A.J. Manuzzi
@ajmanuzzi.bsky.social
Co-Host, Security Dilemma, Program Associate at the John Quincy Adams Society. I do foreign policy and mess around with NBA Trade Machine
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This graf.
November 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This graf.
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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Wake up, Dick! I want you to see droves of New Yorkers voting in a Muslim socialist as mayor!
Dick?
Dick?
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Wake up, Dick! I want you to see droves of New Yorkers voting in a Muslim socialist as mayor!
Dick?
Dick?
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on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people
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This is literally the inverse of what happened, Cuomo was the one who constantly played up the issue under the erroneous assumption that being pro Palestine was a campaign killer for the Democratic electorate.
Why does Cuomo want to peddle this narrative anyway? It makes being pro Pal look better.
Why does Cuomo want to peddle this narrative anyway? It makes being pro Pal look better.
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This is literally the inverse of what happened, Cuomo was the one who constantly played up the issue under the erroneous assumption that being pro Palestine was a campaign killer for the Democratic electorate.
Why does Cuomo want to peddle this narrative anyway? It makes being pro Pal look better.
Why does Cuomo want to peddle this narrative anyway? It makes being pro Pal look better.
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You just know that things are going fantastic when current events prompt you to look up the Nixon administration's legal justification for bombing Cambodia in 1973.
November 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
You just know that things are going fantastic when current events prompt you to look up the Nixon administration's legal justification for bombing Cambodia in 1973.
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The important thing to do when an Arab woman is beaten by ICE and then indicted by the fascist federal government for being beaten by ICE is to ask what her voting history is
Oh FFS
She
Has
Never
Voted
In
Illinois
Hell, has she said whether she voted for Biden?
At least there’s baseball on TV
She
Has
Never
Voted
In
Illinois
Hell, has she said whether she voted for Biden?
At least there’s baseball on TV
October 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The important thing to do when an Arab woman is beaten by ICE and then indicted by the fascist federal government for being beaten by ICE is to ask what her voting history is
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the unspoken assumption in this post is that the justices are not political actors and arrived at the immunity decision purely out of jurisprudential reasoning or idealogical lean and had nothing to do with trump being the standard bearer for their party in an election that was months away
Any DOJ/Garland counterfactual also has to reckon with the immunity ruling last year. It doesn’t really matter when or how the cases were brought if that was always going to be the endpoint.
as tempting as it is to blame this on garland personally, I think a lot of it was an ingrained, institutionally cautious culure at doj. it was (before january 2025) a building full of careful, by-the-book people
October 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
the unspoken assumption in this post is that the justices are not political actors and arrived at the immunity decision purely out of jurisprudential reasoning or idealogical lean and had nothing to do with trump being the standard bearer for their party in an election that was months away
I wrote about how Gen Z is fed up with the Cold War liberalism of the Democratic ruling class for the Stimson Center and Inkstick’s “Adults in a Room” series.
October 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I wrote about how Gen Z is fed up with the Cold War liberalism of the Democratic ruling class for the Stimson Center and Inkstick’s “Adults in a Room” series.
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conspiracy to make a cop go slow
October 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
conspiracy to make a cop go slow
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"the FBI director used taxpayer funds in a government shutdown to fly his country singer GF to sing at a Hulk Hogan-founded wrestling event aired on Fox Nation" is not the flashiest Trump-era headline but pound for pound it can compete with any contender
Patel's girlfriend performed at Penn State last weekend. A government jet arrived at State College Regional Airport, according to its FAA registration, with an address listing the FBI HQ. The plane then flew to Nashville, where his girlfriend lives.
All on the taxpayer’s dime.
trib.al/TBvPo7A
All on the taxpayer’s dime.
trib.al/TBvPo7A
October 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"the FBI director used taxpayer funds in a government shutdown to fly his country singer GF to sing at a Hulk Hogan-founded wrestling event aired on Fox Nation" is not the flashiest Trump-era headline but pound for pound it can compete with any contender
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What an odious thing to say. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
What an odious thing to say. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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TikTok thread go, remembering guys champion here
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
TikTok thread go, remembering guys champion here
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The Peace President is sending the Ford carrier strike group to illegally murder Venezuelan, Colombian, Trinidadian etc fishermen. Let’s see if the Ford commander is going to obey illegal orders
October 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Peace President is sending the Ford carrier strike group to illegally murder Venezuelan, Colombian, Trinidadian etc fishermen. Let’s see if the Ford commander is going to obey illegal orders
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Here's the general in charge of NORTHCOM admitting its war on cartels has had no effect on fentanyl coming into the US.
CONGRESS: 225k Americans are estimated to have been killed bc of fentanyl ... Are we making any progress?
