Kyle Reed 🟥

Kyle Reed 🟥

@kylereed.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of IR, University of Amsterdam | Politics of IL, choreographies of IOs | he/him 🏳‍🌈 | Detroit Lions Football

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Kyle Reed 🟥
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"Listen, removing the mold is hard, that's why we should just paint over it and focus on rearranging the sofa."

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Kamala Harris: I think that going in the direction of impeachment is not a good idea. I was in the Senate for the last go-round, and the votes aren’t there. I think after the election, we all have to just also agree that our attitude has to be to get stuff done…

Kyle Reed 🟥
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A "strong rooting interest" in silly little things like democracy, rule of law, and human rights

brent 🌹🗽@therealbrent.bsky.social

Yes well it does require things like “empathy” and possessing a basic understanding that all of our lives are interconnected

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Decent odds that the State Department is so brain-drained they’ve forgotten about the other veto holders.

UNITED24 Media@united24media.com

⚡️ The Trump administration has proposed former Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán for UN Secretary-General, a decision backed by Russia and China, according to The Wall Street Journal. The US State Department estimates Orbán could secure at least eight votes in the UN Security Council.

Kyle Reed 🟥
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Surely we're just two or three laws away from clearing up the whole penumbra of uncertainty. If anything can fix law's open texture, it's the US Congress. 🙄

Washington Post Opinions@postopinions.bsky.social

"If the U.S. is going to have tariffs, it needs a clear legal framework for how to implement them — otherwise the country is left with a chaotic mess," Matthew Lynn writes.

wapo.stOpinion | The U.S. badly needs new tariff lawsRight now, the legal structure for imposing levies isn't clear.
Kyle Reed 🟥
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Court expansion to "enough votes to invalidate these pardons + 4 more for good measure." The final vote on US vs BS Pardons needs to be something like 12-3.

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com

New: White House attorneys are evaluating whether to issue mass pardons to junior staffers. https://www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/white-house-weighing-mass-pardons-for-junior-staff

washingtonsun.comWhite House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior StaffConservative groups influential with the Trump administration have pressed for the preemptive acts of clemency.
Kyle Reed 🟥
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Double the IRS budget in 2029 to fund the "Department of Audit the Hell Out of These Guys."

Anthony Painter@anthonypainter.bsky.social

As far as I'm aware the Supreme Court hasn't granted immunity from prosecution for President's son-in-laws. As yet. Extraordinary story if it's correct. Iran-Contra +++ and maybe more besides. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

vanityfair.comThe Art of the Deal: Jared Kushner’s Hacked Phone Revealed More Than $700 Million in TransfersAn exclusive excerpt from ‘Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East’ examines how bank accounts linked the president’s son-in-law—and former sen...
Kyle Reed 🟥
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"Conference abstract vs conference findings" levels of under-delivered results.

Steve Rattner@steverattner.bsky.social

When first reported, 2025’s jobs reports added up to 1.2 million new jobs. After revisions, the economy added just 116,000 — 90% less.

Kyle Reed 🟥
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Standing behind the ICC is nice and all, but maybe it's time to stand in front and block(ing statute) for the Court.

Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

The ICC must be free to pursue its mission, independently, and without pressure or intimidation. Europe stands firmly behind President Tomoko Akane, the Court's judges and officials, and their vital work for a world governed by rules.

Kyle Reed 🟥
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Imagine needing help AI to write a piece for the Chronicle of Higher Ed.

Chronicle of Higher Education@chronicle.com

Opinion: If AI is now part of academic writing, what should institutions actually evaluate? This essay argues that analytical writing should be judged by evidence, structure, argument, and accountability not by guesses about how each sentence was produced. https://chroni.cl/4eDRdjg

chroni.clOpinion | Who Cares Whether Academics Use AI to Write?We should judge analytical writing by its quality, not its source.
Kyle Reed 🟥
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Imagine needing help AI to write a piece for the Chronicle of Higher Ed.

