Paul Glastris
LightNews LightNews
banner
glastris.bsky.social
Paul Glastris
@glastris.bsky.social
2.8K followers 440 following 120 posts
Editor in chief, Washington Monthly, former speechwriter for President Clinton, physically present if mentally distracted father, St. Louis Cardinals fan.
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Reposted by Paul Glastris
mikegrunwald.bsky.social
Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 2d
Since I’ve been whining about the left: It’s really dumb that Schumer and other Dem leaders haven’t endorsed Mamdani. He’s the nominee, it’s NYC, if you want a big tent you have to show you mean it.
2 2 21
glastris.bsky.social
Paul Glastris @glastris.bsky.social · 2d
The new Trump policy of sinking suspected drug boats (rather than boarding them and arresting the traffickers) is illegal, risky, a cover for abandoning allies, and destined to fail in stopping the flow of narcotics. See this @washingtonmonthly.com Q&A. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/27/t...
Sinking Boats Off Venezuela, Colombia. What Could Go Wrong?
U.S. forces are sinking drug boats off Venezuela and Colombia. A defense expert warns Trump’s new strikes won’t even stop the drug trade.
washingtonmonthly.com
4 3
glastris.bsky.social
Paul Glastris @glastris.bsky.social · 2d
4 more alleged drug boats sunk by the US military today. If you're struggling to make sense of this apparent new undeclared Trump war @washingtonmonthly.com has you covered. /1 www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Military Destroys 4 More Boats U.S. Says Were Carrying Drugs
www.nytimes.com
1 2 3
Reposted by Paul Glastris
washingtonmonthly.com
Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · 3d
A Q&A on the unstated aims and unacknowledged risks of Trump’s air strikes –– @glastris.bsky.social

washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/27/t...
Sinking Boats Off Venezuela, Colombia. What Could Go Wrong?
U.S. forces are sinking drug boats off Venezuela and Colombia. A defense expert warns Trump’s new strikes won’t even stop the drug trade.
washingtonmonthly.com
5 2
Reposted by Paul Glastris
ccaryl.bsky.social
Christian Caryl @ccaryl.bsky.social · 13d
In my latest piece for @foreignpolicy.com, I explain why the wave of youth-led protests around the world needs to be taken seriously foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/17/g...
Gen Z Is Taking to the Barricades
Here’s why you should be paying attention.
foreignpolicy.com
1 6 8
Reposted by Paul Glastris
politico.eu
POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 17d
Russia lost 281,550 soldiers in Ukraine in the first eight months of this year, according to a document that Ukrainian intelligence says contained leaked Russian data.
Russia bleeds troops for microscopic frontline gains
Both Ukraine and Russia are finding it difficult to recruit new soldiers.
www.politico.eu
4 29 77
Reposted by Paul Glastris
volts.wtf
David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17d
It's a really interesting question, whether data centers are going to keep bloating based on economies of scale or whether they will eventually start going modular & distributed like ... everything else.
12 8 63
Reposted by Paul Glastris
cortellessa.bsky.social
cortellessa.bsky.social @cortellessa.bsky.social · Sep 28
For TIME’s cover, my profile of @springsteen. Fifty years after his breakthrough Born to Run and ahead of a powerful new film on the most vulnerable stretch of his life, we met to discuss his life and legacy, and to walk the streets where it all began: Asbury Park.

Story: time.com/7319963/bruc...
2 8 34
Reposted by Paul Glastris
apublicaffair.bsky.social
A Public Affair @apublicaffair.bsky.social · Sep 15
🎙️Higher education excellence is not catering to the wealthy but meeting the needs of the average student, says @glastris.bsky.social. He's the editor of @washingtonmonthly.com which just put out its 2025 college rankings.

Listen here: www.wortfm.org/a-successful...
A Successful College Should Not Look Like A Country Club - WORT-FM 89.9
Our guest, Paul Glastris, says that higher education excellence is not catering to the wealthy, but meeting the needs of the average student.
www.wortfm.org
6 6
glastris.bsky.social
Paul Glastris @glastris.bsky.social · Sep 12
The American press consistently Undercovers the success of Ukraine’s war effort.
timkmak.bsky.social Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social · Sep 12
Here’s what we’re reading today:

Ukrainian drone strikes have increased internet blackouts across Russia, costing Moscow $557.1mn per hour in disruptions to businesses and public services.

This comes as Russia’s war economy strains under energy attacks and Western sanctions.
Russians lose internet access as Ukrainian drones hit close to home
Consumers in Russia memorise bus schedules and revert to cash payments amid disruption to online services
www.ft.com
2 5
glastris.bsky.social
Paul Glastris @glastris.bsky.social · Sep 3
Trump's personalist industrial policy is unlawful and courts disaster. But with the right democratic checks and balances, the next Democratic president can use the same tools to great effect, notes @joeldodge07.bsky.social @washingtonmonthly.com

washingtonmonthly.com/2025/09/03/t...

