Bruce Miller
@brucemillerca.bsky.social
Politics and history and sometimes economic policy, too.
The risks of Democratic “centrism” (which often means supporting *Republican* positions)
Reflecting on Obama’s politics as President.
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Reflecting on Obama’s politics as President.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The risks of Democratic “centrism” (which often means supporting *Republican* positions)
Reflecting on Obama’s politics as President.
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Reflecting on Obama’s politics as President.
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The newest US National Security strategy
Yes, it’s weird. It comes from the Trump 2.0 regime. What else could we expecxt?
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Yes, it’s weird. It comes from the Trump 2.0 regime. What else could we expecxt?
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December 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The newest US National Security strategy
Yes, it’s weird. It comes from the Trump 2.0 regime. What else could we expecxt?
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Yes, it’s weird. It comes from the Trump 2.0 regime. What else could we expecxt?
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The current round of diplomacy around the Russo-Ukraine War
Feckless? Corrupt? Very corrupt?
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Feckless? Corrupt? Very corrupt?
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December 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The current round of diplomacy around the Russo-Ukraine War
Feckless? Corrupt? Very corrupt?
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Feckless? Corrupt? Very corrupt?
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Regime change in Venezuela – a huge mess that Trump 2.0 may be about to make
It’s worth remembering how the regime change operation in Iraq in 2003 started out.
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It’s worth remembering how the regime change operation in Iraq in 2003 started out.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Regime change in Venezuela – a huge mess that Trump 2.0 may be about to make
It’s worth remembering how the regime change operation in Iraq in 2003 started out.
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It’s worth remembering how the regime change operation in Iraq in 2003 started out.
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How Trump’s Eternal Peace Plan for the Middle East is going
Zvi Bar’el: “Israel’s military actions in the past several days raise questions about its true intentions in Lebanon and Syria.”
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Zvi Bar’el: “Israel’s military actions in the past several days raise questions about its true intentions in Lebanon and Syria.”
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December 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
How Trump’s Eternal Peace Plan for the Middle East is going
Zvi Bar’el: “Israel’s military actions in the past several days raise questions about its true intentions in Lebanon and Syria.”
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Zvi Bar’el: “Israel’s military actions in the past several days raise questions about its true intentions in Lebanon and Syria.”
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Ronald Reagan is not a model of the road away from Trumpism. He was one of the most important builders of the road that got us to Trump in the first place!
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December 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Ronald Reagan is not a model of the road away from Trumpism. He was one of the most important builders of the road that got us to Trump in the first place!
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Hitler’s “Kristallnacht” pogrom, 1938
An infamous pogrom staged by the Nazis a few weeks after the Munich Agreement was signed.
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An infamous pogrom staged by the Nazis a few weeks after the Munich Agreement was signed.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Hitler’s “Kristallnacht” pogrom, 1938
An infamous pogrom staged by the Nazis a few weeks after the Munich Agreement was signed.
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An infamous pogrom staged by the Nazis a few weeks after the Munich Agreement was signed.
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The drastic reduction in US commitment to European security has Europe scrambling to strengthen their own cooperation with each other and to deal with the challenges of the Ukraine war.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The drastic reduction in US commitment to European security has Europe scrambling to strengthen their own cooperation with each other and to deal with the challenges of the Ukraine war.
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Trump 2.0: Diplomacy by chaos
When the foreign policies are bad, it’s an open question whether incompetent diplomacy is good news or bad new.
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When the foreign policies are bad, it’s an open question whether incompetent diplomacy is good news or bad new.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Trump 2.0: Diplomacy by chaos
When the foreign policies are bad, it’s an open question whether incompetent diplomacy is good news or bad new.
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When the foreign policies are bad, it’s an open question whether incompetent diplomacy is good news or bad new.
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On the “How could this happen again?” question
Mealy-mouthed “triangulation” by centrist parties to coopt xenophobic sentiments is a loser strategy.
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Mealy-mouthed “triangulation” by centrist parties to coopt xenophobic sentiments is a loser strategy.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
On the “How could this happen again?” question
Mealy-mouthed “triangulation” by centrist parties to coopt xenophobic sentiments is a loser strategy.
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Mealy-mouthed “triangulation” by centrist parties to coopt xenophobic sentiments is a loser strategy.
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We’ll see more reports like this re: Germany’s changing role
Europe is in the early stages of a “big lift” in adapting their collective security arrangements.
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Europe is in the early stages of a “big lift” in adapting their collective security arrangements.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We’ll see more reports like this re: Germany’s changing role
Europe is in the early stages of a “big lift” in adapting their collective security arrangements.
