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Nancy Pelosi, a formidable member of Congress will step down next year.
Read our piece on the master legislator and partisan warrior.
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Read our piece on the master legislator and partisan warrior.
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Nancy Pelosi, a master legislator and partisan warrior
A formidable member of Congress will step down next year.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Nancy Pelosi, a formidable member of Congress will step down next year.
Read our piece on the master legislator and partisan warrior.
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Read our piece on the master legislator and partisan warrior.
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Japan’s new prime minister faces big foreign policy challenges.
Can Sanae Takaichi keep Washington close – and navigate regional threats?
William & Mary's @eunajo.bsky.social discusses here: goodauthority.org/news/sanae-t...
Can Sanae Takaichi keep Washington close – and navigate regional threats?
William & Mary's @eunajo.bsky.social discusses here: goodauthority.org/news/sanae-t...
Japan’s new prime minister faces big foreign policy challenges
Can Sanae Takaichi keep Washington close – and navigate regional threats?
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November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Japan’s new prime minister faces big foreign policy challenges.
Can Sanae Takaichi keep Washington close – and navigate regional threats?
William & Mary's @eunajo.bsky.social discusses here: goodauthority.org/news/sanae-t...
Can Sanae Takaichi keep Washington close – and navigate regional threats?
William & Mary's @eunajo.bsky.social discusses here: goodauthority.org/news/sanae-t...
Congress used to pass bipartisan immigration laws. What happened?
The end of the Cold War laid the foundation for our polarized immigration era.
Read the latest from @egojunk.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/congres...
The end of the Cold War laid the foundation for our polarized immigration era.
Read the latest from @egojunk.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/congres...
Congress used to pass bipartisan immigration laws
The end of the Cold War laid the foundation for our polarized immigration era.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Congress used to pass bipartisan immigration laws. What happened?
The end of the Cold War laid the foundation for our polarized immigration era.
Read the latest from @egojunk.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/congres...
The end of the Cold War laid the foundation for our polarized immigration era.
Read the latest from @egojunk.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/congres...
It looks like a narrow win for Rob Jettin.
Here were our three takeaways from the too-close-to-call Dutch election.
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Here were our three takeaways from the too-close-to-call Dutch election.
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Three takeaways from the too-close-to-call Dutch election
A young charismatic liberal leader may well become the next Dutch prime minister.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It looks like a narrow win for Rob Jettin.
Here were our three takeaways from the too-close-to-call Dutch election.
goodauthority.org/news/three-t...
Here were our three takeaways from the too-close-to-call Dutch election.
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How do Americans feel about the 'Department of War' rebrand?
Most Americans oppose... Even 42% of Republicans are not fans of the change.
See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/most-am...
Most Americans oppose... Even 42% of Republicans are not fans of the change.
See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/most-am...
Most Americans oppose the ’Department of War’ rebranding
Even 42% of Republicans are no fans of the change.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
How do Americans feel about the 'Department of War' rebrand?
Most Americans oppose... Even 42% of Republicans are not fans of the change.
See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/most-am...
Most Americans oppose... Even 42% of Republicans are not fans of the change.
See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/most-am...
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This. Also means they won't pay attention to the details as I write about in this new @goodauth.bsky.social piece. goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This. Also means they won't pay attention to the details as I write about in this new @goodauth.bsky.social piece. goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
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🧵New piece from me @goodauth.bsky.social on risks of striking Venezuela, focused on the added risk from Trump team of loyalists. Hint: it has to do with centralized role of Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, and the incompetence of advisers like SecDef Hegseth. 1/
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Trump may strike Venezuela. His team makes that very risky.
Take a close look at who is advising the president on U.S. policy.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🧵New piece from me @goodauth.bsky.social on risks of striking Venezuela, focused on the added risk from Trump team of loyalists. Hint: it has to do with centralized role of Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, and the incompetence of advisers like SecDef Hegseth. 1/
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Trump may strike Venezuela. His team makes that very risky.
Take a close look at who is advising the president on U.S. policy.
Read the latest from @profsaunders.bsky.social here: goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
Take a close look at who is advising the president on U.S. policy.
