David Faris
@davidfaris.bsky.social
Prof. of Politics @rooseveltu.bsky.social, writer @thenation. Author, IT’S TIME TO FIGHT DIRTY and THE KIDS ARE ALL LEFT. Chicago, in the Medium Bucket. Dad, husband. The alarmists were right. Views are mine alone. https://blogs.roosevelt.edu/dfaris
Okay, campers, rise and shine, and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today.
Trump Calls Off Planned Attack on Iran, Citing Diplomatic Progress
The region had been preparing for another escalation after Washington and Tehran made new threats.
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New for @thenation.com on why the danger of Trump engaging in a wild and reckless escalation in Iran is quite real.
Trump’s Lethal Ad-Libbing in Iraq Enters Its Most Dangerous Phase
A new round of US bombing will only reinforce the dynamics pointing to an American loss—but that wouldn't prevent the president from adopting still more destructive measures.
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As oil spikes to $100 a barrel following the Houthi closure of the only other chokepoint for the export of Gulf oil, we speak with @davidfaris.bsky.social about his article at the @thenation.com, “Trump Can’t Admit That He Lost the Iran War.” soundcloud.com/user-8304426...
Oil Spikes at $100 a Barrel From the Houthi Closure of Other Choke Point For Gulf Oil Iran Controls
Background Briefing goes far beyond the headlines and deep under the radar to bring forward truths unheard elsewhere in American media. Background Briefing features international and national news, ex
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Can't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways.
I've got a new piece up @thenation.com about Trump's self-inflicted Iran predicament and how the choices are the same as they were a month ago. In a very real sense we are at war because a single octogenarian narcissist can't admit that he was wrong.
Trump Can’t Admit That He Lost the Iran War
An expensive, ruinous conflict resumes for no other reason than one octogenarian narcissist’s inability to face reality.
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Someone just sent me this photo from Chicago, unbelieveable
I really liked Project Hail Mary but remain puzzled by why a computer that can decipher an entire alien language couldn't be programmed to include definite and indefinite articles in Rocky's speech.
News organizations should periodically stop and look in the mirror and ask themselves “Have we internalized copspeak to the point that our headlines indistinguishable from police department email subject lines?”
Excited to share my first piece for @liberalcurrents.com, about how Dems can take charge of their own presidential primary process, cutting cable news journalists and grifters out.
Liberal Currents@liberalcurrents.com · 3w ago“Since Democrats pioneered the binding primary process in 1972, the two most contentious issues have been in which order the states should conduct their contests and whether party elites should have any role beyond certifying the verdict” www.liberalcurrents.com/its-time-to-...
Dead Ends: Iran, Platner, McConnell: Today's #BradCast Guest: Prof. @davidfaris.bsky.social, Roosevelt University author, political scientist... FULL STORY, LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=18009
Dead Ends: Iran, Platner, McConnell: ‘BradCast’ 7/9/2026
Guest: Prof. David Faris, Roosevelt University author, political scientist...
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Is it me or does the fifth season of The Bear seem to take place in an alternate universe Chicago without grocery stores? Where can we get the rare delicacy of raspberries, chef?? Hmmm I dunno chef better call…another restaurant?
Every year I’m like “I have to find a way to not be in Chicago for July 4th” and yet every year here I am quietly consumed with rage about all of the fucking anti-social assholes setting off fireworks until 3 in the morning.
I’m not trying to be obsequious when I say that David Roth is one of our finest living writers and that this article is both hilarious and devastating.
Dead Country Fair | Defector
Things come out of Donald Trump’s mouth, then just keep on coming out of it. If he says something once, he will say it again, primarily to reinforce how powerfully and unprecedentedly successful he wa...
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And they wonder why Iran is taking a hard negotiating line. Nothing you agree to with this guy has any meaning.
Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · last mo.Let's hear it for President Dealmaker, who negotiated and signed USMCA (calling it the “best and most important trade deal ever made"), then ran against it, won, and breached it while asking "who would ever sign a thing like this?' from the same desk where he signed it, and now won't renew it.
Actually a fairly discouraging set of results given that it’s hard to see the situation for Republicans getting worse than it currently is before November.
New for @thenation.com -- why the tit-for-tit attacks don't necessarily augur a return to war. The outlines of a settlement are coming into view, if only Trump and his amateur negotiators can put their stinging strategic defeat in writing and practice.
The Memo of Understanding That No One Understands
The massive ambiguities in the framework for an Iran peace agreement all leave Tehran with the upper hand.
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Excellent piece from @davedaley.bsky.social here. I would add only that Republicans probably see a bruising nomination battle as one of the only things that could avert disaster in November.
David Daley@davedaley.bsky.social · last mo.New in The Nation: Whether Alito leaves this week, or white-knuckles it through returns from TX, Maine, and NC, he will time his departure for maximal impact. Calibrated retirements reveal what justices understand about the court’s power and how they maintain it www.thenation.com/article/poli...
