Jim Goldgeier
@jimgoldgeier.bsky.social
Prof/ex-dean, American University School of International Service; senior advisor, Bridging the Gap; Research Affiliate, Stanford; Non-resident fellow, Kennan Institute. Views are my own. www.jamesgoldgeier.com.
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This is truly excellent.
What would happen if Chicago were the target of a nuclear bomb?
Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social spoke to the Bulletin about what people should know about nuclear weapons—from basic terminology, to which nations have them, and what could occur when they're used.
Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social spoke to the Bulletin about what people should know about nuclear weapons—from basic terminology, to which nations have them, and what could occur when they're used.
What you should know about nuclear weapons
On October 29th, Donald Trump announced on his social media site, Truth Social, that he had instructed the Department of War (formerly the Department of Defense) to “start testing our Nuclear Weapons…
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November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is truly excellent.
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Very good news!
I’m thrilled that the Kennan Institute is back as an independent institution and delighted to have joined as a non-resident fellow www.kennaninstitute.org
Kennan Institute | Advancing Scholarship and Statecraft
Explore expert analysis on Russia, Ukraine, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia. Stay informed with the latest research, events, and policy insights from The Kennan Institute.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Very good news!
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Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
I’m thrilled that the Kennan Institute is back as an independent institution and delighted to have joined as a non-resident fellow www.kennaninstitute.org
Kennan Institute | Advancing Scholarship and Statecraft
Explore expert analysis on Russia, Ukraine, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia. Stay informed with the latest research, events, and policy insights from The Kennan Institute.
www.kennaninstitute.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I’m thrilled that the Kennan Institute is back as an independent institution and delighted to have joined as a non-resident fellow www.kennaninstitute.org
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No one has figured out the exact scale of the Hispanic vote collapse yet, but I tried to get my arms around it. Read the rest here: www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
No one has figured out the exact scale of the Hispanic vote collapse yet, but I tried to get my arms around it. Read the rest here: www.thebulwark.com/p/2025-elect...
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“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”:
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom,” Judge Mark L. Wolf writes on his decision to resign from the federal bench. “President Trump is using the law for partisan purposes”:
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I
https://theatln.tc/MHDWR78I
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
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A lot of people who would rather be broke or have their businesses fail than an illegal immigrant get health care, to the point where they’ll accept the former when the latter isn’t even on the table www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
www.reuters.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A lot of people who would rather be broke or have their businesses fail than an illegal immigrant get health care, to the point where they’ll accept the former when the latter isn’t even on the table www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
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reagan judges, democracy's strongest soldiers
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
reagan judges, democracy's strongest soldiers
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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"Read it. 5 shots, 7 holes." Border patrol agent who shot Chicago woman boasted about it in Signal text messages with colleagues, reports @reuters.com.
Border patrol agent who shot Chicago woman boasted about it in text messages
A federal agent who shot a Chicago woman multiple times after he said she struck his vehicle with her own bragged about his shooting skills in text messages with other agents, according to records presented Wednesday at a hearing in the case against the woman.
www.reuters.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"Read it. 5 shots, 7 holes." Border patrol agent who shot Chicago woman boasted about it in Signal text messages with colleagues, reports @reuters.com.
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“.. They just smoked us. I mean, gosh, they wiped us off the map,’ said Tim Anderson, a Republican who lost a House of Delegates race. .. ‘It’s going to take four years to rebuild what happened on Tuesday.’”
@politico.com #Virginia
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@politico.com #Virginia
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November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“.. They just smoked us. I mean, gosh, they wiped us off the map,’ said Tim Anderson, a Republican who lost a House of Delegates race. .. ‘It’s going to take four years to rebuild what happened on Tuesday.’”
@politico.com #Virginia
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com #Virginia
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
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Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
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In the middle of a government shutdown.
November 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
In the middle of a government shutdown.
“Republican strategist Christopher Nicholas estimated that of the 480-plus contested races in Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, Republicans won 11.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Democrats swept elections far beyond the big races in referendum on Trump
Beyond the big governors and New York mayor contests, Democrats on Tuesday flipped city councils, school boards and county commissions.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
“Republican strategist Christopher Nicholas estimated that of the 480-plus contested races in Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, Republicans won 11.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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There’s no daylight between what Candace says here about “the Jews” & what Nazi propagandists & Father Coughlin said about the Jews in the 1930s. Her show is one of the top 5 “conservative” podcasts in the US. She has 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.3 million followers on X.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
There’s no daylight between what Candace says here about “the Jews” & what Nazi propagandists & Father Coughlin said about the Jews in the 1930s. Her show is one of the top 5 “conservative” podcasts in the US. She has 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.3 million followers on X.
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A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
Despite the months of this happening here in the US, these videos and reports still shock. How can these agents live with themselves?
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Despite the months of this happening here in the US, these videos and reports still shock. How can these agents live with themselves?
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It's like the federal authorities wake up each day and challenge themselves to violate citizen's rights under the Bill of Rights as many ways as they possibly can 🙄
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It's like the federal authorities wake up each day and challenge themselves to violate citizen's rights under the Bill of Rights as many ways as they possibly can 🙄
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Russia struck the train depot in Hrebinka, Poltava region, overnight. It’s a key railway junction between Kyiv and Poltava.
Due to a shortage of functioning railcars and locomotives, the number of routes may be reduced
Due to a shortage of functioning railcars and locomotives, the number of routes may be reduced
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Russia struck the train depot in Hrebinka, Poltava region, overnight. It’s a key railway junction between Kyiv and Poltava.
Due to a shortage of functioning railcars and locomotives, the number of routes may be reduced
Due to a shortage of functioning railcars and locomotives, the number of routes may be reduced
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Don't look away. Under Trump the United States is a state that tortures and disappears www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Don't look away. Under Trump the United States is a state that tortures and disappears www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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The feds are literally creating “no prayer” zones, where prayer is illegal. 👇🏻
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The feds are literally creating “no prayer” zones, where prayer is illegal. 👇🏻
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An U.S. citizen of Indian descent being questioned about Zohran Mamdani (as if there is something wrong with knowing who the mayor-elect of NYC is) by masked men.
Three masked agents questioned an Illinois Department of Transportation employee about his immigration status — and if he had traveled to New York and was “aware” of the mayor-elect in New York City, the governor’s office said.
Indian IDOT employee stopped by ICE agents, questioned if he was 'aware' of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
An U.S. citizen of Indian descent being questioned about Zohran Mamdani (as if there is something wrong with knowing who the mayor-elect of NYC is) by masked men.