Adam Mount
@ajmount.bsky.social
Fmr. FAS, CAP, CFR, Ph.D. Government, Georgetown.
Deterrence, nuclear strategy, progressive foreign policy.
Bio: ajmount.com.
Banners: @UAHIRISE.
Deterrence, nuclear strategy, progressive foreign policy.
Bio: ajmount.com.
Banners: @UAHIRISE.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
Tracking Anticipated Deaths from USAID Funding Cuts
Brooke Nichols has launched online tracking tools that capture estimated increases in mortality and disease spread for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases as a result of the near-total...
www.bu.edu
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000.
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
More than 260,000 will be children.
Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...
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one of the most insane thing about partisan politics is that Republicans are allowed to say "these four million American citizens shouldn't get the representation they are entitled because it would be politically inconvenient for us" and nobody bats an eye
Johnson: "If they had no filibuster, they would pack the SCOTUS. You'd go from 9 to 17 or however many liberals they could pack. You would make DC & Puerto Rico into states, which would give 4 additional Democrat senators & make us a permanent minority. You'd see massive restrictions of 2A rights"
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
one of the most insane thing about partisan politics is that Republicans are allowed to say "these four million American citizens shouldn't get the representation they are entitled because it would be politically inconvenient for us" and nobody bats an eye
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This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
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October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"
www.prb.org/resources/se...
www.prb.org/resources/se...
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84% of political science experts said creating such a force poses a threat to democracy, including 65% who said the threat was extraordinary or serious brightlinewatch.org/violence-red... However, it is overwhelmingly popular among Republicans brightlinewatch.org/violence-red...
October 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
84% of political science experts said creating such a force poses a threat to democracy, including 65% who said the threat was extraordinary or serious brightlinewatch.org/violence-red... However, it is overwhelmingly popular among Republicans brightlinewatch.org/violence-red...
If the goal of the trip was to demolish the last remnants of nuclear order, I'd rate the last six hours a tremendous success.
Looking back years from now we may find that yesterday’s meeting between Trump and Lee Jae Myung was a major milestone in South Korea developing nuclear weapons. Korea seems closer than ever to closing the nuclear fuel cycle and securing enrichment capability.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
Lee, Trump Agree to Discuss Nuclear Submarine Fuel Supply
Lee, Trump Agree to Discuss Nuclear Submarine Fuel Supply Talks Follow Trumps Recognition of South Koreas Submarine Needs Amid Norths Progress
www.chosun.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If the goal of the trip was to demolish the last remnants of nuclear order, I'd rate the last six hours a tremendous success.
1. Crises, acquisitions, and policy all suggest that conventional weapons are taking on a larger role deterring nuclear use. My new article in @intsecurity.bsky.social examines why US officials would consider conventional options when they have nuclear options available and how they might use them.
October 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
1. Crises, acquisitions, and policy all suggest that conventional weapons are taking on a larger role deterring nuclear use. My new article in @intsecurity.bsky.social examines why US officials would consider conventional options when they have nuclear options available and how they might use them.
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Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing?
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
October 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Oh you're trying to say the cost of living is skyrocketing?
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
Donald Trump can't hear you over the sound of bulldozers demolishing a wing of the White House to build a new grand ballroom.
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If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
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bsky.app/profile/moll... this is what I’ve been thinking too. A bulldozer to the whole of the new deal, to a whole system of rights.
Trump destroying Eleanor Roosevelt‘s legacy (the east wing) feels a little on the nose.
October 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
bsky.app/profile/moll... this is what I’ve been thinking too. A bulldozer to the whole of the new deal, to a whole system of rights.
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bsky.app/profile/kair... law is a gentleman’s agreement backed by state violence and this is the downstream of effect of state violence deciding it wants to do something else instead*
*don’t yell at me lawyers I’m an international relations professor my job is thinking about power
*don’t yell at me lawyers I’m an international relations professor my job is thinking about power
Here's the thing I don't understand. You can't as much as sneeze near a historic site in Washington without like 14 commissions, councils, and advisory boards giving you the okay. And everybody now is like...yup, fine with us? wtf?
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
October 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
bsky.app/profile/kair... law is a gentleman’s agreement backed by state violence and this is the downstream of effect of state violence deciding it wants to do something else instead*
*don’t yell at me lawyers I’m an international relations professor my job is thinking about power
*don’t yell at me lawyers I’m an international relations professor my job is thinking about power
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Fall 2025 issue preview @intsecurity.bsky.social!
M. Trachtenberg | rules-based international order
@aaronbateman.bsky.social | U.S. space power
@ajmount.bsky.social | conventional deterrence of nuclear use
DJ Kim | clients’ demand evasion
@mikegoldfien.bsky.social | hawks, doves, & rapprochement
M. Trachtenberg | rules-based international order
@aaronbateman.bsky.social | U.S. space power
@ajmount.bsky.social | conventional deterrence of nuclear use
DJ Kim | clients’ demand evasion
@mikegoldfien.bsky.social | hawks, doves, & rapprochement
October 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fall 2025 issue preview @intsecurity.bsky.social!
