Kyle Reed 🟥
@kylereed.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Amsterdam | Studying international law, language, and politics | #IntLaw (IHRL, IHL, jus ad bellum) | he/him 🏳🌈
Non-zero chance that Schumer looked at the energy and enthusiasm, saw the election results, and decided that he really is willing to blow things up if it means less success for candidates like Mamdani
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Non-zero chance that Schumer looked at the energy and enthusiasm, saw the election results, and decided that he really is willing to blow things up if it means less success for candidates like Mamdani
He surrendered because of the possibility that maybe - at some undefined future point - the public would suddenly do a 180 on how they understand the shutdown.
Your average HS class president has keener political instincts.
Your average HS class president has keener political instincts.
MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
He surrendered because of the possibility that maybe - at some undefined future point - the public would suddenly do a 180 on how they understand the shutdown.
Your average HS class president has keener political instincts.
Your average HS class president has keener political instincts.
Traditionally, the Senate has "worked" because Democrats like Durbin and @kaine.senate.gov never miss a chance to capitulate.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Traditionally, the Senate has "worked" because Democrats like Durbin and @kaine.senate.gov never miss a chance to capitulate.
Alternatively, this is a "broken clock/twice a day" moment
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alternatively, this is a "broken clock/twice a day" moment
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your wallet and receipts. It was their final, most essential command.
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your wallet and receipts. It was their final, most essential command.
Damn, get a load of this asshole doing his best Dick Cheney memorialization.
Senate Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner expressed confidence in the intelligence used by the Pentagon to strike alleged drug traffickers in the Pacific Ocean, but he urged the Trump administration to divulge more information to a skeptical public. https://cnn.it/49Bu6nN
Top Democrat expresses confidence in US intel on boat strikes, but calls for more transparency from Trump administration | CNN Politics
Senate Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner expressed confidence in the intelligence used by the Pentagon to strike alleged drug traffickers in the Pacific Ocean, but urged the Trump administration to divulge more information to a skeptical public as ...
cnn.it
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Damn, get a load of this asshole doing his best Dick Cheney memorialization.
Sure, you can't afford food for Thanksgiving but what if you also can't see family?
The Trump administration announced it will reduce flight traffic by 10 percent in 40 markets across the U.S.
Details about which markets would be affected will be announced Thursday, administration officials said.
Details about which markets would be affected will be announced Thursday, administration officials said.
U.S. orders 10% cut in flights at several airports as shutdown drags on
The Trump administration says the move, which will affect 40 markets, is part of an effort to ease pressure on air traffic controllers.
wapo.st
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Sure, you can't afford food for Thanksgiving but what if you also can't see family?
The football pundit version would be something like "sure, they won by dominating both sides of the trenches, but wouldn't it be cooler if they schemed up a new trick play instead," which would also be shit sports punditry.
GM, Nate Cohn at his best sports pundit last night, already making up reasons why this one doesn't count
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The football pundit version would be something like "sure, they won by dominating both sides of the trenches, but wouldn't it be cooler if they schemed up a new trick play instead," which would also be shit sports punditry.
Welcome to the East Coast, California
Voters up and down the East Coast delivered Democrats a sweep on Tuesday, electing candidates across the party's ideological spectrum in a vivid show of discontent with President Donald Trump nearly a year into his second term.
Here are takeaways from Tuesday's elections: https://cnn.it/4nCbV4Q
Here are takeaways from Tuesday's elections: https://cnn.it/4nCbV4Q
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Welcome to the East Coast, California
It's murder with the shallowest attempt at a veneer of legality
This three-hops theory is especially insane. Even if you assume each person is connected to only 100 other people, there are 1m people within three hops of every suspected drug trafficker—and remember that even *known* drug traffickers aren’t legitimate targets. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
It's murder with the shallowest attempt at a veneer of legality
I'm struggling to fathom the sheer naivety of thinking GOP messaging about Democratic policies has anything to do with actual policies (or candidates).
November 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I'm struggling to fathom the sheer naivety of thinking GOP messaging about Democratic policies has anything to do with actual policies (or candidates).
Before speaking ill, remember that Cheney won't see your comments but some aspiring war criminal might. So, what I'm saying is, go for it.
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Before speaking ill, remember that Cheney won't see your comments but some aspiring war criminal might. So, what I'm saying is, go for it.
There's a (sizable) faction of the Democratic Party devoted to running 2028 as a "return to normalcy" campaign.
