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Daniel Drezner
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Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.

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Daniel W. Drezner is an American political scientist. He is known for his scholarship and commentary on international relations and international political economy.

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · Feb 6
Sigh. We fucking warned you.
V Paul Musgrave ® @profmusgrave Around the department: Americanists: how bad can it be really? Comparativists: dictatorship, purges International relations: nuclear war 2017-01-12, 9:18 AM 708 Retweets 944 Likes Paul Musgrave @profmusgrave • 2017-01-12 Replying to @profmusgrave Americanists: haha but seriously IR and comparative: who is joking t189 © 194 L Jacob T. Levy @jtlevy • 2017-10-10 Replying to @profmusgrave Theorists: "We will go and view the city of tyranny, and once more take a look into the tyrant's soul." 01 Daniel W. Drezner @ @dandrezner • 2017-01-12 Political theorists: oh, so now you want to talk to us, do you? Paul Musgrave @@profmusgrave Around the department: Americanists: how bad can it be really? Comparativists: dictatorship, purges International relations: nuclear war L789 • 236

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 1h
Buckaroo Banzai vs. The World Crime League
benjaminkabak.com Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 9h
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.

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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 1h
Give me two hours of this youtu.be/BTWWT_qZgpE?...
Magneto Bar Scene | X-Men First Class (2011) 4K HDR Movie Clip
YouTube video by Filmey Box
youtu.be

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 3h
The thing about Trump stories is that they always have that extra layer of stupidity that you’re not expecting. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 3h
Do the Ukrainians have the ability to surveil Ushakov?!
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7h
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov

Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.

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Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com

Reposted by Eric Goldman, Daniel W. Drezner, Rebecca Tushnet , and 1 more

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h
Q: Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?

TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h
REPORTER: What kind of concessions are the Russians going to have to make?

TRUMP: The big concession is they stop fighting and they don't take any more land

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 3h
This this this this THIS!!!!!!
nahaltoosi.bsky.social Nahal Toosi @nahaltoosi.bsky.social · 3h
The national security adviser is supposed to oversee policy coordination. The secretary of State is supposed to lead on diplomatic negotiations. In theory, neither would be the clean-up crew, because they’re supposed to prevent the mess from happening in the first place.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 3h
As always, Drudge shows how the press would cover Trump if Trump were a Democrat and/or they weren't afraid of him.
REPORT: KASH CRASHES OUT... FBI Director Patel Could Be Ousted Soon... White House puts out awkward photo to push back... JOB LOSSES ACCELERATE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SPIRALS TURKEY PRICE UP 24% Once Foes of Obamacare, Republicans Now Push to Protect It... Media Goes on Offense as President Steps Up His War on Journalism... What's going on with Trump's gold 'Oval Office' sign? Did he 'inadvertently' pardon any citizen who committed voter fraud in '20? $10 Billion and Counting: Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms... Once buzzing oil-rich city left with abandoned office buildings, housing market in crisis... Market Volatility Underscores Epic Buildup of Global Risk... Homesellers Pull Stale Listings as Interest Fades... Retail Sales Cool As Consumers Battle Higher Prices... AI could replace 40% of American jobs... Dem Lawmakers Say FBI Targeting Them Over Calls to Disobey Unlawful Orders... Retribution Push Has Expanded Even as It Hits Legal Barriers... DOJ Staff Rip 'Irreversible Damage' in Tell-All Farewell Notes... Scouting America loses Pentagon support for attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'... Is USA invading Venezuela? Or trying to make a deal? Christmas cancelled for US troops... Liberal media's big year online... STUDY: Social Media Detox Leads Young Adults To Spend MORE Time On Phones, Indoors...

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 3h
Tom Nichols for The Atlantic:
“Hegseth’s tenure so far has featured a series of appalling security lapses and janky public performances that call into question not only his character but his emotional stability”

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Senator Mark Kelly Is in the Wrong Job
He should be secretary of defense.
www.theatlantic.com

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Nahal Toosi @nahaltoosi.bsky.social · 3h
The national security adviser is supposed to oversee policy coordination. The secretary of State is supposed to lead on diplomatic negotiations. In theory, neither would be the clean-up crew, because they’re supposed to prevent the mess from happening in the first place.

Reposted by David Rothschild, Daniel W. Drezner, Leah Stokes , and 1 more

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 3h
when the tryptophan hits

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 3h
OMG the new york times, which endlessly discussed Biden's age, has FINALLY discovered that Trump is... ALSO OLD.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h
“..Trump in his second term has started scheduled events in the afternoon on average, at 12:08 p.m. .. The number of Mr. Trump’s total official appearances has decreased by 39 percent.”

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 4h
Republican senator now publicly defending Mark Kelly
Lisa Murkowski : Senator Kelly valiantly served our country as an aviator in the U.S. Navy before later completing four space shuttle missions as a NASA astronaut. To accuse him and other lawmakers of treason and sedition for rightfully pointing out that servicemembers can refuse illegal orders is reckless and flat-out wrong. The Department of Defense and FBI surely have more important priorities than this frivolous investigation.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 7h
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov

Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.

Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com

Reposted by Jamie Morgan, Jacob Montgomery, Daniel W. Drezner , and 5 more

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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 9h
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.

Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner

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Breaking Mews/Ruff Translations @breakingmews.bsky.social · 10h
When your cat takes the family photo.
Lovely family sits around round dinner table with lace tablecloth and servings of yummy food. The cat of a white car with gray patches, green eyes and a pink nose pops up in the bottom of the frame as if it’s taking a selfie

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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 12h
🧵 Grim watch for sell-out of Ukraine and/or bombing of Venezuela show we are in a new era. Welcome to the unconstrained future of world order. 1/

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Unconstrained Future of World Order: The Assault on Democratic Constraint and Implications for US Global Leadership | International Organization | Cambridge Core
The Unconstrained Future of World Order: The Assault on Democratic Constraint and Implications for US Global Leadership - Volume 79 Issue S1
www.cambridge.org

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 14h
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 14h
This is so sketchy

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 14h
I see that Mike Needham has been busy talking to reporters on Rubio’s behalf. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
How Rubio Tried to Bring a Pro-Russia Peace Plan to Middle Ground
www.nytimes.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h
Page One, WAPO:

The going rate for a Trump pardon? About $1 million.

@washingtonpost.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 15h
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h
When you draw a platoon leader like Hegseth, it’s your worst nightmare. You just ride it out until he’s gone and gets replaced by someone who isn’t a complete jackass. Only a fool like Trump would put one of them in charge of the entire defense department.

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 15h
Thoughts about the what the Ukraine negotiations tell us about the current administration’s foreign policy process — or lack thereof. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-troubl...
The Trouble With Start-Up Diplomacy
The latest Ukraine initiative is a highlight reel of the administration's broken-down policymaking process
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