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shadihamid.bsky.social
Columnist at the Washington Post. Research professor of Islamic studies at Fuller Seminary. Co-host of Wisdom of Crowds. My most recent book is 'The Problem of Democracy': https://amzn.to/4dg3mY
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I fully agree. @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social is doing a great job. So are @weeklyshowpodcast.bsky.social, @shadihamid.bsky.social (in his Wisdom of Crowds podcasts). They're like oxygen masks in a crashing plane which will - unfortunately but inevitable - many corpses behind.

'Demand more': WaPo opinion writer won't apologize for making Dems 'uncomfortable': A Washington Post opinion writer came out swinging against Democrats who complained he hasn't been tougher on President Donald Trump. Shadi Hamid wrote Monday, "I’m more critical of Democrats precisely because I…

Looking forward to reading this

The Trump administration ended the Presidential Management Fellows Program in a late-night executive order Wednesday, axing a decades-old government initiative that has long been celebrated as a pipeline to draw talent into civil service careers.

When it comes to something like JD Vance's Munich speech, can we separate the message from the messenger? In my latest, I argue that we have to at least try. His speech was an example of the wrong person saying the right thing. wisdomofcrowds.live/p/the-messag...

When it comes to something like JD Vance's Munich speech, can we separate the message from the messenger? My latest: wisdomofcrowds.live/p/the-messag...

I've openly supported Bernie and worked on his campaign during the 2020 primary. I'm not sure it really makes sense to call me a "centrist" unless it's meant as a slur. I even laid out in detail a vision for left-wing populism in a long essay here: americanaffairsjournal.org/2018/11/left...

This seems as true as ever

Republicans *are* a natural feature of the environment. That's how it works in a two-party system, as I discuss here: wapo.st/3EUIxGc

That's not what I wrote. But thanks for highlighting a piece I'm proud of and one that I think has held up even better with time. wisdomofcrowds.live/p/omicron-pa...

Yes, this is a provocative title. But it's also a fact: I have criticized Democrats more than Trump. And I keep getting asked, why? So I decided to use my column this week to lay out my theory of the case. I think there's a strong argument for focusing inward. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

I appreciate this piece by @shadihamid.bsky.social - it goes too light on Trump nihilism and understates complexities faced by Biden in Gaza but rightly challenges Dems to develop a vision for the country in response to forces they hardly seem to understand. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Here’s the counterintuitive truth: I’m more critical of Democrats precisely because I expect more from them. My new @washingtonpost.com column:

"oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanished in a puff of logic #h2g2

Top USAID officials are trying to create a false narrative that life-saving aid has continued despite Trump’s blanket halt to foreign aid. Our @nytimes.com reporting shows the exact opposite. USAID even issued an internal email to stop applications for waivers: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

Trump's press conference last week with Benjamin Netanyahu was an interesting case study. How should we write about something morally abhorrent without stating the obvious and just joining the pile-on? Is it possible to do something different? www.shadihamid.net/p/to-platfor...

Why I don't think it's particularly useful to condemn Trump when he does or says obviously abhorrent things. www.shadihamid.net/p/to-platfor...

For Trump’s opponents, his "normalization" might be viewed as cause for despair. But there is a silver lining. The resistance failed. The mission to de-normalize Trump failed, and there is real virtue in coming to terms with this, finally. wapo.st/3CsZve5

I couldn't help laugh at loud at this absurd comment from Jamie Raskin from James Pogue's fascinating @vanityfair.com piece on just how lost Democrats are. A party that says stuff like this out loud doesn't deserve to win. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/i...

Why I don't think it's particularly useful to condemn Trump when he does or says obviously abhorrent things. www.shadihamid.net/p/to-platfor...

How one feels about Trump's flurry of activity in these first few weeks is a very personal one. Did we — and the people we care about — benefit from the status quo or not? For many Americans, America was already great. The system worked. And institutions were worth, well, conserving.

At his press conference with Netanyahu, what Trump advocated for was the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Let's not mince words. Some Arab American Trump supporters felt differently though. I spoke to one of them. Here are some highlights from our conversation. 🧵

My new @washingtonpost.com column: wapo.st/42FPchy