Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. International political economy, international relations, & international finance. 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
"Why will they only sing of interest rates?" "Future people will only remember our rate cuts and hikes through songs because they will not be able to read charts"
Stephen NuñezOdysseus: "Guest and host. Inflation and unemployment. There are dual obligations. It's a mandate, Telemachus"
“It is one thing if higher education is facing a lack of public confidence but other American institutions remain popular. It is quite another thing if all American institutions are facing a crisis of confidence, and higher education is just one among many.”
Tom PepinskyMy thoughts on the crisis of confidence in higher education, and the foolish belief that embracing technology is the solution to that crisis. tompepinsky.com/2026/07/27/t...
When Elon Musk says "zero" children died in Africa from his DOGE cuts, he really means zero children died who are *worthy of any concern.* It's vile coded signaling to his global fascist audience. From me and @polphilpod.bsky.social, a deep dive into Musk's fascism: newrepublic.com/article/2135...
The Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed “Zero” KidsIn his explosive interview with The Economist, the SpaceX billionaire inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism.newrepublic.comLouder, for everyone in the front and back: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
btmkhggThis is the single most important thing for the American electorate to understand right now. All other policy preferences, political aesthetic tastes, dear and darling issues are moot and access to them can only be restored on the other end of a lasting small d democratic victory for the country.
“And that's why I, Mark Kelly, keep voting to confirm his far right authoritarian nominees to the federal bench" bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Aaron RuparMark Kelly: "He's stuck. He doesn't know what to do. This is a guy who in his last term said he knows more than the admirals and generals. His high school military education certainly did not prepare him to be the commander in chief."
Must be time for another round of The Democrats Must Tone Down The Rhetoric and do An Abundance of Moderate Popularism to Reach Out to the Real Folkz in America 🤔
Parker MolloyIt's wild that the president of the united states holds rallies where he regularly spends at least a few minutes just slandering and insulting an entire group of people and it's just treated like no big deal
This is what happens when you replace experts with techbros using AI. It’s insulting, embarrassing, and massively damaging to US reputation capital.
Alt USAID/ USAID ForeverWe can't even. "A senior US State Department official displayed a map of Africa that was completely wrong before high-level officials from African nations, including some whose countries had been mislabelled." open.substack.com/pub/emilysba...
Maddow's "the bill comes due" framing of her A-bloc serves, if you ask me (which you didn't but here I am), as an excellent spotlight on the fact that no bill has ever come due for Trump, ever, in his entire long & shameful life, which is why he still thinks it never will. Witness his current job.
