Frank A. Stengel
@frankstengel.com
Political sociologist at Kiel U
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
Non-Resident Fellow @gppi.bsky.social
Private account
Author, THE POLITICS OF MILITARY FORCE (2020)
Co-editor, POPULISM AND WORLD POLITICS (2nd ed. 2025)
🏠 https://www.frankstengel.com
https://linktr.ee/frankstengel
So there's an extra tab on the NYC mayoral race in the NXT app but not one on Trump's ongoing campaign to turn the United States into a kleptocratic white supremacist dictatorship? Okay, sure, I guess you gotta have priorities.
November 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
So there's an extra tab on the NYC mayoral race in the NXT app but not one on Trump's ongoing campaign to turn the United States into a kleptocratic white supremacist dictatorship? Okay, sure, I guess you gotta have priorities.
Zur Erinnerung: Mamdani ist *kein* Sozialist - auch wenn er sich selbst so bezeichnet. Mamdani will niemanden enteignen und die Produktionsmittel verstaatlichen. Die meisten seiner Forderungen sind relativ normal, z.B. freie Kitaplätze.
November 5, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Zur Erinnerung: Mamdani ist *kein* Sozialist - auch wenn er sich selbst so bezeichnet. Mamdani will niemanden enteignen und die Produktionsmittel verstaatlichen. Die meisten seiner Forderungen sind relativ normal, z.B. freie Kitaplätze.
No mention in the headline or teaser of the unprecedented level of corruption this entails, even for Trump.
October 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
No mention in the headline or teaser of the unprecedented level of corruption this entails, even for Trump.
Stumbled across this, and man, this hasn't aged well at all:
October 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Stumbled across this, and man, this hasn't aged well at all:
October 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Out in December. Mark your calendars.
October 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Out in December. Mark your calendars.
Alles richtig gemacht:
October 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Alles richtig gemacht:
Huh, Biden can travel in time. Pretty impressive.
October 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Huh, Biden can travel in time. Pretty impressive.
Deutschland 2025, Symbolbild:
October 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Deutschland 2025, Symbolbild:
I believe it when I see it. At this point I don't think Republicans will abandon Trump over anything.
October 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I believe it when I see it. At this point I don't think Republicans will abandon Trump over anything.
October 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
September 30, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Really objective analysis of the looming shutdown in the NYT by *checks notes* Newt Gingrich. 🤡
September 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Really objective analysis of the looming shutdown in the NYT by *checks notes* Newt Gingrich. 🤡
And a dark version:
September 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
And a dark version:
Here's another one with Farage:
September 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Here's another one with Farage:
Number 2, with title. Note how Trump's head is covering part of the subtitle - really classy stuff.
September 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Number 2, with title. Note how Trump's head is covering part of the subtitle - really classy stuff.
comic-book-style images to use. That fell through as well (still too close to Donny), but since it is Monday, I am posting some of the images here for your amusement. Here's number one:
September 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
comic-book-style images to use. That fell through as well (still too close to Donny), but since it is Monday, I am posting some of the images here for your amusement. Here's number one:
Thanks to @holgernehring.bsky.social who noticed that our cover was faulty. Here's the fixed version:
September 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Thanks to @holgernehring.bsky.social who noticed that our cover was faulty. Here's the fixed version:
Good news everyone: it's not even October and I already have you covered for Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza or whatever floats your boat presents because December this year, the second edition of "Populism and World Politics" is coming out, which I've co-edited with David B. MacDonald and Dirk Nabers.
September 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Good news everyone: it's not even October and I already have you covered for Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza or whatever floats your boat presents because December this year, the second edition of "Populism and World Politics" is coming out, which I've co-edited with David B. MacDonald and Dirk Nabers.
This will not be surprising to anyone who has ever listened to any Trump speech during the 2024 campaign ever, but among the most common terms that requently appear together with "fascis*" are "Marxists," "communists," "Democrats" and the "left". During the 2024 campaign, Trump often
September 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
This will not be surprising to anyone who has ever listened to any Trump speech during the 2024 campaign ever, but among the most common terms that requently appear together with "fascis*" are "Marxists," "communists," "Democrats" and the "left". During the 2024 campaign, Trump often
Fun fact: My own corpus lingusitic analysis of Trump's 2024 campaign statements shows that he mentioned "fascists" 195 times, "fascist" 63 times and "fascism" 27 times. We can also what other words "fascis*" (fascists, facist, etc.) appears with.
September 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Fun fact: My own corpus lingusitic analysis of Trump's 2024 campaign statements shows that he mentioned "fascists" 195 times, "fascist" 63 times and "fascism" 27 times. We can also what other words "fascis*" (fascists, facist, etc.) appears with.
He who doesn't send such birthday cards throw the first stone:
September 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
He who doesn't send such birthday cards throw the first stone:
@dieworkwear.bsky.social, what's your take on suit lining imprinted with the VP seal?
Source: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Source: www.bbc.com/news/article...
September 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@dieworkwear.bsky.social, what's your take on suit lining imprinted with the VP seal?
Source: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Source: www.bbc.com/news/article...