🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Trump is stumbling toward a new trade war—and here's why he can't back down easily. His approach isn't new: it's rooted in early and mid-20th-century ideas of protectionism and import substitution. Let's unpack the political trap and economic logic behind it. 🧵 1/7

Gee, I wonder what happened in 2015/16 SMDH

Another great EPSA conference with excellent panels and social events. I hope to attend the EPSS conference in Belfast next year. Thanks to all the organizers in Madrid!

This week in academia, a not so short🧵... 1. Staff reductions and other cost cutting measures coming to Brown University highereddive.com/news/brown-uni…

Hegemonic suicide

Probably not because 1) Democrats are terrible at messaging against this stuff, 2) the really bad effects will kick in once Democrats are reelected, 3) leading to voters blaming Dems, & 4) the party will suck at reminding voters how we got there. Rinse and repeat.

AKA “All roads lead to Russia”

The Senate version of the Republican tax would wipe out many of the strides made by the Affordable Care Act in reducing the number of uninsured Americans — resulting in at least 17 million Americans losing their health coverage, according to nonpartisan estimates and experts.

First the president said there were “a couple” states where gas was under $2 per gallon, then made it “three states,” then yesterday said “five states.” It’s zero states. This has been a lie the whole time, even as the list gets longer and longer. cnn.com/2025/07/02/pol…

Today in "why trying to 'solve' the trade deficit with tariffs is a bad idea"—US exports to Canada/Mexico/China continue rapidly dropping amidst the trade war

One good piece of news today

My statement on Iowa’s federal delegation voting to gut Medicaid & threaten rural hospitals:

What in the everlasting fuck

Sending people to war zones who aren’t from there is a war crime

The facts are simple and devastating: Aid cuts have already cost lives, and the number of deaths will continue to rise. Here’s the evidence.

Red states like IA instituted major cuts to social services long before T. The irony is that many people using what services remain think the GOP is going to increase their benefits 🤷‍♀️ Meanwhile several of my daughters’ friends with community mental health jobs have been fired.

We are hiring multiple TT Assistant Professors in Int’l Security (broadly defined but we take “international” seriously), Public Administration (broadly), and Public Policy (esp. Technology). See the ad for key information: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30182 1/3

Man who used to be a senator with a legitimate legacy says what?