MP Broache
@mbroache.bsky.social
Back on here, for a bit...Parent, partner, political scientist (teaching & studying international relations & law), runner, ex-rower, Baltimore native now in NC, inveterate Orioles fan; OCD/BP2 (I am a lot); if you know, you know
Brb inviting Tim Kaine and Chris Coons to my intro IR lecture on commitment problems this week
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Brb inviting Tim Kaine and Chris Coons to my intro IR lecture on commitment problems this week
Two takes:
1) It is extremely unlikely that there will be mass prosecutions—in most cases of atrocity, most of the “ordinary men” who actually implement violence don’t face justice
2) It seems more possible to have some type of accountability for higher ranking leaders
1) It is extremely unlikely that there will be mass prosecutions—in most cases of atrocity, most of the “ordinary men” who actually implement violence don’t face justice
2) It seems more possible to have some type of accountability for higher ranking leaders
I know the idea that ICE and BP will be prosecuted en mass is comforting but it absolutely isn’t going to happen. If you actually care about this issue you should be more serious about it.
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Two takes:
1) It is extremely unlikely that there will be mass prosecutions—in most cases of atrocity, most of the “ordinary men” who actually implement violence don’t face justice
2) It seems more possible to have some type of accountability for higher ranking leaders
1) It is extremely unlikely that there will be mass prosecutions—in most cases of atrocity, most of the “ordinary men” who actually implement violence don’t face justice
2) It seems more possible to have some type of accountability for higher ranking leaders
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Tim Kaine:
"Abby Spanberger just put up Assad numbers in my state against the sitting GOP lieutenant governor, and flipped a county (York) that hadn't voted Democratic since 1965, maybe the voters of Virginia want me to compromise with the GOP"
"Abby Spanberger just put up Assad numbers in my state against the sitting GOP lieutenant governor, and flipped a county (York) that hadn't voted Democratic since 1965, maybe the voters of Virginia want me to compromise with the GOP"
Tim Kaine just saw the GOP get electorally obliterated in his own state five days ago by voters desperate for ANYONE to oppose the Trump agenda and was like, "Yep, I'm gonna cave to these guys, that's what my constituents want"
THE FOLLOWING DEMOCRATIC SENATORS VOTE “YES” ON THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION IN EXCHANGE FOR NOTHING:
MAGGIE HASSAN (NH)
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
JEANNE SHAHEEN (NH)
JACKY ROSEN (NV)
DICK DURBIN (IL)
TIM KAINE (VA)
ANGUS KING (ME)
JOHN FETTERMAN (PA)
ITS OVER
MAGGIE HASSAN (NH)
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
JEANNE SHAHEEN (NH)
JACKY ROSEN (NV)
DICK DURBIN (IL)
TIM KAINE (VA)
ANGUS KING (ME)
JOHN FETTERMAN (PA)
ITS OVER
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Tim Kaine:
"Abby Spanberger just put up Assad numbers in my state against the sitting GOP lieutenant governor, and flipped a county (York) that hadn't voted Democratic since 1965, maybe the voters of Virginia want me to compromise with the GOP"
"Abby Spanberger just put up Assad numbers in my state against the sitting GOP lieutenant governor, and flipped a county (York) that hadn't voted Democratic since 1965, maybe the voters of Virginia want me to compromise with the GOP"
Tim Kaine:
"Abby Spanberger just put up Assad numbers in my state against the sitting GOP lieutenant governor, and flipped a county (York) that hadn't voted Democratic since 1965, maybe the voters of Virginia want me to compromise with the GOP"
"Abby Spanberger just put up Assad numbers in my state against the sitting GOP lieutenant governor, and flipped a county (York) that hadn't voted Democratic since 1965, maybe the voters of Virginia want me to compromise with the GOP"
Tim Kaine just saw the GOP get electorally obliterated in his own state five days ago by voters desperate for ANYONE to oppose the Trump agenda and was like, "Yep, I'm gonna cave to these guys, that's what my constituents want"
THE FOLLOWING DEMOCRATIC SENATORS VOTE “YES” ON THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION IN EXCHANGE FOR NOTHING:
MAGGIE HASSAN (NH)
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
JEANNE SHAHEEN (NH)
JACKY ROSEN (NV)
DICK DURBIN (IL)
TIM KAINE (VA)
ANGUS KING (ME)
JOHN FETTERMAN (PA)
ITS OVER
MAGGIE HASSAN (NH)
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
JEANNE SHAHEEN (NH)
JACKY ROSEN (NV)
DICK DURBIN (IL)
