Amy Gordon
@amygordon.bsky.social
Retired Fed. US foreign policy: Russia, WMD, arms control/nonproliferation. Dog and music lover.
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Vance's conduct this week is obviously impeachable. I'm talking about his public conduct. Whatever private murder coverup he's participating in is what you find out once you start impeachment.
January 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Vance's conduct this week is obviously impeachable. I'm talking about his public conduct. Whatever private murder coverup he's participating in is what you find out once you start impeachment.
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2018: “Tumblr has been removed from Apple's app store because it let some users post images of child sexual abuse.”
January 8, 2026 at 10:34 PM
2018: “Tumblr has been removed from Apple's app store because it let some users post images of child sexual abuse.”
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There are no more excuses:
The Senate must take up and pass this clean three-year extension of ACA health care tax credits.
Americans’ monthly health care premiums have already spiked.
The Senate must take up and pass this clean three-year extension of ACA health care tax credits.
Americans’ monthly health care premiums have already spiked.
17 Republicans vote to restore lapsed Obamacare subsidies
Democrats and moderate Republicans hope the bill's passage will put pressure on the Senate to come up a bipartisan compromise.
www.politico.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:02 PM
There are no more excuses:
The Senate must take up and pass this clean three-year extension of ACA health care tax credits.
Americans’ monthly health care premiums have already spiked.
The Senate must take up and pass this clean three-year extension of ACA health care tax credits.
Americans’ monthly health care premiums have already spiked.
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NOW: Protest in DC tonight at 14 and U streets, shutting down traffic in both directions.
January 8, 2026 at 11:12 PM
NOW: Protest in DC tonight at 14 and U streets, shutting down traffic in both directions.
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When your colleagues at other schools teach courses you wish you could take.
Excited to teach a new course on Authoritarianism through Film, in which we explore what narrative films say about how authoritarianism is lived/experienced.
Up first: Brazil (1985), which reminds us that an innocent-seeming typo can prove deadly in authoritarian bureaucracies.
Up first: Brazil (1985), which reminds us that an innocent-seeming typo can prove deadly in authoritarian bureaucracies.
January 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
When your colleagues at other schools teach courses you wish you could take.
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Walz: "I will continue to press that we be part of the investigation, that we do the investigation, so that Minnesotans can trust what the outcome is ... very very difficult to Minnesotas to think in any way this is going to be fair when Kristi Noem was judge, jury, and executioner yesterday."
January 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Walz: "I will continue to press that we be part of the investigation, that we do the investigation, so that Minnesotans can trust what the outcome is ... very very difficult to Minnesotas to think in any way this is going to be fair when Kristi Noem was judge, jury, and executioner yesterday."
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My wife and I are pretty close to Good's age and our kid is younger than hers. I've been thinking since yesterday about what it would mean for ICE to orphan our daughter and it makes me feel sick. But if ICE thinks that's going to deter people like us from protesting, they are very, very wrong.
"This was a family that could've been like mine" -- Philip Bump breaks down crying on MS NOW when talking about the stuffed animals in Renee Good's car when she was killed
January 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
My wife and I are pretty close to Good's age and our kid is younger than hers. I've been thinking since yesterday about what it would mean for ICE to orphan our daughter and it makes me feel sick. But if ICE thinks that's going to deter people like us from protesting, they are very, very wrong.
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@joshtpm.bsky.social I wish you would pin this NYT analysis of the video from Minneapolis so it would be viewed by large number of people. Also shooter was using his phone to video where is it?
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
@joshtpm.bsky.social I wish you would pin this NYT analysis of the video from Minneapolis so it would be viewed by large number of people. Also shooter was using his phone to video where is it?
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Big setback for the White House as 5 GOP Senators join all Democrats in voting to start debate on a war powers resolution re: Venezuela.
Murkowski AK
Young IN
Paul KY
Collins ME
Hawley MO
Murkowski AK
Young IN
Paul KY
Collins ME
Hawley MO
January 8, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Big setback for the White House as 5 GOP Senators join all Democrats in voting to start debate on a war powers resolution re: Venezuela.
Murkowski AK
Young IN
Paul KY
Collins ME
Hawley MO
Murkowski AK
Young IN
Paul KY
Collins ME
Hawley MO
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This is *definitely* how you behave when you're trying to bring every resource to bear, rather than trying to cover up the unlawful behavior of your own personnel.
