Sam Ori
@samori8.bsky.social
Executive Director at the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth at the University of Chicago.
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Analogizing the EU to the Nazi regime is embarassingly ignorant of history, and it's shameful that our new national security strategy seems to say that those promoting international cooperation in Europe are bad and those trying to rehabilitate violent nationalism are good
The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
December 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Analogizing the EU to the Nazi regime is embarassingly ignorant of history, and it's shameful that our new national security strategy seems to say that those promoting international cooperation in Europe are bad and those trying to rehabilitate violent nationalism are good
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The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.
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It is unending: In 2026, Americans will get free admission to national parks on Donald Trump's birthday but no longer on Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, according to the National Park Service website. www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
National parks cut free entry for MLK Day, add Trump's birthday
NPS changed its free admission days in 2026, removing MLK Day and Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday.
www.usatoday.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It is unending: In 2026, Americans will get free admission to national parks on Donald Trump's birthday but no longer on Juneteenth and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, according to the National Park Service website. www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
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"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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2 HONEY 2 CRISP
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
2 HONEY 2 CRISP
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this administration really does shine an unflattering light on the influencer class, by and large a group of people with no discernable expertise or skills. get famous railing against FBI guys using jets, become FBI director and use the jet for an absolutely stunning amount of influencer fucking off
these people basically just take luxury government jets and go to fancy events like make a wish kids while their minions flashbang your elderly neighbors
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
this administration really does shine an unflattering light on the influencer class, by and large a group of people with no discernable expertise or skills. get famous railing against FBI guys using jets, become FBI director and use the jet for an absolutely stunning amount of influencer fucking off
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I maybe be just a small-town political scientist but I reckon that the Trump administration's right hand has no fucking idea what its far-right hand is doing.
"US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan." Welcome to the Topsy Turvy administration in which six or seven people are pursuing their own private foreign policy, and much of it is scripted by a hostile foreign power.
US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan
U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with U.S.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I maybe be just a small-town political scientist but I reckon that the Trump administration's right hand has no fucking idea what its far-right hand is doing.
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I'm old enough to remember when "armed agents of the federal government raiding churches on Christmas" was not, in fact, a cornerstone of the Republican Party's agenda.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I'm old enough to remember when "armed agents of the federal government raiding churches on Christmas" was not, in fact, a cornerstone of the Republican Party's agenda.
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Sir, this is a McDonald’s.
Trump is ranting barely coherently to McDonald's franchise owners: "The one pilot said, 'skedaddle!' And that thing just turned on its side -- pppph. And it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability."
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Sir, this is a McDonald’s.
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Oh, so now it's fine to have a war on Christmas
Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays:
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
"Remember, adults don't need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn't need slippers. If they don't live by you, don't get them a gift."
November 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Oh, so now it's fine to have a war on Christmas
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this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
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This practice was endorsed by a Supreme Court Justice.
#KavanaughStop
#KavanaughStop
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This practice was endorsed by a Supreme Court Justice.
#KavanaughStop
#KavanaughStop
You know, populism and what not.
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
You know, populism and what not.
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This is important context from Julie K. Brown.
With alt text.
With alt text.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is important context from Julie K. Brown.
With alt text.
With alt text.
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So let me get this straight: The President’s plan to lower prices is to roll back some of his own tariffs?
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
So let me get this straight: The President’s plan to lower prices is to roll back some of his own tariffs?
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The power of Fox News isn’t that they push conservative ideas, it’s that they are willing to set any kind of ideological consideration aside at the drop of a hat to boost Republicans regardless of what they do at any given moment.
November 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The power of Fox News isn’t that they push conservative ideas, it’s that they are willing to set any kind of ideological consideration aside at the drop of a hat to boost Republicans regardless of what they do at any given moment.
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A deep dive on how Mr. Populism himself, Steve Bannon, was Epstein’s legal and media coach — “devising responses to the gathering storm of public outrage about Epstein’s criminal history.”
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A deep dive on how Mr. Populism himself, Steve Bannon, was Epstein’s legal and media coach — “devising responses to the gathering storm of public outrage about Epstein’s criminal history.”
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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WSJ does the math: the United States President Donald Trump is mentioned in 1670 email threads with the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The Epstein Email Cache: 2,300 Messages, Many of Which Mention Trump
An analysis of documents released this week by Congress shows President Trump was mentioned in more than half of the messages.
www.wsj.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
WSJ does the math: the United States President Donald Trump is mentioned in 1670 email threads with the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
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A campaign that could evolve into bombing a nation thirty times the size of Panama, larger than Ukraine, and home to nearly 30 million people cannot be slipped past either Congress or the American public as an extension of drug policy. www.thebulwark.com/p/no-venezue...
No, Venezuela Is Not a ‘Small Latin American Country’
And talk of a quick invasion and easy ‘regime change’ is dangerously misleading.
www.thebulwark.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
A campaign that could evolve into bombing a nation thirty times the size of Panama, larger than Ukraine, and home to nearly 30 million people cannot be slipped past either Congress or the American public as an extension of drug policy. www.thebulwark.com/p/no-venezue...
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Just another day working as a journalist in Chicago under Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz. Photo by @mandophotos.bsky.social for the @chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Just another day working as a journalist in Chicago under Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz. Photo by @mandophotos.bsky.social for the @chicagotribune.com
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As of Halloween, annual homicides in Chicago are the lowest since 2014 and the second lowest since at least 2001.
No amount of murder is acceptable, but a 50% drop from the pandemic spike is pretty remarkable. And there's still a chance that we'll hit a 25-year low by the end of December.
No amount of murder is acceptable, but a 50% drop from the pandemic spike is pretty remarkable. And there's still a chance that we'll hit a 25-year low by the end of December.
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
As of Halloween, annual homicides in Chicago are the lowest since 2014 and the second lowest since at least 2001.
No amount of murder is acceptable, but a 50% drop from the pandemic spike is pretty remarkable. And there's still a chance that we'll hit a 25-year low by the end of December.
No amount of murder is acceptable, but a 50% drop from the pandemic spike is pretty remarkable. And there's still a chance that we'll hit a 25-year low by the end of December.
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I continue to believe that the Trump *campaign* successfully convinced quite a lot of people that mass deportations did not mean mass deportations; that it meant targeted enforcement against “the bad guys.”
The problem for the Trump *administration* is that no one believes that anymore.
The problem for the Trump *administration* is that no one believes that anymore.
More broadly, heavily-Latino counties moved far to the right in NJ last year, and back to the left this year:
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I continue to believe that the Trump *campaign* successfully convinced quite a lot of people that mass deportations did not mean mass deportations; that it meant targeted enforcement against “the bad guys.”
The problem for the Trump *administration* is that no one believes that anymore.
The problem for the Trump *administration* is that no one believes that anymore.
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Louisiana — the red state that Mike Johnson nominally represents — has the second highest percentage of residents enrolled in SNAP in the nation.
They’re pushing this fantasy about these being “Democrat programs” used only in blue states but that’s a PR fantasy divorced from reality.
They’re pushing this fantasy about these being “Democrat programs” used only in blue states but that’s a PR fantasy divorced from reality.
Mike Johnson: "These blue states have abused the SNAP program just like they've abused Medicaid and so many other government programs."
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Louisiana — the red state that Mike Johnson nominally represents — has the second highest percentage of residents enrolled in SNAP in the nation.
They’re pushing this fantasy about these being “Democrat programs” used only in blue states but that’s a PR fantasy divorced from reality.
They’re pushing this fantasy about these being “Democrat programs” used only in blue states but that’s a PR fantasy divorced from reality.
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