Now Trump gets to count the war twice

China’s predatory economy is the problem. Uniting with our allies to fight back is the only sensible response. Instead, Trump is undermining our allies, and hence we are losing. There was an alternative. /1 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...

Without a higher education program, the University of Nebraska is going to have a hard time recruiting and keeping the next generation of higher education leaders when competing institutions offer the chance for staff members to further their education. This decision will backfire.

One aspect of the "affordability" story that the great minds who write on this shit seem unable to see is that Trump and his rich friends are trying to end work from home and force people back to the office. This is equivalent to an 8% pay cut, but I guess that's too simple.

Trump's dementia has grown so extreme that a select group of advisors are now running the country without his input. To find who those advisors are and what their plans are, buy my new book, which will appear in March 2029.

Oh this is so definitely going to happen.

Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Corisk did the math Europe's politicians haven't. Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.

I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.

Fix the Court, no amendment needed: Every circuit judge is now also a SCOTUS justice, and all current justices assigned to a circuit. SCOTUS cases heard by panels of 13, one judge from each circuit, selected randomly. Cert granted or denied by different random panels of 13.

“.. Federal data shows corporate investment levels are roughly in line with last year, with companies on track to invest over $5 trillion in 2025. The $20 trillion surge Mr. Trump has claimed does not appear in the available data.” @cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2...

Will Europe finally stand up in the face of Trump’s betrayal and Putin’s savagery?

If the five familes had a foreign policy it would look like this. It’s the U.S. making its terms of extortion explicit. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...

Most working Americans have employer-provided health coverage, and costs are out of control. Here’s a comprehensive plan to save money, put checks in their pockets, and give Democrats a winning issue. @gooznews.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/02/a...

Ezra Klein's housing chart doesn't tell the story he thinks it tells deanbaker22.substack.com/p/ezra-klein... Bubbles have consequences

A populist reaction to Trump is brewing. Liberal governments in Europe, Canada, and elsewhere must join the fight. @glastris.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/17/a...

"This 'populist-moderate' movement in the Democratic Party is just emerging. But I think it is the future." –– @glastris.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/17/a...

I haven’t read this yet, but let me guess: it’s the left fault. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...

“I’m scared for my parents to walk out there, to walk out of their house, because I might not be able to say goodbye to them if they go to work. I might not ever be able to say bye or see them again,” Chavez told the council, his voice breaking. www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/11...

“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states

Elwood Watson of East Tennessee State takes the measure of various college rankings and finds @washingtonmonthly.com to be the best for most students. www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/arti...

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This review of Jill Lepore’s WE THE PEOPLE is virtually impossible to find on the MONTHLY website, so I, tediously enough, will re-post the link several times. I am embarrassed to admit that I think it’s pretty good.

Yesterday I argued @washingtonmonthly.com that the policies parties pursue play a bigger role in elections than most politically focused people think. Today, @mattyglesias.bsky.social does an excellent job…/1 washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/e...

We are joined by @glastris.bsky.social to discuss how Democrats can win back voters by creating their own response to Project 2025. We discuss this new series at The Washington Monthly, including his article, “How the Democrats Can Play Offense” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...

Since I’ve been whining about the left: It’s really dumb that Schumer and other Dem leaders haven’t endorsed Mamdani. He’s the nominee, it’s NYC, if you want a big tent you have to show you mean it.

4 more alleged drug boats sunk by the US military today. If you're struggling to make sense of this apparent new undeclared Trump war @washingtonmonthly.com has you covered. /1 www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

A Q&A on the unstated aims and unacknowledged risks of Trump’s air strikes –– @glastris.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/27/t...

In my latest piece for @foreignpolicy.com, I explain why the wave of youth-led protests around the world needs to be taken seriously foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/17/g...

Russia lost 281,550 soldiers in Ukraine in the first eight months of this year, according to a document that Ukrainian intelligence says contained leaked Russian data.

It's a really interesting question, whether data centers are going to keep bloating based on economies of scale or whether they will eventually start going modular & distributed like ... everything else.

For TIME’s cover, my profile of @springsteen. Fifty years after his breakthrough Born to Run and ahead of a powerful new film on the most vulnerable stretch of his life, we met to discuss his life and legacy, and to walk the streets where it all began: Asbury Park. Story: time.com/7319963/bruc...

🎙️Higher education excellence is not catering to the wealthy but meeting the needs of the average student, says @glastris.bsky.social. He's the editor of @washingtonmonthly.com which just put out its 2025 college rankings. Listen here: www.wortfm.org/a-successful...

The American press consistently Undercovers the success of Ukraine’s war effort.

Trump's personalist industrial policy is unlawful and courts disaster. But with the right democratic checks and balances, the next Democratic president can use the same tools to great effect, notes @joeldodge07.bsky.social @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/03/t... .

This is a sobering--and depressing statistic. Sizable layoffs in the federal government are likely contributing to the increase in unemployment among Black college graduates. www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

Worth remembering (and pointing out where necessary) that drawing equivalence between raiding Bolton’s house for documents and raiding Mar-a-Lago requires Bolton to have similarly dismissed and worked around demands for their return for months.

My take on the pathetic Alaska summit and the White House meeting that followed. foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/19/s...

A useful WaPo map of where Trump Storm Troops are actually operating in DC. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202... If you know DC, what this map tell you is: They're making the gaudy show of strength in areas where it matters least and will do least good. Except for sheer spectacle.

Washington's homicide rate is the 11th highest among large US cities, but eight of the 10 with higher rates are in red states — Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, Ohio and Louisiana. Trump has not sent National Guard to any of them. @russcontreras.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/08/15/h...

If YIMBYs weren’t primarily focused on rezoning single family residential neighborhoods then the name of their movement would be “Yes In That Underutilized Commercial Area Over There.”

Washington DC, America’s bluest city, is building more homes per capita than Houston—not with bottom-up zoning reform but with top-down government action: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/14/c...

I’m proud to have the endorsement of my friend and colleague, CA State Treasurer @fionamacpa.bsky.social! Her leadership has strengthened California’s economy and invested in our future. I’m ready to build on that record as your next State Treasurer!

the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.

Dems should go "all out on gerrymandering warfare," says @billscher.bsky.social @washingtonmonthly.com, and fight fire with fire in California and elsewhere. From this week's politics roundtable: @glastris.bsky.social @mattizcoop.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/zDK_p...

Join @billscher.bsky.social @glastris.bsky.social for this week's politics roundtable @washingtonmonthly.com at 10 AM TODAY. Among today's topics: Should Dems go "nuclear" in the escalating battle over redistricting? www.youtube.com/@washingtonm...

Trump is wrecking college admissions, says @glastris.bsky.social, with his demands for admissions data from elite colleges. ICYMI, this week's politics roundtable @washingtonmonthly.com with @billscher.bsky.social also talk tariffs and redistricting youtube.com/shorts/1DIJq...

Pravda takes note of @washingtonmonthly.com coverage of the war in Ukraine, and notes as a dark aside that we are supported by Bill Gates‘s foundation! nato.news-pravda.com/world/2025/0...

@kairyssdal.bsky.social has been setting an example for broadcasters (public and private) and mainstream reporters in his strict "let's the cut the BS" insistence on truth. All other broadcasters and (especially) headline writers: Follow his lead.

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