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Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, UW - Madison. Jean Monnet Chair, 🇪🇺 & the Global Economy. International political economy, IR, & global finance. Politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
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I'm just a simple political scientist but it sure seems like an unpopular president taking power when there were no riots and then there being riots probably will become more unpopular

submitted 9 hours ago • 8 comments

African officials express concern that the nuclear armed, ethnically volatile former British colony is sleepwalking towards a human rights disaster. #NewsIfUSAWasAForeignCountry

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

Perhaps Newsom should have spent less time chumming around with authoritarian buffoons on his podcast and more time preparing and strategizing for the entirely predicable thing that is happening in his state right now.

submitted 8 hours ago • 57 comments

ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House.

submitted 10 hours ago • 257 comments

submitted 8 hours ago • 3 comments

Caught and killed the story so the politics desk could instead run stories "Biden has Parkinsons" on A1

submitted 9 hours ago • 3 comments

Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties

submitted 9 hours ago • 16 comments

Why are we here, with the fascists lying & bringing in troops to put down nonexistent insurrections? This. This total failure to punish <actual> insurrection is why we’re here. No one could possibly have predicted. A total & comprehensive failure of our constitutional order.

submitted 10 hours ago • 4 comments

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submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

Reports of the death of the Westphalian system were greatly exaggerated

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

These are already happening 🤷‍♀️

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

Football is for everyone @forwardmadisonfc.bsky.social #Pride #FullMingo

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

Ugly look, not only for these individuals, but for our discipline & the extremely prominent societal institutions that are enabling this 😢

submitted 13 hours ago • 2 comments

Bridge of Spies, A League of Their Own

submitted 14 hours ago • 10 comments

bsky.app/profile/mcop...

submitted 15 hours ago • 2 comments

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submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

We don't have secret police in America. At least we're not supposed to.

submitted 15 hours ago • 639 comments

#SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

Every accusation was a confession "American carnage"

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.

submitted 18 hours ago • 2190 comments

If confirmed, this would represent a version of Charlottesville, but where government officials are the ones driving into protestors

submitted 16 hours ago • 17 comments

The LA protests will trigger a drumbeat of "law and order" messaging from the White House and their media allies as a prelude to invoking the Insurrection Act. This is entirely predictable, and any Dem or media outlet that facilitates this narrative will be aiding Trump's authoritarian project.

submitted 16 hours ago • 86 comments

Once again, folks look at you like you're crazy when you say we're in the midst of the worst & most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then, well, 👇🤷‍♂️🎯

submitted 16 hours ago • 3 comments

This is a massive point of national shame for all of us

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

"That's one hell of an act. What do you call it?" "The Kakistocrats!"

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

This is the 🇺🇸 power and hegemony we need

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

Paramilitaries, you say? 🤔

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

I can't help but feel we are rapidly approaching the point where attempts to disappear individuals, hold them indefinitely, and brutalize protesters is going to be met with retaliatory violence. The indicators are all there and the chance for wild, paradigm-changing clashes is growing.

submitted 28 days ago • 109 comments

The kids these days will hardly bel- oh, never mind

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Please join us as we welcome Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson to discuss their book on the "worse than Watergate" scandal of Joe Biden's mental decline

submitted 17 hours ago • 21 comments

👇🎯 In re: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

"That's one hell of an act. What do you call it?" "The Kakistocrats!"

submitted 18 hours ago • 3 comments

Other, more serious, actually democratic countries have actual constitutional courts

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

The case for more, not less, liberal arts education remains stronger than ever

submitted 18 hours ago • 3 comments

When people show you who they are, over and over again, believe them

submitted 18 hours ago • 9 comments

It's the Washington Monument in the background that really takes this to next-level dystopian

submitted 19 hours ago • 354 comments