Sara Mitchell
@sbmitche.bsky.social
Professor, international relations, Spartan & Cyclone alumni, studies conflict, institutions, and disasters; mother of awesome rehabilitation counselor
The cruelty is the point
DHS has announced the end of temporary immigration protections for Haitians.
The decision, effective Feb. 3, 2026, affects up to more than a half million Haitians. They now face returning to a country plagued by criminal gangs that control all major roads into the capital Port-au-Prince.
The decision, effective Feb. 3, 2026, affects up to more than a half million Haitians. They now face returning to a country plagued by criminal gangs that control all major roads into the capital Port-au-Prince.
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The cruelty is the point
Yep, hegemonic suicide
"The world’s most powerful democracy has turned into a rogue nation led by a president who is more sympathetic to dictators than democrats," writes @maxboot.bsky.social.
Opinion | America has become a rogue nation. U.S. allies are looking elsewhere.
Europeans and Canadians are talking about making their own security arrangements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Yep, hegemonic suicide
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
Terrible. These folks are never brought to justice 🤷♀️
The prosecutor appointed to replace Fani Willis in Georgia moved to dismiss the election fraud conspiracy case against Trump & others. Judge McAfee just granted that motion. Case over.
BREAKING: Judge Scott McAfee grants motion to dismiss Georgia case against Trump, others.
The Fulton County case -- which resulted in guilty pleas by Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Scott Hall, and Kenneth Chesebro -- is officially done.
The Fulton County case -- which resulted in guilty pleas by Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, Scott Hall, and Kenneth Chesebro -- is officially done.
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Terrible. These folks are never brought to justice 🤷♀️
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Wow. Puts the affordability demand in a whole new light.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Wow. Puts the affordability demand in a whole new light.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Irredentist says what?
The Russian Foreign Ministry stated there can be no talk of concessions or backing down from key objectives in the so-called "special military operation." A clear signal that Moscow isn't planning to shift its course anytime soon.
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Irredentist says what?
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Fellowship opportunity for for three scholars from SWANA/MENA countries to attend the Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research in summer 2026. Apply by December 14 (scroll down for info).
Direct link to PDF call here: web.apsanet.org/mena/wp-cont...
Direct link to PDF call here: web.apsanet.org/mena/wp-cont...
Institute for Qualitative & Multi-Method Research
www.maxwell.syr.edu
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Fellowship opportunity for for three scholars from SWANA/MENA countries to attend the Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research in summer 2026. Apply by December 14 (scroll down for info).
Direct link to PDF call here: web.apsanet.org/mena/wp-cont...
Direct link to PDF call here: web.apsanet.org/mena/wp-cont...
All roads lead to Russia
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
All roads lead to Russia
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Not a bubble
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Not a bubble
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Send them all to the Hague
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Send them all to the Hague
Hegemonic suicide
The administration stayed home from Halifax and forced the US military to do so as well. This isn’t an aberration: Also over the weekend, the administration boycotted the G20 in S Africa. How does the Trump team expect to win any diplomatic victories when it’s not even on the field? wapo.st/4oZH3wz
Opinion | America has become a rogue nation. U.S. allies are looking elsewhere.
Europeans and Canadians are talking about making their own security arrangements.
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Hegemonic suicide
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After nearly a decade, “Stranger Things” is ending, with the first four episodes of the show’s fifth and final season arriving on Wednesday night. Here’s where the young heroes left off.
What to Remember From ‘Stranger Things’ Before Season 5 Premieres
Over three years have passed since Season 4 of the hit Netflix series, and the ultimate showdown is finally here. Here’s where the young heroes left off.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
After nearly a decade, “Stranger Things” is ending, with the first four episodes of the show’s fifth and final season arriving on Wednesday night. Here’s where the young heroes left off.
Clown show FP
One man -- Marco Rubio -- serves this country as both National Security Adviser and Secretary of State.
And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.
🎁
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
And he was nowhere near the drafting of that Ukraine 'peace plan,' which was instead devised by the president's real-estate buddy and his son-in-law.
