Because why should we have an organization that advises senior leaders on how to engage 51% of the population & identify what would encourage their service? share.google/VVUxJQQ8MTOf...

Certainly an improvement, we'll see how long it lasts. But it's odd that he writes about NATO as if it was not an alliance in which the US has historically been the leading member.

Stephen E. Hanson writes, "The Fate of Regional Studies under Patrimonial Rule" assessing the impact of recent political changes on regional studies for the September Issue of NewsNet. buff.ly/vvHnwpq #NewsNet

This is why sanctions only work if they are constantly updated to close loopholes. Trump's constant resistance to new sanctions on Russia, in practice, amounts to a gradual easing of the sanctions.

Didn't know indoor fireworks was an option for my memorial service, will be rewriting that part of my "final arrangement" document

Same day btw

The thing about unchecked power is it often makes grave mistakes. One of the reason Putin decided on the folly of war with Ukraine was the lack of those willing to tell him he was making a grave error. I fear @realDonaldTrump will stumble into a war, costing troop’s their lives.

Why is this horrible for Universities? Just about everyone who isn't a citizen or green card holder already who's hired for a tenure track faculty position is hired through an H1B and then, after 3-5 years, applies for a green card. This is literally "No more foreign professors can be hired"

I know it's a cliche, but yet another move that looks like it's straight from the Russian playbook

WTF Google. None of these people were "Secretary of War"

No mincing of words in this @ecfr.eu policy brief on the China-Russia relationship ecfr.eu/publication/...

Politicizing the military as with what they are doing to DHS/ICE/CBP. So dangerous.

Trump says he settled dispute between "Aberbaijan" and "Albania"

None of this is compromise. He’s rephrasing Ru’s original goals. Legitimate security interests is Ukr demilitarization. Rights of Ru in Ukraine is “denazification”. Both aim to end Ukr independence. A defenceless Ukr that’s dictated its domestic policies from Moscow wouldn’t be independent anymore.

Timeline cleanse: clip of Cowboy Junkies, “Sweet Jane,” in Ithaca last night.

Trump designating "Antifa" a "terrorist organization" is as absurd and dangerous as the Russian state 2 years ago designating "the international LGBT movement" an "extremist organization."

Trump is like a student who wants to get credit for his effort despite his exam failure.

I choose to believe the flags are lowered today in memory of Robert Redford. RIP

Arriving at the “crackdown on dissent” era was inevitable but the speed really is extraordinary

A sad update from me. But the fight continues. wiczipedia.substack.com/p/the-justic...

Alexei Navalny was designated a terrorist by the Russian state in January 2022, during Putin's 4th term as president.

Fact is Poland has every right under IL to shoot down RU drones approaching its border and in UKR airspace with the OK of Kyiv (which ofc it wld get). Nor wld doing so start a war w RU (altho it wld be one of countless ways this war is “escalating”).

In Billings, they are drugging the dogs. The FBI came in, they are drugging the cats. They’re drugging - they’re giving meth to the pets of the people that live there.

I know Trump is Trump. I know he says things that are bizarre and untrue. But reading about the “Zelenskyy's war” again isn’t just upsetting, it’s infuriating. People here die every day In a war russia started and continues, yet somehow it’s blamed on us. It’s tragic.

Ukraine’s second greatest tragedy is becoming a partisan issue for the dumbest people alive example 39362

You’re think *you’re* depressed? Try being at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association right now with 5,000 political scientists presenting their work on the state of democracy, public opinion, and media. They are also drinking heavily.

“Biden’s and Zelenskyy’s WAR.” Anyone missing there?

In the interest of turning the tide against political violence, every politician who has attempted to remain in office by inciting an insurrection should resign

‼️ Russia: “The Army of Russia chain of stores is closing due to losses” Feels like there’s a metaphor here… www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/09/11/v...

From the Final Report of the January 6th Committee:

Statement of Utah Valley University President Astrid Tuminez.

Russia dropped a bomb on a Ukrainian village yesterday that murdered at least 23 elderly people.

Joined @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy this morning to talk about Russian drones over Poland. youtu.be/81Nal9E3JQc?...

Did Trump just Fabrizio Romano a war?

My guess is that the Russian drone incursion against Poland was deliberate, with 2 goals: 1) probe and see if there is any meaningful response-if not, more of the same can be expected; 2) provoke disagreement/split w/in NATO about the response between the docile US/Trump & most of Europe.

There is something particularly brutal about killing the very young and/ or the very old. Russia has just broken through another shameful barrier. In full daylight and with no shame. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/w...

I need people to also understand that faculty have been harassed like this - specifically with staged protests and secret recordings- for decades The ESCALATION (and this matters!) is the president so pathetically caving and firing the dean and department head

Azerbaijan vs Ukraine in World Cup qualifying today. In Baku. Expect some chants of "Путин-хуйло!" to break out. Post your vids.

Before we conclude there's a new world order for gas after Russia's Gazprom signed a memo of intent last week with China's CNPC to build the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline via Mongolia let's look at the details. See my latest Substack post: chinasresourcerisks.substack.com/p/power-of-s...

In Russia, the police often stop people who look like they are from the Caucasus or Central Asia, sometimes framing them for crimes or extracting bribes. Here is an excerpt from the 2023 US Department of State report on Human Rights in Russia criticizing this practice.

Good headline below, but nothing will ever top (get it?) this all-time classic.

Crazy and frustrating that we’re still stuck at highlighting Russia’s aggressive actions to argue that Russia isn’t after peace in the war Russia started unprovoked and can stop any time but chooses not to, despite 3.5 years of that happening every day. But the liars and the complacent have a say.

Since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Putin has had 3 asks of Xi: military & political support for war, a deal on Power of Siberia 2, & unrestricted access to Chinese financial markets. In the last 10 days, he’s gotten close to clinching latter two on.ft.com/3JJUqBD

Phase one involved taking no action against Russia for the first 8 months of the Trump presidency. Phase two will involve taking no action against Russia for the remaining 3 years and 4 months of the Trump presidency.

Last Week in Cato, New York, federal agents executed a surprise ICE raid at Nutrition Bar Confectioners, detaining dozens of people who were simply trying to support their families. That is not the Central New York I know.

🇺🇦 PM Svyrydenko: This is how the headquarters of Ukraine’s government now looks after this morning's Russian attack. Our whole team works in this building daily. Fortunately, no one was injured. Russian barbarism will not halt the work of Ukraine’s government.

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The funny thing about this scene in Apocalypse Now is that after that helicopter squadron killed a bunch of innocent people while playing the Ride of the Valkyries, Col Kilgore covered the whole village with napalm. At no moment in the movie was he depicted other than a war criminal & psychopath.