Even if this can win in 28, it's fundamentally unsuited to the broader problems at hand and would be nothing more than another Biden-esque pause on democratic backsliding.
Even if this can win in 28, it's fundamentally unsuited to the broader problems at hand and would be nothing more than another Biden-esque pause on democratic backsliding.
The Better Things Aren't Possible Wing has declared Spanberger is The Future Of The Democratic Party with this transparently stupid line fed to one of their press familiars
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
There's a (sizable) faction of the Democratic Party devoted to running 2028 as a "return to normalcy" campaign.
Even if this can win in 28, it's fundamentally unsuited to the broader problems at hand and would be nothing more than another Biden-esque pause on democratic backsliding.
Even if this can win in 28, it's fundamentally unsuited to the broader problems at hand and would be nothing more than another Biden-esque pause on democratic backsliding.
CrossFit is part of the problem.
I'm (half) joking.
I'm (half) joking.
November 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
CrossFit is part of the problem.
I'm (half) joking.
I'm (half) joking.
Nothing fires up voters quite like "we will create a fund to support lead mitigation efforts."
October 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Nothing fires up voters quite like "we will create a fund to support lead mitigation efforts."
"Became rather difficult" sounds a hell of a lot like "stopped putting up with some bs"
This is an absolutely incredible thing to say. As someone in Ivy-ish (Duke) classrooms from 2016-2022… I call bull.
Or she was saying offensive shit.
Or she was saying offensive shit.
October 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"Became rather difficult" sounds a hell of a lot like "stopped putting up with some bs"
The GOP is made up of folks who want kids to die, either by disease or mass shooting, and who are also confused why their children don't want to associate with them later in life.
South Carolina schools recently sent home unvaccinated kids to stem a growing measles outbreak. It turned out 5 of them were infected and, if they'd been at school, could've unwittingly spread it to their classmates for days.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
That kind of precaution is now illegal in Idaho.
Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” ...
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The GOP is made up of folks who want kids to die, either by disease or mass shooting, and who are also confused why their children don't want to associate with them later in life.
"The Heritage Foundation didn't become what it is by canceling neo-nazis" is, if nothing else, startlingly honest.
Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts stands by Tucker Carlson after the former Fox News host release his controversial interview with Nick Fuentes.
"The Heritage Foundation didn't become the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement by canceling our own people" x.com/KevinRoberts...
"The Heritage Foundation didn't become the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement by canceling our own people" x.com/KevinRoberts...
October 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"The Heritage Foundation didn't become what it is by canceling neo-nazis" is, if nothing else, startlingly honest.
The difference between Dutch and English-language coverage of the Dutch election results is quite stark. "Center defeats the far-right" vs "far right block remains frighteningly strong, even if PVV lost seats."
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The difference between Dutch and English-language coverage of the Dutch election results is quite stark. "Center defeats the far-right" vs "far right block remains frighteningly strong, even if PVV lost seats."
At a certain point, House Democrats need to start looking around DC for a nice tennis court
<taps sign>
October 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
At a certain point, House Democrats need to start looking around DC for a nice tennis court
The Bluths built higher-quality palaces.
He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
October 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The Bluths built higher-quality palaces.
imho, ISA charging $25 for a "First Time Attendees Meet & Greet with ISA staff" event is absolutely ridiculous. I don't care how much cheap hotel coffee you're rolling into the room.
October 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
imho, ISA charging $25 for a "First Time Attendees Meet & Greet with ISA staff" event is absolutely ridiculous. I don't care how much cheap hotel coffee you're rolling into the room.
This administration will gladly invade Venezuela if it means they get to do a Cadaver Synod 2.0
October 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This administration will gladly invade Venezuela if it means they get to do a Cadaver Synod 2.0
This is a drug operation in the same way that 2003 was a counterterrorism operation.
Must suck to be a China hawk and watch the US Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier being deployed off the Venezuelan coast to plink unarmed speedboats & threaten regime change that might bog the US down (again)
U.S. Deploys Aircraft Carrier to Latin America as Drug Operation Expands
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is a drug operation in the same way that 2003 was a counterterrorism operation.
Sure, you mock, but Secretary Hegseth found truly innovative ways to flawlessly include the media in coordinating military strikes.
Here's a sample piece of "journalism" from one of the "news" outlets that signed the DoD rules. Welcome to the new press corps.
October 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Sure, you mock, but Secretary Hegseth found truly innovative ways to flawlessly include the media in coordinating military strikes.