Read the latest from @profsaunders.bsky.social here: goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
Trump may strike Venezuela. His team makes that very risky.
Take a close look at who is advising the president on U.S. policy.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Trump may strike Venezuela. His team makes that very risky.
Take a close look at who is advising the president on U.S. policy.
Read the latest from @profsaunders.bsky.social here: goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
Take a close look at who is advising the president on U.S. policy.
Read the latest from @profsaunders.bsky.social here: goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
Our very own @johnsides.bsky.social wrote a piece on "The politics in trick-or-treating" today in his newsletter. 🎃
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October 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Our very own @johnsides.bsky.social wrote a piece on "The politics in trick-or-treating" today in his newsletter. 🎃
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@theguardian.com's latest piece on immigration states, "The Trump administration is going to restrict the number of refugees it admits into the United States next year to the token level of just 7,500 – and those spots will mostly be filled by white South Africans."
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
@theguardian.com's latest piece on immigration states, "The Trump administration is going to restrict the number of refugees it admits into the United States next year to the token level of just 7,500 – and those spots will mostly be filled by white South Africans."
Very few Americans support actual political violence.
Many more support intimidation.
Almost no one thinks it’s appropriate to kill your political opponents, but many more would dox them.
Read the latest: goodauthority.org/news/very-fe...
Many more support intimidation.
Almost no one thinks it’s appropriate to kill your political opponents, but many more would dox them.
Read the latest: goodauthority.org/news/very-fe...
Very few Americans support actual political violence. Many more support intimidation.
Almost no one thinks it’s appropriate to kill your political opponents, but many more would dox them.
goodauthority.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Very few Americans support actual political violence.
Many more support intimidation.
Almost no one thinks it’s appropriate to kill your political opponents, but many more would dox them.
Read the latest: goodauthority.org/news/very-fe...
Many more support intimidation.
Almost no one thinks it’s appropriate to kill your political opponents, but many more would dox them.
Read the latest: goodauthority.org/news/very-fe...
Secular Democrats are on the rise.
Fewer Democrats identify as religious. That’s creating tension with Black voters.
See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/secular...
Fewer Democrats identify as religious. That’s creating tension with Black voters.
See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/secular...
Secular Democrats are on the rise
Fewer Democrats identify as religious. That’s creating tension with Black voters.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Secular Democrats are on the rise.
Fewer Democrats identify as religious. That’s creating tension with Black voters.
See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/secular...
Fewer Democrats identify as religious. That’s creating tension with Black voters.
See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/secular...
Pre-election manipulation, limiting who can run...
Here's how authoritarians win elections without stealing votes.
Read out latest: goodauthority.org/news/how-aut...
Here's how authoritarians win elections without stealing votes.
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How authoritarians win elections without stealing votes
From Tanzania to Côte d’Ivoire and Burundi, opposition leaders are sidelined before campaigns begin.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Pre-election manipulation, limiting who can run...
Here's how authoritarians win elections without stealing votes.
Read out latest: goodauthority.org/news/how-aut...
Here's how authoritarians win elections without stealing votes.
Read out latest: goodauthority.org/news/how-aut...
The last surviving October 7th hostages are home.
Here are 4 takeaways from the end of the Gaza hostage crisis.
Read the latest from @danigilbert.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/4-takea...
Here are 4 takeaways from the end of the Gaza hostage crisis.
Read the latest from @danigilbert.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/4-takea...
4 takeaways about the end of the Gaza hostage crisis
As their options declined, the Israeli government and Hamas finally came to the negotiating table.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The last surviving October 7th hostages are home.
Here are 4 takeaways from the end of the Gaza hostage crisis.
Read the latest from @danigilbert.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/4-takea...
Here are 4 takeaways from the end of the Gaza hostage crisis.
Read the latest from @danigilbert.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/4-takea...
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Happy UN Day to all who celebrate! I was happy to chat with @erikvoeten.bsky.social at @goodauth.bsky.social about this 80th birthday for a hot mess doing its best goodauthority.org/news/united-...