.
Trump’s Industrial Policy: What’s Right and Wrong
Trump’s industrial policy includes equity stakes, profit-sharing, and golden shares in major corporations. The outcome could be disastrous.
washingtonmonthly.com
1 3 6
Reposted by Paul Glastris
robertkelchen.com
Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · Sep 2
This is a sobering--and depressing statistic. Sizable layoffs in the federal government are likely contributing to the increase in unemployment among Black college graduates.

www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
The unemployment rate for Black college graduates 25 years and older reached 5.3% in July, according to seasonally adjusted figures from Haver Analytics, based on Labor Department data. That was up from 3.9% in May and 2.7% in February. (Unlike the figures for overall unemployment, the Labor Department doesn’t adjust these figures for the typical seasonal swings that occur from month to month.) The July rate was 1.7 percentage points higher than the unemployment rate for white workers with only a high-school diploma—the biggest gap since Labor Department records for this metric began 1992.
8 200 720
Reposted by Paul Glastris
pbump.com
Philip Bump @pbump.com · Aug 22
Worth remembering (and pointing out where necessary) that drawing equivalence between raiding Bolton’s house for documents and raiding Mar-a-Lago requires Bolton to have similarly dismissed and worked around demands for their return for months.
A timeline of what led to Trump’s classified documents indictment
Key moments in Donald Trump's classified documents indictment and investigation
www.washingtonpost.com
24 210 760
Reposted by Paul Glastris
ccaryl.bsky.social
Christian Caryl @ccaryl.bsky.social · Aug 19
My take on the pathetic Alaska summit and the White House meeting that followed.

foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/19/s...
Why Steve Witkoff Is Trump’s Master of Disaster
The helpless envoy embodies everything that is dysfunctional about current U.S. foreign policy.
foreignpolicy.com
1 3 7
Reposted by Paul Glastris
jfallows.bsky.social
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · Aug 16
A useful WaPo map of where Trump Storm Troops are actually operating in DC.

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

If you know DC, what this map tell you is: They're making the gaudy show of strength in areas where it matters least and will do least good. Except for sheer spectacle.
Map of DC showing federal troops mainly in tourist-heavy areas, not crime centers.
120 1.1K 2.5K
Reposted by Paul Glastris
peterbakernyt.bsky.social
Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · Aug 15
Washington's homicide rate is the 11th highest among large US cities, but eight of the 10 with higher rates are in red states — Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, Ohio and Louisiana. Trump has not sent National Guard to any of them. @russcontreras.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/08/15/h...
Some blue cities in red states have the nation's highest homicide rates, FBI number show
Mississippi, Alabama and Missouri have cities with high homicide rates
www.axios.com
29 190 380
glastris.bsky.social
Paul Glastris @glastris.bsky.social · Aug 14
If YIMBYs weren’t primarily focused on rezoning single family residential neighborhoods then the name of their movement would be “Yes In That Underutilized Commercial Area Over There.”
25 5 30
Reposted by Paul Glastris
washingtonmonthly.com
Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.com · Aug 14
Washington DC, America’s bluest city, is building more homes per capita than Houston—not with bottom-up zoning reform but with top-down government action:

washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/14/c...
To Create Abundant Housing, Ignore the YIMBY Playbook | Washington Monthly
In the last 5 years, Washington DC experienced a housing boom. It took a lot more than passive deregulation.
washingtonmonthly.com
6 52 180
Reposted by Paul Glastris
eleniforca.bsky.social
Eleni Kounalakis @eleniforca.bsky.social · Aug 12
I’m proud to have the endorsement of my friend and colleague, CA State Treasurer @fionamacpa.bsky.social!

Her leadership has strengthened California’s economy and invested in our future. I’m ready to build on that record as your next State Treasurer!
3 4
Reposted by Paul Glastris
jamellebouie.net
jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 12
the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
220 3.3K 14K
Reposted by Paul Glastris
anne-s-kim.bsky.social
Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social · Aug 6
Dems should go "all out on gerrymandering warfare," says @billscher.bsky.social @washingtonmonthly.com, and fight fire with fire in California and elsewhere.

From this week's politics roundtable: @glastris.bsky.social @mattizcoop.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/shorts/zDK_p...
Dems should go all out on gerrymandering warfare
YouTube video by Washington Monthly
www.youtube.com
4 4
Reposted by Paul Glastris
anne-s-kim.bsky.social
Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social · Aug 11
Join @billscher.bsky.social @glastris.bsky.social for this week's politics roundtable @washingtonmonthly.com at 10 AM TODAY.

Among today's topics: Should Dems go "nuclear" in the escalating battle over redistricting?

www.youtube.com/@washingtonm...
Washington Monthly
Founded in 1969, the Washington Monthly is an independent magazine based in Washington, D.C. Over the years, the Monthly has launched some of the biggest names in journalism, including James Fallows o...
www.youtube.com
5 3
Reposted by Paul Glastris
anne-s-kim.bsky.social
Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social · Aug 11
Trump is wrecking college admissions, says @glastris.bsky.social, with his demands for admissions data from elite colleges.

ICYMI, this week's politics roundtable @washingtonmonthly.com with @billscher.bsky.social also talk tariffs and redistricting

youtube.com/shorts/1DIJq...
How Trump is wrecking #collegeadmissions
YouTube video by Washington Monthly
youtube.com
3 1
glastris.bsky.social
Paul Glastris @glastris.bsky.social · Aug 11
Pravda takes note of @washingtonmonthly.com coverage of the war in Ukraine, and notes as a dark aside that we are supported by Bill Gates‘s foundation! nato.news-pravda.com/world/2025/0...
Washington Monthly: We keep putting pressure on Russia, but Putin does not abandon HIS goals
Washington Monthly: We keep putting pressure on Russia, but Putin does not abandon HIS goals. Despite the sanctions pressure and military threats from the West, Vladimir Putin does not abandon his sta...
nato.news-pravda.com
1 3