Josh Landry
@joshlandry.bsky.social
Assistant Professor. PoliSci PhD from UT Austin. IR conflict, game theory. Also Kentucky, basketball, and Kentucky Basketball (www.joshuadlandry.com)
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Just going to reiterate that in 2016 Trump inherited the lowest murder rate of any president in 50 years. He set reality aside, gave his “American Carnage” inaugural address, and was then the first president in 30 years to leave office with a higher murder rate than when he started.
...Voters really, really care about controlling immigration and crime. They just do. And if voters don’t think Democrats will take those issues seriously, they elect a garbage human like Trump who will seize the opportunity to expand his own power.
August 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Just going to reiterate that in 2016 Trump inherited the lowest murder rate of any president in 50 years. He set reality aside, gave his “American Carnage” inaugural address, and was then the first president in 30 years to leave office with a higher murder rate than when he started.
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the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
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OK so feeling slightly apprehensive about this, which I suppose is kind of the point. This is an attempt at a progressive view on masculinity and on men getting laid. God help me. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
How to be a man
The right story narrative about male attractiveness is grounded in Social Darwinism and free market economics. Can progressives tell a better story?
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August 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
OK so feeling slightly apprehensive about this, which I suppose is kind of the point. This is an attempt at a progressive view on masculinity and on men getting laid. God help me. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
Me, born in 1993, getting a little too nostalgic for how things were when I was a kid
a cartoon hand reaching out towards a purple object
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June 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Me, born in 1993, getting a little too nostalgic for how things were when I was a kid
Am I crazy or does he set weird deadlines like this on high-visibility issues and just … let them pass? Ukraine? Tariffs?
June 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Am I crazy or does he set weird deadlines like this on high-visibility issues and just … let them pass? Ukraine? Tariffs?
These arguments are presented as if they’re referring to poor confederate conscripts but when pressed they’re talking about people like Robert E Lee, who was an unequivocally evil person
JD Vance: “I feel like something happened like 10 years ago where every, it’s like you have to think that every single person that who fought for the Confederate side was an evil person. I just think that’s so stupid.”
June 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
These arguments are presented as if they’re referring to poor confederate conscripts but when pressed they’re talking about people like Robert E Lee, who was an unequivocally evil person
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May 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
May 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
Not to get all Andy Rooney, but derby horses used to be called stuff like “Papa’s New Shoes” or “Lucky Lamppost.” I have no time for horses named “Solemnity.”
May 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Not to get all Andy Rooney, but derby horses used to be called stuff like “Papa’s New Shoes” or “Lucky Lamppost.” I have no time for horses named “Solemnity.”
I was a 23-year-old young man in 2016. Have people just forgotten American culture from 2000-2010? For a while there, you could be a nationally-successful stand-up comic whose whole schtick was demeaning differently-abled people. Or saying shit like “turn the Middle East into a parking lot.”
I was 28 in 2016 and this is an insane characterization of what growing up as a white man in my cohort was like. Demonstrative of how out-of-touch the cultural right is with actual American life www.theredneckintellectual.com/p/right-wing...
April 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I was a 23-year-old young man in 2016. Have people just forgotten American culture from 2000-2010? For a while there, you could be a nationally-successful stand-up comic whose whole schtick was demeaning differently-abled people. Or saying shit like “turn the Middle East into a parking lot.”
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I was 28 in 2016 and this is an insane characterization of what growing up as a white man in my cohort was like. Demonstrative of how out-of-touch the cultural right is with actual American life www.theredneckintellectual.com/p/right-wing...
April 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I was 28 in 2016 and this is an insane characterization of what growing up as a white man in my cohort was like. Demonstrative of how out-of-touch the cultural right is with actual American life www.theredneckintellectual.com/p/right-wing...
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A short article of mine on civil-military relations and democratic backsliding had been accepted for publication in the journal "Connections".
Then I received an email that the editors can't publish the paper unless I "remove the case study/examples of the United States" (1/x)
#CivMilSky
Then I received an email that the editors can't publish the paper unless I "remove the case study/examples of the United States" (1/x)
#CivMilSky
a man in a suit says this is ridiculous in white letters
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April 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A short article of mine on civil-military relations and democratic backsliding had been accepted for publication in the journal "Connections".
Then I received an email that the editors can't publish the paper unless I "remove the case study/examples of the United States" (1/x)
#CivMilSky
Then I received an email that the editors can't publish the paper unless I "remove the case study/examples of the United States" (1/x)
#CivMilSky
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This chart was made in America by skilled artisans.
It also provides important context for understanding our current tariff situation.
It also provides important context for understanding our current tariff situation.
April 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This chart was made in America by skilled artisans.
It also provides important context for understanding our current tariff situation.
It also provides important context for understanding our current tariff situation.
Remaining clean-shaven and wearing contact lenses
ChatGPT's human form looks like he's about to tell you to watch The Wire
April 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Remaining clean-shaven and wearing contact lenses
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Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.
April 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.
No FGs or extra points for KC. Butker’s probably up in the box at this point.
February 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
No FGs or extra points for KC. Butker’s probably up in the box at this point.
Great Super Bowl for haters. Just perfect.
February 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Great Super Bowl for haters. Just perfect.
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JD Vance will really be like "you believe in loving thy neighbor? That pales in comparison to my strategy, loving my family first" and then not love his family.
February 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
JD Vance will really be like "you believe in loving thy neighbor? That pales in comparison to my strategy, loving my family first" and then not love his family.
I also don’t think most Americans, including politicians and media members, understand just how extreme Musk’s politics actually are. Which is crazy to say about someone who did a Nazi salute on national tv
February 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I also don’t think most Americans, including politicians and media members, understand just how extreme Musk’s politics actually are. Which is crazy to say about someone who did a Nazi salute on national tv
On the bright side, big day for the iron lung industry
February 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
On the bright side, big day for the iron lung industry
As Trump Bites Into Hot Dog, Undercurrent of “Eating Hot Dog” Surfaces
February 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
As Trump Bites Into Hot Dog, Undercurrent of “Eating Hot Dog” Surfaces
Feels so obvious as to not need saying, but: AI shouldn’t be used to make government decisions because AI cannot be held accountable.
February 4, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Feels so obvious as to not need saying, but: AI shouldn’t be used to make government decisions because AI cannot be held accountable.
Department of Transportation now working Easter, July 4th, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
February 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Department of Transportation now working Easter, July 4th, Thanksgiving, and Christmas