Allison McManus
@allisonlmcmanus.bsky.social
Managing Director for National Security and International Policy @americanprogress.bsky.social and @capaction.bsky.social
Live Free or Die
Live Free or Die
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Trump fired the Commissioner of Labor Statistics by tweet just now, in case you're wondering about how reliable job numbers might be getting over the next 3.5 years
August 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Trump fired the Commissioner of Labor Statistics by tweet just now, in case you're wondering about how reliable job numbers might be getting over the next 3.5 years
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From @andrewpmiller.bsky.social, @allisonlmcmanus.bsky.social: Amid a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Iran, the ultimate consequences of President Trump’s military intervention in Iran remain unknown but are potentially deeply damaging to U.S. interests. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Trump Administration’s Reckless Strikes in Iran Raise More Questions Than Answers
Amid a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Iran, the ultimate consequences of President Trump’s military intervention in Iran remain unknown but are potentially deeply damaging to U.S. interests. Con...
www.americanprogress.org
June 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
From @andrewpmiller.bsky.social, @allisonlmcmanus.bsky.social: Amid a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Iran, the ultimate consequences of President Trump’s military intervention in Iran remain unknown but are potentially deeply damaging to U.S. interests. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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In my latest piece for @foreignaffairs.com, I explain why “U.S. intervention in Iran would be a terrible gamble.”
“Even if a limited U.S. operation goes according to plan with no retaliation, a decision to intervene in the conflict would…make a sustainable solution harder to achieve.”
“Even if a limited U.S. operation goes according to plan with no retaliation, a decision to intervene in the conflict would…make a sustainable solution harder to achieve.”
America Is on the Verge of Catastrophe in the Middle East
U.S. intervention in Iran would be a terrible gamble.
www.foreignaffairs.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
In my latest piece for @foreignaffairs.com, I explain why “U.S. intervention in Iran would be a terrible gamble.”
“Even if a limited U.S. operation goes according to plan with no retaliation, a decision to intervene in the conflict would…make a sustainable solution harder to achieve.”
“Even if a limited U.S. operation goes according to plan with no retaliation, a decision to intervene in the conflict would…make a sustainable solution harder to achieve.”
The result of Trump's "madman" foreign policy?
- Failed to reach any nuclear deal with Iran
- Failed to stop Israel from striking
- Senior diplomats absent from critical roles
- Military focused on domestic deployment while Middle East spirals
Trump promised stability and he's delivered chaos.
- Failed to reach any nuclear deal with Iran
- Failed to stop Israel from striking
- Senior diplomats absent from critical roles
- Military focused on domestic deployment while Middle East spirals
Trump promised stability and he's delivered chaos.
June 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The result of Trump's "madman" foreign policy?
- Failed to reach any nuclear deal with Iran
- Failed to stop Israel from striking
- Senior diplomats absent from critical roles
- Military focused on domestic deployment while Middle East spirals
Trump promised stability and he's delivered chaos.
- Failed to reach any nuclear deal with Iran
- Failed to stop Israel from striking
- Senior diplomats absent from critical roles
- Military focused on domestic deployment while Middle East spirals
Trump promised stability and he's delivered chaos.
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President Donald Trump is throwing himself a $45 million military birthday parade while veteran and military families are suffering under the impact of ongoing cuts to critical programs and services. More from @allisonlmcmanus.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Trump Is Throwing Himself a Birthday Parade While Veterans and Military Families Face Cuts
President Donald Trump is throwing himself a costly military birthday parade while veteran and military families are suffering under the impact of ongoing cuts to critical programs and services.
www.americanprogress.org
June 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
President Donald Trump is throwing himself a $45 million military birthday parade while veteran and military families are suffering under the impact of ongoing cuts to critical programs and services. More from @allisonlmcmanus.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
The brazen assassination of young Israeli aides is condemnable in every way. A tragic loss that will only jeopardize efforts for peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians. An act of political violence that pours fuel on the fire of antisemitism and tarnishes peaceful pro-Palestinian speech.