According to my sources, the FBI was initially open to a concurrent investigation with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (the state agency that would do this investigation).
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
Trumpy U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen heard about this and intervened, barring the FBI from cooperating with local police.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This is *definitely* how you behave when you're trying to bring every resource to bear, rather than trying to cover up the unlawful behavior of your own personnel.
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Breaking:
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
January 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Breaking:
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.
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There are two ways we recommend taking action today in response to the murder of Renee Nicole Good:
Join us at Sherman Circle at 5:30pm for a community vigil!
Then at 8pm, there will be a nationwide virtual rapid response call focused on next steps & action!
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Join us at Sherman Circle at 5:30pm for a community vigil!
Then at 8pm, there will be a nationwide virtual rapid response call focused on next steps & action!
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
January 8, 2026 at 3:31 PM
There are two ways we recommend taking action today in response to the murder of Renee Nicole Good:
Join us at Sherman Circle at 5:30pm for a community vigil!
Then at 8pm, there will be a nationwide virtual rapid response call focused on next steps & action!
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Join us at Sherman Circle at 5:30pm for a community vigil!
Then at 8pm, there will be a nationwide virtual rapid response call focused on next steps & action!
www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Swalwell: "Here's what we can do, bc we're not helpless. We can strip them of their immunity. I'm working on doing that in Congress. We can make sure we don't fund masks and them being unidentified. We also can make sur local prosecutors and attorneys general use their law enforcement authorities."
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Swalwell: "Here's what we can do, bc we're not helpless. We can strip them of their immunity. I'm working on doing that in Congress. We can make sure we don't fund masks and them being unidentified. We also can make sur local prosecutors and attorneys general use their law enforcement authorities."
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Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova making crystal clear that Russia opposes the peace deal Ukraine, the US, and Europe have been talking about for months. 2 observations: 1/3
mid.ru/ru/press_ser...
mid.ru/ru/press_ser...
January 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova making crystal clear that Russia opposes the peace deal Ukraine, the US, and Europe have been talking about for months. 2 observations: 1/3
mid.ru/ru/press_ser...
mid.ru/ru/press_ser...
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"So MAGA does not want to make America great again. MAGA does not simply want to correct some of the excesses of modern America or the modern world. MAGA embraces what was most illiberal about the old order. Or to put it simply: It is fascism that they yearn for." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
MAGA’s Lust for Fascism
Trump’s ideologues want a smaller, meaner, whiter America.
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:25 PM
"So MAGA does not want to make America great again. MAGA does not simply want to correct some of the excesses of modern America or the modern world. MAGA embraces what was most illiberal about the old order. Or to put it simply: It is fascism that they yearn for." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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I spoke to Prof. Anna O. Law (@unlawfulentries.bsky.social) about her upcoming book on birthright citizenship and why the attack on the 14th Amendment is an attack on multi-racial democracy. www.theredoubt.net/birthright-c...
Birthright citizenship and the attack on democracy: 'If you know the history, you know what they're trying to do'
Prof. Anna O. Law spoke to The Redoubt about her upcoming book and why the 14th Amendment made America great.
www.theredoubt.net
January 6, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I spoke to Prof. Anna O. Law (@unlawfulentries.bsky.social) about her upcoming book on birthright citizenship and why the attack on the 14th Amendment is an attack on multi-racial democracy. www.theredoubt.net/birthright-c...
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There’s another emergency rally in NYC this morning—9am Foley Square.
Kristi Noem is going to NYC today to hold a press conference. New Yorkers are showing up in mass to tell her to get the f*ck out.
Join @handsoffnyc.bsky.social in the streets. It’s time to get loud and stay loud.
Kristi Noem is going to NYC today to hold a press conference. New Yorkers are showing up in mass to tell her to get the f*ck out.
Join @handsoffnyc.bsky.social in the streets. It’s time to get loud and stay loud.
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
There’s another emergency rally in NYC this morning—9am Foley Square.
Kristi Noem is going to NYC today to hold a press conference. New Yorkers are showing up in mass to tell her to get the f*ck out.
Join @handsoffnyc.bsky.social in the streets. It’s time to get loud and stay loud.
