Paul Glastris
@glastris.bsky.social
Editor in chief, Washington Monthly, former speechwriter for President Clinton, physically present if mentally distracted father, St. Louis Cardinals fan.
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Ezra Klein's housing chart doesn't tell the story he thinks it tells deanbaker22.substack.com/p/ezra-klein... Bubbles have consequences
Ezra Klein Needs to Look More Closely at His Housing Chart
Bubbles have consequences
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November 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Ezra Klein's housing chart doesn't tell the story he thinks it tells deanbaker22.substack.com/p/ezra-klein... Bubbles have consequences
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A populist reaction to Trump is brewing. Liberal governments in Europe, Canada, and elsewhere must join the fight. @glastris.bsky.social
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What America’s Allies Can Learn From Our Recent Elections
A populist reaction to Trump is brewing. Liberal governments in Europe, Canada, and elsewhere need to join the fight.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A populist reaction to Trump is brewing. Liberal governments in Europe, Canada, and elsewhere must join the fight. @glastris.bsky.social
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"This 'populist-moderate' movement in the Democratic Party is just emerging. But I think it is the future." ––
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November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"This 'populist-moderate' movement in the Democratic Party is just emerging. But I think it is the future." ––
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I haven’t read this yet, but let me guess: it’s the left fault. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...
Opinion | Understanding the Right’s Antisemitic Turn
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November 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I haven’t read this yet, but let me guess: it’s the left fault. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...
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“I’m scared for my parents to walk out there, to walk out of their house, because I might not be able to say goodbye to them if they go to work. I might not ever be able to say bye or see them again,” Chavez told the council, his voice breaking. www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/11...
‘I shouldn’t be scared,’ says Hillsboro teen whose emotional testimony on ICE enforcement went viral
The teen whose city council testimony went viral has started an online fundraiser to raise money for Hillsboro community members whose loved ones have been impacted by ICE enforcement.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“I’m scared for my parents to walk out there, to walk out of their house, because I might not be able to say goodbye to them if they go to work. I might not ever be able to say bye or see them again,” Chavez told the council, his voice breaking. www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/11...
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Elwood Watson of East Tennessee State takes the measure of various college rankings and finds @washingtonmonthly.com to be the best for most students. www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/arti...
Commentary: A different way to rank colleges — Elwood Watson
Commentary: Washington Monthly has published rankings with the intent of avoiding what the most prestigious rankings seek to reward: an institution’s wealth, prestige, and exclusivity.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Elwood Watson of East Tennessee State takes the measure of various college rankings and finds @washingtonmonthly.com to be the best for most students. www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/arti...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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This review of Jill Lepore’s WE THE PEOPLE is virtually impossible to find on the MONTHLY website, so I, tediously enough, will re-post the link several times. I am embarrassed to admit that I think it’s pretty good.
The result is generous, original, and fascinating—de-emphasizing the stories of the so-called Founding Fathers, and forwarding those of ordinary people, some of whom made constitutions of their own. We the People is also profoundly, indeed joyously, subversive.
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Constitution in Progress
In We the People, Jill Lepore argues the Constitution isn’t the parchment paper, but the evolving democratic imagination of the people.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This review of Jill Lepore’s WE THE PEOPLE is virtually impossible to find on the MONTHLY website, so I, tediously enough, will re-post the link several times. I am embarrassed to admit that I think it’s pretty good.
Yesterday I argued @washingtonmonthly.com that the policies parties pursue play a bigger role in elections than most politically focused people think. Today, @mattyglesias.bsky.social does an excellent job…/1 washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/e...
How the Democrats Can Play Offense
The November/December issue of the Washington Monthly print magazine, "How the Democrats Can Go On Offense," is here.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Yesterday I argued @washingtonmonthly.com that the policies parties pursue play a bigger role in elections than most politically focused people think. Today, @mattyglesias.bsky.social does an excellent job…/1 washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/e...
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We are joined by @glastris.bsky.social to discuss how Democrats can win back voters by creating their own response to Project 2025. We discuss this new series at The Washington Monthly, including his article, “How the Democrats Can Play Offense” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
Trump Has Project 2025 But the Democrats Have No Plan and They Need to Go On the Offensive With One
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November 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We are joined by @glastris.bsky.social to discuss how Democrats can win back voters by creating their own response to Project 2025. We discuss this new series at The Washington Monthly, including his article, “How the Democrats Can Play Offense” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
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Since I’ve been whining about the left: It’s really dumb that Schumer and other Dem leaders haven’t endorsed Mamdani. He’s the nominee, it’s NYC, if you want a big tent you have to show you mean it.
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Since I’ve been whining about the left: It’s really dumb that Schumer and other Dem leaders haven’t endorsed Mamdani. He’s the nominee, it’s NYC, if you want a big tent you have to show you mean it.
4 more alleged drug boats sunk by the US military today. If you're struggling to make sense of this apparent new undeclared Trump war @washingtonmonthly.com has you covered. /1 www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Military Destroys 4 More Boats U.S. Says Were Carrying Drugs
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October 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
4 more alleged drug boats sunk by the US military today. If you're struggling to make sense of this apparent new undeclared Trump war @washingtonmonthly.com has you covered. /1 www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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A Q&A on the unstated aims and unacknowledged risks of Trump’s air strikes –– @glastris.bsky.social
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Sinking Boats Off Venezuela, Colombia. What Could Go Wrong?
