Frank A. Stengel
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Author, THE POLITICS OF MILITARY FORCE (2020)
Co-editor, POPULISM AND WORLD POLITICS (2nd ed. 2025)
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Non-Resident Fellow @gppi.bsky.social
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Author, THE POLITICS OF MILITARY FORCE (2020)
Co-editor, POPULISM AND WORLD POLITICS (2nd ed. 2025)
🏠 https://www.frankstengel.com
https://linktr.ee/frankstengel
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Frank A. Stengel
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· Jan 24
Crisis and Change in Post-Zeitenwende German Security Policy - Politische Vierteljahresschrift
This article examines the nexus between crisis and change in the context of German security policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s announcement of a Zeitenwende (histor...
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📣 Attention #Zeitenwende nerds: I'm happy to announce that my co-authored article (w/ Dirk Nabers) "Crisis and change in post-Zeitenwende German security policy" has been published *open access*.
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Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
This from the guy who the Colorado Supreme Court found engaged in an insurrection:
Trump: Democrats' message to troops seditious behavior, punishable by death
Trump's comments came after a group of Democrats urged US service members to refuse unlawful commands.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
This from the guy who the Colorado Supreme Court found engaged in an insurrection:
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It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
Timeline cleanser:
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Timeline cleanser:
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it just seems plainly clear to me that if you serve the country in any capacity, civil or military, and you are not a conservative white man, the Trump administration wants to make the workplace as hostile an environment as possible so you remove yourself
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
it just seems plainly clear to me that if you serve the country in any capacity, civil or military, and you are not a conservative white man, the Trump administration wants to make the workplace as hostile an environment as possible so you remove yourself
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Crow: "It just tells us everything that we need to know that reminding people to obey the law, reminding people to obey the Constitution, is somehow criminal in Trumpworld and should be responded to with death threats. It's very, very telling."
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Crow: "It just tells us everything that we need to know that reminding people to obey the law, reminding people to obey the Constitution, is somehow criminal in Trumpworld and should be responded to with death threats. It's very, very telling."
That's rich from the people who appointed Justices who declared Section Three of the 14th Amendment null and void (basically saying insurrection is fine) and then gave a former insurrectionist (Trump) immunity to crime as he sees fit while in office.
Your sole purpose is to impose your extremist agenda and unravel the Republic. Go back into your cave, Voldemort.
November 21, 2025 at 6:52 AM
That's rich from the people who appointed Justices who declared Section Three of the 14th Amendment null and void (basically saying insurrection is fine) and then gave a former insurrectionist (Trump) immunity to crime as he sees fit while in office.
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
I really don't know why people call Trump racist and antisemitic. Not the faintest idea. 😒
Ähm, da bin doch etwas sprachlos...
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"The Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol.
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
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"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I really don't know why people call Trump racist and antisemitic. Not the faintest idea. 😒
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An entire argument dismantled in two words.
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
An entire argument dismantled in two words.
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Vielleicht merkt Merz auf diese Weise, was er mit seinen "Reden", die doch "Wähler gewinnen" sollen, in diesem Land anrichten.
(Ich bezweifle, dass er was merkt oder lernt. Leider.)
(Ich bezweifle, dass er was merkt oder lernt. Leider.)
Das Bild einer Entfremdung: Die Stipendiaten der Deutschlandstiftung Integration verlassen bei der Rede des Bundeskanzlers den Saal.
Viele wollen es nicht verstehen oder wahr haben, aber die Äußerungen des Kanzlers haben enorme Kränkungen verursacht.
Viele wollen es nicht verstehen oder wahr haben, aber die Äußerungen des Kanzlers haben enorme Kränkungen verursacht.
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Vielleicht merkt Merz auf diese Weise, was er mit seinen "Reden", die doch "Wähler gewinnen" sollen, in diesem Land anrichten.
(Ich bezweifle, dass er was merkt oder lernt. Leider.)
(Ich bezweifle, dass er was merkt oder lernt. Leider.)
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Epstein survivor Haley Robson refutes Mike Johnson: "The survivors that don't want to be public are Jane Does. They've been protected and their names have been redacted the whole time ... I don't care if my name is redacted is not."
November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Epstein survivor Haley Robson refutes Mike Johnson: "The survivors that don't want to be public are Jane Does. They've been protected and their names have been redacted the whole time ... I don't care if my name is redacted is not."
