Sara Mitchell
@sbmitche.bsky.social
Professor, international relations, Spartan & Cyclone alumni, studies conflict, institutions, and disasters; mother of awesome rehabilitation counselor
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Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
December 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Context you rarely hear: global stocks are up about 30% over the past year. U.S. stocks? Around 18%. That means American investors underperformed the world by about 12 percentage points, even while headlines called it a “fantastic year.”
Hegemonic suicide
This piece is a great illustration of how the long-term effect of Trump’s destruction of US institutions won’t be felt in a dramatic market collapse, but rather in permanently worse economic conditions, and lower prosperity.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism
So long, American exceptionalism
For the first time, investors are talking about ‘US risk’
giftarticle.ft.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Hegemonic suicide
Another area of border instability www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Tajikistan-Taliban border clashes: What’s behind them, why it affects China
Attacks by unknown assailants entering Tajik territory appear to target Chinese businesses and workers.
www.aljazeera.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Another area of border instability www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
“One town which appeared to have been hit was Jabo in the northwestern Sokoto State, but no ISIL-linked cells are known to operate there.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
US bombs target ISIL in Nigeria: What’s really going on?
Trump says strikes are related to 'Christian genocide' but attacks on Christian farmers happened in different area.
www.aljazeera.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“One town which appeared to have been hit was Jabo in the northwestern Sokoto State, but no ISIL-linked cells are known to operate there.”
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
Embarrassing and unethical
This is disgraceful. You don't abandon your allies. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Republicans Who Backed Afghan Visas Are Mum as Trump Halts Them
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Embarrassing and unethical
Good summary of hegemonic suicide
Into the void: how Trump killed international law
Into the void: how Trump killed international law
The rules-based global order, its institutions and value system face a crisis of legitimacy and credibility as the US turns away
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Good summary of hegemonic suicide
Hegemonic suicide
As you celebrate the holidays, here are 10 things to know about the dramatic changes to how NSF does business. This story looks at merit review. The second part will explain the significance of NSF's new structure. www.science.org/content/arti...
Five things to know about NSF’s new rules on merit review
Fewer outsiders, less feedback, and an uncertain fate for a new science board report
www.science.org
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Hegemonic suicide
“So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.”
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“So this is how liberty dies. With thunderous applause.”
“It is such a serious use of force that it is also expressly recognised as illegal armed aggression under the General Assembly’s 1974 Definition of Aggression,”
UN experts condemn US naval blockade of Venezuela as illegal aggression https://aje.io/d5kzwh
December 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“It is such a serious use of force that it is also expressly recognised as illegal armed aggression under the General Assembly’s 1974 Definition of Aggression,”
Finished “An Academic Affair” today. A good romance read for academics (and beyond). Maybe I should add more books like this to my repertoire to help keep the darkness out 😂
December 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Finished “An Academic Affair” today. A good romance read for academics (and beyond). Maybe I should add more books like this to my repertoire to help keep the darkness out 😂
Read this detailed account of all the lawlessness in this administration: “If I were just watching these incidents on television, I would think that we were not in the United States of America. Back then they wore hoods. Today they wear masks.”
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Read this detailed account of all the lawlessness in this administration: “If I were just watching these incidents on television, I would think that we were not in the United States of America. Back then they wore hoods. Today they wear masks.”
That’s always where this was headed. The next phase is putting American citizens in said camps 🤷♀️
December 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
That’s always where this was headed. The next phase is putting American citizens in said camps 🤷♀️
I tried learning to play the theme song on the piano and it was beyond my capabilities. Quite complex and beautiful music.
We might not be able to watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas” around a TV together like we once used to, but we can still listen to its classic soundtrack—that rare artistic artifact that transcends what it was made to accompany, writes Anna Holmes:
The Sound of a 'Charlie Brown' Christmas
Growing up, my holidays were profoundly shaped by the soundtrack to a classic animated special.
bit.ly
December 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I tried learning to play the theme song on the piano and it was beyond my capabilities. Quite complex and beautiful music.
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The AG is *supposed* to be the people’s lawyer, not the president’s. This is outrageous.
It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.
It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.
Axios has learned the White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X to respond to posts highlighting mentions of Trump in the Epstein files.
In typical administrations, there is a wall between the White House and what is supposed to be an independent Justice Department.
In typical administrations, there is a wall between the White House and what is supposed to be an independent Justice Department.
Scoop: Trump administration expects Epstein files release could last another week
The White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X, an effort to finish out the year and the Epstein file disclosure requirements set by Congress.
www.axios.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The AG is *supposed* to be the people’s lawyer, not the president’s. This is outrageous.
It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.
It also indicates Trump feels that he needs protection from Epstein file disclosures.
Definitely worth a read
Everyone who canceled their Post subscriptions because they’re mad at Jeff Bezos should resubscribe for @hannahnatanson.bsky.social wapo.st/3LjmYCV
I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.
One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.
wapo.st
December 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Definitely worth a read
Let us count the ways this administration is violating international law
In its escalating campaign against Venezuela, the Trump administration has gone from shooting drug boats to, now, trying to seize oil tankers in the Caribbean Sea.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
Trump Goes After Venezuela’s Oil
President Trump’s campaign against tankers carrying Venezuelan crude has thrown the country’s oil industry into disarray.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Let us count the ways this administration is violating international law
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🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban
A VA spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW that the ban was in place following a Department of Justice memo issued last week.
www.ms.now
December 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Lol time to sell all my CDs 😂
December 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Lol time to sell all my CDs 😂
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New doc: A letter Epstein appears to have sent from jail to Larry Nassar referencing "our president."
"Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Feel free to contact me, if you have questions #philsky #philjobs
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www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3566...
Assistant Professor in Political and Social Philosophy
Welcome to Maastricht University! At Maastricht University, philosophy plays a vital role in understanding a world marked by political tensions, technological upheaval, and societal transformations. H...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The GOP will lose the Latino vote for a generation over how ICE and CBP have acted. Below 30 percent approval is catastrophic. And we may not have seen the bottom.
December 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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T admin death count
"the researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers"
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
December 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
T admin death count
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5