TIM KAINE (VA)
ANGUS KING (ME)
JOHN FETTERMAN (PA)
ITS OVER
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Tim Kaine:
"Abby Spanberger just put up Assad numbers in my state against the sitting GOP lieutenant governor, and flipped a county (York) that hadn't voted Democratic since 1965, maybe the voters of Virginia want me to compromise with the GOP"
"Abby Spanberger just put up Assad numbers in my state against the sitting GOP lieutenant governor, and flipped a county (York) that hadn't voted Democratic since 1965, maybe the voters of Virginia want me to compromise with the GOP"
Tim Kaine just saw the GOP get electorally obliterated in his own state five days ago by voters desperate for ANYONE to oppose the Trump agenda and was like, "Yep, I'm gonna cave to these guys, that's what my constituents want"
THE FOLLOWING DEMOCRATIC SENATORS VOTE “YES” ON THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION IN EXCHANGE FOR NOTHING:
MAGGIE HASSAN (NH)
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
JEANNE SHAHEEN (NH)
JACKY ROSEN (NV)
DICK DURBIN (IL)
TIM KAINE (VA)
ANGUS KING (ME)
JOHN FETTERMAN (PA)
ITS OVER
MAGGIE HASSAN (NH)
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO (NV)
JEANNE SHAHEEN (NH)
JACKY ROSEN (NV)
DICK DURBIN (IL)
TIM KAINE (VA)
ANGUS KING (ME)
JOHN FETTERMAN (PA)
ITS OVER
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Tim Kaine just saw the GOP get electorally obliterated in his own state five days ago by voters desperate for ANYONE to oppose the Trump agenda and was like, "Yep, I'm gonna cave to these guys, that's what my constituents want"
“Keeping the caucus together” is actually his main job though
Everyone is blaming Chuck Schumer, but blaming him for the wrong thing.
It's not Chuck's idea to cave. There are "Democrats" in the caucus (I bet Fetterman) who want to cave without getting anything in return,
Chuck will vote against this.
Chuck's failure is in keeping the caucus together.
It's not Chuck's idea to cave. There are "Democrats" in the caucus (I bet Fetterman) who want to cave without getting anything in return,
Chuck will vote against this.
Chuck's failure is in keeping the caucus together.
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“Keeping the caucus together” is actually his main job though
None of the losers currently taking bribes to throw pitches, at bats, or even games will ever match the GOAT of sports gambling, who threw the World Series
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
None of the losers currently taking bribes to throw pitches, at bats, or even games will ever match the GOAT of sports gambling, who threw the World Series
The thing is that no one could have predicted something like this would happen with the widespread legalization of sports gambling, absolutely no historical precedent for anything like this
www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
Guardians' Clase, Ortiz indicted for pitch rigging
Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted on a host of charges related to an alleged scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games. Ortiz is in custody.
www.espn.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The thing is that no one could have predicted something like this would happen with the widespread legalization of sports gambling, absolutely no historical precedent for anything like this
www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Yeah I get that Janet Mills isn’t perfect but at least she has never had a Nazi tattoo as far as we know
Graham Platner insists he won't be like John Fetterman — but he gets the concern.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202... by @allansmith.bsky.social @sahilkapur.bsky.social
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202... by @allansmith.bsky.social @sahilkapur.bsky.social
Graham Platner says he's no John Fetterman. But he gets the concerns.
The Democratic Senate candidate said he understands why some may compare him to the Pennsylvania senator, but he told NBC News he's different — and wants to earn voters' trust.
www.nbcnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Yeah I get that Janet Mills isn’t perfect but at least she has never had a Nazi tattoo as far as we know
Since I mistakenly engaged in Graham Platner discourse again, I will log off by reminding everyone that there are is an almost infinite set of cool tattoo designs that does not include “Nazi themed”
November 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Since I mistakenly engaged in Graham Platner discourse again, I will log off by reminding everyone that there are is an almost infinite set of cool tattoo designs that does not include “Nazi themed”
“I am a leftist.
