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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 2d

patriotic americans pioneered the amphibious invasion so patriotic amphibians could repel illegal invasions

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 3d

wizard frog is insane

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · 4d

Had a fantastic discussion last week with Morteza at the New Books Network about "Why Democracies Fight Dictators"! Check it out 👇 @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @oxfordunipress.bsky.social

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Madison Schramm, "Why Democracies Fight Dictators" (Oxford UP, 2025) - New Books Network

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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · Sep 1

“When it comes to Israeli intransigence regarding Palestinians, the prime minister alone is not the problem,” argues @dahliasc.bsky.social. “The problem is Israeli society, politics, and culture as it has evolved over decades.”

Israel’s Emerging Occupation Consensus

Despite misgivings about Netanyahu’s Gaza plans, most Israelis support his approach to the Palestinians.

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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · Sep 1

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The Guardian view on the killing of Gaza’s journalists: Israel wants to stop the world from seeing what it’s doing | Editorial

Editorial: This is the most lethal war for the media in recent times. A generation of journalists is being wiped out

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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · Sep 1

86% of International Association of Genocide Scholars who voted supported res that “Israel’s policies & actions in Gaza meet the legal definition of genocide in article II of the United Nations convention for the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide”
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Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world’s top scholars on the crime say

International Association of Genocide Scholars resolution backed by 86% of members who voted

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · Aug 23

I sound insane when I say this but I truly believe a big part of the Trump admin’s approach to energy policy is driven by gender anxiety. They think coal and oil are manly and renewables are effeminate.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 23

Breaking News: The Trump administration ordered construction to stop on a $4 billion wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that has already mostly been built.

Trump Administration Orders Work Halted on Wind Farm That Is Nearly Built

The order to stop construction on Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island is part of a campaign against renewable energy.

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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Revealed: Israeli military’s own data indicates civilian death rate of 83% in Gaza war

Figures from classified IDF database listed 8,900 named fighters as dead or probably dead in May, as overall death toll reached 53,000

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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · Aug 20

I had a fantastic conversation with A.J. Manuzzi and John Allen Gay about my new book "Why Democracies Fight Dictators" on the Security Dilemma podcast! Check out the episode here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Why Democracies Fight Dictators with Madison Schramm

Podcast Episode · Security Dilemma · 08/19/2025 · 48m

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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thank you, Kate!!

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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · Jul 31

"Perhaps no method of extermination is more prevalent across genocides than starvation."

To understand genocide in Gaza & elsewhere, we need to talk about it as a process not an event. Perhaps the most important op-ed I've written for
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Opinion: Genocide is a process, not an event

We need to understand the nature of genocide – how the ground is laid by dehumanization and slow violence - if we hope to prevent it and hold perpetrators to account

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Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social · Jul 31

IR Book of the Week!

"Why Democracies Fight Dictators" by @madisonschramm.bsky.social. International politics is not a domain of cold calculation. It invokes emotions. Anger is especially prominent, and helps explain why democracies choose to fight dictatorships.

Why Democracies Fight Dictators

Amazon.com: Why Democracies Fight Dictators: 9780197807453: Schramm, Madison: Books

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Alex Stark @alexstark.bsky.social · Jul 31

Why do democracies fight dictators like Nasser & Saddam? In her new book, @madisonschramm.bsky.social shows how personalist autocrats provide a focal point for emotional imprinting, predisposing leaders in liberal democracies to view personalist dictators as hostile academic.oup.com/book/60422

Why Democracies Fight Dictators

Abstract. In Why Democracies Fight Dictators Schramm explores the dynamics that intensify conflict between liberal democracies and personalist regimes—poli

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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · Jul 28

B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel: Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Jul 28

"Doctors say the damage to children's bodies in Gaza after months of hunger is already irreversible."

NPR @npr.org · Jul 28

Hidaya Al-Motawaq's son is a year and a half old and weighs less than 10 pounds. Doctors warn of permanent damage to children's health due to chronic malnutrition from Israel's earlier blockade.

His name is Mohammad Al-Motawaq. He is 18 months old. And he is starving in Gaza

Hidaya Al-Motawaq's son is a year and a half old and weighs less than 10 pounds. Doctors warn of permanent damage to children's health due to chronic malnutrition from Israel's earlier blockade.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · Jul 23

“Children tell their parents they want to go to heaven, because at least heaven has food.”

Joint Statement from 115 NGOs on mass starvation in Gaza via ReliefWeb

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As mass starvation spreads across Gaza, our colleagues and those we serve are wasting away - occupied Palestinian territory

News and Press Release in English on occupied Palestinian territory about Food and Nutrition and Protection and Human Rights; published on 23 Jul 2025 by ACPP, ACT Alliance and 49ount other organizati...

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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · Jul 23

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‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza

For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Jul 19

Netanyahu’s atrocities are not limited to Gaza. He has also unleashed terrorist settlers in the West Bank who attack civilians and recently beat a young American to death.

Even Trump’s ambassador, Mike Huckabee, called this a “terrorist act.”

NO MORE MILITARY AID TO ISRAEL.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jul 19

Imagine being disappeared in one dictatorship, making it to America, and then being disappeared again

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Jul 18

CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery.

America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.

Watch and share his message.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · Jul 15

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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · Jul 14

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Our Médecins Sans Frontières staff are being killed in Gaza. Why are UK ministers enabling that? | Natalie Roberts

Britain has a duty to act morally, and stop supporting this genocide, says Médecins Sans Frontières UK executive director Dr Natalie Roberts

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UNICEF @unicef.org · Jul 13

Yet again, we're seeing horrific reports of the killing of seven children in Gaza this time as they were waiting for water at a distribution site.

UNICEF calls for an immediate and lasting ceasefire, aid at scale and release of hostages.

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Madison Schramm @madisonschramm.bsky.social · Jul 13

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At least 31 Palestinians shot dead while seeking aid in Gaza, hospital officials say

Red Cross hospital in Rafah reports largest number of dead in a year, as injured man says Israeli tank fired at crowds

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · Jul 11

It’s always “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, drop out of the public sphere and become a tradwife” and never “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, form a union.”

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