Carrie Reiling
@careiling.bsky.social
Associate prof, Political Science and International Studies at Washington College. I'll tell you stories about Western Nebraska, West Africa, and how bell peppers ruin everything. carriereiling.com
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“We turn our hearts into museums of the people that we love to keep them alive inside us.”
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“We turn our hearts into museums of the people that we love to keep them alive inside us.”
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I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
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June 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Keep thinking on the LSHTM-JHU estimate of excess mortality in Gaza (paid for by FCDO, all but ignored). In the *six months* from Feb last year, between 67,000 and 86,000 likely already died.
Before the ceasefire. Before the full invasion. Before the UN warning today.
And they didn’t count famine.
Before the ceasefire. Before the full invasion. Before the UN warning today.
And they didn’t count famine.
May 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Keep thinking on the LSHTM-JHU estimate of excess mortality in Gaza (paid for by FCDO, all but ignored). In the *six months* from Feb last year, between 67,000 and 86,000 likely already died.
Before the ceasefire. Before the full invasion. Before the UN warning today.
And they didn’t count famine.
Before the ceasefire. Before the full invasion. Before the UN warning today.
And they didn’t count famine.
These proposed budget cuts look like the IMF's structural adjustment policies have been turned loose on the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
May 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
These proposed budget cuts look like the IMF's structural adjustment policies have been turned loose on the United States.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Stephen Miller Dead Behind Eyes At 39
May 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Stephen Miller Dead Behind Eyes At 39
Again, from Keguro: "Crisis patriotism undermines freedom work. It demands allegiance. It demands loyalty. It demands a chorus of voices determined to save and uphold damaged and damaging institutions and practices."
"We are told by USians that their nation is in crisis. That democracy is in crisis....
In response, some of the groups most targeted for harm by a flurry of executive orders are insisting that their task is to save democracy....
—Black and Queer and Trans USians
Loyalty pledges are being activated."
In response, some of the groups most targeted for harm by a flurry of executive orders are insisting that their task is to save democracy....
—Black and Queer and Trans USians
Loyalty pledges are being activated."
on crisis patriotism
notes on Kenya and the United States
open.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Again, from Keguro: "Crisis patriotism undermines freedom work. It demands allegiance. It demands loyalty. It demands a chorus of voices determined to save and uphold damaged and damaging institutions and practices."
"We are told by USians that their nation is in crisis. That democracy is in crisis....
In response, some of the groups most targeted for harm by a flurry of executive orders are insisting that their task is to save democracy....
—Black and Queer and Trans USians
Loyalty pledges are being activated."
In response, some of the groups most targeted for harm by a flurry of executive orders are insisting that their task is to save democracy....
—Black and Queer and Trans USians
Loyalty pledges are being activated."
on crisis patriotism
notes on Kenya and the United States
open.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"We are told by USians that their nation is in crisis. That democracy is in crisis....
In response, some of the groups most targeted for harm by a flurry of executive orders are insisting that their task is to save democracy....
—Black and Queer and Trans USians
Loyalty pledges are being activated."
In response, some of the groups most targeted for harm by a flurry of executive orders are insisting that their task is to save democracy....
—Black and Queer and Trans USians
Loyalty pledges are being activated."
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Just so we're clear was it not a crisis when it was the other way around?
Young women are now consistently earning more than their male counterparts for the first time, according to a report that warns of a social “crisis” gripping young men
The lost boys: how a generation of young men fell behind women on pay
www.thetimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Just so we're clear was it not a crisis when it was the other way around?
From our college president: "We are unpublishing websites pertaining to DEI—specifically our diversity statement and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion site and associated pages and links."
www.washcoll.edu/people_depar...
www.washcoll.edu/people_depar...
www.washcoll.edu
February 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
From our college president: "We are unpublishing websites pertaining to DEI—specifically our diversity statement and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion site and associated pages and links."
www.washcoll.edu/people_depar...
www.washcoll.edu/people_depar...
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"I am finally free."
Leonard Peltier walked out of prison today at 8:40am, nearly 50 years after the U.S. govt lied to put him there.
New statement from Peltier, along with photos of him moments after leaving prison, in the sun, happy. www.huffpost.com/entry/leonar...