As the United Nations turns 80, what’s next?
A Good Chat with Anjali Dayal on the challenges and the promises ahead for the U.N.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Happy UN Day to all who celebrate! I was happy to chat with @erikvoeten.bsky.social at @goodauth.bsky.social about this 80th birthday for a hot mess doing its best goodauthority.org/news/united-...
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As expected, #EU leaders have postponed the decision on whether to use frozen Russian assets to support #Ukraine. But they agreed to financially support Ukraine via other means: bbc.com/news/article...
In my @goodauth.bsky.social piece below, I explain why seizing these assets is so challenging.
In my @goodauth.bsky.social piece below, I explain why seizing these assets is so challenging.
October 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
As expected, #EU leaders have postponed the decision on whether to use frozen Russian assets to support #Ukraine. But they agreed to financially support Ukraine via other means: bbc.com/news/article...
In my @goodauth.bsky.social piece below, I explain why seizing these assets is so challenging.
In my @goodauth.bsky.social piece below, I explain why seizing these assets is so challenging.
As the United Nations turns 80, what’s next?
Here's a "Good Chat" with @erikvoeten.bsky.social & Anjali Dayal on the challenges and the promises ahead for the U.N.
goodauthority.org/news/united-...
Here's a "Good Chat" with @erikvoeten.bsky.social & Anjali Dayal on the challenges and the promises ahead for the U.N.
goodauthority.org/news/united-...
As the United Nations turns 80, what’s next?
A Good Chat with Anjali Dayal on the challenges and the promises ahead for the U.N.
goodauthority.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
As the United Nations turns 80, what’s next?
Here's a "Good Chat" with @erikvoeten.bsky.social & Anjali Dayal on the challenges and the promises ahead for the U.N.
goodauthority.org/news/united-...
Here's a "Good Chat" with @erikvoeten.bsky.social & Anjali Dayal on the challenges and the promises ahead for the U.N.
goodauthority.org/news/united-...
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Protests in Madagascar, a coup, and Gen-Z taking to the streets across the world!
My latest in @goodauth.bsky.social :
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My latest in @goodauth.bsky.social :
goodauthority.org/news/madagas...
Madagascar zipped from mass protests to a military coup
GenZ protesters here and elsewhere are demanding big changes.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Protests in Madagascar, a coup, and Gen-Z taking to the streets across the world!
My latest in @goodauth.bsky.social :
goodauthority.org/news/madagas...
My latest in @goodauth.bsky.social :
goodauthority.org/news/madagas...
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Wrote about the wave of U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean. Alarmed that possibly the best explanation for the attacks is that the administration thinks it's acting out the movie Sicario. The movie was good imho, but not a model of normatively or strategically good policy. @goodauth.bsky.social
Trump’s attacks on Venezuela won’t even serve Trump’s stated goals
The attacks won’t stop the drug trade – or bring about a friendlier regime.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Wrote about the wave of U.S. strikes on boats in the Caribbean. Alarmed that possibly the best explanation for the attacks is that the administration thinks it's acting out the movie Sicario. The movie was good imho, but not a model of normatively or strategically good policy. @goodauth.bsky.social
Trump’s attacks on Venezuela won’t even serve Trump’s stated goals.
The attacks won’t stop the drug trade – or bring about a friendlier regime.
Read the full story: goodauthority.org/news/trumps-...
The attacks won’t stop the drug trade – or bring about a friendlier regime.
Read the full story: goodauthority.org/news/trumps-...
Trump’s attacks on Venezuela won’t even serve Trump’s stated goals
The attacks won’t stop the drug trade – or bring about a friendlier regime.
goodauthority.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Trump’s attacks on Venezuela won’t even serve Trump’s stated goals.
The attacks won’t stop the drug trade – or bring about a friendlier regime.
Read the full story: goodauthority.org/news/trumps-...
The attacks won’t stop the drug trade – or bring about a friendlier regime.
Read the full story: goodauthority.org/news/trumps-...
Madagascar zipped from mass protests to a military coup.
GenZ protesters here and elsewhere are demanding big changes.
