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Daniel Drezner
@dandrezner.bsky.social
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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 · 8h
Yes that prompted a good guffaw.
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Matthew Beckmann @beckma2n.bsky.social · 8h
"I have spoken with countless university presidents, directors and advisers; scholars and academics; and lawmakers, policy experts and activists. The one thing they all agree on..." Sure, buddy.
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Matthew Beckmann @beckma2n.bsky.social · 8h
"I have spoken with countless university presidents, directors and advisers; scholars and academics; and lawmakers, policy experts and activists. The one thing they all agree on..." Sure, buddy.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 8h
I was chuckling pretty hard as I was reading this drivel but then I got to "these are not politically partisan requirements" and lost it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
Opinion | Academia Is Broken. Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It.
www.nytimes.com
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 8h
Wait what.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 8h
Oh snap.
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 8h
while the similarities to a Musk "fork in the road" missive are unmistakeable maybe Bari's memo is just a sincere attempt to learn what journalists do
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 8h
You'd think CEOs would have learned from the Elon shitshow but I guess not.
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 12h
News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
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Reuters @reuters.com · 8h
Airlines urge patience as US air traffic staffing issues continue reut.rs/3J02xK0
Airlines urge patience as US air traffic staffing issues continue
A group representing major U.S. airlines on Friday urged air travelers to be patient as air traffic control staffing issues delayed travel for a fifth straight day.
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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 8h
This response to Linda McMahon from MIT’s president makes me proud to be an MIT grad

links.mit.edu/nl3/N5Jy2cKq...
Regarding the Compact
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 8h
while the similarities to a Musk "fork in the road" missive are unmistakeable maybe Bari's memo is just a sincere attempt to learn what journalists do
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 9h
EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:
DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property
In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 10h
Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise
Russ Vought v @russvought The RIFs have begun. 12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 12h
News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 13h
Nobel Peace Prizes have often been awarded to people who fight autocracy. Maria Corina Machado fits right into that tradition

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why María Machado Deserved the Nobel Peace Prize
The Venezuelan opposition leader shows why participation matters.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 14h
Weird that a campaign of murdering Venezuelan fishermen didn't win him the Nobel.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 15h
I wrote about Davos Man today. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-death-...
The Death of Davos Man?
What do the WEF's troubles signify?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h
Trump will just have to keep murdering fishermen until you stupid jerks give him the peace prize
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 16h
WSJ: “.. the portion of subprime auto loans that are 60 days or more overdue on their payments hit a record of more than 6% ..”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/business/aut...
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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 17h
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 22h
Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 23h
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
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Daniel McDowell @danielmcdowell.bsky.social · 1d
Today, a Republican administration has reactivated the Exchange Stabilization Fund as a bailout fund on behalf of Argentina to a tune of $20 bn.

30 years ago, it was a Republican-led Congress that acted to restrict the president's ability to use the ESF for this very purpose.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
“.. That so few outside of First Brands had a full view of the red flags around the auto-parts supplier before it imploded last month is a stark example of the growing risks of money flooding into the opaque world of private financing.”

@bloomberg.com $JEF
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d
NOTABLE: Lindsey Halligan requested that a summons be issued for Letitia James to appear in court.

She did not request an arrest warrant.
Criminal cover sheet showing that summons, not arrest warrant, was requested for Tish James
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d
U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d
#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d
Perry: "I'm going to issue an oral ruling."
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