Agnieszka Paczynska
@apaczynska.bsky.social
Professor at GMU. Peace and conflict. And everything in between. Girl mom. Karate, cats and wine lover.
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This is pretty amazing. This guy just won a solid victory in Bucks County, PA, one of the most important swing counties in the country, by *explicitly and deliberately* making his race *all about* nationalizing ICE raids. Confirms the point about this now being a winning issue for Dems.
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is pretty amazing. This guy just won a solid victory in Bucks County, PA, one of the most important swing counties in the country, by *explicitly and deliberately* making his race *all about* nationalizing ICE raids. Confirms the point about this now being a winning issue for Dems.
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Perfect response from @neguse.house.gov here. Watch this.
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Perfect response from @neguse.house.gov here. Watch this.
Does this mean we don’t have to bail them out? Just curious about where my tax $ are going now that it’s obvious it’s not SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
Argentina’s Voters Hand Javier Milei a Crucial Victory in Midterm Election
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Does this mean we don’t have to bail them out? Just curious about where my tax $ are going now that it’s obvious it’s not SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
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Portland never stops being Portland.
October 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Portland never stops being Portland.
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Stephen Miller said last year this was the plan. They said it out loud. Some of us highlighted his remarks at the time and warned how dangerous they were. Most of the media missed them and/or moved on from them. It’s happening:
Red states sending troops to blue states is a really bad idea.
October 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Stephen Miller said last year this was the plan. They said it out loud. Some of us highlighted his remarks at the time and warned how dangerous they were. Most of the media missed them and/or moved on from them. It’s happening:
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Tells Top Brass American Cities Should Be ‘Training Grounds’ for Military www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Tells Top Brass American Cities Should Be ‘Training Grounds’ for Military
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September 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Tells Top Brass American Cities Should Be ‘Training Grounds’ for Military www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
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Great point from @emptywheel.bsky.social: Trump's sliding approval on immigration is because millions of citizens are bearing witness.
"All of it starts from the people—both private citizens and independent journalists—witnessing, filming, and posting ICE thugs."
www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/29/b...
"All of it starts from the people—both private citizens and independent journalists—witnessing, filming, and posting ICE thugs."
www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/29/b...
Buttcracks and Beer Bellies: Is Trump Failing on Immigration because ICE Creates Negative Spectacle? - emptywheel
I suspect that a big reason Stephen Miller has turned immigration into a losing issue for Donald Trump is because Miller's goons create an endless supply of negative spectacle that goes viral and seed...
www.emptywheel.net
September 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Great point from @emptywheel.bsky.social: Trump's sliding approval on immigration is because millions of citizens are bearing witness.
"All of it starts from the people—both private citizens and independent journalists—witnessing, filming, and posting ICE thugs."
www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/29/b...
"All of it starts from the people—both private citizens and independent journalists—witnessing, filming, and posting ICE thugs."
www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/29/b...
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Just the paramilitary secret police manhandling an opposition political candidate.
moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
September 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Just the paramilitary secret police manhandling an opposition political candidate.
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Rep. Moskowitz asks Kash Patel about Trump's claim that his signature was faked in the Epstein Birthday Book: "Will you be opening up an investigation into the Epstein estate for putting out a fake document with the president's signature linking him to the world's largest pedophile ring?"
September 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Rep. Moskowitz asks Kash Patel about Trump's claim that his signature was faked in the Epstein Birthday Book: "Will you be opening up an investigation into the Epstein estate for putting out a fake document with the president's signature linking him to the world's largest pedophile ring?"
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This is an archived government report that found that “Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists.”
It existed yesterday and is gone today.
It existed yesterday and is gone today.
What NIJ Research Tells Us About Domestic Terrorism
Militant, nationalistic, white supremacist violent extremism has increased in the United States. In fact, the number of far-right attacks continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic...
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September 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is an archived government report that found that “Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists.”
It existed yesterday and is gone today.
It existed yesterday and is gone today.
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Here is Stephen Miller clearly indicating that we're about to see a McCarthyite campaign of state-sponsored persecution against the liberal-left, all fake-justified by the murder of Charlie Kirk:
September 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Here is Stephen Miller clearly indicating that we're about to see a McCarthyite campaign of state-sponsored persecution against the liberal-left, all fake-justified by the murder of Charlie Kirk:
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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“If they’re picking up trash, they’re not here for a security emergency. There’s no clearer metric than that.” @jkdemp.bsky.social
National Guard collects unfavorable public input on D.C. deployment
Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
“If they’re picking up trash, they’re not here for a security emergency. There’s no clearer metric than that.” @jkdemp.bsky.social
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People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
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I have made a lot of bad predictions about elections over the past nine years or so, but the effects of elections? Not too shabby, alas.
saideman.blogspot.com/2025/02/why-...
