trump is actually a democratic sleeper agent trying to get james talarico, mary peltola, and sherrod brown elected to the senate

Get in, we’re taking back the House: There is a lot to worry about in the world, to ponder in the dark of night after you’ve finished your scrolling and set your alarm. But what happens in this election is in our hands. votesaveamerica.com?link_id=0&ca...

The West Bank is being slo-mo ethnically cleansed, and it is happening on our watch. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

Had a great conversation with @perrybaconjr.bsky.social about what we can learn from the past 14 months of Trumpism in power - and why Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless, but his ability to impose them on the country is very much not:

In trying to place the current Iran war into the landscape of US foreign policy thinking, I am listening to lots of different podcasts that can provide peeks into how different factions are thinking of this war. In doing so, I would like to recommend two specific episodes for y'all:

If the Dow falls below 46K Bondi must deport herself to CEDOT. Them's the rules she made

Yes, Trump and loyal MAGA Republicans situated in strategic positions around the US will in fact try to cheat in the midterms. These are harsh words, but by now, they should not really surprise or shock anyone. There is a myriad of ways to affect the thousands of elections around the country in Nov,

Happy International Women's Day to all the female fighters out there, fighting for equality, justice, and peace. A special greeting of solidarity with the women of the Middle East, standing up to cruelty and injustice. Painting: The Village Awakens (1987) by Sliman Mansour.

Talarico won the Democratic primary in Texas against Jasmine Crockett. If he faces Ken Paxton in November (we will see in May who wins the GOP run-off), the consensus is Dems might *actually* have a chance at flipping the great white whale that is Texas. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

The Mark Carney moment of hope for a reformed somewhat rules-based order is already over. The "West" has lost all credibility. You cannot condemn illegal aggression against Greenland and Ukraine on principle, then support illegal aggression against Gaza, Venezuela, and Iran.

We simply cannot allow these fucking morons to act like they're the ones who truly love this country. They don't take matters of life and deaths seriously. They aren't patriots--they're the most selfish people on the planet.

I've seen enough: James Talarico (D) wins the #TXSEN Dem primary.

Voters were not wrong to define "America First" as non-interventionist and against military interventions. But they were wrong to trust Donald Trump to not tell lies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bum...

På fredag blir det dommedagsdebatt på Vega scene i forbindelse med Human filmfestival...! humanfilm.no/arrangement/...

‘The domestic context for this war is clear. In almost every respect, this is a failed administration. Its trade policy is in tatters. Its authoritarian push on immigration faces resistance and public rejection.’ x.com/lionel_troll...

Jeg innførte fredag en mediefaste som skal vare i en måned. Det innebærer at jeg ikke skal si ja til noen mediehenvendelser i mars. Det var tvingende nødvendig, gitt hvor mye tid og energi jeg har brukt på offentlig formidling om USA i januar og februar. Jeg visste at Trump kom til å teste denne

Chills: "annotated fact check" of Trump. Sweet, sweet nerds. www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

short of seppuku on live television there is no chance anything "turns around" tonight but congratulations to everyone who didn't write this

Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, European leaders are gathering in Kyiv to project solidarity. Yet Hungary’s veto on support for Ukraine threatens to fracture that message. 🎙️ Ian Wishart and @kcarlsonjourno.bsky.social discuss on #BrusselsPlaybookPod:

Ahead of Trump’s State of the Union address, new polls released this weekend show voters disapprove of his presidency and immigration enforcement, and approve of new SCOTUS ruling rolling back his tariffs today.yougov.com/politics/art... wapo.st/3ZPiyaE

"The only way we can defeat ethno-nationalism is by deporting all the black and brown people" suffers from one small logical flaw...

One significant proof of how "the liberal world order" has benefitted the US is the Mad King presidencies. Despite Trump's self-inflicted wounds, the "order" propped the US up, covered for it, adjusted for it, for fear of the order ending. With Greenland, however, that ended.

God ramadan da, norske muslimer

Når du havner i verdens rareste middagsselskap www.nrk.no/artikkel/bok...

SCOTUS rules 6-3 that Prince Andrew has presidential immunity

Hey history friends! We'll be talking about PragerU this morning on NPR's On Point at 10 eastern. Yes, the folks who brought you "slavery was not that bad;" the "woke" teacher test, and Frederick Douglass explaining why the Founders were...the real abolitionists. www.npr.org/podcasts/510...

Sitting in a cafe in Marseille, being served prosecco with ice cubes (why?!), being burned by a French man about Norway: ‘Oh, the country telling everyone is so virtuous yet profiting off of oil?’ Uhhm yes, that is us 😳

Excited to present a chapter from the forthcoming book (co-edited with @Richardmaass) on American Exceptionalism and US Foreign Policy at University of Toulon 🇫🇷 today!

What in the actual F:

Denne her er knallgod. MeToo og woke har bare såvidt begynt. agendamagasin.no/kommentarer/...

Absolutely everybody has to read this. The Trump regime was betting on violent protestors giving the regime an excuse to be ever more violent, perhaps even declaring martial law. Their worst nightmare? Minnesota nice. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

I agree with this analysis. Trump’s America is not Europe's friend, and European leaders mustn't kid themselves that Rubio's speech is a valentine message from Washington. He's less strident than Vance last year, but he's still telling Europe to be Trumpian - or else.

The most important thing about Rubio's speech, though, is that it's completely irrelevant as a guide to Trump administration policy.

Whether or not you agree with Mark Leibovich's not-very-hidden message in this article, it is a BANGER of a read: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Semiquincentennial goal unlocked 🔓

The penultimate episode of Task broke me. What a great show.

EXCLUSIVE: A majority of Brits think PM Keir Starmer should resign in the wake of new revelations about ex-ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey Epstein, according to new results from The POLITICO Poll. 🔗 politi.co/45WQuWj

♀️ Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science everyone! 🌈 Since the backlash is real, I want to thank all the amazing and inspiring (female) colleagues who make #PoliticalScience more diverse, more fun, and more relevant. Happily, the following list can never be complete 👇 #WomenInScience

Årets 4. juli markerer at det er 250 år siden USA erklærte seg uavhengig fra den britiske kongemakten. For at dette skulle skje var blant annet den radikale engelskmannen og kontemporære ideologiske influenseren Thomas Paine en viktig stemme. Hør mer om han i EKKO: radio.nrk.no/serie/ekko/s...

Loved the newest piece from @bakerdphd.bsky.social's Inside Higher Ed blog today, and appreciated its attention to both historical context and the current power dynamics which make "institutional neutraility" far from neutral.

Important from Arne Duncan and David Pressman: "There is little effort among university leaders to coordinate a political response to attacks on academic independence by the administration. Appeasement is being coordinated while resistance is not." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

The Trump administration is demanding states’ voter rolls — information that election deniers could use to undermine trust in the election system. bit.ly/46tX4nd

Sees i kveld, Ålesund! alesundsbiblioteka.no/Kalender/Cal...

I årets første kronikk for Dagsavisen gir jeg Trump ti tips til hvordan vinne mellomvalget selv om han taper velgerne 💪 www.dagsavisen.no/kommentar/sl...

In the US, the four subdisciplines of political science are American Politics, Political Theory (i.e. political philosophy), Comparative Politics, and International Relations (shout-out to the fifth unacknowledged and deeply annoying subdiscipline, called The Quantoids Are Coming). In Norway,