May 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The brazen assassination of young Israeli aides is condemnable in every way. A tragic loss that will only jeopardize efforts for peace and security for Israelis and Palestinians. An act of political violence that pours fuel on the fire of antisemitism and tarnishes peaceful pro-Palestinian speech.
Trump has accepted a bribe from the Qataris, plain and simple. His Gulf trip was all about personal benefit - and with new weapons sales and chips deals, he's rewarding his Gulf benefactors at the expense of our national security.
I wrote about this here: americanprogress.org/article/trumps
I wrote about this here: americanprogress.org/article/trumps
Trump’s 100 Days of Failing Working Americans
While President Donald Trump promised to lead a “worker’s party,” he has stood up for wealthy corporations—not workers—in his first 100 days in office.
americanprogress.org
May 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Trump has accepted a bribe from the Qataris, plain and simple. His Gulf trip was all about personal benefit - and with new weapons sales and chips deals, he's rewarding his Gulf benefactors at the expense of our national security.
I wrote about this here: americanprogress.org/article/trumps
I wrote about this here: americanprogress.org/article/trumps
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If enacted, this would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in U.S. history.
New from CBO: the Republican budget reconciliation plan would hurt the poorest Americans while helping the richest Americans
May 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
If enacted, this would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in U.S. history.
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When you organize at 1am with friends in the rain to protect Medicaid...
May 21, 2025 at 6:54 AM
When you organize at 1am with friends in the rain to protect Medicaid...
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Trump's nominations for key national security positions have made clear their radical and extremist views. Learn more from @allisonlmcmanus.bsky.social and Dan Herman on why Congress must reject their nominations: www.americanprogress.org/article/all-...
All the President’s Extremists: How the Trump Administration’s National Security Nominees Threaten Americans’ Safety
These Trump administration nominees for key national security positions have exhibited extremist views that are dangerous for Americans’ safety. Congress should reject their nominations.
www.americanprogress.org
May 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Trump's nominations for key national security positions have made clear their radical and extremist views. Learn more from @allisonlmcmanus.bsky.social and Dan Herman on why Congress must reject their nominations: www.americanprogress.org/article/all-...
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The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.
April 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.
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A new joint report from CAP's @allisonlmcmanus.bsky.social and @robertbenson92.bsky.social & @feps-europe.eu brings together 10 leading voices from the U.S. and Europe to offer perspectives on 5 of the most pressing issues shaping the future of the transatlantic alliance:
Trade, Trust, and Transition: Shaping the Next Transatlantic Chapter
The Center for American Progress and the Foundation for European Progressive Studies offer essays on the most pressing transatlantic issues.
www.americanprogress.org
April 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A new joint report from CAP's @allisonlmcmanus.bsky.social and @robertbenson92.bsky.social & @feps-europe.eu brings together 10 leading voices from the U.S. and Europe to offer perspectives on 5 of the most pressing issues shaping the future of the transatlantic alliance:
Trump's statement that Crimea will stay with Russia shreds the principle of a nation's right to sovereignty. He's again siding with Putin and again rewarding a brutal, illegal occupation. These words echo beyond Russia and threaten peoples the world over.
apnews.com/article/russ...
apnews.com/article/russ...
Trump says 'Crimea will stay with Russia' as he seeks end to war in Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump says “Crimea will stay with Russia.” It's a definitive statement about the need for Ukraine to cede territory to end the war.
apnews.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Trump's statement that Crimea will stay with Russia shreds the principle of a nation's right to sovereignty. He's again siding with Putin and again rewarding a brutal, illegal occupation. These words echo beyond Russia and threaten peoples the world over.
apnews.com/article/russ...
apnews.com/article/russ...
Spending taxpayer dollars to install a makeup room at the Pentagon while pushing out DoD staff representing hundreds of years of valuable knowledge on our country's security needs....
This is totally how you own the libs.
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
This is totally how you own the libs.
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.
www.cbsnews.com
April 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Spending taxpayer dollars to install a makeup room at the Pentagon while pushing out DoD staff representing hundreds of years of valuable knowledge on our country's security needs....
