Sara Mitchell

Irredentist says what?

Blanche needs to go down for this also

(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...

Me in my conflict class yesterday: “Explain to me why we are telling the Iranian government exactly what we are going to do when this war escalates in two weeks 😭”

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Why Jordan has struck Syria: What we know https://aje.news/b5c40b

Very interesting analysis! “The correlation between a district’s presidential vote and its House vote increased from 0.62 in 1978 to approximately 0.98 in 2024…. The correlation between a state’s presidential vote and its Senate vote increased from only 0.29 in 1976 to approximately 0.96 in 2022.”

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."

Narrator: it’s way more than 25 women

New details about another rape allegation against Trump, this time from a former Miss Switzerland.

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NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.

He makes the Koch brothers seem not evil

Lololol

Are you an IR prof feeling like the world's a hot mess and you're not quite sure how to teach global governance or international order? Well, ISQ has a new Special Section out, and my "Making Sense of Disrupted International Order" introduces it. Hope it's helpful!

So honored to have this terrific group of scholars engage with my book "The Insiders' Game," and grateful to @danhart87.bsky.social and the team at the HDiplo/Jervis Forum who made it possible. One takeaway: the insiders' game is part of democracy, and in Trump 2, we're missing it b/c it's gone.

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“who thought a year ago that clean water would be a top issue in statewide races? Who imagined, other than Chris Jones, that Chris Jones could be in the running against Mike Naig for secretary of agriculture?” www.stormlake.com/stories/ther...

Looking for a brief overview of US hostility towards the International Criminal Court? Well, I have just the thing. www.fikerinstitute.org/publications... #IntLaw

Wow amazing given the long run gap between first and second round turnout

Today was the best day for global democracy in quite a while.

I hope so because anyone betting on elections should lose $

EL-SAYED: I get that the President takes personal offense to my first name. He doesn't mind as much when it's the Saudis who are funding his son-in-law's private equity. Doesn't seem to mind as much when it's the Qataris who are giving them a $400 million private jet…

One benefit of holding leaders accountable for crimes is that if Flávio Bolsonaro tries to overturn this election, he knows exactly where he’d end up. In prison, next to his father.

Good day for democracy!

This administration finds new ways to beclown itself daily 😭 www.wsj.com/opinion/vikt...

"The path forward is obvious. We let Sauron retain full power for another two years. Let the people experience a little more darkness while we clean house. Get our own ranks in order. Get rid of all those unity-chasing wackos that are tearing our Fellowship apart." buff.ly/9WluK1y

NEW: Let's put into context Trump's embrace of the smearing of Amy Acton: It fits his administration's broader record of abandoning the victims of sexual abuse—and shielding their predators. www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-crue...

Is it “unusual” that a guy from another state who is running for governor in Iowa is funded by the Koch brothers 🤷‍♀️

@gabrielzucman.bsky.social: So let met get that straight: paying a wealth tax is impossible (“billionaires have no liquidity”, “it would be taxing unrealized gains”, “their wealth is virtual”) but one man paying half a billion to influence elections is possible. Did I understand well?

The former US president warns of rising costs, corruption and threats to democratic values ahead of the November 3 vote.

It’s ironic for a guy who got our entire discipline to embrace replication datasets to welcome the AI reviewer overlords.

As always, Paul is very worth reading:

The feeling of utter helplessness which Trump has wrought is visceral, and something I will never forget (or forgive).

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What we learned is that former petrochemical lobbyists now inside the EPA are meeting with former clients and then moving to force career staff at the EPA to rollback public health protections. We found the actual documents detailing these moves. Smoking guns. (Redlines striking protections)

JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

Hailstorms are becoming larger and more frequent, especially in the Great Plains. As the climate warms, thunderstorms will create stronger updrafts that hold hailstones in the air for longer allowing them to grow bigger — and fall harder. https://wapo.st/4yI2XIS

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

Thanks to UGA folks for inviting me for a talk. Excellent questions at the talk, fun meeting new people, and great to see old ICPSR friends at the SPIA social event.