Chad Levinson
@chadlevinson.com
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). https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674302518
The President’s Echo System: How Foreign Policy is Sold to Americans (book forthcoming 2026). https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674302518
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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.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
Some of y’all take the strangest movies seriously
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Some of y’all take the strangest movies seriously
This is everything you need to know about Elon Musk as a person
Hold on a second, lemme get grok to come up with a comeback
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This is everything you need to know about Elon Musk as a person
When you control the House agenda, you can put forward all sorts of bad faith non-binding resolutions to embarrass your opponents and it rewards that bad faith to give these tricks any attention.
November 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
When you control the House agenda, you can put forward all sorts of bad faith non-binding resolutions to embarrass your opponents and it rewards that bad faith to give these tricks any attention.
Got an email from United b/c a travel itinerary has changed. Yahoo's AI summary (which I never activated thank you now it's deactivated) had me on a return flight (from the wrong city) that would be in the air for three solid weeks. Good thing this pile of slop is holding up the entire economy.
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Got an email from United b/c a travel itinerary has changed. Yahoo's AI summary (which I never activated thank you now it's deactivated) had me on a return flight (from the wrong city) that would be in the air for three solid weeks. Good thing this pile of slop is holding up the entire economy.
Horrifying shit from the world's richest Nazi.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Horrifying shit from the world's richest Nazi.
Rich dude who never had a real job likes money, turns out
If there’s no shale gas then there’s no shale gas, but I still think environmentalism is basically bad and politicians should focus more on material prosperity.
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Rich dude who never had a real job likes money, turns out
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Reminder: If you use generative AI for *any of your writing tasks* you are a Slopper not a writer and should be ashamed of yourself. The end.
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reminder: If you use generative AI for *any of your writing tasks* you are a Slopper not a writer and should be ashamed of yourself. The end.
The GOP is very unpopular with voters, which is why the off-year elections swung further than usual (and further than the polls indicated). To interpret that as a mandate for any given policy or procedural strategy is the senate is pure spin.
November 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The GOP is very unpopular with voters, which is why the off-year elections swung further than usual (and further than the polls indicated). To interpret that as a mandate for any given policy or procedural strategy is the senate is pure spin.
Threadlet on AI.
My mentor as a programmer (former career) was from the original generation of computer geeks (bought a PC out of the trunk of Michael Dell's car, iirc). He passed away just before COVID broke, but we had just started talking about writing a book together about trust and tech.
My mentor as a programmer (former career) was from the original generation of computer geeks (bought a PC out of the trunk of Michael Dell's car, iirc). He passed away just before COVID broke, but we had just started talking about writing a book together about trust and tech.
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Threadlet on AI.
My mentor as a programmer (former career) was from the original generation of computer geeks (bought a PC out of the trunk of Michael Dell's car, iirc). He passed away just before COVID broke, but we had just started talking about writing a book together about trust and tech.
My mentor as a programmer (former career) was from the original generation of computer geeks (bought a PC out of the trunk of Michael Dell's car, iirc). He passed away just before COVID broke, but we had just started talking about writing a book together about trust and tech.
new troll just swung by picking a fight over a post I made over a year ago
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
new troll just swung by picking a fight over a post I made over a year ago
I'm all for solar power, but the industry is the wild west and this means a lot of sloppy work. Neighbor's install crew just littered my side gravel walk with aluminum shavings that could definitely kill my dog if she swallowed one.
November 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I'm all for solar power, but the industry is the wild west and this means a lot of sloppy work. Neighbor's install crew just littered my side gravel walk with aluminum shavings that could definitely kill my dog if she swallowed one.
He'll just have to settle for being a regular everyday hero
Sure the sandwich guy didn't actually hurt that cop, but that was because he was propelling the sandwich by hand, what if he'd had a sub machine gun
November 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
He'll just have to settle for being a regular everyday hero
Curious to know whether a mayoral race has ever gotten nearly this much attention from the national press and parties
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Curious to know whether a mayoral race has ever gotten nearly this much attention from the national press and parties
Best case (from Cuomo's POV) is Trump/Musk/Miller endorsing Cuomo will unify the Staten Island vote. Best of luck, Mario's big boy.
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Best case (from Cuomo's POV) is Trump/Musk/Miller endorsing Cuomo will unify the Staten Island vote. Best of luck, Mario's big boy.
This photograph is a hit-piece all on its own. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
November 4, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This photograph is a hit-piece all on its own. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Just in time for your summer reading list (ie, coming June 2026). Thanks to Joseph Pomp and the rest of the editorial team at Harvard University Press.
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
The President's Echo System — Harvard University Press
A sharp analysis of the propaganda partnerships between US presidents and private organizations that fueled the Cold War and paved the way for the War on Terror.How do US presidents motivate public su...
www.hup.harvard.edu
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Just in time for your summer reading list (ie, coming June 2026). Thanks to Joseph Pomp and the rest of the editorial team at Harvard University Press.
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
I’m sure it cost a fortune because he’s spending other people’s money but the bathroom remodel looks like every third listing on Zillow
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I’m sure it cost a fortune because he’s spending other people’s money but the bathroom remodel looks like every third listing on Zillow
Anyone else hearing fighter jets in DC?
October 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Anyone else hearing fighter jets in DC?
People are understandably mystified by Speaker Johnson's apparent abdication of power. But I think they're assuming he cares about the power of the House rather than his own. He's wielding his negative agenda setting authority (the capacity to prevent decision) to achieve his desired outcome.
October 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
People are understandably mystified by Speaker Johnson's apparent abdication of power. But I think they're assuming he cares about the power of the House rather than his own. He's wielding his negative agenda setting authority (the capacity to prevent decision) to achieve his desired outcome.
The White House has a page dedicated to the ballroom project and the Major Events Timeline is all the evidence you need to conclude that this country is in the hands of the most gutter-bound trolls you could ever imagine. These people are truly deplorable.
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The White House has a page dedicated to the ballroom project and the Major Events Timeline is all the evidence you need to conclude that this country is in the hands of the most gutter-bound trolls you could ever imagine. These people are truly deplorable.
Before the modern nation-state, vassals would muster armies to fight for the monarch.
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."
October 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Before the modern nation-state, vassals would muster armies to fight for the monarch.
Worth remembering that GWB chose John Roberts and every last NeverTrump Republican supported him.
October 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Worth remembering that GWB chose John Roberts and every last NeverTrump Republican supported him.
If he hasn't destroyed something you hold sacred, just wait, he'll get around to it eventually.
October 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
If he hasn't destroyed something you hold sacred, just wait, he'll get around to it eventually.