U.S. forces are sinking drug boats off Venezuela and Colombia. A defense expert warns Trump’s new strikes won’t even stop the drug trade.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A Q&A on the unstated aims and unacknowledged risks of Trump’s air strikes –– @glastris.bsky.social
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In my latest piece for @foreignpolicy.com, I explain why the wave of youth-led protests around the world needs to be taken seriously foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/17/g...
Gen Z Is Taking to the Barricades
Here’s why you should be paying attention.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
In my latest piece for @foreignpolicy.com, I explain why the wave of youth-led protests around the world needs to be taken seriously foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/17/g...
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Russia lost 281,550 soldiers in Ukraine in the first eight months of this year, according to a document that Ukrainian intelligence says contained leaked Russian data.
Russia bleeds troops for microscopic frontline gains
Both Ukraine and Russia are finding it difficult to recruit new soldiers.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Russia lost 281,550 soldiers in Ukraine in the first eight months of this year, according to a document that Ukrainian intelligence says contained leaked Russian data.
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It's a really interesting question, whether data centers are going to keep bloating based on economies of scale or whether they will eventually start going modular & distributed like ... everything else.
October 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
It's a really interesting question, whether data centers are going to keep bloating based on economies of scale or whether they will eventually start going modular & distributed like ... everything else.
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For TIME’s cover, my profile of @springsteen. Fifty years after his breakthrough Born to Run and ahead of a powerful new film on the most vulnerable stretch of his life, we met to discuss his life and legacy, and to walk the streets where it all began: Asbury Park.
Story: time.com/7319963/bruc...
Story: time.com/7319963/bruc...
September 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
For TIME’s cover, my profile of @springsteen. Fifty years after his breakthrough Born to Run and ahead of a powerful new film on the most vulnerable stretch of his life, we met to discuss his life and legacy, and to walk the streets where it all began: Asbury Park.
Story: time.com/7319963/bruc...
Story: time.com/7319963/bruc...
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🎙️Higher education excellence is not catering to the wealthy but meeting the needs of the average student, says @glastris.bsky.social. He's the editor of @washingtonmonthly.com which just put out its 2025 college rankings.
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A Successful College Should Not Look Like A Country Club - WORT-FM 89.9
Our guest, Paul Glastris, says that higher education excellence is not catering to the wealthy, but meeting the needs of the average student.
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September 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🎙️Higher education excellence is not catering to the wealthy but meeting the needs of the average student, says @glastris.bsky.social. He's the editor of @washingtonmonthly.com which just put out its 2025 college rankings.
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The American press consistently Undercovers the success of Ukraine’s war effort.
Here’s what we’re reading today:
Ukrainian drone strikes have increased internet blackouts across Russia, costing Moscow $557.1mn per hour in disruptions to businesses and public services.
This comes as Russia’s war economy strains under energy attacks and Western sanctions.
Ukrainian drone strikes have increased internet blackouts across Russia, costing Moscow $557.1mn per hour in disruptions to businesses and public services.
This comes as Russia’s war economy strains under energy attacks and Western sanctions.
Russians lose internet access as Ukrainian drones hit close to home
Consumers in Russia memorise bus schedules and revert to cash payments amid disruption to online services
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September 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The American press consistently Undercovers the success of Ukraine’s war effort.
Trump's personalist industrial policy is unlawful and courts disaster. But with the right democratic checks and balances, the next Democratic president can use the same tools to great effect, notes @joeldodge07.bsky.social @washingtonmonthly.com
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Trump’s Industrial Policy: What’s Right and Wrong
Trump’s industrial policy includes equity stakes, profit-sharing, and golden shares in major corporations. The outcome could be disastrous.
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September 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Trump's personalist industrial policy is unlawful and courts disaster. But with the right democratic checks and balances, the next Democratic president can use the same tools to great effect, notes @joeldodge07.bsky.social @washingtonmonthly.com
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This is a sobering--and depressing statistic. Sizable layoffs in the federal government are likely contributing to the increase in unemployment among Black college graduates.
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September 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This is a sobering--and depressing statistic. Sizable layoffs in the federal government are likely contributing to the increase in unemployment among Black college graduates.
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Worth remembering (and pointing out where necessary) that drawing equivalence between raiding Bolton’s house for documents and raiding Mar-a-Lago requires Bolton to have similarly dismissed and worked around demands for their return for months.
A timeline of what led to Trump’s classified documents indictment
Key moments in Donald Trump's classified documents indictment and investigation
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August 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Worth remembering (and pointing out where necessary) that drawing equivalence between raiding Bolton’s house for documents and raiding Mar-a-Lago requires Bolton to have similarly dismissed and worked around demands for their return for months.
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My take on the pathetic Alaska summit and the White House meeting that followed.
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Why Steve Witkoff Is Trump’s Master of Disaster
The helpless envoy embodies everything that is dysfunctional about current U.S. foreign policy.
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August 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My take on the pathetic Alaska summit and the White House meeting that followed.
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A useful WaPo map of where Trump Storm Troops are actually operating in DC.
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If you know DC, what this map tell you is: They're making the gaudy show of strength in areas where it matters least and will do least good. Except for sheer spectacle.
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If you know DC, what this map tell you is: They're making the gaudy show of strength in areas where it matters least and will do least good. Except for sheer spectacle.
August 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A useful WaPo map of where Trump Storm Troops are actually operating in DC.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
If you know DC, what this map tell you is: They're making the gaudy show of strength in areas where it matters least and will do least good. Except for sheer spectacle.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
If you know DC, what this map tell you is: They're making the gaudy show of strength in areas where it matters least and will do least good. Except for sheer spectacle.