Read the latest: goodauthority.org/news/madagas...
GenZ protesters here and elsewhere are demanding big changes.
Read the latest: goodauthority.org/news/madagas...
Madagascar zipped from mass protests to a military coup
GenZ protesters here and elsewhere are demanding big changes.
goodauthority.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Madagascar zipped from mass protests to a military coup.
GenZ protesters here and elsewhere are demanding big changes.
Read the latest: goodauthority.org/news/madagas...
GenZ protesters here and elsewhere are demanding big changes.
Read the latest: goodauthority.org/news/madagas...
A key part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is under attack.
Will the Supreme Court undermine decades of progress in Black political representation?
Here’s how we did our research: goodauthority.org/news/a-key-p...
Will the Supreme Court undermine decades of progress in Black political representation?
Here’s how we did our research: goodauthority.org/news/a-key-p...
A key part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is under attack
Will the Supreme Court undermine decades of progress in Black political representation?
goodauthority.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A key part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is under attack.
Will the Supreme Court undermine decades of progress in Black political representation?
Here’s how we did our research: goodauthority.org/news/a-key-p...
Will the Supreme Court undermine decades of progress in Black political representation?
Here’s how we did our research: goodauthority.org/news/a-key-p...
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The Trump administration is poised to scale up the Afrikaner refugee program in a big way.
One problem? It's not clear that many Afrikaners want to be "refugees" (yes, even those that are already in the US).
My latest, in @goodauth.bsky.social :
goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...
One problem? It's not clear that many Afrikaners want to be "refugees" (yes, even those that are already in the US).
My latest, in @goodauth.bsky.social :
goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...
Trump wants to bring even more white Afrikaners to the U.S.
This White House program bumps out thousands of refugees who have provisional approval to emigrate.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Trump administration is poised to scale up the Afrikaner refugee program in a big way.
One problem? It's not clear that many Afrikaners want to be "refugees" (yes, even those that are already in the US).
My latest, in @goodauth.bsky.social :
goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...
One problem? It's not clear that many Afrikaners want to be "refugees" (yes, even those that are already in the US).
My latest, in @goodauth.bsky.social :
goodauthority.org/news/trump-w...
Five years after #EndSARS, little has changed in Nigeria.
The 2020 protests sought policy shifts, but recurring police abuses and violent crackdowns have eroded trust in public institutions.
See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/five-ye...
The 2020 protests sought policy shifts, but recurring police abuses and violent crackdowns have eroded trust in public institutions.
See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/five-ye...
Five years after #EndSARS, little has changed in Nigeria
The 2020 protests sought policy shifts, but recurring police abuses and violent crackdowns have eroded trust in public institutions.
goodauthority.org
October 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Five years after #EndSARS, little has changed in Nigeria.
The 2020 protests sought policy shifts, but recurring police abuses and violent crackdowns have eroded trust in public institutions.
See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/five-ye...
The 2020 protests sought policy shifts, but recurring police abuses and violent crackdowns have eroded trust in public institutions.
See the data here: goodauthority.org/news/five-ye...
The European Commission’s “reparations loan” proposal could help Ukraine, but significant challenges remain.
What makes this issue so complicated?
From @mertkartal.bsky.social, here's what Europe can and cannot do with Russia’s frozen assets: goodauthority.org/news/what-eu...
What makes this issue so complicated?
From @mertkartal.bsky.social, here's what Europe can and cannot do with Russia’s frozen assets: goodauthority.org/news/what-eu...
What Europe can and cannot do with Russia’s frozen assets
The European Commission’s “reparations loan” proposal could help Ukraine, but significant challenges remain.
goodauthority.org
October 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The European Commission’s “reparations loan” proposal could help Ukraine, but significant challenges remain.
What makes this issue so complicated?
From @mertkartal.bsky.social, here's what Europe can and cannot do with Russia’s frozen assets: goodauthority.org/news/what-eu...
What makes this issue so complicated?
From @mertkartal.bsky.social, here's what Europe can and cannot do with Russia’s frozen assets: goodauthority.org/news/what-eu...