See my scenario for civil war and replace NY/California with Illinois. We may be at the threshold of civil war.
saideman.blogspot.com/2025/02/why-...
See my scenario for civil war and replace NY/California with Illinois. We may be at the threshold of civil war.
September 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I have made a lot of bad predictions about elections over the past nine years or so, but the effects of elections? Not too shabby, alas.
saideman.blogspot.com/2025/02/why-...
See my scenario for civil war and replace NY/California with Illinois. We may be at the threshold of civil war.
saideman.blogspot.com/2025/02/why-...
See my scenario for civil war and replace NY/California with Illinois. We may be at the threshold of civil war.
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Let's start with the "best" scenario right now: that the US. remains a "competitive authoritarian" system. We have elections that are unfree and unfair, but not total and complete shams.
This means that:
This means that:
August 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Let's start with the "best" scenario right now: that the US. remains a "competitive authoritarian" system. We have elections that are unfree and unfair, but not total and complete shams.
This means that:
This means that:
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1) it will be difficult — but not impossible — for the opposition to win elections; and
2) if the government overtly steals an election, it can be toppled via widespread popular mobilization *if* the security services split or abandon the regime.
2) if the government overtly steals an election, it can be toppled via widespread popular mobilization *if* the security services split or abandon the regime.
August 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
1) it will be difficult — but not impossible — for the opposition to win elections; and
2) if the government overtly steals an election, it can be toppled via widespread popular mobilization *if* the security services split or abandon the regime.
2) if the government overtly steals an election, it can be toppled via widespread popular mobilization *if* the security services split or abandon the regime.
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So I imagine that folks who insisted it wasn’t ethnic cleansing, land theft, forced removal are lined up to apologize for insisting that this was just about defeating Hamas fighters and the return of the hostages.
The Trump plan for Gaza includes the relocation of the entire population - 2 million people - a US “trusteeship” and the creation of a tourism and tech hub.
Landowners get digital tokens worth $5,000 and rent subsidies. Investors are promised 4x return on $100 billion.
Landowners get digital tokens worth $5,000 and rent subsidies. Investors are promised 4x return on $100 billion.
Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population
President Donald Trump and international partners are discussing plans to build a “Riviera of the Middle East” on the rubble of Gaza. One would establish U.S. control and pay Palestinians to leave.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
So I imagine that folks who insisted it wasn’t ethnic cleansing, land theft, forced removal are lined up to apologize for insisting that this was just about defeating Hamas fighters and the return of the hostages.
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This is absolutely catastrophic for U.S. higher education, and for U.S. global leadership. Just the latest in a series of senseless acts of self-sabotage by a malevolent administration bent on making the United States weak and poor.
I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This is absolutely catastrophic for U.S. higher education, and for U.S. global leadership. Just the latest in a series of senseless acts of self-sabotage by a malevolent administration bent on making the United States weak and poor.
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#NIH is hanging by a thread. The #CDC has been decimated. #RFK Jr. and Russell #Vought are psychopaths--I don't say this frivolously--they are cold, calculating, inflicting violence on millions through public policy. It is where we are right now. These men are not normal. 1/
August 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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“This case presents a straightforward First Amendment violation,” Judge Sooknanan wrote. She added, “It should alarm all Americans when the government retaliates against individuals or organizations for engaging in constitutionally protected public debate.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
Judge Blocks F.T.C. Investigation of Media Matters
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August 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
“This case presents a straightforward First Amendment violation,” Judge Sooknanan wrote. She added, “It should alarm all Americans when the government retaliates against individuals or organizations for engaging in constitutionally protected public debate.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...
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When tariffs were “maybe,” firms waited. The pause is over, and the tariffs are here. So finally, by August, businesses will be pushed to choose—absorb costs, reprice, or re-source. Expect consumers to really start to see price hikes over the next few months as the fog lifts and the invoices arrive.
August 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
When tariffs were “maybe,” firms waited. The pause is over, and the tariffs are here. So finally, by August, businesses will be pushed to choose—absorb costs, reprice, or re-source. Expect consumers to really start to see price hikes over the next few months as the fog lifts and the invoices arrive.
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“Once Israeli leaders realized that they would face no consequences for killing one of the Arab world’s most prominent journalists, who also happened to be a US citizen, is it surprising they would later conclude that they could get away with killing many more?”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Western journalists are failing to stand up for their colleagues in Gaza | Mohamad Bazzi
This hypocrisy of western media has been laid bare by Israel’s targeting of journalists since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack
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August 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“Once Israeli leaders realized that they would face no consequences for killing one of the Arab world’s most prominent journalists, who also happened to be a US citizen, is it surprising they would later conclude that they could get away with killing many more?”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
August 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The upward redistribution of wealth over the past 50 years has shifted $80 trillion from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.
That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
That’s $80 trillion that would have gone into the paychecks of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.