GEN. GREGORY GUILLOT: No. I wouldn't say it's better...
CONGRESS: 225k Americans are estimated to have been killed bc of fentanyl ... Are we making any progress?
GEN. GREGORY GUILLOT: No. I wouldn't say it's better...
October 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Here's the general in charge of NORTHCOM admitting its war on cartels has had no effect on fentanyl coming into the US.
CONGRESS: 225k Americans are estimated to have been killed bc of fentanyl ... Are we making any progress?
GEN. GREGORY GUILLOT: No. I wouldn't say it's better...
CONGRESS: 225k Americans are estimated to have been killed bc of fentanyl ... Are we making any progress?
GEN. GREGORY GUILLOT: No. I wouldn't say it's better...
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POTUS has made no secret of his desire for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Some enterprising journalist should ask the President on camera how he squares that desire with his recent "determination" that the US is somehow in an armed conflict with a bunch of unspecified "designated terrorist organizations."
Some enterprising journalist should ask the President on camera how he squares that desire with his recent "determination" that the US is somehow in an armed conflict with a bunch of unspecified "designated terrorist organizations."
October 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
POTUS has made no secret of his desire for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Some enterprising journalist should ask the President on camera how he squares that desire with his recent "determination" that the US is somehow in an armed conflict with a bunch of unspecified "designated terrorist organizations."
Some enterprising journalist should ask the President on camera how he squares that desire with his recent "determination" that the US is somehow in an armed conflict with a bunch of unspecified "designated terrorist organizations."
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Trump’s tariffs and pointless military displays are the opposite of foreign-policy restraint, argues columnist @stephenwalt.bsky.social.
Donald Trump Will Never Be a Restrainer
The final verdict is in.
foreignpolicy.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump’s tariffs and pointless military displays are the opposite of foreign-policy restraint, argues columnist @stephenwalt.bsky.social.
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Let me get this straight: American taxpayers pay for bombs and planes that the Netanyahu government uses to strike sites in Qatar, and now Trump enters into a security agreement where he promises to use American soldiers and money to protect Qatar?
Is this what he means by America First?
Is this what he means by America First?
Trump commits US to defending Qatar’s security | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order for the US to guarantee the security of Qatar — a significant commitment to a non-NATO, Arab ally.
www.cnn.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Let me get this straight: American taxpayers pay for bombs and planes that the Netanyahu government uses to strike sites in Qatar, and now Trump enters into a security agreement where he promises to use American soldiers and money to protect Qatar?
Is this what he means by America First?
Is this what he means by America First?
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I believe that with just another $730 billion, our nation's top tech geniuses can build an innovative system which fills out spreadsheets at roughly the same rate that Brandon Weeden completed passes
These are the quarterbacks since 2010 who complete passes at roughly the rate Microsoft Excel’s AI mode accurately edits spreadsheets
October 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I believe that with just another $730 billion, our nation's top tech geniuses can build an innovative system which fills out spreadsheets at roughly the same rate that Brandon Weeden completed passes
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#3 is incredibly relevant because what do you mean I’m starting Woody Marks in week 4
3 fantasy leagues: One at work where you can side text w your colleagues about your boss’s awful trade proposals, one with your high school friends with a group chat where no one ever talks about their personal lives, one 14 team dynasty league that’s so deep you end up streaming Tyler Allgeier
Does anyone have any good home remedies for treating the aching void inside the dark hearts of men
September 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
#3 is incredibly relevant because what do you mean I’m starting Woody Marks in week 4
U.S. primacy is a paranoid boondoggle that detracts from our ability to get our own house in order and work collaboratively with other powers on the seminal challenge of our time- the climate crisis. We can either heed this lesson or let runaway militarism run its course while humanity suffers
September 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
U.S. primacy is a paranoid boondoggle that detracts from our ability to get our own house in order and work collaboratively with other powers on the seminal challenge of our time- the climate crisis. We can either heed this lesson or let runaway militarism run its course while humanity suffers
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If Isaac Chotiner asks you about your friendship with Henry Kissinger, you are already dead.
September 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If Isaac Chotiner asks you about your friendship with Henry Kissinger, you are already dead.
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Easily one of the top 2 members of the Catholic clergy who famously supports Chicago area sports teams
A college basketball icon is calling it a career 👏
Sister Jean has retired from her official campus duties at Loyola Chicago weeks after celebrating her 106th birthday, she confirmed to student publication The Loyola Phoenix.
Sister Jean has retired from her official campus duties at Loyola Chicago weeks after celebrating her 106th birthday, she confirmed to student publication The Loyola Phoenix.
September 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Easily one of the top 2 members of the Catholic clergy who famously supports Chicago area sports teams