Jeff of Maryland
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🧵IR scholars, let's start a thread of what we know that's relevant for a US attack on Iran. Won't change any minds, but might help us teach this crisis and learn new angles. Please add (incl. your own work!), forgive/correct omissions. Nobody can cover everything and it's great to find new work. 1/?
Great resources/information in this thread.
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First, Trump made us pay higher coffee and beef prices to support a convicted coup-plotter in Brazil.
Now, he wants American taxpayers to bail out his friend Milei in Argentina.
Trump should stop raising prices for Americans and giving away our money to his corrupt buddies.
Now, he wants American taxpayers to bail out his friend Milei in Argentina.
Trump should stop raising prices for Americans and giving away our money to his corrupt buddies.
US offers financial lifeline to Argentina’s Javier Milei
Scott Bessent says ‘all options’ are on the table to support the country through period of market volatility
www.ft.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
First, Trump made us pay higher coffee and beef prices to support a convicted coup-plotter in Brazil.
Now, he wants American taxpayers to bail out his friend Milei in Argentina.
Trump should stop raising prices for Americans and giving away our money to his corrupt buddies.
Now, he wants American taxpayers to bail out his friend Milei in Argentina.
Trump should stop raising prices for Americans and giving away our money to his corrupt buddies.
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I feel like another show where an awesome dog reenacts humanity’s greatest stories in costume would fix me
September 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I feel like another show where an awesome dog reenacts humanity’s greatest stories in costume would fix me
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Our politics seems to be entering a phase of "right supremacy" where only the lives of right-wingers have value. Assassinating the leader of a state legislative body in her own damn home was business as usual, but all of America has to have a reckoning if it's a far-right online influencer.
September 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Our politics seems to be entering a phase of "right supremacy" where only the lives of right-wingers have value. Assassinating the leader of a state legislative body in her own damn home was business as usual, but all of America has to have a reckoning if it's a far-right online influencer.
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Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
September 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
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@wired.com with the bitchiest headline ever LOL
September 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
@wired.com with the bitchiest headline ever LOL
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BREAKING: Trump, Hegseth violated the Posse Comitatus Act with their troop deployment to Los Angeles, Judge Charles Breyer rules after trial. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
BREAKING: Trump, Hegseth violated the Posse Comitatus Act with their troop deployment to Los Angeles, Judge Charles Breyer rules after trial. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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NEW: The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend. Judge Sooknanan stopped it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sookna...
The Sooknanan Monologue
The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend until Judge Sooknanan entered an order to stop it.
www.muellershewrote.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
NEW: The trump administration attempted to remove 600 terrified unaccompanied minors to Guatemala in the middle of the night on a holiday weekend. Judge Sooknanan stopped it. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sookna...
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Trump limits National Guard assignments to 29 days at a time to keep the called up service members from getting healthcare and housing benefits while on duty. And the NG troops are catching on.
Stereotypical Trump. Don't give those losers and suckers an extra dime.
www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
Stereotypical Trump. Don't give those losers and suckers an extra dime.
www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
'It infuriates us': Veterans rage at 'abusive' Trump over reports of him stiffing soldiers
Donald Trump has reportedly gone out of his way to avoid paying national guard troops sent in to Washington, D.C., resulting in outrage from veterans.The reports started earlier in the summer that Tru...
www.rawstory.com
August 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Trump limits National Guard assignments to 29 days at a time to keep the called up service members from getting healthcare and housing benefits while on duty. And the NG troops are catching on.
Stereotypical Trump. Don't give those losers and suckers an extra dime.
www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
Stereotypical Trump. Don't give those losers and suckers an extra dime.
www.rawstory.com/trump-infuri...
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If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
Happy Labor Day.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
Happy Labor Day.
September 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
Happy Labor Day.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
Happy Labor Day.
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The danish investigative piece disclosed the US spying effort:
"...at least three American men with ties to the US president & the White House have been active in Greenland for a long time...
...to find people that the man can recruit for a secessionist movement in Greenland and Denmark."
"...at least three American men with ties to the US president & the White House have been active in Greenland for a long time...
...to find people that the man can recruit for a secessionist movement in Greenland and Denmark."
August 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The danish investigative piece disclosed the US spying effort:
"...at least three American men with ties to the US president & the White House have been active in Greenland for a long time...
...to find people that the man can recruit for a secessionist movement in Greenland and Denmark."
"...at least three American men with ties to the US president & the White House have been active in Greenland for a long time...
...to find people that the man can recruit for a secessionist movement in Greenland and Denmark."
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It turns out that mass firing civil servants across the government leads to worse service for American veterans and hardworking families.
Rather than slashing staff at the VA, the administration should be investing in additional care for those who served.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Rather than slashing staff at the VA, the administration should be investing in additional care for those who served.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Every VA medical center has severe staffing shortages, audit finds
All of the Veterans Health Administration’s 139 facilities reported lacking workers, and reports of severe shortages increased 50 percent from the previous fiscal year.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It turns out that mass firing civil servants across the government leads to worse service for American veterans and hardworking families.