M. Trachtenberg | rules-based international order
@aaronbateman.bsky.social | U.S. space power
@ajmount.bsky.social | conventional deterrence of nuclear use
DJ Kim | clients’ demand evasion
@mikegoldfien.bsky.social | hawks, doves, & rapprochement
M. Trachtenberg | rules-based international order
@aaronbateman.bsky.social | U.S. space power
@ajmount.bsky.social | conventional deterrence of nuclear use
DJ Kim | clients’ demand evasion
@mikegoldfien.bsky.social | hawks, doves, & rapprochement
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Don’t believe anyone who tells you that intelligence shows anything “without a doubt,” but even if the intelligence was water-tight, this strike was still murder. No law permits the deliberate, premeditated killing of civilians.
October 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Don’t believe anyone who tells you that intelligence shows anything “without a doubt,” but even if the intelligence was water-tight, this strike was still murder. No law permits the deliberate, premeditated killing of civilians.
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This is simple. Congress should not willingly pay the bills to fund the most serious assault on political freedom in our lifetime - an assault that may collapse democracy as we know it if we don't fight back.
October 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is simple. Congress should not willingly pay the bills to fund the most serious assault on political freedom in our lifetime - an assault that may collapse democracy as we know it if we don't fight back.
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NEW: Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for Pete Hegseth to resign.
"If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."
"If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."
September 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
NEW: Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for Pete Hegseth to resign.
"If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."
"If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."
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Ha! The poorest 25% of workers LOSE money under this bill while the richest Americans get a $270,000 tax cut.
They can rebrand all they want. The facts are the facts. They screwed working people to help their billionaire and corporate donors.
They can rebrand all they want. The facts are the facts. They screwed working people to help their billionaire and corporate donors.
September 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Ha! The poorest 25% of workers LOSE money under this bill while the richest Americans get a $270,000 tax cut.
They can rebrand all they want. The facts are the facts. They screwed working people to help their billionaire and corporate donors.
They can rebrand all they want. The facts are the facts. They screwed working people to help their billionaire and corporate donors.
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Very bad sign when masked, unidentified agents of the security state are not just grabbing people off the street but openly identifying with the regime's politics
August 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Very bad sign when masked, unidentified agents of the security state are not just grabbing people off the street but openly identifying with the regime's politics
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Beautiful scenes in Anchorage, Alaska.
August 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Beautiful scenes in Anchorage, Alaska.
It's a unique combination of anger, shame, revulsion, horror I haven't felt the day he smiled in front of American and North Korean flags with Kim Jong Un and saluted his general.
It was bad enough when Rubio met Lavrov at zero cost to a then-pariah Russia. It was horrendous when Trump and Vance bullied Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. Inviting Putin to the U.S. also at no cost was awful. But Trump clapping a red carpet welcome to Putin and giving him a ride is just sickening.
August 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It's a unique combination of anger, shame, revulsion, horror I haven't felt the day he smiled in front of American and North Korean flags with Kim Jong Un and saluted his general.
America's failure to enact DC statehood and gave fascism a crucial foothold. A city so disenfranchised and disempowered that they could impose federal martial law without legal resistance, to normalize it and extend it to other cities.
August 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
America's failure to enact DC statehood and gave fascism a crucial foothold. A city so disenfranchised and disempowered that they could impose federal martial law without legal resistance, to normalize it and extend it to other cities.
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No, he’s not giving Putin Alaska, but he is giving Putin a huge gift: the legitimacy of touching down on US soil at the invitation of a US president. A reward for the full-scale invasion of a sovereign, democratic country that the United States and its European allies support.
Putin is COMING TO THE UNITED STATES? Even by Trump 2.0 standards, this is beyond belief. U.S. diplomacy is dead.
Trump says he will meet with Putin in Alaska a week from today.
August 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
No, he’s not giving Putin Alaska, but he is giving Putin a huge gift: the legitimacy of touching down on US soil at the invitation of a US president. A reward for the full-scale invasion of a sovereign, democratic country that the United States and its European allies support.
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is there a starker illustration of how they'll always find the money to terrorize people but never to shelter, clothe, or feed them
ICE used your taxpayer dollars to trick out a bunch of trucks in new livery, all painted black with "ICE" and a logo printed in gold on the side (and Trump's name in gold on the back window), then shoot a rap video in DC to post on social media.
I am not making this up.
I am not making this up.
August 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
is there a starker illustration of how they'll always find the money to terrorize people but never to shelter, clothe, or feed them