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Ken
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Dad, sports and fantasy football fan, political junkie. Views, favorites, follows and reposts are my own, not those of my employer. NY>NJ>MA>DK>DC>Chicagoland
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At WITA, we like to say that what happens in Washington, DC matters around the world, and what happens around the world should matter in the US.

Please join WITA International and @borderlex.net as we discuss Europe's trade and economic security agenda, Tuesday, May 13 www.wita.org/events/wita-...
Mini Intensive Trade Seminar: European Trade Update: Security, Strategy, and Global Engagement - WITA
As the global economy faces increasing instability and geopolitical tension, the European Union is adapting its trade strategy to manage risk, assert its global role, and diversify its partnerships. T...
www.wita.org
May 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Give Trump credit for one thing. He promised that he would make things cheaper, and today stock prices are much cheaper than they were two days ago.
April 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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A federal judge in Maryland issued an even more sweeping restraining order on Thursday, surpassing an earlier one from the same day. The order broadly prohibits the Trump administration from implementing any future “reductions in force,” such as this week’s directive to terminate half of the
March 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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January 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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The actuaries believe in climate change.
January 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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For more on how trade policy has been deployed to serve middle out economics - public investment, pro-labor, and anti-monopoly goals, read the report of our @rooseveltinstitute.org expert study commission.
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The New US Trade Agenda: Institutionalizing Middle-Out Economics in Foreign Commercial Policy - Roosevelt Institute
The Roosevelt Institute convened a study commission of scholars, former policymakers, and labor leaders on the future of trade policy and the office of the US Trade Representative. In a new report, we...
rooseveltinstitute.org
January 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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For about ten years I've thought about what a Tom Waits TV Christmas special produced in the early 80s would have been like. It's almost real to me. The set is a Depression-era shack he built and a stream of celebrity hobos keep knocking on the door and Tom goes "I wOnDEr WHo tHaT cOuLd bE"
December 13, 2024 at 4:49 PM
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Donald Trump’s 2024 Christmas Day Message to America ended by referring in all caps to his critics, foreign and domestic, and writing:

“MAY THEY ROT IN
HELL. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!”

The man who wrote those words will take (and thus defile) the Oath of Office as President on January 20, 2025.
December 25, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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You’re the US Marines band at the White House and Mavis Staples 👑 walks into the room so you start playing "I’ll Take You There" and this happens👇
December 24, 2024 at 1:37 AM
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Early career scholars/PhD students working on EU industrial policy & geoeconomics, apply to join me, @manuelamoschella.bsky.social, @donatodc.bsky.social, @trgn.bsky.social, @ankehassel.bsky.social & a host of other scholars for a workshop in Lake Como (April 22-24). Deadline is Jan 15, info below.

🎙️ Villa Vigoni Conference 2025 – Call for Early Career Researchers!

Are you a PhD student or post-doc researching Europe’s geoeconomic future?

Apply now for the Villa Vigoni conference: Europe and the Geoeconomic Challenge 🗓️ 22–24 April 2025

🌟 Travel/accommodation funding available
December 23, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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🎙️ Villa Vigoni Conference 2025 – Call for Early Career Researchers!

Are you a PhD student or post-doc researching Europe’s geoeconomic future?

Apply now for the Villa Vigoni conference: Europe and the Geoeconomic Challenge 🗓️ 22–24 April 2025

🌟 Travel/accommodation funding available
December 23, 2024 at 9:40 AM
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1/? WWII story time. In the 90s I was part of a Danish program where high school students interviewed surviving resistance fighters and got their stories written down. Two of the men I interviewed had been part of one of the largest and most dramatic actions taken by the resistance.
July 9, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Odds that I ever cross pollinate my feeds again are small, but this #drone Tweet is genuinely funny
December 14, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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Bulls fans: "We want Taj!"

Taj:
December 14, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
📚💙 Day 20 of 20
December 14, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
📚💙 Day 19
December 13, 2024 at 12:18 AM
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Good morning #NFL and #FantasyFootball !🏈🌅

Have you caught my 🔥content for this week’s games at Big Blue View (SBNation)?

⭐️Week 14 Fantasy Preview/#StartSit

⭐️ Best 💰 Bets #Saints @ #Giants100 

CHECK THEM OUT⬇️👀⬇️

www.bigblueview.com/2024/12/5/24...

www.bigblueview.com/2024/12/7/24...
Fantasy Football ‘24: Week 14 fantasy preview—Start/sit and more
Rides, fades, and sleepers to help you set your weekly lineup
www.bigblueview.com
December 8, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
📚💙 Day 18
December 8, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
📚💙 Day 17
December 7, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
📚💙 Day 16
December 6, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
📚💙 Day 15
December 5, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
📚💙 Day 14
(posting Book I image, but they are all great!)
December 4, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
📚💙 Day 13
December 3, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
#20daybookchallenge
📚💙 Day 12
December 2, 2024 at 2:25 PM