thought and Literature
2) Prairies
3) The Fatimids
4) Archery
5) Cold War Turkey
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1) Zen Buddhism
2) Russian Literature
3) New Testament
4) French North Africa
5) Mythology
1) Zen Buddhism
2) Russian Literature
3) New Testament
4) French North Africa
5) Mythology
January 31, 2026 at 3:44 AM
1) The Modern World System
2) Introduction to the Bible
3) International Economics
4) Technology, Class, and English Society
5) Theatrical Performance
2) Introduction to the Bible
3) International Economics
4) Technology, Class, and English Society
5) Theatrical Performance
There’s a famous picture of Dilma Roussef in court as a young woman while her prosecutors in the junta hide their faces.
One of these young people will be President one day and these photos will feature prominently.
One of these young people will be President one day and these photos will feature prominently.
January 29, 2026 at 7:53 PM
There’s a famous picture of Dilma Roussef in court as a young woman while her prosecutors in the junta hide their faces.
One of these young people will be President one day and these photos will feature prominently.
One of these young people will be President one day and these photos will feature prominently.
I had to fill out some weird European demographic question yesterday that asked where my “earliest” ancestors were from and almost became extremely anthropological.
January 29, 2026 at 2:56 PM
I had to fill out some weird European demographic question yesterday that asked where my “earliest” ancestors were from and almost became extremely anthropological.
I dunno who these Lonely Island looking dudes are but good for them.
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 AM
I dunno who these Lonely Island looking dudes are but good for them.