At least one branch is standing up for democracy

BREAKING: The Trump administration is considering to give up the role of NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe - a role that began with then-World War II hero and future president Dwight D. Eisenhower.

🇩🇪🗳️ German election 2025 The conservative coalition (CDU/CSU) won Sunday’s national vote, while the far-right AfD saw its best-ever result, winning swathes of support in the east. For the SPD, it was a disaster. The results: www.politico.eu/article/germ...

More #TrumpRegrets

Can we start a chain #TrumpRegrets?

Excited to share my new article w/Corinne Tomasi, "OVERSIGHT, ACCOUNTABILITY, OR INFLUENCE? UNDERSTANDING THE USE OF MONETARY DIALOGUES IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT", now published in Politics and Governance (@CogitatioPaG)! Download it for free here: www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg... #OpenAccess

An other great starter pack #eupolitics go.bsky.app/Bg7sPSp @jcms-eu.bsky.social @apsa-europe-polsky.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @stefwalter.bsky.social and more

This is really getting quite remarkable • BlueSky user numbers have doubled in the past week and now total 3.5 million across US & UK 🚀 • Number of people deleting their X/Twitter account remains way up And the next chart is particularly notable...

The President of the United States will come into office with his own social media platform. That, combined with X, means Trump will have turnkey state-run media. I don’t think the media has fully grasped that yet.

Goodbye Jacque Delors. Truly a giant in the history of the EU.

Multiple post-doc and senior research fellow positions as part of a transnational network examining the state of democracy and autocratization, with positions based in Colombia, Hungary, South Africa, & Sri Lanka. polisky psjminfo

Merry Jewish Christmas everyone! youtu.be/BGzO1ghRKp4?...

#Poland, vote of confidence for Donald Tusk (PO-EPP) as prime minister. For: 248 Against: 201 Abstain: 0 Tusk is designated as prime minister by parliament. He will form government with PO (EPP|RE|G/EFA), TD PL2050/PSL (RE|EPP) and Lewica (S&D). ➤ europeelects.eu/poland/

Incoming Polish government plans to join European Public Prosecutor's Office www.euractiv.com/section/just...

Quite a photo. Two former French presidents, the heads of both houses of parliament, the head of the constitutional council, one prime minister, five former prime ministers, the mayor of Paris: the French republic marches against antisemitism

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This is very good from @ozkaterji.bsky.social and Vladislav Davidzon: "Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Is More Successful Than You Think - The focus on the stalled land war obscures major successes in Crimea and the Black Sea" foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/20/u...

Valuable research

"When a Congressmember receives credible death threats, simply because of her vote, from extremist members of her own party, it’s a direct attack on the constitutional underpinnings of our democracy." statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-battle...

And here is a link to the interactive graphic in @annagbusse.bsky.social's piece, in case anyone wanted to include it in their teaching, etc.: 📊🔗: public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...

Who did this?!?

With almost 99% of precincts counted the future looks bright, and democratic.

Polish election update: A) turnout very high (73)! B) exit poll shows PIS with plurality, 37% of vote, but not enough seats: and its likely coalition partner got only 6% C) democratic opposition declaring victory (!) D) PiS reps already complaining big cities suspect bc voted for oppo

A brief introduction to the very important elections in Poland today: Polisky commsky polcom 🇵🇱 🗳️ www.politico.eu/article/pola...

I nominate Commander the dog. He can just bite those who annoy him.

Do consider applying! 2024 Ernst Haas Fellowship competition👇🏼👇🏼

@profmusgrave.bsky.social please add me to polisky. Thanks.

Good times…

Daaaaaaaaaamn! @smotus.bsky.social pulls out half the stops on the hot take of Pence’s sleeping with a teacher joke. Perhaps Pence should seek out smotus for debate prep