I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings

Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript

The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.

time.com

One of Russia's best political experts - Alexander Kynev - has been arrested on preposterous charges of drug trafficking. Reports emerging that he may have been beaten and tortured after arrest. Independent expertise is treated as a crime in Putin's Russia

Reminds me of something

Endless applause for Stalin ! Applaudissements sans fin pour Staline !

YouTube video by Titor991

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

scenes from an authoritarian cult -- Trump signs an EO, and then all of his cronies keep clapping and clapping for him since none of them wants to be the first one to stop

✌️ Next week, this year's recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize will be announced in Oslo ✍️ Thanks to The Guardian for inviting me to share my thoughts on potential awardees and why I believe the more war there is, the more the Nobel Peace Prize matters www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Forget the famous names. Here is who actually deserves this year’s Nobel peace prize | Haakon Gjerløw

The betting markets favour the US president and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But the most vital work to secure peace is being done by those far from the spotlight, says Haakon Gjerløw, acting director of the ...

theguardian.com

Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water

The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".

bbc.com

One tip to new PhDs. You probably are worried that an audience member will "catch" some fatal flaw in your research. You should be more worried that five minutes in everyone is answering emails on their laptop. If people are engaging (even critically), it is better than not paying attention.

Joe Noonan@joenoonan.se · 7d ago

This post by @kjhealy.co is filled with great tips on how to do an academic presentation. Filled with clear gems like: "The paper is not the talk. The paper is what the talk is about." kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...

Could be worse. Saparmurat Niyazov, the dictator of Turkmenistan, named the months after himself, his mother, and Turkmen national symbols.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump tells the UN he is officially changing the name of Artificial Intelligence to "Super Intelligence" and says all US government documents will now be changed to refer to "SI"

"The term “lame duck” would be haunting any other president’s sleep. But the concept is alien to Trump. He spends more of his time telling people about his architectural plans than he devotes to Iran, AI or the economy. Insoluble problems hold no interest." My column. as.ft.com/r/928f5cb7-6...

Trump is checking out of his presidency

With no way out of his war with Iran, he is increasingly obsessed with monuments to himself

as.ft.com

“Of the 919 candidates running as major-party nominees for the US House and Senate this November, only seven had a working-class job when they got into politics. That’s less than 1%, despite working-class jobs making up about half of the US labor force.” @carnes.bsky.social and I explain why.

Why Working-Class Candidates Are Almost Never on the Ballot

Less than 1% of major-party candidates competing for a seat in the US Congress have a background in manual trades or service industries.

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"Putin tager sejren i Rusland" Hvorfor dækker nogle danske medier det russiske valg som om, at der er en reel usikkerhed om "valgets" resultat? Rusland er et brutalt diktatur og Putin har diktereret resultatet. At dække det som et reelt valg er at gå Putins ærinde og give ham legitimitet.

The Third-Country Removal Tracker has been updated with last week's ICE flights to Costa Rica and Paraguay. Crossing fingers that, with the appeals court decision, this may be the last update for awhile. We'll see. gillianbrockell.com/tracking-all...

Tracking All of Trump’s Known Third-Country Removals

Trump's ICE has expelled an estimated 23,000 people to countries where they have no ties. Find out where they are going, what happens to them, and who profits.

gillianbrockell.com

Trump kan ikke få sit navn på Kennedy Centret. Så nu truer han med at rive det ned (hvilket er ulovligt, men det er bare en parentes i USA i 2026). Han er en gal tyran og historien viser, at det kun kommer til at blive mere skørt, så længe han fortsat er ved magten.

Trump’s battle to rename the Kennedy Center has put its future at risk

The president has threatened to block renovations and suggested the landmark could be demolished after courts ruled against his bid to rename it

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Heh, it looks like they gave him the agreement he already had. Like wrapping an old toy and present it as a new gift to a toddler with amnesia

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump: "We will immediately begin the process of developing a large Military presence in the appropriate part of Greenland, of which there are many"

We're hiring in Comparative Politics here at GWU! Come join our fantastic department, and plug your research directly into DC’s policy community Work on all regions and methodological approaches welcome I'm on the committee and happy to answer any questions www.gwu.jobs/postings/128...

