Sid Olufs
@sidster7.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus (Latin for not no more) of politics at Pacific Lutheran. 39 years there, 4 at U of Montana before that. Teaching tai chi these days, including sword and cane. Appreciative of the many smart and caring people on BlueSky.
We told you so….
You know, we could just believe the women. If that’s a hard ask, how about you start with half of them?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
You know, we could just believe the women. If that’s a hard ask, how about you start with half of them?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trickle release of Epstein files on a Friday signals move to bury Trump ties
The justice department is using a variety of tactics to try to obfuscate the US president’s connection to the sex offender
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We told you so….
You know, we could just believe the women. If that’s a hard ask, how about you start with half of them?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
You know, we could just believe the women. If that’s a hard ask, how about you start with half of them?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The trend is not just here.
www.edwardconard.com/macro-roundu...
www.edwardconard.com/macro-roundu...
Welcome To The Age Of Zero-Sum Politics
More than half of young voters in the US, UK, France and Germany now back “zero sum” parties fueled by the beliefs such as “people only get rich by making others poor” on the left and “immigrants succ...
www.edwardconard.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The trend is not just here.
www.edwardconard.com/macro-roundu...
www.edwardconard.com/macro-roundu...
“If Trump were any other 79-year-old man, his family would be escorting him to a medical clinic, where his presentation would trigger a flurry of follow-up tests.”
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claireberlinski.substack.com/p/the-presid...
The President is Losing his Marbles
It's time for the 25th Amendment—even if it puts JD Vance in office.
claireberlinski.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“If Trump were any other 79-year-old man, his family would be escorting him to a medical clinic, where his presentation would trigger a flurry of follow-up tests.”
claireberlinski.substack.com/p/the-presid...
claireberlinski.substack.com/p/the-presid...
It won’t do you much good to listen to the heads of our intelligence agencies. So, listen to theirs.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Britain caught in ‘space between peace and war’, says new head of MI6
Blaise Metreweli says world ‘more dangerous and contested now than for decades’ as AI and new technologies emerge
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It won’t do you much good to listen to the heads of our intelligence agencies. So, listen to theirs.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Toldja. Coming for you next. ANY looking into showing up to protest, including online searches, is covered by the vague language.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: FBI opened domestic terrorism investigations into anti-ICE activity across US
Internal report shared with Guardian shows FBI has launched cases in 23 regions, some linked to Trump memo on thwarting ‘terroristic activities’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Toldja. Coming for you next. ANY looking into showing up to protest, including online searches, is covered by the vague language.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What with the files being published today, I expect some shooting to start. Big deflection needed.
www.twz.com/news-feature...
www.twz.com/news-feature...
E-3 Sentry Joins U.S. Combat Aircraft Tracked Off Venezuelan Coast
The E-3 radar jets have been noticeably absent as of late from the flurry of trackable U.S. military aircraft flying near Venezuela's airspace.
www.twz.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
What with the files being published today, I expect some shooting to start. Big deflection needed.
www.twz.com/news-feature...
www.twz.com/news-feature...
Don’t let people tell you differently, there IS income mobility in the US of A. It’s just at the top. Most folks go looking for it near the bottom.
www.edwardconard.com/macro-roundu...
www.edwardconard.com/macro-roundu...
Income Mobility of the Top One Percent
⅓ of top 1% US income earners as indicated by tax returns fall out a year later and ⅔ are absent a decade later. Over two decades, income variability reduces the top .01% income share by 30% (20% usin...
www.edwardconard.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Don’t let people tell you differently, there IS income mobility in the US of A. It’s just at the top. Most folks go looking for it near the bottom.
www.edwardconard.com/macro-roundu...
www.edwardconard.com/macro-roundu...
humorous, in a way….
To be candid about the Dems divisions is to inflame the divisions, and this is a bad time to do that. So, let’s just not talk about it. Oh, this is going to work.
As Bill Maher put it, We both voted for Kamala. You’re just the reason we lost.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/p...
To be candid about the Dems divisions is to inflame the divisions, and this is a bad time to do that. So, let’s just not talk about it. Oh, this is going to work.
As Bill Maher put it, We both voted for Kamala. You’re just the reason we lost.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/p...
Democrats will not release the ‘autopsy’ of their 2024 presidential loss | CNN Politics
The Democratic National Committee said Thursday that it would not release a highly anticipated “autopsy” of the 2024 election, a decision aimed at unifying the party that also sidesteps uncomfortable ...
www.cnn.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
humorous, in a way….