Chronicle of Higher Education@chronicle.com

Opinion: If AI is now part of academic writing, what should institutions actually evaluate? This essay argues that analytical writing should be judged by evidence, structure, argument, and accountability not by guesses about how each sentence was produced. https://chroni.cl/4eDRdjg

chroni.clOpinion | Who Cares Whether Academics Use AI to Write?We should judge analytical writing by its quality, not its source.
Kyle Reed 🟥
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Anyways, best for Europe to play nice, lest the US works to undermine NATO or something 🙄

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social

Steve Witkoff to Putin: You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian. You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that, I commend you, and I thank you again.

Kyle Reed 🟥
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Good luck negotiating with the zombie of transatlanticism.

POLITICO Europe@politico.eu

The EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas has said that Brussels would use the next months "to open dialogue" on how to counter U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court — resisting calls from lawmakers to take quicker action.

politico.euKallas buys time on EU response to US sanctions against the ICCEuropean lawmakers have been pushing the EU executive to take swift action over U.S. sanctions against the Hague-based court.
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Kyle Reed 🟥
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Good luck negotiating with the zombie of transatlanticism.

POLITICO Europe@politico.eu

The EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas has said that Brussels would use the next months "to open dialogue" on how to counter U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court — resisting calls from lawmakers to take quicker action.

politico.euKallas buys time on EU response to US sanctions against the ICCEuropean lawmakers have been pushing the EU executive to take swift action over U.S. sanctions against the Hague-based court.
Kyle Reed 🟥
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Here's a question for Kallas - what would the EU be willing to sacrifice (from the ICC) to negotiate an end to these sanctions? What's the play? Pressuring the Court to end investigations (that'll do wonders for impartial justice and the Court's reputation)?

Kyle Reed 🟥
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A pinky-promise from the ICC not to investigate Trump & Co.? Does the Court get a say here? How can you speak for the PTC, for example? Also, see above regarding impartiality.

Kyle Reed 🟥
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If it looks like a Kalshi scheme, walks like a Kalshi scheme, and talks like a Kalshi scheme...

Mallory McMorrow@mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social

As one of the candidates featured in these polls - the infamous one in late June that showed me plummeting into single digits (which was at odds with our internals) - here's the impact of this "experiment"

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'Let's make sure your children aren't exposed to...' It's a PhD-level class.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social

Last week I wrote about how Texas politicians’ “free speech” campaign has led to a campaign of academic censorship in the state’s universities that exceeds even the McCarthy era (🎁🔗) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Kyle Reed 🟥
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Clearly, White House Press Secretary is the sort of job that requires demonstrated political skills and the savy ability to survive in the arena. There is also, to the best of my knowledge, no rule that they have to be a US citizen. Bring in stability. Bring in experience. Bring in...Liz Truss.

Kyle Reed 🟥
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Two part question. Part one: no. Part two: yea, probably, because apparently investors are total dupes.

Euronews@euronews.com

Could Tesla’s flying car send sales and shares soaring?

l.euronews.comCould Tesla’s flying car send sales and shares soaring?Tesla revealed its next-generation Roadster on Thursday in Texas, with one of the three new versions performing a jaw-dropping kickflip and demonstrating flying capabilities. However, analysts contacted by Euronews Business do not expect the model to generate significant revenue.
Kyle Reed 🟥
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To add one bit to the Supreme Court expansion discussion... ...if you expand the Supreme Court enough, plenty of other reform options can become constitutional.

Kyle Reed 🟥
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"Vote for my party AND we will blow up part of your state." What a pitch.

