Spark
@sparkmavwolbg.bsky.social
Dallas Mavs fan, Brock U alumni, Poli Sci grad and arm chair intl politics pundit.
Sales training.
Still trying to play baseball and basketball. dad, husband and always learning new things.
Sales training.
Still trying to play baseball and basketball. dad, husband and always learning new things.
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"DOGE does not have power over established government agencies, and Musk has no role in government. It does not matter that he is an ally of the President. Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
February 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
"DOGE does not have power over established government agencies, and Musk has no role in government. It does not matter that he is an ally of the President. Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
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I spent four years referring to Trump as an uncertainty engine, as any new tweet could remake US foreign policy.
This time, more uncertainty about most things but:
Finding places to send the massive deportees will be consistent focus on US foreign policy
The tariffs will happen
#catastrophic
This time, more uncertainty about most things but:
Finding places to send the massive deportees will be consistent focus on US foreign policy
The tariffs will happen
#catastrophic
"it now offers a test of a fundamental question about U.S. foreign policy: Are the policies Washington pursues on the global stage the product of who is in office or of the country’s hegemonic position in the international order?"
Trump is predictably unpredictable. It’s that uncertainty that worries so many leaders and observers of global affairs around the world.
November 9, 2024 at 12:03 PM
I spent four years referring to Trump as an uncertainty engine, as any new tweet could remake US foreign policy.
This time, more uncertainty about most things but:
Finding places to send the massive deportees will be consistent focus on US foreign policy
The tariffs will happen
#catastrophic
This time, more uncertainty about most things but:
Finding places to send the massive deportees will be consistent focus on US foreign policy
The tariffs will happen
#catastrophic
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Most U.S. Americans have little to no experience with authoritarian systems, and will be surprised by how it may work. Consider this letter from Chile from October 1973: it's not just the state that acts, it can also be neighbors who feel empowered by the authorities to be their worst selves
November 9, 2024 at 4:23 AM
Most U.S. Americans have little to no experience with authoritarian systems, and will be surprised by how it may work. Consider this letter from Chile from October 1973: it's not just the state that acts, it can also be neighbors who feel empowered by the authorities to be their worst selves
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This is what Canadian RW social media looks like.
November 4, 2024 at 12:49 PM
This is what Canadian RW social media looks like.
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this is the best illustration of "polarization" I have seen
November 3, 2024 at 2:19 PM
this is the best illustration of "polarization" I have seen
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American democracy is so healthy it needs anti-scale fencing and military readiness for when it votes. America is Backsliding so fast we don't even realize what we have already lost.
November 3, 2024 at 2:48 AM
American democracy is so healthy it needs anti-scale fencing and military readiness for when it votes. America is Backsliding so fast we don't even realize what we have already lost.
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I assume that all of you beautiful folks that started following us recently already know we have a weekly award nominated board game podcast that hasn't skipped an episode in the more than four years since we started. But... If you didn't know, now you know!
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October 19, 2024 at 6:50 AM
I assume that all of you beautiful folks that started following us recently already know we have a weekly award nominated board game podcast that hasn't skipped an episode in the more than four years since we started. But... If you didn't know, now you know!
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/boa...
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Just impossibly funny that Tim was cashing Kremlin cheques just before hitting send on this big brain tweet
September 4, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Just impossibly funny that Tim was cashing Kremlin cheques just before hitting send on this big brain tweet
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Editors shouldn't even allow op-eds the centre on questions of fact. Whether a coup occurred isn't a matter of opinion, it's a question of fact. When an op-ed writer is objectively wrong, and you decide to publish their nonsense, you've published misinformation.
Yes, op-eds can be misinformation. And yes, the New York Times seems to publish a lot of them.
August 18, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Editors shouldn't even allow op-eds the centre on questions of fact. Whether a coup occurred isn't a matter of opinion, it's a question of fact. When an op-ed writer is objectively wrong, and you decide to publish their nonsense, you've published misinformation.
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JD Vance helped arrange support and financing for American Moment, a Project 2025-linked group run by some hard-right young MAGAites who are pitching straight-up Christian Nationalism. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/the-americ...
July 17, 2024 at 2:04 PM
JD Vance helped arrange support and financing for American Moment, a Project 2025-linked group run by some hard-right young MAGAites who are pitching straight-up Christian Nationalism. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/the-americ...
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Exclusive: Spiel Essen, the world’s biggest board game fair, has scrapped using AI art to promote the event after a backlash last year and "ongoing legal uncertainty"
Read this and more in the latest BoardGameWire newsletter:
open.substack.com/pub/boardgam...
Read this and more in the latest BoardGameWire newsletter:
open.substack.com/pub/boardgam...
June 6, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Exclusive: Spiel Essen, the world’s biggest board game fair, has scrapped using AI art to promote the event after a backlash last year and "ongoing legal uncertainty"
Read this and more in the latest BoardGameWire newsletter:
open.substack.com/pub/boardgam...
Read this and more in the latest BoardGameWire newsletter:
open.substack.com/pub/boardgam...
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I'd Like to See Ol Donny Trump Wriggle His Way Out of THIS 34 guilty verdicts of falsifying business records
May 30, 2024 at 9:08 PM
I'd Like to See Ol Donny Trump Wriggle His Way Out of THIS 34 guilty verdicts of falsifying business records