To be candid about the Dems divisions is to inflame the divisions, and this is a bad time to do that. So, let’s just not talk about it. Oh, this is going to work.
As Bill Maher put it, We both voted for Kamala. You’re just the reason we lost.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/p...
To be candid about the Dems divisions is to inflame the divisions, and this is a bad time to do that. So, let’s just not talk about it. Oh, this is going to work.
As Bill Maher put it, We both voted for Kamala. You’re just the reason we lost.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/p...
Did you catch that claim about “warrior dividend”? It is just taking money already appropriated for housing subsidies and calling it something else.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Did you catch that claim about “warrior dividend”? It is just taking money already appropriated for housing subsidies and calling it something else.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
The guy who rants and lies and has no boundaries on his childish reactions to, well, everything, also has the guy with the nuclear codes always nearby.
December 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The guy who rants and lies and has no boundaries on his childish reactions to, well, everything, also has the guy with the nuclear codes always nearby.
Yeah, I keep up online, but when the print copy arrives the general vibe comes through. Most depressing issue I can remember. And here’s me, low on whiskey.
December 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Yeah, I keep up online, but when the print copy arrives the general vibe comes through. Most depressing issue I can remember. And here’s me, low on whiskey.
Sound familiar?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sound familiar?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
breaking news: shallow man leaves deep job.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump appears to confirm Dan Bongino will step down from FBI role
President told reporters that deputy director ‘did a great job’ and ‘wants to go back to his show’
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
breaking news: shallow man leaves deep job.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“… whatever can be said at all, can be said clearly by any speaker who is part of the world that is spoken about, and who speaks from its perspective.”
arxiv.org/pdf/2512.06034
arxiv.org/pdf/2512.06034
arxiv.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“… whatever can be said at all, can be said clearly by any speaker who is part of the world that is spoken about, and who speaks from its perspective.”
arxiv.org/pdf/2512.06034
arxiv.org/pdf/2512.06034
Reposted by Sid Olufs
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
In other words, what we are doing is gravely wrong.
www.military.com/feature/2025...
www.military.com/feature/2025...
Who Counts as a Combatant: The Law Governing Lawful Military Targets
International law tightly limits who may be targeted in armed conflict. Civilians are protected from attack unless they directly participate in hostilities, and that loss of protection is temporary an...
www.military.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
In other words, what we are doing is gravely wrong.
www.military.com/feature/2025...
www.military.com/feature/2025...
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Imagine a president who's not a sociopath...
Imagine a president who knows how to grieve like a normal person.
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Imagine a president who's not a sociopath...
mice are kinda close to us, in DNA terms
phys.org/news/2025-12...
phys.org/news/2025-12...
From cages to fields: Lab mice lose their anxiety after a week outdoors
When postdoctoral researcher Matthew Zipple releases lab mice into a large, enclosed field just off Cornell's campus, something remarkable happens.
phys.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
mice are kinda close to us, in DNA terms
phys.org/news/2025-12...
phys.org/news/2025-12...
The arms race continues. What’s unusual here is the very public display of the visit, clearly meant to complicate Chinese plans. Just in case they don’t have good spies there, we put it on C-Span.
www.twz.com/land/new-dar...
www.twz.com/land/new-dar...
New Dark Eagle Hypersonic Weapon Details Emerge
Hegseth's visit to Redstone Arsenal provided new disclosures on Dark Eagle's range and its small warhead.
www.twz.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The arms race continues. What’s unusual here is the very public display of the visit, clearly meant to complicate Chinese plans. Just in case they don’t have good spies there, we put it on C-Span.
www.twz.com/land/new-dar...
www.twz.com/land/new-dar...
not a shrill critic, at least, about this.
December 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
not a shrill critic, at least, about this.
A look at what will happen if the ACA subsidies are not renewed. The Reps have finally come up with a health care plan: If you lose a leg we’ll help you look for it.
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
ACA Marketplace Premium Payments Would More than Double on Average Next Year if Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire | KFF
KFF estimates that, if Congress allows the enhanced premium tax credits to expire at the end of this year, ACA Marketplace enrollees on average would see their premium payments more than double next y...
www.kff.org
December 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A look at what will happen if the ACA subsidies are not renewed. The Reps have finally come up with a health care plan: If you lose a leg we’ll help you look for it.
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
Reposted by Sid Olufs
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