The Daily Montanan@dailymontanan.com

As Trump stumped in Montana last night, he announced a new military testing project for the Treasure State. dailymontanan.com/2026/10/15/t...

dailymontanan.comTrump announces ‘super range’ military installment on stump for Montana GOP candidates • Daily MontananTrump announces ‘super range’ military installment on stump for Montana GOP candidates Aaron Flint and Kurt Alme
Kyle Reed 🟥
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I can think of a series of questions for whatever judge signed off on this "judicially authorized warrant." "Why shouldn't you be impeached" is incredibly high on the list.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com

Investigators have subpoenaed relatives and examined immigration records, the newspaper reports.

aljazeera.comTrump administration seeks to strip Ilhan Omar of US citizenship: WSJInvestigators have subpoenaed relatives and examined immigration records, the newspaper reports.
Kyle Reed 🟥
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A rare live look at the EU preparing to "negotiate" ICC sanctions with the US.

Dr Benjamin Thorne @benjaminthorne.bsky.social

It is as if they think if they say it often enough, loud enough, and with enough conviction it will somehow suddenly become true. #ICC #USsanctions EU bets on diplomacy, not blocking statute, to protect ICC from Trump sanctions - euobserver.com/242731/eu-be...

euobserver.comEU bets on diplomacy, not blocking statute, to protect ICC from Trump sanctionsThe EU has six months of diplomacy to reverse US-imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, while shying away from triggering a rule that would protect Europeans.
Kyle Reed 🟥
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"“Russia is ready to negotiate, but it’s not ready to compromise.”" When you totally know the meaning of the word "negotiate."

Jacobin@jacobinmag.bsky.social

After years of warnings that the war in Ukraine could spiral into a full-on Russia-Europe conflagration, the conflict has reached a point where this is a real possibliity. It’s a prospect that threatens not just European lives but the entire globe.

jacobin.comThe War in Ukraine Is Spiraling Out of ControlAfter years of warnings that the war in Ukraine could spiral into a full-on Russia-Europe conflagration, the conflict has reached a point where this is a real possibliity. It’s a prospect that threatens not just European lives but the entire globe.
Kyle Reed 🟥
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John "it ain't illegal if the President does it" Roberts approves this message

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I didn't go to Congress. Remember Sleepy Joe? 'Oh, if they would give me approval in Congress!' You're not gonna get approval. You just do it. You're the president."

Kyle Reed 🟥
@kylereed.bsky.social

Nationalize Starlink, reimburse Musk with $1 and a stack of felony charges.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

Elon Musk is now using his control of SpaceX, a US government contractors, to wage his own private foreign policy which is directly at odds with US government policy and instead supports a mortal adversary. This, in a word, is treason.

wsj.comUkraine Says New Limits on Starlink Are Disrupting Its Military OperationsUkrainian officials say the limits imposed on the terminals have blunted their ability to attack Russian targets and intercept drones.
Kyle Reed 🟥
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Almost every exercise science type study boils down to "here are some huge claims, from an experiment whose entire sample size could fit into a small bus."

Matthew B. Jané@matthewbjane.bsky.social

New ACE audit report: Singh et al. (1997), one of the most cited trials of resistance training for depression in older adults. Misreporting of standard deviations and impossible statistics led to many meta-analyses having artificially inflated effects. auditclinicalevidence.org/reports/ACE2...

auditclinicalevidence.orgAudit of Singh et al. (1997) – ACE1997 RCT of resistance training for depression in older adults: SEs labeled as SDs, so 19 of 24 meta-analyses report extremely inflated effects. 110 integrity violations; retraction recommended.
Kyle Reed 🟥
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A point that I haven't seen mentioned here - Zacharia was, according to her bio, a Newsmax commentator before this. If any job should develop "say BS to a camera" as a transferable skill, that's it. A real failure of professionalization. 😔

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

😬 Katie Zacharia's first press briefing was brutally bad 😬 Trump managed to find a press secretary who can barely read, but she does have the number one qualification -- looking like Ivanka Here's a supercut from Zacharia's first briefing, which made Karoline Leavitt seem like Ronald Reagan

Kyle Reed 🟥
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An all-star meeting between two legends of the corruption game

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

FIFA signed a more than seven-year lease at Trump Tower, worth about $4 million, according to two officials directly involved in the deal and documents reviewed by The New York Times. The suite mostly sits empty. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/w...

nytimes.comFIFA Pays Millions for Trump Tower Office Said to Be Rarely Used (Gift Article)The deal is another sign of how Gianni Infantino, the leader of soccer’s global governing body, has sought closer ties to President Trump.
Kyle Reed 🟥
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This is akin to setting a six month goal for the ICC to start levitating.

