Peri Arnold
@profperi.bsky.social
Emeritus political scientist at Notre Dame, focusing on American pol., presidency and bureaucracy. Author of Making the Managerial President and of Remaking the Presidency. Thinking I should have studied music instead.
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Not “ICE” changing license plates in a back lot.
They wouldn’t do that, would they? Maybe the authorities should look into this.
They wouldn’t do that, would they? Maybe the authorities should look into this.
June 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Not “ICE” changing license plates in a back lot.
They wouldn’t do that, would they? Maybe the authorities should look into this.
They wouldn’t do that, would they? Maybe the authorities should look into this.
I find no reassurance in a president a US attack on Iran while sounding like an imbecile.
June 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I find no reassurance in a president a US attack on Iran while sounding like an imbecile.
Trump sounds oblivious to the fact that Iran can create chaos across the Middle East and disrupt the world economy.
June 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Trump sounds oblivious to the fact that Iran can create chaos across the Middle East and disrupt the world economy.
Huckabee speaking truth to power.
Trump just shared this alarming text from Israeli Ambassador Mike Huckabee, effusively praising him while telling him that no president has been in his position "since Truman in 1945" (when the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Japan) & that he "will hear a voice from heaven" telling him what to do.
June 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Huckabee speaking truth to power.
Pritzker is a warrior for democracy.
Boebert: What we’re seeing in LA is an insurrection
Pritzker: You don’t know understand what insurrection is. It is outrageous that you are asking that when you are the one condoning the pardoning of people that attacked police.
Pritzker: You don’t know understand what insurrection is. It is outrageous that you are asking that when you are the one condoning the pardoning of people that attacked police.
June 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Pritzker is a warrior for democracy.
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Such a sweet smile.
June 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Such a sweet smile.
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June 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Yeah I guess LeBron putting up a 22.6 PER is pretty special, but it's not that impressive when you compare him to people rolling out of bed and firing off something like this at age 86.
June 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Yeah I guess LeBron putting up a 22.6 PER is pretty special, but it's not that impressive when you compare him to people rolling out of bed and firing off something like this at age 86.
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We hear about how pro-immigrant side is extreme. There is literally nothing more extreme than this statement. Being willing to sacrifice the country’s foundations for an evil goal
June 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
We hear about how pro-immigrant side is extreme. There is literally nothing more extreme than this statement. Being willing to sacrifice the country’s foundations for an evil goal
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Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.
June 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.
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What country is this?
June 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
What country is this?
Moron joins the conversation.
June 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Moron joins the conversation.
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reading @leahlitman.bsky.social’s great new book and really struck (as i sometimes am) by the fact that antonin scalia was just a run of the mill gutter bigot
June 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
reading @leahlitman.bsky.social’s great new book and really struck (as i sometimes am) by the fact that antonin scalia was just a run of the mill gutter bigot
Trump’s Oval Office looks like a 19th century French bordello.
We fought a war so we wouldn’t have a ruler who wanted majesty. It’s the people’s house, not a palace or a tacky casino.
June 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Trump’s Oval Office looks like a 19th century French bordello.
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THESE are the tattoos we should be worried about…
Valknut: historically Norse, used by some white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups.
Valknut: historically Norse, used by some white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups.
June 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
THESE are the tattoos we should be worried about…
Valknut: historically Norse, used by some white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups.
Valknut: historically Norse, used by some white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups.
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Not for the first time, I’m struck by the fact that if the perspectives in Haaretz were those of foreign students at U.S. universities, the Secretary of State would lock them up and try to deport them.
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
Why Israel's Gaza campaign has made the war unjustifiable | Editorial
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www.haaretz.com
May 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Not for the first time, I’m struck by the fact that if the perspectives in Haaretz were those of foreign students at U.S. universities, the Secretary of State would lock them up and try to deport them.
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
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Some guy on Twitter made a point of announcing that thousands upon thousands of men are descended from rapists, and we women "aren't going to like it when [they] stop asking nicely."
Which, you know, surprise surprise brother, but you're also not going to like it when we stop refusing nicely.
Which, you know, surprise surprise brother, but you're also not going to like it when we stop refusing nicely.
May 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Some guy on Twitter made a point of announcing that thousands upon thousands of men are descended from rapists, and we women "aren't going to like it when [they] stop asking nicely."
Which, you know, surprise surprise brother, but you're also not going to like it when we stop refusing nicely.
Which, you know, surprise surprise brother, but you're also not going to like it when we stop refusing nicely.
What is most depressing is not the flood of Trump’s awful actions but the fact there are no effective checks on him. There is no congressional oversight, no Justice dept., no inspectors general—only the courts, slow and uncertain at best THIS is what competitive authoritarianism feels like.
May 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
What is most depressing is not the flood of Trump’s awful actions but the fact there are no effective checks on him. There is no congressional oversight, no Justice dept., no inspectors general—only the courts, slow and uncertain at best THIS is what competitive authoritarianism feels like.
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Here’s an idea: Stop acting like the Gestapo.
May 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Here’s an idea: Stop acting like the Gestapo.
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Our trade deal so far is no tariffs on Rolls Royces and Bentleys and our refugee policy is white South Africans only.
May 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Our trade deal so far is no tariffs on Rolls Royces and Bentleys and our refugee policy is white South Africans only.
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I wonder which Time Share company Howard Lutnick is going to get a job in sales at.
May 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I wonder which Time Share company Howard Lutnick is going to get a job in sales at.
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People who never read books now in charge of books.
May 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
People who never read books now in charge of books.
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Bribery in plain sight.
May 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Bribery in plain sight.