Mark Copelovitch
@mcopelov.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. International political economy, international relations, & international finance. 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
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The depths of this Administration’s depravity continue to sink daily.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The depths of this Administration’s depravity continue to sink daily.
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I'm not even mad, that's amazing.
December 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I'm not even mad, that's amazing.
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This is my all time favorite Onion headline (complete with picture to make the joke work), which is apropos today given the passing of architect Frank Gehry.
theonion.com/frank-gehry-...
theonion.com/frank-gehry-...
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is my all time favorite Onion headline (complete with picture to make the joke work), which is apropos today given the passing of architect Frank Gehry.
theonion.com/frank-gehry-...
theonion.com/frank-gehry-...
👇🎯 The Post Office is a friggin’ miracle, one of the actual original functions of the Republic, & the government is not a business.
I am happy to pay $30 a year for USPS Prime, which delivers mail daily to my home
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
👇🎯 The Post Office is a friggin’ miracle, one of the actual original functions of the Republic, & the government is not a business.
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Reminds me of Brezhnev's final year or so, when he attended the funeral of a general he'd known as a political officer in the Great Patriotic War. He broke down completely by the open casket, sobbing, and the TV news showed it all. Wouldn't have happened if Andropov or somebody hadn't authorized it.
god, this is going to be my favorite photo of him unless we get one during an auspicious event. also, the NYT doesn't run this photo for this story unless they smell blood
looking great, mister president, sir, no president in history has looked better at 175 years old while putting a fake medal on themselves
December 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Reminds me of Brezhnev's final year or so, when he attended the funeral of a general he'd known as a political officer in the Great Patriotic War. He broke down completely by the open casket, sobbing, and the TV news showed it all. Wouldn't have happened if Andropov or somebody hadn't authorized it.
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It really is amazing that the president has a noticeable an unexplained physical ailment that is disfiguring his right hand and there's no reporting about it. The White House's line is that it's from Trump shaking too many hands! Something is clearly being covered up.
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
It really is amazing that the president has a noticeable an unexplained physical ailment that is disfiguring his right hand and there's no reporting about it. The White House's line is that it's from Trump shaking too many hands! Something is clearly being covered up.
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"Trump, in his way, is as much of a wolf as Putin. Europe has run out of excuses to pretend otherwise". My Swamp Notes with @martinsandbu.ft.com on why Europe must make those frozen Russian assets work for Ukraine. The time for that is now. as.ft.com/r/9144c41b-7...
Europe’s fateful moment
[FREE TO READ] The EU faces a historic choice: whether or not to unlock frozen Russian assets and save the Ukrainian war effort
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December 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Trump, in his way, is as much of a wolf as Putin. Europe has run out of excuses to pretend otherwise". My Swamp Notes with @martinsandbu.ft.com on why Europe must make those frozen Russian assets work for Ukraine. The time for that is now. as.ft.com/r/9144c41b-7...
How it started / How it's going
December 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
How it started / How it's going
Slicing up eyeballs, I want you to know
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Slicing up eyeballs, I want you to know
Olly-Wolly PolliWoggy Ump-Bump Fizz!
December 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Olly-Wolly PolliWoggy Ump-Bump Fizz!
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me: maybe i shouldn't have used the word "ethno nationalist" to describe this administration in class
also me: no, that was accurate
also me: no, that was accurate
cool that the official position of the administration appears to be that black people don’t really count as americans
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
me: maybe i shouldn't have used the word "ethno nationalist" to describe this administration in class
also me: no, that was accurate
also me: no, that was accurate
Look, if we're going to be wildly corrupt, the way to do it is to avoid the Group of Death & get Austria, Uzbekistan, & Cape Verde, please:
December 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Look, if we're going to be wildly corrupt, the way to do it is to avoid the Group of Death & get Austria, Uzbekistan, & Cape Verde, please:
Participation trophies for the One Special Boy from the most corrupt athletics organization in the world. Perfect.
Update on this story from a month ago.
The winner of the first FIFA Peace Prize is …
Donald J. Trump. What a surprise.
The winner of the first FIFA Peace Prize is …
Donald J. Trump. What a surprise.
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Participation trophies for the One Special Boy from the most corrupt athletics organization in the world. Perfect.
👇🎯 Make America Shame Again
he sees little risk in open expressions of racism because a significant portion of the elite -- above all on the right but far from exclusively on the right -- lacks the courage and self-respect to enforce now-fraying norms that took a much time and a long, slow struggle to establish
Trump calling Somali immigrants “garbage” shows that he sees little risk in open expressions of racism, @adamserwer.bsky.social argues.
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
👇🎯 Make America Shame Again
The correct but deeply unpopular answer to this question involves acknowledging that Bryce Harper still has 6 years remaining on his $330M contract.
What was the worst contract the Phillies ever signed?
From @joeedinger.bsky.social
www.thegoodphight.com/phillies-ana...
From @joeedinger.bsky.social
www.thegoodphight.com/phillies-ana...
What was the worst contract the Phillies ever signed?
‘Tis the season for buyer’s remorse
www.thegoodphight.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The correct but deeply unpopular answer to this question involves acknowledging that Bryce Harper still has 6 years remaining on his $330M contract.
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Since Trump took office, only upper-class wages have outpaced inflation. Everyone else is losing purchasing power.
My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
December 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Since Trump took office, only upper-class wages have outpaced inflation. Everyone else is losing purchasing power.
My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
No, absolutely not. Either the tariffs are bad & Democrats can run against that and all the other affordability issues, or Gina Raimondo can be on the ticket.
One of the smartest DC observers I know has been touting the idea of a Wes Moore-Gina Raimondo ticket in 2028. Don’t @ me. Just reporting notable buzz when I hear it.
December 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
No, absolutely not. Either the tariffs are bad & Democrats can run against that and all the other affordability issues, or Gina Raimondo can be on the ticket.
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I didn’t think of this myself, one of the replies did. But it’s 🎯
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I didn’t think of this myself, one of the replies did. But it’s 🎯
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Vance Munich speech as National Security Strategy of the US.
US national security strategy.
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
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Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Vance Munich speech as National Security Strategy of the US.
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should not be complicated to grasp that we cannot have war crimes without a war — but we can and we do have murder, and when we've programmatically murdered scores of victims we have mass murder
December 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
should not be complicated to grasp that we cannot have war crimes without a war — but we can and we do have murder, and when we've programmatically murdered scores of victims we have mass murder
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The Trump National Security Strategy is an act of vandalism against the things that actually make our country strong, safe, and prosperous.
December 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The Trump National Security Strategy is an act of vandalism against the things that actually make our country strong, safe, and prosperous.
If the Founders, in their supposed Originalist wisdom, really wanted a 9-member super-legislature, they would have written it into Article I of the Constitution.
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
If the Founders, in their supposed Originalist wisdom, really wanted a 9-member super-legislature, they would have written it into Article I of the Constitution.