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Amy - I liked your substack note on Mills entry. Thanks. I agree that a competitive primary is vey good. It will force the candidates to sharpen their messages and work harder to reach more people. That has payoffs in the general.
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by Guy Grossman

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Aubrey - thanks for your engagement. Your points are super valid and correct.

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I’ve decided not to post my annual “women on the Econ job market” thread this year. Social media has splintered too much, and now that I’ve left academia I’m focused on other priorities.
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by Guy Grossman

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Not sure, I am just a political science professor. How should I know?
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Aubrey - maybe. I’m not an expert on Maine politics. The point I tried to make is different - why is the party working hard to recruit a 77 yo when they have already younger , charismatic candidates ?
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An Platner sees like a very good candidate.
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by Guy Grossman

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This is not to say Netanyahu's government can survive until Nov 2026 as is. Current forces are pushing Israel to make concessions that the fascist far-right party won't agree on. I won't be surprised if Netanyahu survives by getting Gantz to re-join his gov instead of Otzma l'Israel.
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by Guy Grossman

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Netanyahu's other lie was that his coalition partners would bring the government down if the war ended before its goals were realized. In reality, Smotrich-Ben Gvir's exit threats were never credible, given polls showing them crashing in case of election. A ceasefire was signed, and they stayed in.
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by Guy Grossman

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Netanyahu's big lie was that we need to continue fighting in Gaza to return the hostages, when all along the reality was that he needed to agree to stop the war to have the hostages returned... within 72h.
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by Guy Grossman

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Such an emotional day. Finding myself shedding tears every time I refresh Haaretz.
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by Guy Grossman

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Back to you. Thank you for engaging too. I wish I knew who you were. Feel free to DM me.
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by Guy Grossman

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I think it's a bit of a "Nixon goes to China" story where the AIPACs of the world would have gone bat shit crazy if Biden did what Trump did to Netanyahu (not just coercing a deal but also humilating him with a scripted photographed call to apologize to Qatar)
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by Guy Grossman

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Chaim - I don't understand your position. Biden didn't pressure Israel because he cared about not being viewed as coercing Israel. Trump doesn't care that everyone in Israel knows he coerced Netanyahu to take a deal he opposed. He probably likes the idea that he showed him who's in charge.
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by Guy Grossman

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Not sure you have been reading my posts. I am 1000% aware of what Trump is, and I don't glorify him one bit. I don't care what his motivations are; he helped stop a war. I care a lot about stopping the war, even if this means Trump gets 5 minutes of PR that will be forgotten by the next scandal.
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by Guy Grossman

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Yes, we agree that Netanyahu wanted to screw Biden and help Trump, but we disagree on whether Biden could have coordinated with the Europeans to stop this madness much earlier. Who would Israel trade with exactly if the EU and the USA threaten Netanyahu the way Trump did?
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I agree that the 2024 elections constrained Biden and Harris but that doesn’t mean that if they wanted , Trey couldn’t coerce Netanyahu.

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So how do you explain that when Trump threatened Netanyahu for real , he caved ?

Israel has no military without USA supplies and has no economy without USA and eu trade.
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by Guy Grossman

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Hard to explain the elated feelings today in Israel, at least those who are not far right: the hostilities are back, and this damn war is so over.
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by Guy Grossman

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The events of the last few days underscore how weak Biden was vis-à-vis Netanyahu and how he and his administration didn't understand who and what they were facing.

The dependency of Israel on the USA is complete, and not using this leverage for two years is a stain on the USA government, too.
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by Guy Grossman

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A few days after 10/7, I participated in a public event @perryworldhouse.bsky.social and predicted that Israel's retaliation response won't last long because the Biden administration and the EU won't let Israel go all in for a lengthy period.

Obviously, I was very wrong.
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by Guy Grossman — Reposted by S. Laurel Weldon

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Are you affiliated with UPenn (faculty, staff, student, alumni, or parent/guardian of a student)?

If so, please consider signing the petition calling on President Jameson to categorically reject the Compact for "Excellence in Higher Education."

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Just Say No to Trump's Compact for Academic Extortion
Yesterday, the University of Pennsylvania was one of nine targets of the Trump Administration's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." Through it, Trump asks once again for universitie...
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by Guy Grossman

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tripled... from 0.5m to 1.5m.

Amazing sports story.
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In the meantime, in Israel, there's a crazy debate in all media channels on whether it's respectful and okay or not that 400,000 people booed loudly when Witkoff mentioned Netanyahu yesterday in his "hostages square" speech.
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Think what you think about Trump, but eventually he decided to use the leverage he has over Netanyahu in way that Biden didn’t. Of course , Biden and Harris were constrained by upcoming elections , and yet …
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Today at the hostages square in Tel Aviv tens of thousands chant “thank you” Trump and booo every time Witkoff mentions Netanyahu.
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by Guy Grossman

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Unprecedented = autocratic and anti democratic
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No concern of bias due to self reporting ?

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Some quick thoughts from some @perryworldhouse.bsky.social fellows (including myself) on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

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Perry World House Q&A: The Middle East Ceasefire Agreement Between Israel and Hamas - Perry World House
At 12:00 p.m. local time—or 5:00 a.m. ET—a U.S.-drafted ceasefire agreement went into effect between Israel and Hamas. The agreement is intended to stop the ongoing bloodshed in Gaza and give Israel a...
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by Guy Grossman

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Michael - thanks a million from many of us across campus for choosing to continue fighting the good fight!
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