Deborah Avant
@deborahavant.bsky.social
Professor @josefkorble @UofDenver | global politics | climate | technology | security | human rights | democracy | pragmatism. I know, it's a lot. Also ISA, hiking, baking, travel, and #roseistoocute she/her deborahavant.com
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There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
Reposted by Deborah Avant
What's next after a hugely successful "No Kings" day?
More joyful, patriotic, and peaceful organizing to defend our democracy.
Join @indivisible.org and more this evening to be a part of it.
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
More joyful, patriotic, and peaceful organizing to defend our democracy.
Join @indivisible.org and more this evening to be a part of it.
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings? · No Kings
No Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...
www.mobilize.us
October 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
What's next after a hugely successful "No Kings" day?
More joyful, patriotic, and peaceful organizing to defend our democracy.
Join @indivisible.org and more this evening to be a part of it.
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
More joyful, patriotic, and peaceful organizing to defend our democracy.
Join @indivisible.org and more this evening to be a part of it.
www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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🚨BREAKING: The State of Arizona filed a lawsuit accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of violating the Constitution by refusing to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The plaintiffs argue that Johnson’s delay has deprived hundreds of thousands of Arizonans of representation.
News Alerts
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
🚨BREAKING: The State of Arizona filed a lawsuit accusing House Speaker Mike Johnson of violating the Constitution by refusing to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva. The plaintiffs argue that Johnson’s delay has deprived hundreds of thousands of Arizonans of representation.
Have to respect not only their intelligence, but their willingness to keep talking even in the face of efforts to intimidate. An important example for all of us in the academy.
“Join Erica Chenoweth and Steven Levitsky for the inaugural session of The Breakdown, a new webinar series on the ongoing struggle for American democracy.”
This sounds good. Register 👇
#Resist, #FreeSpeech, #DueProcess, #NoKings, #FightFascism, #WorkersOverBillionaires, #Frogtifa, #Democracy
This sounds good. Register 👇
#Resist, #FreeSpeech, #DueProcess, #NoKings, #FightFascism, #WorkersOverBillionaires, #Frogtifa, #Democracy
Join @stevelevitsky.bsky.social & me for the first episode of our new series The Breakdown. Register here to join us live on Monday, 10/20 at 4pm ET: ash.harvard.edu/events/the-b...
October 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Have to respect not only their intelligence, but their willingness to keep talking even in the face of efforts to intimidate. An important example for all of us in the academy.
Reposted by Deborah Avant
Listening to this. SO important.
“Join Erica Chenoweth and Steven Levitsky for the inaugural session of The Breakdown, a new webinar series on the ongoing struggle for American democracy.”
This sounds good. Register 👇
#Resist, #FreeSpeech, #DueProcess, #NoKings, #FightFascism, #WorkersOverBillionaires, #Frogtifa, #Democracy
This sounds good. Register 👇
#Resist, #FreeSpeech, #DueProcess, #NoKings, #FightFascism, #WorkersOverBillionaires, #Frogtifa, #Democracy
Join @stevelevitsky.bsky.social & me for the first episode of our new series The Breakdown. Register here to join us live on Monday, 10/20 at 4pm ET: ash.harvard.edu/events/the-b...
October 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Listening to this. SO important.
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This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Sobering (and nauseating).
Inside the Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education | The New Yorker share.google/4jvsuwSzDjIO...
Inside the Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education | The New Yorker share.google/4jvsuwSzDjIO...
Inside the Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education
How conservatives learned to stop worrying and love federal power.
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October 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Sobering (and nauseating).
Inside the Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education | The New Yorker share.google/4jvsuwSzDjIO...
Inside the Trump Administration’s Assault on Higher Education | The New Yorker share.google/4jvsuwSzDjIO...
The drone did a better job than I did. *This* is Denver proud.
October 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The drone did a better job than I did. *This* is Denver proud.
Denver strong... and even without the thousands marching on the other side!
October 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Denver strong... and even without the thousands marching on the other side!
Reading through the tears.
October 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Reading through the tears.
Important article by @maxboot.bsky.social. I am hearing a great deal of both discomfort (from those still serving) and disbelief (from those now retired). Those who were sure the U.S. military would resist unlawful orders are now much less so.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Dilemma of Duty Under Trump
What his assault on the U.S. military means for America.
www.foreignaffairs.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Important article by @maxboot.bsky.social. I am hearing a great deal of both discomfort (from those still serving) and disbelief (from those now retired). Those who were sure the U.S. military would resist unlawful orders are now much less so.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Beautiful.
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October 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Beautiful.
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Here's hoping @himself.bsky.social is right and universities hold the line.
open.substack.com/pub/programm...
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Trump's University Compact demonstrates weakness, not strength
The administration would act differently if it were confident
open.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Here's hoping @himself.bsky.social is right and universities hold the line.
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open.substack.com/pub/programm...
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
Reposted by Deborah Avant
These are the Trump Administration’s demands on UCLA, in addition to a 1.2 billion dollar fine, as reported by the LA Times today. I must note again that the Trump Administration’s attempt to use title vi to enforce conservative agenda items is flagrantly illegal.
September 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
These are the Trump Administration’s demands on UCLA, in addition to a 1.2 billion dollar fine, as reported by the LA Times today. I must note again that the Trump Administration’s attempt to use title vi to enforce conservative agenda items is flagrantly illegal.
The excerpts I heard from the Cabinet meeting yesterday made me nauseous. @himself.bsky.social made me even more so with this post...I would rather this concept be somewhat less useful.
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Short posts on useful concepts I : Flattery Inflation
Grotesque self-abasement can be entirely rational.
www.programmablemutter.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The excerpts I heard from the Cabinet meeting yesterday made me nauseous. @himself.bsky.social made me even more so with this post...I would rather this concept be somewhat less useful.
www.programmablemutter.com/p/short-post...
www.programmablemutter.com/p/short-post...
As we approach September, I thought I would repost our ad for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Technology and Global Affairs. Interested? Apply by September 15!
The @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social is searching for a tenure line position in Technology and Global Affairs at the Assistant or Associate level. I am chairing the committee and happy to talk with anyone who is interested. Please share!
jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...
jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...
Details - Assistant or Associate Professor, Global and Public Affairs - Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs | University of Denver
jobs.du.edu
August 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
As we approach September, I thought I would repost our ad for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Technology and Global Affairs. Interested? Apply by September 15!
Despite the subtitle @dandrezner.bsky.social gives a hopeful look at how Tufts (and I think many universities) are managing in the face of the Trump assault on higher education.
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open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...
What It's Like To Be An International Affairs Graduate School Administrator in 2025
Not great, Bob.
open.substack.com
August 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Despite the subtitle @dandrezner.bsky.social gives a hopeful look at how Tufts (and I think many universities) are managing in the face of the Trump assault on higher education.
open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...
open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...
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It is important that we don't become desensitized to the astonishing level of Trump's profiting from the presidency
It's illegal, of course, but who will stop him?
David D. Kirkpatrick, from the New Yorker, estimates $3.4 Billion in grift. The income sources are in the chart below.
It's illegal, of course, but who will stop him?
David D. Kirkpatrick, from the New Yorker, estimates $3.4 Billion in grift. The income sources are in the chart below.
August 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It is important that we don't become desensitized to the astonishing level of Trump's profiting from the presidency
It's illegal, of course, but who will stop him?
David D. Kirkpatrick, from the New Yorker, estimates $3.4 Billion in grift. The income sources are in the chart below.
It's illegal, of course, but who will stop him?
David D. Kirkpatrick, from the New Yorker, estimates $3.4 Billion in grift. The income sources are in the chart below.