So... He's upset that lawmakers remind soldiers of their duty not to break the law?
Lindsey Graham: "I don't think I've ever been on a show more unnerving than tonight. You've got US senators and members of the House suggesting to our men and women in the military that they should be disobeying unlawful orders issued by President Trump and his military."
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
So... He's upset that lawmakers remind soldiers of their duty not to break the law?
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This is the law. Passed down from our Founding Fathers, to ensure our military upholds its oath to the Constitution — not a king. Given Stephen Miller is directing much of a military policy, he should buff up on the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
November 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is the law. Passed down from our Founding Fathers, to ensure our military upholds its oath to the Constitution — not a king. Given Stephen Miller is directing much of a military policy, he should buff up on the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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Members of the military take an oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic, and to obey the orders of the president too.
I guess they never imagined the president could present the threat to the Constitution, but here we are.
I guess they never imagined the president could present the threat to the Constitution, but here we are.
CROW: Donald Trump has made a series of very disturbing comments and suggestions that would violate US law and put our military in terrible positions. We are standing by our troops--
MacCALLUM: Who sign up every day as you did to carry out the orders of the commander in chief
MacCALLUM: Who sign up every day as you did to carry out the orders of the commander in chief
November 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Members of the military take an oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic, and to obey the orders of the president too.
I guess they never imagined the president could present the threat to the Constitution, but here we are.
I guess they never imagined the president could present the threat to the Constitution, but here we are.
And *that* is how you respond to this moment.
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
And *that* is how you respond to this moment.
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Mein 1-Punkt Friedensplan: Russland kehrt in seine Grenzen zurück und bleibt dort. Danke für die Aufmerksamkeit.
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Mein 1-Punkt Friedensplan: Russland kehrt in seine Grenzen zurück und bleibt dort. Danke für die Aufmerksamkeit.
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Forscher über die deutsche Luftfahrt: „Der Staat muss nicht jede Reise subventionieren“ taz.de/Forscher-ueb...
Forscher über die deutsche Luftfahrt: „Der Staat muss nicht jede Reise subventionieren“
Die deutsche Flugbranche klagt über hohe Kosten – und die Bundesregierung gibt nach. Physiker Jakob Graichen erklärt, was das fürs Klima bedeutet.
taz.de
November 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Forscher über die deutsche Luftfahrt: „Der Staat muss nicht jede Reise subventionieren“ taz.de/Forscher-ueb...
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The Epstein scandal has reached that tipping point where material is coming out from multiple sources at different times.
Like Watergate, there’s no way to shut it all off anymore.
Like Watergate, there’s no way to shut it all off anymore.
Epstein had a tiny & ‘extremely deformed’ fruit-shaped penis, victim says
House Oversight Committee releases photos with blurred faces.
House Oversight Committee releases photos with blurred faces.
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Yes. The answer is yes.
Fox Business credulously reports that Saudi Arabia is pushing its investment into the US "to $1 trillion." The entire size of the Saudi economy is $1 trillion. How stupid are these people and/or how stupid do they think their viewers are?
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Yes. The answer is yes.
While we're at it: what is the First Amendment?
Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
While we're at it: what is the First Amendment?
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tl;dr:
The United States
House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution effectively declaring Senator Lindsey Graham to be a ridiculous twit
The United States
House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution effectively declaring Senator Lindsey Graham to be a ridiculous twit
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
tl;dr:
The United States
House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution effectively declaring Senator Lindsey Graham to be a ridiculous twit
The United States
House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution effectively declaring Senator Lindsey Graham to be a ridiculous twit
Yes.
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Yes.
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& wieder sitzt man in 1 gerade bezogenen Büro & denkt darüber nach, dass sich Dozis & Studis nun eingegrooved haben, ich mich für letztere freue, wenn sie am Sem.-Ende ihre PL bestehen – & ich kurz danach wieder meine Sachen packen & mich mit Mitte 40 in die Erwerbslosigkeit verabschieden darf. 1/2
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
& wieder sitzt man in 1 gerade bezogenen Büro & denkt darüber nach, dass sich Dozis & Studis nun eingegrooved haben, ich mich für letztere freue, wenn sie am Sem.-Ende ihre PL bestehen – & ich kurz danach wieder meine Sachen packen & mich mit Mitte 40 in die Erwerbslosigkeit verabschieden darf. 1/2