This is totally how you own the libs.
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
This is totally how you own the libs.
www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
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The world deserves better than this administration's cruelty and chaos.
@americanprogress.bsky.social is hosting a virtual conversation on Monday 04/28 to lay out the domestic and international harms Trump's DOGE is inflicting by shuttering USAID.
www.americanprogress.org/events/cutti...
@americanprogress.bsky.social is hosting a virtual conversation on Monday 04/28 to lay out the domestic and international harms Trump's DOGE is inflicting by shuttering USAID.
www.americanprogress.org/events/cutti...
Cutting Deep Abroad and at Home: Slashing Foreign Assistance Causes Worldwide Harm
Please join the Center for American Progress for the third in a series of virtual events highlighting the impact that DOGE’s cuts are having on the lives of everyday Americans; this event will focus o...
www.americanprogress.org
April 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The world deserves better than this administration's cruelty and chaos.
@americanprogress.bsky.social is hosting a virtual conversation on Monday 04/28 to lay out the domestic and international harms Trump's DOGE is inflicting by shuttering USAID.
www.americanprogress.org/events/cutti...
@americanprogress.bsky.social is hosting a virtual conversation on Monday 04/28 to lay out the domestic and international harms Trump's DOGE is inflicting by shuttering USAID.
www.americanprogress.org/events/cutti...
The latest round of Signalgate revelations is far from surprising. Hegseth is woefully unfit for the SecDef role and every day he spends in it is another day that puts servicemembers and Americans at risk. This is exactly what we warned about in January.
www.americanprogress.org/article/pete...
www.americanprogress.org/article/pete...
Pete Hegseth Is Unfit To Lead the Pentagon
Pete Hegseth lacks the credibility and experience required to lead a body as massive and as critical as the Department of Defense; his confirmation as secretary of defense would be a major risk to Ame...
www.americanprogress.org
April 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The latest round of Signalgate revelations is far from surprising. Hegseth is woefully unfit for the SecDef role and every day he spends in it is another day that puts servicemembers and Americans at risk. This is exactly what we warned about in January.
www.americanprogress.org/article/pete...
www.americanprogress.org/article/pete...
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The panelists @leilasadat1.bsky.social, Lana Baydas, @allisonlmcmanus.bsky.social, Josh Paul and @leoncastjan.bsky.social discuss to what extent International Law can contribute to accountability in the supply chain, to prevent human rights abuses, violations of IHL and environmental degradation.
April 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The panelists @leilasadat1.bsky.social, Lana Baydas, @allisonlmcmanus.bsky.social, Josh Paul and @leoncastjan.bsky.social discuss to what extent International Law can contribute to accountability in the supply chain, to prevent human rights abuses, violations of IHL and environmental degradation.
The Trump administration talks a lot about combatting antisemitism when it's rounding up brown college students for protesting the war in Gaza, but let's be real: it's completely cool with white supremacism.
This is not a drill.
It's a real threat to Jews across the country.
This is not a drill.
It's a real threat to Jews across the country.
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The Trump administration talks a lot about combatting antisemitism when it's rounding up brown college students for protesting the war in Gaza, but let's be real: it's completely cool with white supremacism.
This is not a drill.
It's a real threat to Jews across the country.
This is not a drill.
It's a real threat to Jews across the country.
Ok yes the new round of tariffs will cost Americans more than the last round BUT the recession forecasts haven't changed AND none of our trade partners trust us anymore BUT manufacturers are also screwed.
Feeling super liberated!
Feeling super liberated!
NEW ANALYSIS 🚨 CAP finds that Trump’s tariff scheme in effect at present will cost a typical American household an average of $4,600 annually—which is more than the cost of the reciprocal scheme Trump announced at last week’s Rose Garden ceremony: www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Tariff Pause Doesn’t Pause Economic Pain and Will Cost Families $4,600 Per Year
American households will face even greater annual costs under President Trump’s new tariff scheme according to CAP analysis.
www.americanprogress.org
April 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Ok yes the new round of tariffs will cost Americans more than the last round BUT the recession forecasts haven't changed AND none of our trade partners trust us anymore BUT manufacturers are also screwed.
