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Everyone teaching IR and American right now.
a man with a beard and a hat is standing in front of a row of empty seats .
ALT: a man with a beard and a hat is standing in front of a row of empty seats .
media.tenor.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Everyone teaching IR and American right now.
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yes this is famously how free societies treat their universities
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
yes this is famously how free societies treat their universities
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very cool that for ten years people at the heights of political commentary insisted to the point of rage that the paramount threat to free speech was “censorious” college students
after announcing that foreign students are being banned from Havard, Noem warns "this should be a warning to every other university to get your act together."
May 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
very cool that for ten years people at the heights of political commentary insisted to the point of rage that the paramount threat to free speech was “censorious” college students
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That moment with the cabinet secretary who does not understand the concept of habeas corpus demands that universities make sure their students "learn what this country is about."
after announcing that foreign students are being banned from Havard, Noem warns "this should be a warning to every other university to get your act together."
May 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
That moment with the cabinet secretary who does not understand the concept of habeas corpus demands that universities make sure their students "learn what this country is about."
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Republicans are working on a budget plan to:
1. Raise the deficit
2. Cut Medicaid
3. Pretend they're not doing those things
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
1. Raise the deficit
2. Cut Medicaid
3. Pretend they're not doing those things
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Why the Republicans’ Budget Bill Won’t Add Up
The legislation will increase the deficit and cut Medicaid, although members will deny that it does either of these things.
www.bloomberg.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Republicans are working on a budget plan to:
1. Raise the deficit
2. Cut Medicaid
3. Pretend they're not doing those things
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
1. Raise the deficit
2. Cut Medicaid
3. Pretend they're not doing those things
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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and has the rest of the world said thank you even once?
American exceptionalism is electing a pariah government so repugnant that it tanks the electoral prospects of aligned right wing governments across the entire anglosphere
Here's the odds over time in Australia
April 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
and has the rest of the world said thank you even once?
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Re-reading Trump's second inaugural for class next week and ... whew.
My favorite line so far: "We will not forget our country, we will not forget our Constitution, and we will not forget our God. Can't do that."
There's just something about the "Can't do that." that is utterly hilarious.
My favorite line so far: "We will not forget our country, we will not forget our Constitution, and we will not forget our God. Can't do that."
There's just something about the "Can't do that." that is utterly hilarious.
April 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Re-reading Trump's second inaugural for class next week and ... whew.
My favorite line so far: "We will not forget our country, we will not forget our Constitution, and we will not forget our God. Can't do that."
There's just something about the "Can't do that." that is utterly hilarious.
My favorite line so far: "We will not forget our country, we will not forget our Constitution, and we will not forget our God. Can't do that."
There's just something about the "Can't do that." that is utterly hilarious.
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
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Biden really played the long game by diligently cleaning up the mess Trump left him, but rigging things so that the economy got bad as soon as Trump returned to office. For a sleepy guy, he's sure been pulling a lot of strings!
March 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Biden really played the long game by diligently cleaning up the mess Trump left him, but rigging things so that the economy got bad as soon as Trump returned to office. For a sleepy guy, he's sure been pulling a lot of strings!
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Mad king and the royal court of idiots
March 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Mad king and the royal court of idiots
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With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
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Worth tracking these data closely.
March 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Worth tracking these data closely.
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What really seemed to get under Trump’s skin were Zelensky’s harsh words about Putin. Trump, who had nothing but good things to say about Putin, seemed offended on his behalf and scolded Zelensky for hostility toward the man who had invaded his country. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
In Showdown With Zelensky, Trump Takes Offense on Putin’s Behalf
Never in the past few decades at least has an American president engaged in such an angry, scathing attack on a visiting foreign leader in the Oval Office.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
What really seemed to get under Trump’s skin were Zelensky’s harsh words about Putin. Trump, who had nothing but good things to say about Putin, seemed offended on his behalf and scolded Zelensky for hostility toward the man who had invaded his country. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
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History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.
February 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.
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Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
February 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
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The wealthiest man in the world spent hundreds of millions of dollars to put Trump in power, and one of the first things he did was to starve children. You decide if that was a feature or a bug.
Awful: Delivery of life saving treatment to nearly 400,000 severely malnourished kids abroad is in doubt amid USAID firings, the product's manufacturers tell me.
The treatment is a paste made of peanuts, milk and sugar for kids on edge of starvation.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1919...
The treatment is a paste made of peanuts, milk and sugar for kids on edge of starvation.
Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/1919...
Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Ugly Turn, Putting Starving Kids at Risk
Two U.S. nonprofits that manufacture a treatment sent by USAID to help severely malnourished children abroad say the process is in chaos. This isn’t what Marco Rubio said would happen.
newrepublic.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The wealthiest man in the world spent hundreds of millions of dollars to put Trump in power, and one of the first things he did was to starve children. You decide if that was a feature or a bug.
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Whose side was Trump's America on when it came to a UN resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Russia, North Korea and Belarus. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...
U.S. Votes Against U.N. Resolution Demanding Russian Withdrawal from Ukraine
The United States voted against a resolution, backed by most of Europe, demanding Russian withdrawal from Ukraine — a deep fissure between allies, and a sharp shift in American policy.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Whose side was Trump's America on when it came to a UN resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Russia, North Korea and Belarus. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...
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I wish reading the news felt less like binge watching the final season of a long running series that’s been a major part of your life for decades.
February 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I wish reading the news felt less like binge watching the final season of a long running series that’s been a major part of your life for decades.
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February 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Bernie Sanders: "For Mr. Musk and his fellow oligarchs, the needs, the concerns, the pain, the ideas, and dreams of ordinary people are simply an impediment to what they the oligarchs are entitled to. And that is really what they believe -- they are entitled to all the wealth and power they have."
February 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Bernie Sanders: "For Mr. Musk and his fellow oligarchs, the needs, the concerns, the pain, the ideas, and dreams of ordinary people are simply an impediment to what they the oligarchs are entitled to. And that is really what they believe -- they are entitled to all the wealth and power they have."
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy — they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness.”
www.slowboring.com/p/what-usaid...
www.slowboring.com/p/what-usaid...
Make foreign aid great
What it means to take "efficiency" seriously, not as a pretext for destruction
www.slowboring.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy — they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness.”
www.slowboring.com/p/what-usaid...
www.slowboring.com/p/what-usaid...
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How long before Trump surrenders on his tariffs and declares victory?
February 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
How long before Trump surrenders on his tariffs and declares victory?