Dr Benjamin Thorne @benjaminthorne.bsky.social

The Dutch Foreign Minster said today that 'consensus on using the next six months - the period before the sanctions take effect - to pursue dialogue with the U.S.' ... 'This should be aimed at getting the sanctions off the table' - nltimes.nl/2026/10/12/e... #ICC #Ussanctions

nltimes.nlEU seeks dialogue with U.S. to lift ICC sanctions within 6 monthsThere is broad support within the EU for protecting the International Criminal Court (ICC), Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen said after a meeting with the EU counterparts on Monday. The United Sta...
Kyle Reed 🟥
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The Biden administration dragged its feet rescinding the 2020 sanction, but sure, 6 months to fundamentally change the whole US-ICC relationship seems feasible.*

Kyle Reed 🟥
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*technically, it is feasible, if the goal is to rewrite the Rome Statute and gut the Court. Capitulation, cowardice, and wishful thinking are, technically speaking, strategies.

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Dr Benjamin Thorne
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Replying to @benjaminthorne.bsky.social

Spending the next 6 months negotiating with a proven unreliable partner is absolutely not the way to protect the ICC from US aggression. Even if an agreement was reached there is no way that the US can be trusted to follow through on this. Has the last 18 months not taught us anything? #ICC

nltimes.nlEU seeks dialogue with U.S. to lift ICC sanctions within 6 monthsThere is broad support within the EU for protecting the International Criminal Court (ICC), Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen said after a meeting with the EU counterparts on Monday. The United Sta...
Kyle Reed 🟥
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Reading the ICC sanctions order and yes, I know how the law is working here, but sanctioning the ICC under EO 14203 section 1(a)(ii)(A) just reads funnily. The ICC is being sanctioned because it "directly engaged in any effort by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute..."

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MP Broache
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Notably, while the Trump administration is escalating its anti-#ICC campaign, opposition to the Court has historically been bipartisan, with Congressional Dems joining prior statements (and votes) against the ICC, cf. this paper co-authored w/ @kylereed.bsky.social academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...

academic.oup.comPartisanship, Military Constituencies, and District Competitiveness: Explaining Congressional Opposition to the International Criminal CourtAbstract. In May 2020, bipartisan groups of US representatives and senators joined public letters criticizing the International Criminal Court (ICC) after

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Mark Kersten
@markkersten.bsky.social

Notable that the joint statement, while offering rhetoric support, is completely silent on any measures to help the #ICC. Hopefully that is coming. These states are not powerless. The EU, UK and Canada all have the ability to invoke measures to block the impact of U.S. sanctions.

Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

JOINT STATEMENT OF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF CANADA, DENMARK, GERMANY, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN, THE NETHERLANDS, UNITED KINGDOM "As committed supporters of the ICC we regret and strongly disagree with the announcement of sanctions to be imposed upon the Court by the United States."

Kyle Reed 🟥
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Generally stand by my notes from last year, with a caveat that there have been (some) promising developments on point 2. The ICC deserves a lot of credit for institutional steps taken to mitigate exposure. More states are speaking are more strongly, too, but the question now is if policy will match

Kyle Reed 🟥@kylereed.bsky.social

Quick thoughts on the latest ICC sanctions news. 1. The sanctions are a fundamental threat to the Court and it's clear they're already undermining the system. 2. The muted response by the ICC state parties is perhaps (I'd argue, definitely) even more damning for the future of the Court.