🎁
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Clown show FP
Reviewer #3 really hates our paper 🤷♀️
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Reviewer #3 really hates our paper 🤷♀️
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‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
“These revelations appear to confirm what researchers and close observers have long known: that foreign actors (whether bots or humans) are posing as Americans and piping political-engagement bait, mis- and disinformation, and spam into people’s timeline.”
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
“These revelations appear to confirm what researchers and close observers have long known: that foreign actors (whether bots or humans) are posing as Americans and piping political-engagement bait, mis- and disinformation, and spam into people’s timeline.”
Finally finished Severance season 2. I wasn’t a fan of the ending 😂 I also had to read some analysis of the show to put it all together. Very weird.
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Finally finished Severance season 2. I wasn’t a fan of the ending 😂 I also had to read some analysis of the show to put it all together. Very weird.
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We have a new tenure-track job in @lsegovernment.bsky.social at AP level (empirical political science, open subfield): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please apply and share with colleagues who might be interested!
Assistant Professor in Political Science
Assistant Professor in Political Science,
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jobs.lse.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We have a new tenure-track job in @lsegovernment.bsky.social at AP level (empirical political science, open subfield): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please apply and share with colleagues who might be interested!
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“The Justice Department should never have brought such an astoundingly shoddy case” against James Comey, @qjurecic.bsky.social argued in September. That decision, she added, was “an indication of how thoroughly Trump has been able to corrupt the department.”
The Comey Indictment Is an Embarrassment
The Justice Department should never have brought such a shoddy case.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“The Justice Department should never have brought such an astoundingly shoddy case” against James Comey, @qjurecic.bsky.social argued in September. That decision, she added, was “an indication of how thoroughly Trump has been able to corrupt the department.”
His order is very similar to mine at the top! Revenge of the Sith higher than The Last Jedi though.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
His order is very similar to mine at the top! Revenge of the Sith higher than The Last Jedi though.
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The ongoing, behind-the-scenes evisceration of our apolitical public service will ultimately harm all Conservative and Liberal Americans. Institutions that defend all of us from extremists on the Left and Right, once shattered, do not return soon and may not return ever.
“The Justice Department purge has now eclipsed 5,000 employees since January, including resignations, firings and retirements.”
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-j...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-j...
"Quite frankly I was pissed off!" Growing online page chronicles Trump Justice Dept. resignation letters
Amid a wave of departures from the Justice Department, some of its former officials are curating a public online display of the farewell messages of ousted employees.
www.cbsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The ongoing, behind-the-scenes evisceration of our apolitical public service will ultimately harm all Conservative and Liberal Americans. Institutions that defend all of us from extremists on the Left and Right, once shattered, do not return soon and may not return ever.
I have been warning about Israel escalating to grab more territory in this area 🤷♀️
BREAKING: The Israeli army has launched an incursion into the countryside of Quneitra in southern Syria with five vehicles entering Syrian territory.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ovn8p0
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ovn8p0
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I have been warning about Israel escalating to grab more territory in this area 🤷♀️
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“‘You tell him,“‘I’m going to try to get a deal.“ He will say, “Great, go see what you can do.“ And that’s the level of detail he has,’ the official said, later adding, ‘It’s been absolute chaos all day because even different parts of the White House don’t know what’s going on. It’s embarrassing.’”
Hard to know what’s going on with respect to these discussions but the sentence that rings most true in this piece is “It’s embarrassing.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
U.S., Ukraine agree to change draft of peace plan that appeased Russia
Negotiators had been working off an early proposal that bipartisan lawmakers say would further destabilize global security and reward Russia after its 2022 invasion.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“‘You tell him,“‘I’m going to try to get a deal.“ He will say, “Great, go see what you can do.“ And that’s the level of detail he has,’ the official said, later adding, ‘It’s been absolute chaos all day because even different parts of the White House don’t know what’s going on. It’s embarrassing.’”