I ordered my copy, and you should get one, too. @jeremymorris.bsky.social is one of the sharpest minds out there. The field needs scholars like him.

russian military is brat

Yikes - only 16 likes? I guess your taste in music sucks.

"We're about to shoot a music video, folks."

And God wept.

People usually call me a boomer. Make up your minds, peasants.

TL;DR

William Faulkner would be pissed. And drunk.

Democratic Fragility: Eroding Norms and the Authoritarian Threat in America What We Can Learn from Putin’s Russia?

As Trump barrels through his second term, the warning signs of democratic backsliding are impossible to ignore. Is authoritarianism possible in America, and what can we learn from Putin's Russia? Political scientist and scholar of authoritarianism @thenoahbuckley.bsky.social breaks it down:

You're simply against friendship, Kevin.

The plant daddy part is what does it for me.

What an atrocious headline.

You voted for Putin

No, Russian liberals, complaining about Americans "not stopping Trump" will not make the Ukrainians like you.

This climate change-denying Christian nationalist is your friend. He fights for freedom.

But what if the violence is meant to end violence?

You've changed, Alexander Dugin. You've changed.

Hegseth Set to Seek 8% Spending Shift at Pentagon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to reduce projected US military spending by 8% over the next five years would spare southwest border enforcement, the Air Force’s newest drone program, nuclear we...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has unveiled a plan to reduce projected U.S. Defense Department spending by 8% over the next five years, which means many in The Resistance™️ will now counter-lobby to protect the United States military budget. Can’t wait. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This evening's top headline over at Kommersant:

"Elect Yourself: Donald Trump Invites Ukraine to the Negotiation Table - and Volodymyr Zelensky to the Ballot Box."*

*Wordplay here - урна can be both a garbage can and a ballot box.

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Saw this at the Berlin film festival. Recommend.

Did the Russians protest though dance? I don't think so.

Letter from Washington: Why Trump ignores Europe Donald Trump has effectively ignored Europeans in his plan for negotiations over the war in Ukraine. In searching for a reason, Europeans must face the uncomfortable truth: they simply aren’t importan...

Imagining European readers' heads exploding when they read an American writer compare them to Guatemalans - of all people!

Main headline over at Kommersant this evening:
"Trump really wants to work with Russia"

Rule #1: Don't sit at the corner of the table.

Doing your job is apparently heroic.

What's the point of labeling a news outlet "undesirable" if you're just going to call us a "foreign agent"?

Zemestim aged well.
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Watch: Emotional Munich security chair tears up at event An emotional Christoph Heusgen, chairman of the Munich Security Conference, closed the 61st MSC this afternoon, marking the end of his term as the MSC chairmen which started in 2022.

It's a great mystery why the Americans don't take the EU seriously.

She's gonna get hammered tonight