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Chad Levinson

Chad Levinson

@chadlevinson.com

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Academic in DC (Virginia Tech SPIA) nee CHI, NYC, omnivore, decent cook, novice gardener, puppy papa, he/him The President’s Echo System: How Foreign Policy is Sold to Americans (book forthcoming 2026 with Harvard University Press)

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Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 1d

Or 1974

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 1d

I was thinking taxes

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 1d

Tell us more about this test. Who administers it? It’s the middle aged dude who wants to bed the sixteen year old, isn’t it?

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 1d

There’s another way for rich people to fund government operations

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 1d

Before the modern nation-state, vassals would muster armies to fight for the monarch.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "By the way, a friend of mine called us the other day and he said 'I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown. I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have with the military.' Today, he sent us a check for $130 million. It's gonna go the military."

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 1d

Worth remembering that GWB chose John Roberts and every last NeverTrump Republican supported him.

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 1d

Is it my imagination or does she look really uncomfortable up there?

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 1d

I'm going to borrow this. I usually say that it's easier to live with the truth than a falsehood, because the world reinforces the truth and falsehoods eventually fall apart (though that's feeling a bit naive these days)

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 1d

Not surprising but still shocking.

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 1d

Apologies for jumping in uninvited but fuck these fuckers into the fucking sun for this. 9/11 may have been almost a quarter century ago but it's still a trauma and tragedy and a lot of people are still Islamophobic ghouls.

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 1d

"more clear" == correct. got it. way to hold yourself accountable to your readers, NYT.

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 1d

unbelievable (not really, but it should be)

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 1d

I think people are confused by the tradition of members having individual ceremonies with an officiant of their choosing. These are photo ops staged after the real swearing-in, which is presided over by the Speaker (or other designate) and confers legal status on the entire body of members at once.

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 2d

THERE'S ALWAYS A BETTER WAY, ALWAYS BETTER WORDS, somewhere

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 2d

Weber's stipulation that public and private property be kept separate under rational-legal systems of authority will never be relev...

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 2d

If he hasn't destroyed something you hold sacred, just wait, he'll get around to it eventually.

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 2d

Millionaire sociopaths can be very, very cheap when it comes to paying people with actual skill

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 2d

There's a hike near Williamstown MA that will take you to the exposed mouth of a cave that will still have natural unmelted snow in the middle of the summer.

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 2d

Srsly, I think his marriage is on the rocks. He's tearing down her offices either because he knows she's leaving and he's throwing a fit, or because he's trying to get her to stay by giving her something new and shiny.

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 2d

Best finale ever

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 2d

Is destroying a whole part of the White House complex without authorization an official or unofficial act with respect to presidential immunity?

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 2d

It's hard to explain totalitarianism to undergra...

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 2d

Is Trump about to become the most divorced man in the world?

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 2d

Sounds like your brother was being groomed to join a fascist militia

Chad Levinson @chadlevinson.com · 2d

Appropriations bills typically include anti-propaganda language. But hey, if they're not enforcing laws anymore, who cares, right?