@irgetsreal.bsky.social
Professor of International Relations, Georgetown. Former DoD and Senate staff. Foreign policy, political science, case study methods, environment, snark.
Trump having the Justice Department investigate everyone but him on Epstein’s crimes is the ultimate “whoever smelt it dealt it”
November 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Trump having the Justice Department investigate everyone but him on Epstein’s crimes is the ultimate “whoever smelt it dealt it”
NYT map on vote shift in BA compared to 2024. Not a single red arrow in even the most rural areas.
This is not just about unemployed and furloughed government workers in Northern VA.
This is not just about unemployed and furloughed government workers in Northern VA.
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
NYT map on vote shift in BA compared to 2024. Not a single red arrow in even the most rural areas.
This is not just about unemployed and furloughed government workers in Northern VA.
This is not just about unemployed and furloughed government workers in Northern VA.
NYT today.
It turns out that when you put tariffs on everyone, they just trade more with each other.
Trump made US the loner in the lunchroom of world trade.
It turns out that when you put tariffs on everyone, they just trade more with each other.
Trump made US the loner in the lunchroom of world trade.
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
NYT today.
It turns out that when you put tariffs on everyone, they just trade more with each other.
Trump made US the loner in the lunchroom of world trade.
It turns out that when you put tariffs on everyone, they just trade more with each other.
Trump made US the loner in the lunchroom of world trade.
I think I figured out why Hesketh hates soldiers with beards
October 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I think I figured out why Hesketh hates soldiers with beards
Caption this:
October 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Caption this:
This is the stock price of Ørsted, the company making a nearly complete wind farm off Rhode Island that Trump cancelled and a judge later reinstated.
This is the kind of chaos that prevents business investment.
This is the kind of chaos that prevents business investment.
September 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This is the stock price of Ørsted, the company making a nearly complete wind farm off Rhode Island that Trump cancelled and a judge later reinstated.
This is the kind of chaos that prevents business investment.
This is the kind of chaos that prevents business investment.
For a second I thought this was Trump giving Elon a hug from
behind
behind
February 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
For a second I thought this was Trump giving Elon a hug from
behind
behind
Interesting Gallup poll: after
the election, Republicans’ worries on immigration are down, those on inflation are unchanged, and worries on the government are up.
So they trust Trump to cut immigration but not to handle inflation or run the government. And they are OK with that.
the election, Republicans’ worries on immigration are down, those on inflation are unchanged, and worries on the government are up.
So they trust Trump to cut immigration but not to handle inflation or run the government. And they are OK with that.
January 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Interesting Gallup poll: after
the election, Republicans’ worries on immigration are down, those on inflation are unchanged, and worries on the government are up.
So they trust Trump to cut immigration but not to handle inflation or run the government. And they are OK with that.
the election, Republicans’ worries on immigration are down, those on inflation are unchanged, and worries on the government are up.
So they trust Trump to cut immigration but not to handle inflation or run the government. And they are OK with that.
Fake Elon Musk response on Twitter illustrates why Bluesky is better:
December 21, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Fake Elon Musk response on Twitter illustrates why Bluesky is better:
New Headspace icon is somehow . . . not very relaxing.
December 19, 2024 at 6:57 PM
New Headspace icon is somehow . . . not very relaxing.