Andrew Hazlett
@andrewhazlett.bsky.social
Writing & Teaching | Creative Nonfiction | Neoclassical Liberal | Baltimoron in Seattle | he/him | Proverbs 26:11 | Слава Україні! https://andrewhazlett.com
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Greenland tells Trump and Vance (and Musk) to "Stay home migrants. We are not for sale." Seen in Copenhagen
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Greenland tells Trump and Vance (and Musk) to "Stay home migrants. We are not for sale." Seen in Copenhagen
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This isn’t a “peace plan.” It’s a blueprint for Ukraine’s capitulation. If implemented, it would turn this pro-Western, democratic nation, which has been courageously resisting Russian aggression since 2014, into a Kremlin colony. wapo.st/3XcRot6
Opinion | Ukraine needs Russia’s frozen $200 billion immediately, Europe
With Trump seeking Kyiv’s capitulation to Russia, now is the moment for decisive European action.
wapo.st
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This isn’t a “peace plan.” It’s a blueprint for Ukraine’s capitulation. If implemented, it would turn this pro-Western, democratic nation, which has been courageously resisting Russian aggression since 2014, into a Kremlin colony. wapo.st/3XcRot6
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Anne Applebaum's essay understands the game Putin is playing with 28-pt peace plan. The plan “is misnamed. It is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War
Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Anne Applebaum's essay understands the game Putin is playing with 28-pt peace plan. The plan “is misnamed. It is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Russian "peace" is the quiet of death
🔴 UPD: The death toll in Ternopil has risen to 32. The body of a woman was recovered from the rubble on Saturday.
Seven people are still missing following the Russian attack on November 19.
Seven people are still missing following the Russian attack on November 19.
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Russian "peace" is the quiet of death
No forced surrender! open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The U.S. Must Not Push Ukraine Into an Unjust, Unstable Peace
It would be a moral betrayal and a strategic blunder.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
No forced surrender! open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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this 👇🏽
different tradition in medicine, but the same core principle: duty first and last
anything less is unacceptable
different tradition in medicine, but the same core principle: duty first and last
anything less is unacceptable
Know this about me, President Trump: I love our Constitution and I will never give up the ship. 🇺🇸
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 AM
this 👇🏽
different tradition in medicine, but the same core principle: duty first and last
anything less is unacceptable
different tradition in medicine, but the same core principle: duty first and last
anything less is unacceptable
Good advice against enemies foreign and domestic
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Good advice against enemies foreign and domestic
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An amazing obit for a man who served, suffered, loved, lost and lived www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
Robert L. Stirm, Returning P.O.W. in Pulitzer-Winning Photo, Dies at 92
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
An amazing obit for a man who served, suffered, loved, lost and lived www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/o...
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RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Our perdurable shame
If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.
At least three weeks
At least three weeks
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Our perdurable shame
Tell me about it
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Tell me about it
Russians live in hell and seem determined to make the rest of the world burn as well.
Heartbreaking footage from Balakliya, Kharkiv Oblast, where russian missiles hit residential areas.
Three people were killed and 15 injured, including three children.
Three people were killed and 15 injured, including three children.
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Russians live in hell and seem determined to make the rest of the world burn as well.
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My first year in DC, I was at an event where Rick Scott spoke, a couple years before he was governor of FL. The Cato Institute's founder Ed Crane was there too and as Scott took the stage Crane leaned over to me and said, "That man's embezzled more money than anyone you'll see in your whole life."
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
My first year in DC, I was at an event where Rick Scott spoke, a couple years before he was governor of FL. The Cato Institute's founder Ed Crane was there too and as Scott took the stage Crane leaned over to me and said, "That man's embezzled more money than anyone you'll see in your whole life."
Limitless corruption. "Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Limitless corruption. "Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
When Trump finally falls, it will be satisfying to watch all the "spiders in a jar" cannibalizing each other in recrimination and in a clawing scramble for shreds of influence. "MAGA Sharpens Knives for Trump’s ‘Ice Maiden’ After President’s Miserable Week" www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
MSN
www.msn.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
When Trump finally falls, it will be satisfying to watch all the "spiders in a jar" cannibalizing each other in recrimination and in a clawing scramble for shreds of influence. "MAGA Sharpens Knives for Trump’s ‘Ice Maiden’ After President’s Miserable Week" www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
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"Six months after the Trump administration canceled virtually all grants approved during the Biden administration, the nation’s largest public funder of the humanities appears to be transforming into a vehicle narrowly tailored to the president’s agenda."
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Six months after the Trump administration canceled virtually all grants approved during the Biden administration, the nation’s largest public funder of the humanities appears to be transforming into a vehicle narrowly tailored to the president’s agenda."
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Weather report from hell
Chicago may experience less tear gas use as Operation Midway Blitz winds down. Cold and wet weather reduce effectiveness, while wind adds unpredictability.
Wind, cold temps can change the impact of tear gas and pepper balls, experts say
chicago.suntimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Weather report from hell
I say a cat framed the dog. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Dog Accidentally Shoots and Injures a Pennsylvania Man, Police Say
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I say a cat framed the dog. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Human nature hasn't changed much over the last few thousand years, as evidenced by the "ripped from the headlines" feel of this new translation of Thucydides' History of the Pelopenessian Wars wapo.st/4odfj6N
Review | A classic Greek history puts our current turmoil in context
Robin Waterfield’s new translation of Thucydides’ “The History of the Peloponnesian War” offers clarity but little consolation as we face upheaval and conflict.
wapo.st
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Human nature hasn't changed much over the last few thousand years, as evidenced by the "ripped from the headlines" feel of this new translation of Thucydides' History of the Pelopenessian Wars wapo.st/4odfj6N
"Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes" i.e., Texas A&M further restricts freedom of speech and academic liberty to suit currently fashionable MAGA fixations. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes" i.e., Texas A&M further restricts freedom of speech and academic liberty to suit currently fashionable MAGA fixations. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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at no point while reading this did i have any idea what the next word would be
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
at no point while reading this did i have any idea what the next word would be
"Boondoggle Ranch"? Our reality's scriptwriters have given up and are just phoning it in at this point.
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Boondoggle Ranch"? Our reality's scriptwriters have given up and are just phoning it in at this point.
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if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
Writing is sense-making for a lot of people who have been through hell. Veterans are no exception.
“Writing workshops, documentary film screenings, and reading and discussion programs help veterans, their families, and the broader public better understand and appreciate military experiences.”
www.statehumanities.org/9-ways-human...
www.statehumanities.org/9-ways-human...
9 Ways Humanities Councils Serve and Honor Veterans - Federation of State Humanities Councils
Here are just a few examples of the many ways humanities councils serve and honor veterans.
www.statehumanities.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Writing is sense-making for a lot of people who have been through hell. Veterans are no exception.
Which china shop will the Bovino Brigade bull around in next?
News: Feds are said to be on their way out of Chicago in the near future. Via @jmetr22b.bsky.social and me www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/10/f...
Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino and agents said to be leaving Chicago, sources say
Cmdr. Gregory Bovino was expected to depart Chicago within days, while most Border Patrol agents under this command would soon be redeployed elsewhere, three sources told the Tribune Monday.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Which china shop will the Bovino Brigade bull around in next?