Daniel Drezner

Sigh. We fucking warned you.

Make a band edible: Mashed Pumpkins

* BRAZIL SENATOR FLAVIO BOLSONARO MISSES SUPREME COURT DEADLINE TO HAND IN PASSPORT TO FEDERAL POLICE -- SOURCE * BRAZIL FEDERAL POLICE CANCEL SENATOR FLAVIO BOLSONARO'S PASSPORTS AFTER DEADLINE MISSED -- SOURCE @reuters.com $EWZ

Glad the @nytimes.com headline on this was accurate. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/u...

this is just insanely damning stuff when you lay it all out democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

“Only one of these two unlikeable men can be correct here. Unsurprisingly, it’s the one with a functioning brain.” open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...

“In a six-minute gaggle with reporters on his way to Mississippi, the president devoted more than half his speaking time to Mr. Obama’s remarks.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/u...

JFC. “During the primary, Mr. Constantino viciously mocked his Republican rival, Assemblyman Robert Smullen, including over the death of his son.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/n...

Where we are as a country: in opposition to the establishment of democracy in Venezuela because it could infringe on the extractive contracts the president’s buddies have arranged with the current regime.

Where we are a a country: the Secretary of State warning a Nobel Peace Prize winner not to peaceably assemble because that won’t lead to democracy. www.axios.com/2026/10/27/r...

My earnest response to @mattyglesias.bsky.social. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/do-other-c...

Where we are a a country: the Secretary of State waning a Nobel Peace Prize winner not to peaceably assemble because that won’t lead to democracy. www.axios.com/2026/10/27/r...

Evidence "shows that Trump lied about kicking Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club," according to a new report from the House Judiciary Dem staff. The report also reveals for the first time Beatrice Keul's account of allegedly having been raped by Trump. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Metaphor alert:

(Reuters) - Americans have paid more for their gasoline and diesel at the pump on average during President Donald Trump's second term than they did under his Democratic predecessor, Joe ​Biden, according to the AAA. ⛽️ @reuters.com www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

If you’re starting to wonder No team has swept both the LCS and World Series since the LCS became best-of-7 in 1985 Yet

He needs to be impeached just for being this stupid. It's embarrassing to have someone this stupid in front of a microphone.

That’s our point. The Brewers are winning these games. None of their playoff opponents have rolled over. They are creating openings and running Patton’s army through them.

It’s just so appalling and enraging how casual and commonplace this has become. I’m out of words.

Brewers should seriously consider letting Gasser pitch a complete game. What are the odds they‘ll need him again before April? And why not go into game 7 where every pitcher in the bullpen has at least 2 days rest?

If this is from a Republican pollster then I REALLY want to see a high-quality poll of this race.

It’s amazing how much the Trop sounds like the Brewers’ home field right now.

Motherfucker, you eat roadkill and snort heroin off of shit covered toilets

If you closed your eyes and just listened to this clip, you wouldn’t know the Rays are the home team

That’s where the k-cup goes

A federal judge. Where we are as a country.

(This worldview is the real reason RFK and Trump still get along even though the latter keeps ignoring his promises to MAHA)

A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

LOL if Trump thinks he’ll keep young men with him by campaigning with Johnny Manziel the GOP is even more screwed than I thought. www.axios.com/2026/10/26/t...

Two former Governors of South Carolina - one from each party - have endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews who is running against Sen. Darline Graham R-SC

The Ramaswamy ad has pushed the largest newspaper in Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to reverse its position on endorsements. "A candidate who uses childhood sexual abuse as a weapon against the person who endured it has crossed a line that Ohioans should defend, whatever their party."

Well, this will certainly be news to the Aldi’s frosted mini wheats I’m having for dinner.

Red Team simulations, which draw on methods developed by the U.S. military, can help you challenge presumptions, avoid groupthink, and mitigate biases. Professors David Logan and Abigail Linnington discuss with @tufts.edu. now.tufts.edu/2026/10/23/w...

Please let the Rule of Three hold.... please let the Rule of Three hold... www.axios.com/2026/10/26/t...

interesting

Administration has a real data manipulation problem: - DHS exaggerates immigrants who’ve left US - Patel's FBI pads crime stats - IRS hides tax cut data until after midterms - Census excludes immigrants www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

More "scoffs" than "discusses" but yeah.

It is atrocious we have to operate under this constant credible and explicit threat from one political party, the fact we keep calling it a “free and fair election” needs some light revising

Fissures among Democrats has been a running media theme during the midterms but it’s worth noting that these same fissures exist within the GOP as well. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

Executive overreach?! Thats unpossible!! www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

Why haven’t I done a very deep dive into recent American foreign policy moves? For the same reason I don’t like slasher films. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/american-f...

Lula is to my left. Magyar is to my right. And I don’t care in the slightest, because they are the candidates of democracy against autocracy.

So Lula not only won, he basically doubled his margin of victory from 2022. I'm guessing he won thanks to voters who didn't love him, but were terrified to see Flavio given near-dictatorial power. It's going to be a messy next chapter for Brazil, but at least it'll be a fight, not a curb-stomping.

I am not a Lula fan, but I am very glad that Brazil won’t be serving as a willing concentration camp for people grabbed off the streets of the U.S. by armed masked men.

Are you fucking kidding me. www.wsj.com/opinion/vikt...

Dragging this into the light...in light of Brazil.

I am thoroughly confused by a string of good news in the news and going to try really hard to just accept it as good news without worrying about jinxes or what comes next or what have you.