Chris Jensen
@cbjensen.bsky.social
Political scientist. Democracy fan. Europhile. Midwesterner. Friend to both cats and dogs. Big nerd.
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April 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
March 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
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Colorado and 7 other states sue Trump administration over cuts to rural teacher-training funds www.denverpost.com/2025/03/06/t...
Colorado and 7 other states sue Trump administration over cuts to rural teacher-training funds
In Colorado, nearly $2.8 million in funding that addresses the state’s ongoing teacher shortage in rural communities is at risk, Attorney General Phil Weiser said.
www.denverpost.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Colorado and 7 other states sue Trump administration over cuts to rural teacher-training funds www.denverpost.com/2025/03/06/t...
I think it’s time to start seriously considering that Trump’s goal may be to weaken the United States. I can’t think of a single foreign policy initiative that Trump has undertaken in his first term or now that has strengthened our geopolitical position. I can think of many that have weakened us.
March 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I think it’s time to start seriously considering that Trump’s goal may be to weaken the United States. I can’t think of a single foreign policy initiative that Trump has undertaken in his first term or now that has strengthened our geopolitical position. I can think of many that have weakened us.
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If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
March 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
If you worked for 18F and got fired, Group together to start a consulting company.
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
It’s just a matter of time before DOGE needs you to fix the mess they inevitably create.
They will have to hire your company as a contractor to fix it. But on your terms.
I’m happy to invest and/or help
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Not the main story, but Trump has chosen a recently retired three-star General, John Caine, to replace Brown. Going back a very long time, Chiefs of Staff have had four stars -the highest rank- and related command experience before they became C.O.S.
The Chief of Staff typically serves out his term regardless of whether a new President is elected during his tenure.
Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Turmoil at Pentagon
The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. reflects the president’s insistence that the military’s leadership is too mired in diversity issues and has lost sight of its combat role.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Not the main story, but Trump has chosen a recently retired three-star General, John Caine, to replace Brown. Going back a very long time, Chiefs of Staff have had four stars -the highest rank- and related command experience before they became C.O.S.
There are threats to our liberty that come from the private sector.
IRS reportedly preparing to give Musk’s Doge agency access to taxpayer data
IRS reportedly preparing to give Musk’s Doge agency access to taxpayer data
US tax agency has received request for access to classified system containing personal financial records of US taxpayers
The US federal tax collection agency is reportedly preparing to give a team member of Elon Musk’s “department of government…
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
There are threats to our liberty that come from the private sector.
With the Trump regime selling out Ukraine, Poland should develop nuclear weapons ASAP
February 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
With the Trump regime selling out Ukraine, Poland should develop nuclear weapons ASAP
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This is sort of the skeleton key to understanding a lot of shit: there 100% is a non-trivial amount of inefficiency and waste in the federal bureaucracy, and most of it is a *direct result* of ‘reforms’ that are meant to assuage the people who complain about “waste and inefficiency in govt”
for decades the federal govt has bent over backwards to limit spending even on totally sensible things like office coffee, all so they can say your tax dollars aren't going to pay for coffee. and it was all for nothing bc elon is tweeting out conspiracy theories about non-existent fraud.
February 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This is sort of the skeleton key to understanding a lot of shit: there 100% is a non-trivial amount of inefficiency and waste in the federal bureaucracy, and most of it is a *direct result* of ‘reforms’ that are meant to assuage the people who complain about “waste and inefficiency in govt”
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Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority to serve as a check on executive power as the new president’s sweeping agenda faces growing pushback from the courts.
Vance and Musk attack judicial authority as Trump's agenda gets pushback from courts
Over the past 24 hours, billionaire Elon Musk and Vice President JD Vance have not only criticized a federal judge's decision that blocks Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing…
buff.ly
February 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority to serve as a check on executive power as the new president’s sweeping agenda faces growing pushback from the courts.
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Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.
Republicans in Congress mostly shrug as Musk and DOGE set sights on spending
Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.
www.npr.org
February 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.
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Jesus fucking Christ
NSF to lay off nearly half of its staff in the next two months. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs
National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.
www.politico.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Jesus fucking Christ
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Trump's immediate agenda is to destroy institutions (designed to overcome collective action problems surrounding our security and health). We will be less secure, weaker, and sicker for it.
The point of bringing in Hegseth, Gaetz and Gabbard is to burn it all to the ground. Senate: You must recognize this and stop it.
November 17, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Trump's immediate agenda is to destroy institutions (designed to overcome collective action problems surrounding our security and health). We will be less secure, weaker, and sicker for it.
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TOMORROW: We’re rallying at the Treasury building with @moveon.org to stop Elon Musk’s hostile takeover and tell this unelected billionaire to get his hands off our money. We hope you can join us if you’re in the D.C. area.
We Choose to Fight: Nobody Elected Elon! · MoveOn
**Rally at the Treasury building to stop Elon Musk’s billionaire takeover.** Nobody elected Elon! We need everyone to fight this hostile takeover at every level—that includes Democrats in Congress, wh...
www.mobilize.us
February 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
TOMORROW: We’re rallying at the Treasury building with @moveon.org to stop Elon Musk’s hostile takeover and tell this unelected billionaire to get his hands off our money. We hope you can join us if you’re in the D.C. area.
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Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
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"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Elon Musk May Have Your Social Security Number
The billionaire and his DOGE agents were reportedly granted full access to the Treasury’s federal payments system, and nobody knows to what end.
nymag.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
From my friend @davidkarol.bsky.social
Articles of Impeachment now will divide Dems more than Republicans & seem silly to normie voters. Senate obstruction can be overcome by a majority and presiding officer (Vance). So it's media strategy at best. Litigation is OK, but depends on judges. Marching can be good if it builds social ties.
Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
February 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
From my friend @davidkarol.bsky.social
Saw on @kenmiller4.bsky.social that we are supposed to post cute animal pics so here is our deceased dog, Nacho tangled up in Amy’s undies.
January 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Saw on @kenmiller4.bsky.social that we are supposed to post cute animal pics so here is our deceased dog, Nacho tangled up in Amy’s undies.
I seriously doubt that most independent voters who votes for Trump wanted him to end government oversight, liberate violent extremist and threaten to devastate the American higher education system.
January 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I seriously doubt that most independent voters who votes for Trump wanted him to end government oversight, liberate violent extremist and threaten to devastate the American higher education system.
As Trump considers eliminating FEMA, I’m reminded of an exchange between a state assembly rep from north eastern and a rep from the Las Vegas area. The northern rep said he was going to propose a bill that all taxes raised in a county had to be spent in that same county. The Las Vegas rep agreed!
January 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
As Trump considers eliminating FEMA, I’m reminded of an exchange between a state assembly rep from north eastern and a rep from the Las Vegas area. The northern rep said he was going to propose a bill that all taxes raised in a county had to be spent in that same county. The Las Vegas rep agreed!
And another thing…Trump is trying to bully Denmark with tariffs. But little does he know that my wife gave me several Lego kits for Christmas so we beat the tariff rush.
January 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
And another thing…Trump is trying to bully Denmark with tariffs. But little does he know that my wife gave me several Lego kits for Christmas so we beat the tariff rush.
Trump is messing with Denmark. Time to read up on how senile narcissists react to passive aggression.
January 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Trump is messing with Denmark. Time to read up on how senile narcissists react to passive aggression.
Just joined bluesky.
I’m a Poli sci prof at UNLV.
I’m a Poli sci prof at UNLV.
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Just joined bluesky.
I’m a Poli sci prof at UNLV.
I’m a Poli sci prof at UNLV.