Chad Levinson
@chadlevinson.com
Academic in DC (Virginia Tech SPIA) nee CHI, NYC, omnivore, decent cook, novice gardener, puppy papa, he/him
The President’s Echo System: How Foreign Policy is Sold to Americans (book forthcoming 2026). https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674302518
The President’s Echo System: How Foreign Policy is Sold to Americans (book forthcoming 2026). https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674302518
This photograph is a hit-piece all on its own. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
November 4, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This photograph is a hit-piece all on its own. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
This is your entire argument right here and it's... not convincing
August 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is your entire argument right here and it's... not convincing
Under water, perhaps, but I wouldn't describe a low-point of 39% as "in the tank" and even then it was only for about a year, and then he recovered. And yes, there were things he did that worked against him, but that's hardly Iran-contra, impeachment, or the Iraq War
news.gallup.com/poll/113980/...
news.gallup.com/poll/113980/...
July 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Under water, perhaps, but I wouldn't describe a low-point of 39% as "in the tank" and even then it was only for about a year, and then he recovered. And yes, there were things he did that worked against him, but that's hardly Iran-contra, impeachment, or the Iraq War
news.gallup.com/poll/113980/...
news.gallup.com/poll/113980/...
Quote with your favorite anti-fascist film
July 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Quote with your favorite anti-fascist film
Nepo baby too, of course
June 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Nepo baby too, of course
Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows
June 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows
And in case anyone was wondering if they kept the colors for the post-Apartheid flag, they did not.
May 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
And in case anyone was wondering if they kept the colors for the post-Apartheid flag, they did not.
FFS this paragraph is cursed. He has not "reoriented" anything. He has shut down all government activity and government-supported research that uses the word "bias."
May 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
FFS this paragraph is cursed. He has not "reoriented" anything. He has shut down all government activity and government-supported research that uses the word "bias."
This was just kinda boring, til the end. Then it got mask-off racist for that last one.
April 14, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This was just kinda boring, til the end. Then it got mask-off racist for that last one.
I've always thought of Trump as an answer to the question, "what if Archie Bunker were rich." Found this bit in an old NYT piece about All in the Family (boy, what a headline).
www.nytimes.com/1972/03/12/a...
www.nytimes.com/1972/03/12/a...
April 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I've always thought of Trump as an answer to the question, "what if Archie Bunker were rich." Found this bit in an old NYT piece about All in the Family (boy, what a headline).
www.nytimes.com/1972/03/12/a...
www.nytimes.com/1972/03/12/a...
Moments like these test my capacity for welcoming people who are late to the party
April 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Moments like these test my capacity for welcoming people who are late to the party
In 1977, two Hollywood cowboys were on opposite sides of the Panama Canal Treaties
March 31, 2025 at 12:45 AM
In 1977, two Hollywood cowboys were on opposite sides of the Panama Canal Treaties
A reminder that this is what "indulging" student protestors entailed
March 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A reminder that this is what "indulging" student protestors entailed
Trump wondered aloud about how Zelenskyy could hate Putin so much, then tried to correct him about what year Putin invaded his country. And of course all the rest, but those two things alone.
That man behaved with remarkable grace under the circumstances.
the fuck with this headline @nbcnews.com ?
That man behaved with remarkable grace under the circumstances.
the fuck with this headline @nbcnews.com ?
March 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Trump wondered aloud about how Zelenskyy could hate Putin so much, then tried to correct him about what year Putin invaded his country. And of course all the rest, but those two things alone.
That man behaved with remarkable grace under the circumstances.
the fuck with this headline @nbcnews.com ?
That man behaved with remarkable grace under the circumstances.
the fuck with this headline @nbcnews.com ?
Blockity blockity block
November 30, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Blockity blockity block
I was very jealous of my friend with a C64
November 19, 2024 at 2:12 AM
I was very jealous of my friend with a C64
Musk is a profoundly stupid man, part MVIII
September 16, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Musk is a profoundly stupid man, part MVIII
Just imagine Jonah Ryan saying these things
September 6, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Just imagine Jonah Ryan saying these things
Repost with your first crush
(I didn't know why I like the mechanical bull scene at the time)
(I didn't know why I like the mechanical bull scene at the time)
August 24, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Repost with your first crush
(I didn't know why I like the mechanical bull scene at the time)
(I didn't know why I like the mechanical bull scene at the time)
This is 3500 words about how Democrats should try centrism for a change, celebrating the political instincts of...
Clinton 2008 strategist Mark Penn
Clinton 2008 strategist Mark Penn
August 16, 2024 at 2:28 PM
This is 3500 words about how Democrats should try centrism for a change, celebrating the political instincts of...
Clinton 2008 strategist Mark Penn
Clinton 2008 strategist Mark Penn
Recess appointments presume the existence of vacancies. He can't just imagine a vacant 10th seat and fill it while the Senate is home for Christmas.
August 7, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Recess appointments presume the existence of vacancies. He can't just imagine a vacant 10th seat and fill it while the Senate is home for Christmas.
Would you take a pet photo instead?
July 29, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Would you take a pet photo instead?