Feeling super liberated!
Feeling super liberated!
The "Panzer" reference is common for neo Nazis and white supremacists. It's hard to think of any justifiable explanation, particularly given Kent's affiliations with right wing militias.
Having him lead the NCTC will absolutely send a green light to domestic extremists across the country.
Having him lead the NCTC will absolutely send a green light to domestic extremists across the country.
NEW: Here's a photo posted in 2018 apparently of Joe Kent, Trump's pick to head the National Counterterrorism Center, from the Instagram feed of a family member, showing he had the word "PANZER" tattooed on his arm. Why? I asked him, the NCTC, and the ODNI, and, so far, no response.
April 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The "Panzer" reference is common for neo Nazis and white supremacists. It's hard to think of any justifiable explanation, particularly given Kent's affiliations with right wing militias.
Having him lead the NCTC will absolutely send a green light to domestic extremists across the country.
Having him lead the NCTC will absolutely send a green light to domestic extremists across the country.
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Trump is planning to give the Pentagon a TRILLION dollar budget.
You heard that right - $1 trillion for a bloated agency that can't pass an audit.
And they'll pay for it by gutting programs necessary for Americans’ health & wellbeing.
What an absolute disgrace.
You heard that right - $1 trillion for a bloated agency that can't pass an audit.
And they'll pay for it by gutting programs necessary for Americans’ health & wellbeing.
What an absolute disgrace.
April 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Trump is planning to give the Pentagon a TRILLION dollar budget.
You heard that right - $1 trillion for a bloated agency that can't pass an audit.
And they'll pay for it by gutting programs necessary for Americans’ health & wellbeing.
What an absolute disgrace.
You heard that right - $1 trillion for a bloated agency that can't pass an audit.
And they'll pay for it by gutting programs necessary for Americans’ health & wellbeing.
What an absolute disgrace.
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The Trump administration’s trade war is taking a sledgehammer to the U.S. economy with collateral damage that will touch every American family, who will find prices higher and supply chains disrupted.
Trump’s Trade War is a Major Economic and Strategic Blunder
Despite proclaiming it “liberation day,” the Trump administration’s tariffs are hurting the U.S. economy, increasing inflation, and leaving America isolated on the world stage.
www.americanprogress.org
April 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Trump administration’s trade war is taking a sledgehammer to the U.S. economy with collateral damage that will touch every American family, who will find prices higher and supply chains disrupted.
The presence of Chinese fighters on Ukrainian soil is a hugely troubling development. If these are PLA, China's entrée into the war exponentially raises the stakes of the conflict and calls into question China's stance on global "non interference."
apnews.com/article/russ...
apnews.com/article/russ...
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says 2 Chinese men were caught fighting alongside Russia
Ukraine's president says the military has captured two Chinese men fighting alongside the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region.
apnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The presence of Chinese fighters on Ukrainian soil is a hugely troubling development. If these are PLA, China's entrée into the war exponentially raises the stakes of the conflict and calls into question China's stance on global "non interference."
apnews.com/article/russ...
apnews.com/article/russ...
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🚨Things you need to buy are about to get WAYYYY more expensive because of Trump's tariffs🚨
NEW analysis from @americanprogress.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/exam...
NEW analysis from @americanprogress.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/exam...
April 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
🚨Things you need to buy are about to get WAYYYY more expensive because of Trump's tariffs🚨
NEW analysis from @americanprogress.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/exam...
NEW analysis from @americanprogress.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/exam...
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Genuine solutions for making D.C. safer will come from its communities and the leaders they elect to represent them.
How DC’s Local Leaders Are Keeping Residents Safe
Washington, D.C., is seeing results from its efforts to address the public safety challenges it faces, but interference from federal lawmakers is threatening to undo progress.
www.americanprogress.org
April 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Genuine solutions for making D.C. safer will come from its communities and the leaders they elect to represent them.