📢 The Call for Papers for EPSS 2027 is open! After a fantastic first conference in Belfast, we’re heading to Copenhagen 🇩🇰, 24–26 June 2027. ⏰ Deadline: 13 Nov 2026 👉 Call for papers: epssnet.org/2027-copenha... 1/2

Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

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Trump's foreign policy is not isolationist. On the contrary, his ideologues want to build an international empire run by far-right political movements who serve American crypto, mineral and tech companies, many with links to the president. Read more here: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Empire of Grift

Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

theatlantic.com

“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.” A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding. www.propublica.org/article/dona...

Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

propublica.org

Trump familien er så vanvittigt korrupt. De skovler milliarder ind, men selvfølgelig skal Trump Jr’s bryllup betales af russerne. Hvis ikke det meste af familien rådner op i fængsel for korruption og landsforræderi, så har det amerikanske system spillet fallit.

Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

propublica.org

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

Dette er statscensur og et voldsomt angreb på pressefriheden. Heldigvis er der sikkert langt flere, der kommer til at se interviewet på YouTube på grund af dette, men det er fortsat dybt skræmmende, at det nu er normen i USA at regeringen presser medier til at ændre dækning.

PBS News@pbsnews.org · 3w ago

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel said the agency that regulates television "threatened" the show and that an interview with James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, will not air on television but on YouTube. https://to.pbs.org/4h1MubS

Democracy is a system where parties lose elections.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Mike Johnson: "We cannot and will not allow them to take the majority in the Congress. We're not gonna do it."

A string of absolutely bonkers Truth Social posts from Trump in the span of about 10 minutes

Can elite divisions undo dictatorships? @schaferd.bsky.social, @javierpadilla.bsky.social and I examine the electoral consequences of elite divisions in dictatorships. @politicsjournal.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... A thread 🧵

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So, you are telling me that the guy who posted this stuff on his social media account in the last few days is losing the war in Iran and simultaneously is wrecking the American economy? I am shocked. Shocked.

My theory is that if you take an impulsive leader loosely tethered to reality, replace the policymaking process with sycophants and strivers who tell him how brilliant and popular he is, and cede every institutional check on his power, a bunch of ill-advised and inexplicable stuff will happen.

Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast@irhottakes.bsky.social · last mo.

I feel like I’m on fraud watch as an international relations scholar because I honestly kinda don’t fucking know why this country does anything anymore. If you held a gun to my head and demanded to know why we’re at war with Iran or feuding with Canada or want Greenland, I’d say the Lord’s Prayer.

As a Jewish person, I'm horrified by this. This is Holocaust-style imagery used to dehumanize an entire people. Anyone who can't call it a genocide is a coward and failing a basic test of morality and human decency.

Nathan Tankus@nathantankus.bsky.social · last mo.

Ben Gvir posted this video on twitter today which shows fat and happy Palestinians on a conveyer built going through the Israeli "prison" (torture camp) system and coming out emaciated and maudlin. This is textbook genocidal content.

Dozens of civilians killed, non-stop perpetual attacks, over 15 air raids per day, I’ve literally lost count, it’s taking a toll on everybody here, I just really want to believe someone out there in the west still cares

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦@reshetz.bsky.social · last mo.

When I say non stop I mean non stop

Den russiske erobringsmagt bomber Kyiv mere og mere. Og mere til. Jeg ved ikke helt, om danskerne har forstået, at København kan blive et lignende mål, og at vi derfor er nødt til 1) at hjælpe Ukraine mere 2) og at anskaffe os så meget luftforsvar som muligt.

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social · last mo.

In just one week, Russia launched nearly 2,000 drones, more than 1,600 aerial bombs, and 31 missiles of various types at #Ukraine, including North Korean ballistic missiles. Kyiv and Kyiv region have been under attack by Russian jet-powered drones for the fourth consecutive day.

This is crazy. But the truly crazy thing is that ~35 percent of Americans look at this and agree with Trump.