Here is why you should vote for a guy with a Nazi tattoo.”
Here is why you should vote for a guy with a Nazi tattoo.”
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“I am a leftist.
Here is why you should vote for a guy with a Nazi tattoo.”
Here is why you should vote for a guy with a Nazi tattoo.”
Yeah I get that Janet Mills isn’t perfect but at least she has never had a Nazi tattoo as far as we know
Graham Platner insists he won't be like John Fetterman — but he gets the concern.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202... by @allansmith.bsky.social @sahilkapur.bsky.social
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202... by @allansmith.bsky.social @sahilkapur.bsky.social
Graham Platner says he's no John Fetterman. But he gets the concerns.
The Democratic Senate candidate said he understands why some may compare him to the Pennsylvania senator, but he told NBC News he's different — and wants to earn voters' trust.
www.nbcnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Yeah I get that Janet Mills isn’t perfect but at least she has never had a Nazi tattoo as far as we know
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“He has dissolved Representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.”
We're closing on two months of one person single-handedly shuttering Congress. This is beyond absurd. No one should be able to do this.
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“He has dissolved Representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.”
I was initially kinda ashamed of this, but in the last six months I have gotten diagnosed with both OCD and Bipolar 2 and, as I think about it, I am actually kinda proud of the fact that I was able to accomplish what I have with multiple, undiagnosed and untreated mental illnesses
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I was initially kinda ashamed of this, but in the last six months I have gotten diagnosed with both OCD and Bipolar 2 and, as I think about it, I am actually kinda proud of the fact that I was able to accomplish what I have with multiple, undiagnosed and untreated mental illnesses
Something something about religious freedom or something
The feds are literally creating “no prayer” zones, where prayer is illegal. 👇🏻
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
November 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Something something about religious freedom or something
There’s a reason that not being able to secure supply triggers new elections in actual functioning governments
November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
There’s a reason that not being able to secure supply triggers new elections in actual functioning governments
“He has dissolved Representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.”
We're closing on two months of one person single-handedly shuttering Congress. This is beyond absurd. No one should be able to do this.
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“He has dissolved Representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.”
“Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections.”
When we said democracy was on the ballot we weren't lying.
Trump on ending the filibuster: "If we do it, we will never lose the midterms and we will never lose a general election ... it would be impossible to lose an election."
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
“Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections.”
BREAKING:
Inaugural Collaborator's Cup to be awarded to winner of this year's Columbia-Cornell football game
Inaugural Collaborator's Cup to be awarded to winner of this year's Columbia-Cornell football game
congratulations I guess to columbia for now only having made the second most ridiculous calculation in their football league
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
BREAKING:
Inaugural Collaborator's Cup to be awarded to winner of this year's Columbia-Cornell football game
Inaugural Collaborator's Cup to be awarded to winner of this year's Columbia-Cornell football game
Imagine seeing the results of Tuesday's elections, which confirmed that the current regime is incredibly unpopular across the country, and capitulating like this...
BREAKING: Cornell caved.
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...
November 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Imagine seeing the results of Tuesday's elections, which confirmed that the current regime is incredibly unpopular across the country, and capitulating like this...
Planning out my hypomanic episodes for the spring semester, I mean travel schedule...(there's like two weeks when I'll be traveling continuously from NC to Ohio to maybe NYC to Paris, and tbh, I am excited but kinda worried)
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Planning out my hypomanic episodes for the spring semester, I mean travel schedule...(there's like two weeks when I'll be traveling continuously from NC to Ohio to maybe NYC to Paris, and tbh, I am excited but kinda worried)
I saw some take like “This wasn’t really about Democrats persuading voters to vote for them, it was about a lot of Republicans not voting,” and even if that is the case, wtf you think happened in 2024?
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I saw some take like “This wasn’t really about Democrats persuading voters to vote for them, it was about a lot of Republicans not voting,” and even if that is the case, wtf you think happened in 2024?
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There’s no reason ever again for any Democrat to suggest moderating on trans rights. There was never a moral reason but now there’s no political reason either.
Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.
Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
There’s no reason ever again for any Democrat to suggest moderating on trans rights. There was never a moral reason but now there’s no political reason either.
Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.
Somebody tell Gavin Newsom and Pete Buttigieg. it’s joe-ver.