Rather than slashing staff at the VA, the administration should be investing in additional care for those who served.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Rather than slashing staff at the VA, the administration should be investing in additional care for those who served.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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It’s Abu Ghraib all over again.
But inside our borders.
But inside our borders.
Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, per a report from Human Rights Watch
Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It’s Abu Ghraib all over again.
But inside our borders.
But inside our borders.
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As Interest in Deep-Sea Mining Grows, Scientists Raise Alarms About the Possible Ecological Consequences
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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As Interest in Deep-Sea Mining Grows, Scientists Raise Alarms About the Possible Ecological Consequences
Gathering minerals such as nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium from the seabed could affect everything from sponges to whales. The long-term effects of these extractions remain uncertain
www.smithsonianmag.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
As Interest in Deep-Sea Mining Grows, Scientists Raise Alarms About the Possible Ecological Consequences
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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BREAKING: District judge presses forward with mass-firings challenge following SCOTUS's order.
Judge Susan Illston provided a great example on Friday of how to deal with the current Supreme Court in an order that the Trump admin turn over its mass-firing plans.
New, at Law Dork:
Judge Susan Illston provided a great example on Friday of how to deal with the current Supreme Court in an order that the Trump admin turn over its mass-firing plans.
New, at Law Dork:
District judge presses forward with mass-firings challenge following SCOTUS's order
Judge Susan Illston provided a great example on Friday of how to deal with the current Supreme Court in an order that the Trump admin turn over its mass-firing plans.
www.lawdork.com
July 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
BREAKING: District judge presses forward with mass-firings challenge following SCOTUS's order.
Judge Susan Illston provided a great example on Friday of how to deal with the current Supreme Court in an order that the Trump admin turn over its mass-firing plans.
New, at Law Dork:
Judge Susan Illston provided a great example on Friday of how to deal with the current Supreme Court in an order that the Trump admin turn over its mass-firing plans.
New, at Law Dork:
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When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.
July 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.
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NEW: While everyone is focused on Epstein, the RNC continues to try to intimidate state election officials. I predict that this is the predicate to an RNC lawsuit.
July 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
NEW: While everyone is focused on Epstein, the RNC continues to try to intimidate state election officials. I predict that this is the predicate to an RNC lawsuit.
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Here in California we need our state and local leaders to tell us exactly what our rights are when we are confronted with armed masked men claiming they have the authority to disappear our fellow citizens. Now.
July 8, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Here in California we need our state and local leaders to tell us exactly what our rights are when we are confronted with armed masked men claiming they have the authority to disappear our fellow citizens. Now.
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I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
July 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
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Seriously, just call it the Florida Concentration Camp!!!!
DeSantis Everglades Concentration Camp if you must.
As someone who lives in Florida, I fully endorse making the state of Florida OWN what they are doing. No cute nicknames. No trying to cover up what they are doing.
DeSantis Everglades Concentration Camp if you must.
As someone who lives in Florida, I fully endorse making the state of Florida OWN what they are doing. No cute nicknames. No trying to cover up what they are doing.
i will be muting anyone using alligator auschwitz or alligator alcatraz. nah. not doing it.
July 2, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Seriously, just call it the Florida Concentration Camp!!!!
DeSantis Everglades Concentration Camp if you must.
As someone who lives in Florida, I fully endorse making the state of Florida OWN what they are doing. No cute nicknames. No trying to cover up what they are doing.
DeSantis Everglades Concentration Camp if you must.
As someone who lives in Florida, I fully endorse making the state of Florida OWN what they are doing. No cute nicknames. No trying to cover up what they are doing.
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I think that the outcome in the NY Mayoral race and the Wisconsin Supreme Court race both show that people power CAN beat the political money machine. That should give us all hope, and the motivation to work for the government we want.
June 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I think that the outcome in the NY Mayoral race and the Wisconsin Supreme Court race both show that people power CAN beat the political money machine. That should give us all hope, and the motivation to work for the government we want.
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Truly horrified by this order in way that is deeper and darker than I have felt over many truly awful merits decisions.
"SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport people to random countries with no notice"
Honestly still can't believe that I wrote this headline today, let alone that the U.S. Supreme Court's majority did so.
Honestly still can't believe that I wrote this headline today, let alone that the U.S. Supreme Court's majority did so.
SCOTUS allows Trump admin to deport people to random countries with no notice
Justice Sotomayor called the order a "gross ... abuse" of the court's authority. Also: Law Dork in the media.
www.lawdork.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Truly horrified by this order in way that is deeper and darker than I have felt over many truly awful merits decisions.
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I didn’t have the Supreme Court destroying the authority of federal district courts on my bingo card. But in retrospect that’s perhaps where all this shadow docket decision-making was going all along.
Really scary stuff.
Really scary stuff.
June 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I didn’t have the Supreme Court destroying the authority of federal district courts on my bingo card. But in retrospect that’s perhaps where all this shadow docket decision-making was going all along.
Really scary stuff.
Really scary stuff.