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Europe is in the early stages of a “big lift” in adapting their collective security arrangements.
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John Mearsheimer’s overview of his international-relations theory and the UN’s new Gaza resolution
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November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
John Mearsheimer’s overview of his international-relations theory and the UN’s new Gaza resolution
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Can’t our Peace President go a whole day without threatening war with some Latin American country?
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November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Can’t our Peace President go a whole day without threatening war with some Latin American country?
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Red vs. Brown in Chilean Presidential race?
The Chilean Presidential election and reverberates of Trumpism in Latin America
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The Chilean Presidential election and reverberates of Trumpism in Latin America
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November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Red vs. Brown in Chilean Presidential race?
The Chilean Presidential election and reverberates of Trumpism in Latin America
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The Chilean Presidential election and reverberates of Trumpism in Latin America
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Flashback to a past that’s still present: the Euro’s problems
Is the euro crisis coming back? Or did it never go away?
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Is the euro crisis coming back? Or did it never go away?
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November 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Flashback to a past that’s still present: the Euro’s problems
Is the euro crisis coming back? Or did it never go away?
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Is the euro crisis coming back? Or did it never go away?
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When history is reduced to celebrating superficial patriotism and nationalism – like the white Christian nationalist version preferred by Trumpists - it amounts to just cheap ideology.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
When history is reduced to celebrating superficial patriotism and nationalism – like the white Christian nationalist version preferred by Trumpists - it amounts to just cheap ideology.
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The Epstein drama continues
The ”ick” factor on the Epstein story is very high. But we live in the Trump Era, so it’s part of the daily news now.
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The ”ick” factor on the Epstein story is very high. But we live in the Trump Era, so it’s part of the daily news now.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The Epstein drama continues
The ”ick” factor on the Epstein story is very high. But we live in the Trump Era, so it’s part of the daily news now.
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The ”ick” factor on the Epstein story is very high. But we live in the Trump Era, so it’s part of the daily news now.
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The Schumer surrender
The substance and the appearance on Chuck Schuman’s agreement to end the shutdown were really bad.
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The substance and the appearance on Chuck Schuman’s agreement to end the shutdown were really bad.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The Schumer surrender
The substance and the appearance on Chuck Schuman’s agreement to end the shutdown were really bad.
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The substance and the appearance on Chuck Schuman’s agreement to end the shutdown were really bad.
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Pseudoscience can be deadly in more ways than one
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November 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Pseudoscience can be deadly in more ways than one
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We need to understand the big picture in defending democracy. But that involves more than vague platitudes.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We need to understand the big picture in defending democracy. But that involves more than vague platitudes.
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Progress in getting concrete agreements about Everlasting Peace Plan matters like the proposed peacekeeping force for Gaza is so far very slow.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Progress in getting concrete agreements about Everlasting Peace Plan matters like the proposed peacekeeping force for Gaza is so far very slow.
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A reminder of the past that the Trumpistas want to bring back
When Mississippi finally was compelled to obey the Constitution on racially segregated schools.
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When Mississippi finally was compelled to obey the Constitution on racially segregated schools.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A reminder of the past that the Trumpistas want to bring back
When Mississippi finally was compelled to obey the Constitution on racially segregated schools.
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When Mississippi finally was compelled to obey the Constitution on racially segregated schools.
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Donald Trump’s Calhounian nightmare of governance
The past may be past. But it often leaves a long shadow. (And no, I don’t mean Trumpian nonsense about the Roman Empire.)
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The past may be past. But it often leaves a long shadow. (And no, I don’t mean Trumpian nonsense about the Roman Empire.)
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November 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Donald Trump’s Calhounian nightmare of governance
The past may be past. But it often leaves a long shadow. (And no, I don’t mean Trumpian nonsense about the Roman Empire.)
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The past may be past. But it often leaves a long shadow. (And no, I don’t mean Trumpian nonsense about the Roman Empire.)
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A US invasion of Venzuela would be a spectacularly bad idea
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November 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A US invasion of Venzuela would be a spectacularly bad idea
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Update on the state of Trump’s Eternal Peace Plan for Israel-Palestine
And, hey, Jared Kushner has a plan for Gaza’s future!
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And, hey, Jared Kushner has a plan for Gaza’s future!
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November 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Update on the state of Trump’s Eternal Peace Plan for Israel-Palestine
And, hey, Jared Kushner has a plan for Gaza’s future!
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And, hey, Jared Kushner has a plan for Gaza’s future!
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