Nicholas Grossman
@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
International Relations prof at U. Illinois. Editor of Arc Digital. Author “Drones and Terrorism.” Politics, national security, and occasional nerdery.
Can be a good strategy for getting away with lawbreaking (unfortunately), but it’s proven a bad strategy for manufacturing prosecutions against political enemies.
December 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Can be a good strategy for getting away with lawbreaking (unfortunately), but it’s proven a bad strategy for manufacturing prosecutions against political enemies.
Politicians too, yes.
December 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Politicians too, yes.
But Ed, you assumed that words the president repeatedly said and his administration have acted on is the president's position. Awfully close-minded of you. NYT is challenging those assumptions. They won't design everything they publish around trying to get Democrats elected like you want them to.
December 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
But Ed, you assumed that words the president repeatedly said and his administration have acted on is the president's position. Awfully close-minded of you. NYT is challenging those assumptions. They won't design everything they publish around trying to get Democrats elected like you want them to.
Silly me, thinking that a ceasefire means fire has ceased.
December 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Silly me, thinking that a ceasefire means fire has ceased.