Leonard Peltier walked out of prison today at 8:40am, nearly 50 years after the U.S. govt lied to put him there.
New statement from Peltier, along with photos of him moments after leaving prison, in the sun, happy. www.huffpost.com/entry/leonar...
'I Am Finally Free!': Leonard Peltier Released From Prison After Nearly 50 Years
Joe Biden granted clemency to the Native American rights activist literally minutes before his presidency ended.
www.huffpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"I am finally free."
Leonard Peltier walked out of prison today at 8:40am, nearly 50 years after the U.S. govt lied to put him there.
New statement from Peltier, along with photos of him moments after leaving prison, in the sun, happy. www.huffpost.com/entry/leonar...
Leonard Peltier walked out of prison today at 8:40am, nearly 50 years after the U.S. govt lied to put him there.
New statement from Peltier, along with photos of him moments after leaving prison, in the sun, happy. www.huffpost.com/entry/leonar...
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They attacked Chernobyl. Yes, that one.
"A drone armed with a warhead hit the outer protective shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant."
"A drone armed with a warhead hit the outer protective shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant."
A drone damaged the outer shell of Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant. Radiation levels are normal
A drone armed with a warhead hit the outer protective shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant. Friday's strike damaged the shell and briefly started a fire.
apnews.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
They attacked Chernobyl. Yes, that one.
"A drone armed with a warhead hit the outer protective shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant."
"A drone armed with a warhead hit the outer protective shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear plant."
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Ok here is the thing with action/praxis/protest/showing up:
Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.
If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.
Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.
If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.
February 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Ok here is the thing with action/praxis/protest/showing up:
Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.
If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.
Sometimes you contribute by being a megaphone. Sometimes by being a wallet. Sometimes by being a physical body. Sometimes by being fuel or being relief.
If you can’t be one thing at any given moment you can almost certainly be another.
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Everyone in LA is sharing this story on insta, and I just want to make sure non-Angelenos know about this bear that crawled under a house during the fires. He had to be lured out with rotisserie chickens. Read it. You deserve a little treat.
525-Lb. Bear Discovered Under Evacuated Altadena Home Too Fat to Tranquilize: 'Not an Option'
An Altadena, Calif., man was shocked to discover he couldn't return to his home — which he evacuated due to the Eaton fire — because a 525-lb. bear had nested in the crawl space under his house. It to...
people.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Everyone in LA is sharing this story on insta, and I just want to make sure non-Angelenos know about this bear that crawled under a house during the fires. He had to be lured out with rotisserie chickens. Read it. You deserve a little treat.
What happens if you vape weed on a plane? Well, if the captain “comes into contact” with it, then he has to be medically evaluated and can no longer fly (we’re still on the ground) and we have to get a new captain.
a man in a pilot 's uniform is wearing a hat and sunglasses
Alt: a man in a pilot 's uniform is wearing a hat and sunglasses
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
What happens if you vape weed on a plane? Well, if the captain “comes into contact” with it, then he has to be medically evaluated and can no longer fly (we’re still on the ground) and we have to get a new captain.
Wut.
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, 83, signals run for 4th term. Ouattara was re-elected for a contested third term in 2020, despite a two-term limit for the president in the constitution. Outtara said “I am in good health and eager to continue serving my country.”
Cote d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara signals run for fourth term
Ouattara, 83, was re-elected for a contested third term in 2020.
www.theeastafrican.co.ke
January 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Wut.
Screw-top American champagne, tenure edition.
December 19, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Screw-top American champagne, tenure edition.
Who among us …
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
November 16, 2024 at 6:51 PM
Who among us …
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Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
November 15, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory
Yes, The Onion buying InfoWars is funny, but the real best part is that the site will fight against gun violence alongside the Sandy Hook victims' families.
Hi everyone.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars.
We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website.
We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off.
I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Yes, The Onion buying InfoWars is funny, but the real best part is that the site will fight against gun violence alongside the Sandy Hook victims' families.
I’m starting a kick rocks/leave me alone starter pack. It’s just me; don’t ask to join. Leave me alone.
November 15, 2024 at 1:57 PM
I’m starting a kick rocks/leave me alone starter pack. It’s just me; don’t ask to join. Leave me alone.