Kristi Noem is going to NYC today to hold a press conference. New Yorkers are showing up in mass to tell her to get the f*ck out.
Join @handsoffnyc.bsky.social in the streets. It’s time to get loud and stay loud.
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Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 7, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
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Under Trump, we’re witnessing increased, violent confrontations by federal immigration agents that are putting communities at risk, not keeping us safe. We must refuse to accept this as normal.
There must be an immediate investigation and accountability.
There must be an immediate investigation and accountability.
An ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday, the latest in a series of shootings by federal agents during immigration enforcement operations. In the last four months alone, immigration officers have fired on at least nine people.
Deadly Minneapolis Encounter Is the 9th ICE Shooting Since September
All those targeted in the shootings were fired on while in their vehicles.
nyti.ms
January 7, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Under Trump, we’re witnessing increased, violent confrontations by federal immigration agents that are putting communities at risk, not keeping us safe. We must refuse to accept this as normal.
There must be an immediate investigation and accountability.
There must be an immediate investigation and accountability.
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ICE killed a member of our community today. ICE showed up at my kid’s daycare today. ICE is bragging about the number of families they’ve torn apart in a matter of days, and promising that their campaign of terror isn’t done.
January 7, 2026 at 10:51 PM
ICE killed a member of our community today. ICE showed up at my kid’s daycare today. ICE is bragging about the number of families they’ve torn apart in a matter of days, and promising that their campaign of terror isn’t done.
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Conducting immigration enforcement doesn't mean you execute American citizens in the street.
Yet DHS is already lying about what we can all see with our own eyes.
Since Kristi Noem won't, state governments everywhere will need to hold out-of-control federal agents accountable.
Yet DHS is already lying about what we can all see with our own eyes.
Since Kristi Noem won't, state governments everywhere will need to hold out-of-control federal agents accountable.
Minnesota leaders call for ICE to leave the state after agent shoots, kills woman
The Minnesota officials denied claims by the Department of Homeland Security that the shots were “defensive.”
www.politico.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Conducting immigration enforcement doesn't mean you execute American citizens in the street.
Yet DHS is already lying about what we can all see with our own eyes.
Since Kristi Noem won't, state governments everywhere will need to hold out-of-control federal agents accountable.
Yet DHS is already lying about what we can all see with our own eyes.
Since Kristi Noem won't, state governments everywhere will need to hold out-of-control federal agents accountable.
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Really important for the left - and our donors - to understand the machinery they are building.
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Really important for the left - and our donors - to understand the machinery they are building.
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Makes one wonder why Congress is getting ready to move a budget that doesn't restore funding for the CFPB. #stopvought #savecfpb
“Unfortunately, this administration has gutted the agencies responsible for policing #fraud and #scams, and it appears that even the banks are realizing the systemic abandonment of #financial protection infrastructure compromises their interests,” @adamrust.bsky.social
Digital Robbery Scams Are on the Rise
Financial fraud has exploded in the past few years, with consumers reporting more than $12.5 billion in losses in 2024. President Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda isn’t helping.
jacobin.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Makes one wonder why Congress is getting ready to move a budget that doesn't restore funding for the CFPB. #stopvought #savecfpb
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Read the full Roundtable on the book by @profsaunders.bsky.social, also featuring a contribution from Mathew Burrows.
@stimsoncenter.bsky.social, @brookings.edu, @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social
tnsr.org/roundtable/t...
#InternationalSecurity #GrandStrategy #Politics
@stimsoncenter.bsky.social, @brookings.edu, @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social
tnsr.org/roundtable/t...
#InternationalSecurity #GrandStrategy #Politics
Elizabeth Saunders’ "The Insiders’ Game" - Texas National Security Review
Mara Karlin and Mathew Burrows review "The Insiders' Game," a new book exploring how democratic elites—including legislators, military leaders, and civilian officials—constrain presidential decision-m...
tnsr.org
January 6, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Read the full Roundtable on the book by @profsaunders.bsky.social, also featuring a contribution from Mathew Burrows.
@stimsoncenter.bsky.social, @brookings.edu, @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social
tnsr.org/roundtable/t...
#InternationalSecurity #GrandStrategy #Politics
@stimsoncenter.bsky.social, @brookings.edu, @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social
tnsr.org/roundtable/t...
#InternationalSecurity #GrandStrategy #Politics