Waleed Salem وليد سالم الشوبكي
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Waleed Salem وليد سالم الشوبكي
@waleedsalemz.bsky.social
Egyptian scholar & journalist. Authoritarian politics; comparative judicial politics; politics of the Gulf States. صحافي مصري وباحث في العلوم السياسية
His politics shaped by Cold War binaries, Cheney fixated on threats from outside, and on enabling the president to respond to them. The Founding Fathers were cognizant of fallibility and corruptibility of men and wanted the impulses of power to be tempered always by moderating hindrances.
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Speaks of the political maturity of the electorate — and the of the moment’s urgency.
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
And that is effing overdue.
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Like other disgraced New Yorkers, he will write books about leadership.
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Speaking of, a reminder about a classic:

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Toward a Feminist Theory of the State - Wikipedia
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November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Well said!
October 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM