Paul Glastris
@glastris.bsky.social
Editor in chief, Washington Monthly, former speechwriter for President Clinton, physically present if mentally distracted father, St. Louis Cardinals fan.
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Israel isn’t going to disappear and calling for its liquidation spurs antisemitism. There’s a better way.
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A New Path for a Free Palestine
Pro-Palestinian and anti-Zionist activists now face a moral test as antisemitic violence surges worldwide. Can they change course?
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December 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Israel isn’t going to disappear and calling for its liquidation spurs antisemitism. There’s a better way.
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The Trump administration has broken with decades of settled practice on corruption issues, and the American people will pay the price, writes Christian Caryl.
Beware of Trump’s Global Broligarchy
The president’s pay-to-play mentality is undermining U.S. foreign policy.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Trump administration has broken with decades of settled practice on corruption issues, and the American people will pay the price, writes Christian Caryl.
This devastating NYTimes assessment of the American military’s broken weapons development and military industrial systems is spot on. But if you’ve been reading @washingtonmonthly.com…/1 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Overmatched: Why the U.S. Military Must Reinvent Itself
Investing in the old ways of war leaves America at risk.
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December 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This devastating NYTimes assessment of the American military’s broken weapons development and military industrial systems is spot on. But if you’ve been reading @washingtonmonthly.com…/1 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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1. Thread: Why America fails to build public infrastructure cost effectively.
High Costs Are Not an Engineering Problem
They Are a Political–Fiscal Design Problem
Countries like Sweden and Germany do not build transit cheaply because they have better engineers per se. They build cheaply because:
High Costs Are Not an Engineering Problem
They Are a Political–Fiscal Design Problem
Countries like Sweden and Germany do not build transit cheaply because they have better engineers per se. They build cheaply because:
December 13, 2025 at 5:28 AM
1. Thread: Why America fails to build public infrastructure cost effectively.
High Costs Are Not an Engineering Problem
They Are a Political–Fiscal Design Problem
Countries like Sweden and Germany do not build transit cheaply because they have better engineers per se. They build cheaply because:
High Costs Are Not an Engineering Problem
They Are a Political–Fiscal Design Problem
Countries like Sweden and Germany do not build transit cheaply because they have better engineers per se. They build cheaply because:
Mad respect for this headline. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Hoosier daddy
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December 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Mad respect for this headline. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Now Trump gets to count the war twice
Update on one of the 29 wars Trump says he personally ended.
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Now Trump gets to count the war twice
China’s predatory economy is the problem. Uniting with our allies to fight back is the only sensible response. Instead, Trump is undermining our allies, and hence we are losing. There was an alternative. /1 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
China’s Trade Surplus Climbs Past $1 Trillion for First Time
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December 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
China’s predatory economy is the problem. Uniting with our allies to fight back is the only sensible response. Instead, Trump is undermining our allies, and hence we are losing. There was an alternative. /1 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
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Without a higher education program, the University of Nebraska is going to have a hard time recruiting and keeping the next generation of higher education leaders when competing institutions offer the chance for staff members to further their education. This decision will backfire.
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Without a higher education program, the University of Nebraska is going to have a hard time recruiting and keeping the next generation of higher education leaders when competing institutions offer the chance for staff members to further their education. This decision will backfire.
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One aspect of the "affordability" story that the great minds who write on this shit seem unable to see is that Trump and his rich friends are trying to end work from home and force people back to the office. This is equivalent to an 8% pay cut, but I guess that's too simple.
December 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
One aspect of the "affordability" story that the great minds who write on this shit seem unable to see is that Trump and his rich friends are trying to end work from home and force people back to the office. This is equivalent to an 8% pay cut, but I guess that's too simple.
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Trump's dementia has grown so extreme that a select group of advisors are now running the country without his input. To find who those advisors are and what their plans are, buy my new book, which will appear in March 2029.
December 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump's dementia has grown so extreme that a select group of advisors are now running the country without his input. To find who those advisors are and what their plans are, buy my new book, which will appear in March 2029.
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Oh this is so definitely going to happen.
Calling it now that she'll eventually end up at CBS www.wsj.com/business/med...
Vanity Fair, Olivia Nuzzi Agree to Part Ways
Nuzzi and the magazine will let her contract expire at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Oh this is so definitely going to happen.
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Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Corisk did the math Europe's politicians haven't.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Corisk did the math Europe's politicians haven't.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
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I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
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“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
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Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
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December 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
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“.. Federal data shows corporate investment levels are roughly in line with last year, with companies on track to invest over $5 trillion in 2025. The $20 trillion surge Mr. Trump has claimed does not appear in the available data.”
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December 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“.. Federal data shows corporate investment levels are roughly in line with last year, with companies on track to invest over $5 trillion in 2025. The $20 trillion surge Mr. Trump has claimed does not appear in the available data.”
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Will Europe finally stand up in the face of Trump’s betrayal and Putin’s savagery?
Only Europe can save Ukraine from Putin and Trump – but will it? | Timothy Garton Ash
Whether using frozen Russian assets, ramping up defence production or deepening the relationship with the EU, it’s up to us to secure Ukraine’s future, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
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December 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Will Europe finally stand up in the face of Trump’s betrayal and Putin’s savagery?
If the five familes had a foreign policy it would look like this. It’s the U.S. making its terms of extortion explicit. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy
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December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If the five familes had a foreign policy it would look like this. It’s the U.S. making its terms of extortion explicit. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
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Most working Americans have employer-provided health coverage, and costs are out of control. Here’s a comprehensive plan to save money, put checks in their pockets, and give Democrats a winning issue. @gooznews.bsky.social
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For Democrats, a New Way to Make Health Care Affordable
A plan to cut employer health-care costs, boost workers’ pay, and give Democrats a winning affordability message.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Most working Americans have employer-provided health coverage, and costs are out of control. Here’s a comprehensive plan to save money, put checks in their pockets, and give Democrats a winning issue. @gooznews.bsky.social
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Ezra Klein's housing chart doesn't tell the story he thinks it tells deanbaker22.substack.com/p/ezra-klein... Bubbles have consequences
Ezra Klein Needs to Look More Closely at His Housing Chart
Bubbles have consequences
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November 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Ezra Klein's housing chart doesn't tell the story he thinks it tells deanbaker22.substack.com/p/ezra-klein... Bubbles have consequences
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A populist reaction to Trump is brewing. Liberal governments in Europe, Canada, and elsewhere must join the fight. @glastris.bsky.social
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What America’s Allies Can Learn From Our Recent Elections
A populist reaction to Trump is brewing. Liberal governments in Europe, Canada, and elsewhere need to join the fight.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A populist reaction to Trump is brewing. Liberal governments in Europe, Canada, and elsewhere must join the fight. @glastris.bsky.social
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"This 'populist-moderate' movement in the Democratic Party is just emerging. But I think it is the future." ––
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November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"This 'populist-moderate' movement in the Democratic Party is just emerging. But I think it is the future." ––
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I haven’t read this yet, but let me guess: it’s the left fault. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...
Opinion | Understanding the Right’s Antisemitic Turn
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November 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I haven’t read this yet, but let me guess: it’s the left fault. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...
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“I’m scared for my parents to walk out there, to walk out of their house, because I might not be able to say goodbye to them if they go to work. I might not ever be able to say bye or see them again,” Chavez told the council, his voice breaking. www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/11...
‘I shouldn’t be scared,’ says Hillsboro teen whose emotional testimony on ICE enforcement went viral
The teen whose city council testimony went viral has started an online fundraiser to raise money for Hillsboro community members whose loved ones have been impacted by ICE enforcement.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“I’m scared for my parents to walk out there, to walk out of their house, because I might not be able to say goodbye to them if they go to work. I might not ever be able to say bye or see them again,” Chavez told the council, his voice breaking. www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/11...
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Elwood Watson of East Tennessee State takes the measure of various college rankings and finds @washingtonmonthly.com to be the best for most students. www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/arti...
Commentary: A different way to rank colleges — Elwood Watson
Commentary: Washington Monthly has published rankings with the intent of avoiding what the most prestigious rankings seek to reward: an institution’s wealth, prestige, and exclusivity.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Elwood Watson of East Tennessee State takes the measure of various college rankings and finds @washingtonmonthly.com to be the best for most students. www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/arti...