The “tradwife” trend is hot - and a fantasy, which @ranaforoohar.bsky.social unmasks in this excellent piece on.ft.com/4nWeorv

This week, I look at next week's "high level" talks at the UN, which is, at 80, bloated and broke. Also a roundup of analysis from this week's headlines, including the UN report on Israel, US striking another Venezuelan boat and Trump's trip to the UK open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

Violence only begets violence in the absence and narrowing of civil society... Let's put Charlie Kirk's murder into perspective: In the Towers' Shadow open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

So craven..... and such a reflection of how the elites control the system Trump Advisers Have Discussed a Job for Adams if He Quits Mayor’s Race www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/n...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Rubio Bars Palestinian Officials From Attending U.N. General Assembly www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

Authoritarianism doesn't just happen at the hands of one person. Audio Recording Reveals United Group and Telekom Srbija CEOs Discussing Undermining Serbian Broadcaster occrp.org/en/news/audi... via @occrp.org www.occrp.org/en/news/audi...

What is Federal Reserve Independence and why is it so important? #FederalReserve #lisacook #jeromepowell #Inflation #InterestRates

Trump wants to control the Fed. He tried to fire Jerome Powell but failed. He's turned to Lisa Cook, a Black woman doing two things at once: diverting attention from his authoritarian grab and turning it into a culture war. For @interruptrr.bsky.social this week: open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

"With Ukraine, Sudan, and Gaza in the background, the 30th anniversary of Srebrenica can’t be just another wreath-laying ritual." Read this from @elmirab.bsky.social on the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

Very important question for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social - Mets or Yankees?

Including the @nytimes.com

In NYC, ranked choice voting #RCV made a difference. I've seen a few naysayers who push back that it makes no difference (they are on the right). It motivates people to come out and vote and that is what made a difference in NYC. That will be different in Nov when Mamdani runs against Adams w/ot it.

No mo Cuomo!

The NYC Mayoral race isn’t just a local election — its ripple effects will be felt far and wide beyond the city and perhaps even the country. This is a good read from my friend @elmirab.bsky.social of Interruptr. interruptrr.substack.com/p/nyc-votes?...

How this primary has unfolded has revealed the blindness of the moneyed-haves and the extent they will go to control power: open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

From mullahs to military men: "The outside world has often assumed that Iran’s regime exhibits reckless risk-taking and belligerence because it has been run by religious men. The danger is the military men are worse." www.economist.com/middle-east-...

Oh my god. This is truly terrifying. SCOTUS just ruled the US federal government can pick up any person and send them to a concentration camp in a third country -- and there is no process to prevent this. And of course this will be applied unevenly against Black and brown people.

You have lost me Jim Clyburn.... Clyburn Endorses Cuomo, Helping Him Broaden His Appeal to Black Voters www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...

Ayse Seitmuratova passed away earlier this week. She was a Crimean Tatar activist who tirelessly fought on behalf of Crimean Tatars who have endured persecution for centuries and are slowly being ethnicaly cleansed as Russia continues to illegally occupy Crimea. mezha.net/eng/bukvy/ay...

The Dealmaker & the Dynasties open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

Caption this:

How did trading hjmans become popular again? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/w...

It can happen here. From my student who went from Smolny in Russia to Columbia. She was able to nurture her brilliance. I think about all the other students trapped in not just authoritarian but hostile and dangerous regimes who will never reach their potential. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

While we're all feeling paralyzed here in the US, this woman in Sudan, who herself has been a victim of the country's civil war, offers support to other Sudanese woman who have been raped. @nehawadekar.bsky.social reports for @pbsnews.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnS6...

Also, I’d love to see a study or analysis on the economic theories of authoritarians

Putin is having the best week.

Go Cory.

Meanwhile, Russia and China are scouring US servers....Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants’ Social Media www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...

"Erdoğan counted on..Turks who hated the PKK and..Gulen more than..cared about the rule of law..Trump is counting on...Americans who hate Hamas more than they respect the Constitution. @heissenstat.bsky.social @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social @liselhintz.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

This isn't merely about being "pro-Hamas" - this is outright Islamophobia. They are targeting Muslims.

Also invited ICE agents.

The Spy and the Traitor has to be one of the best books I've read. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/w...

On March 26, 1999, Recep Tayyip Erdogan began his prison sentence for “inciting religious hatred” at Pınhisar Prison in Kırklareli. In March 27, 1994 he was elected mayor of Istanbul.

This is the best take I’ve read Turkey Can’t Live With, or Without, Erdogan @stevenacook.bsky.social foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/25/t...

I don't always agree with @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social but will say, leaving that chat and withholding details that would endanger US personnel speaks volumes about his integrity.

A reminder that when Erdogan was arrested in 1997 and convicted for "subversion" in 1998, the Clinton administration did not "express concern" or make any public statements protesting. The Clinton White House stayed out of it.

He should ask to join the Signal group

The US has long been a flawed model on the global stage. Trump’s second term, which has taken a hatchet to humanitarianism, the rule of law, and international law, is reverberating. Take Israel, Russia, and Turkey.... The Power of the Dark Side: open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

Free speech for me, not thee

The US has long been a flawed model on the global stage. Trump’s second term, which has taken a hatchet to humanitarianism, the rule of law, and international law, is reverberating. Take Israel, Russia, and Turkey.... The Power of the Dark Side: open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

open.substack.com/pub/ahuozyur... Here is my latest take on @ekrem-imamoglu.bsky.social

Right out of the Putin-Erdogan-Bukele-Duterte playbook

For the #Turkey watchers out there: Stephen Walt likens Trump's actions to Ataturk's, noting that what we're witnessing is a "revolution from above." IMO Ataturk would reject the comparison, primarily because he believed in progress. foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/17/t...

Rubio's parents fled dictatorship in Cuba, only for their son to serve and prop up one in America. thehill.com/policy/inter...

Andrea Dworkin's Right Women, from 1983, has been reissued. @sarahjones.bsky.social reflects on it for @nymag.com. She notes that feminists dismissed Dworkin, who "did not seek parity with men, but rather a new world altogether." Maybe now we'll listen? This para stood out:

Recommended, albeit depressing, read from @elmirab.bsky.social of Interruptr on CSW 69/Beijing+30 (2025). Women, fight. open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

Sorry I missed this protest in front of Sen Schumer’s apartment. Leftovers #cr #resist #budget

The mood was grim at #CSW this week… And while there is reason to despair. Now is the time to fight. Trump’s burn-it-all-down foreign policy gives us an opportunity to re-image what a post Trump-foreign policy looks like. open.substack.com/pub/interrup...

Every member of the Democratic Party needs to read this @rtraister.bsky.social piece ASAP. open.substack.com/pub/rebeccat...