Mark Copelovitch
@mcopelov.bsky.social
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.
Again, a reminder that a mere 35 years ago, a Republican POTUS led a broad international coalition, under United Nations auspices, to reverse the illegal & unprovoked violation of the territorial sovereignty & the seizure of the oil resources of another country.
Mediaite@mediaite.com · 3h agoTrump Brags He’s Taking ‘Billions of Barrels of Oil From Venezuela’ Because ‘To the Victor Belong the Spoils’
Is it good when the secretary of defense is so fixated on making sure everyone is white and has tv ready abs that he forgets about munitions bsky.app/profile/carl...
Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h agoOof. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
No, taking other countries’ sovereign resources is illegal
Mediaite@mediaite.com · 3h agoTrump Brags He’s Taking ‘Billions of Barrels of Oil From Venezuela’ Because ‘To the Victor Belong the Spoils’
"Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, recently appointed to the role by the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, meets Secretary of State Rubio in Washington" is one of those lines that would sound perfectly plausible to anyone in 2015, but explaining the intervening period would give them an aneurysm.
Yeah, no. This is not why Kevin Warsh is doing what he’s doing, & we don’t need to pretend that it is. bsky.app/profile/mcop...
The Economist@economist.com · 3h agoKevin Warsh hopes that if he keeps mum about what the Federal Reserve plans to do, markets will offer their own, helpfully independent, verdict on the economy
Moira Rose from Schitt's Creek Sips Tea
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Stephen Nuñez@socio-steve.bsky.social · 13h ago"things are better then they were but could have been even better with different choices" is a hard counterfactual so people just go with "things are worse now" 💀
Imagine a fellow draft dodger like Bill Clinton, posting an image of him in uniform, wearing more medals than Patton or MacArthur. Fox News would’ve spontaneously combusted
Helen Kennedy@helenkennedy.com · 6h agoThis guy never served. He faked an injury to avoid the draft. None of his children have served. He called those who did serve their country "suckers and losers." He skipped the centenary memorial for servicemen who died in WWI because it was drizzling. This is more than usually repellent.
as if millions of statisticians suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h agoTrump: "An outlier is a person that doesn't have a chance" (That's not what 'outlier' means)
Understanding this and its full implications will give you a better understanding of Economy than 99% of the population.
Matt Darling@besttrousers.bsky.social · 6h agoBasically, recessions are caused by "everyone trying to save money at the same time". This is a problem because at an aggregate level, everyone's income is the same as everyone's spending.
Note to readers: Not one of these ships will ever be built.
Benjamin Dreyer@bcdreyer.social · 5h agoI hope you're sitting down.
Name this band. Wrong answers only. Also, listen:
Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social · 6h agoI really enjoyed this conversation with @perrybaconjr.bsky.social and @juliaazari.bsky.social about the MI Dem primary and what we're seeing more broadly in terms of the Dems' progressive moment, but I also want to point out how absolutely badass we look here www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK7F...
When I was young & stupid & learning to play drums as a teenager & idolizing Stewart Copeland, I fell for the "Ringo was a bad drummer" nonsense. And then I got older & less stupid & became an OK drummer, & realized that Ringo was a true genius & the only essential Beatle: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Dave Moore@otherdavemoore.com · 5d agoHot takes are annoying, tell me a strong opinion you had about music at some point in your life that changed
No one Commands quite like the Washington Commanders Command, over & over & over again. The Commanders in Chief.
Adam Schefter ... Mirror@adamscheftermirror.bsky.social · 7h agoMore about the Washington Commanders being set to sign free-agent WR Stefon Diggs, via @john_keim: Original post
My main takeaway from last night's election is (again) that everyone really wants more & stronger parties & some form of PR that breaks the two-party doom loop & doesn't require 25-50% of both parties' coalitions to regularly vote for a candidate they don't really like in general elections.
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 4w agoDemocrats want to have 3 center-left/left parties to vote for, instead of just one. Republicans want to have 3 center-right/far-right parties to vote for, instead of just one. Everybody actually wants some form of PR/MMP/STV with 6-8 parties. Tl;dr: folks ~want to be 🇩🇪: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Excellent! But he's gotta walk the walk, too: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8h agoholy shit -- Schiff ties Trump's judicial nominees in knots by asking them who won the 2016 before *before* asking them who won in 2020, which results in them sounding like election deniers about Trump's victories!
So campus speech. Much viewpoint diversity. Very marketplace of ideas.
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h agoI'd love to hear why my book White Flight -- which won prizes from the Southern Historical Association and the American Political Science Association -- was deemed not good enough for students at Texas A&M.
Every judge that is receiving a lifetime appointment here is signaling that they are pretty flexible when it comes to defending American democracy donmoynihan.substack.com/p/scenes-fro...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h agoBLUMENTHAL: Judge Cronan, you're already on the district court. Who won the 2020 election? CRONAN: Joseph Biden received the majority of electoral votes B: You have nothing to lose. You have a lifetime appointment, and yet you're unwilling to state the simple fact that Biden won the 2020 election
Whatever the heck this is, existing measures of central bank independence are not capturing it.
Michael Derby@michaelsderby.bsky.social · 10h agoAs evidence for Warsh’s rough start as Fed chair, the Treasury secretary is now going after reporters for their coverage of the central bank.
CHAFETZ PLANS TO LOSE WEIGHT ON ALL-FRENCH-FRY-AND-GIN DIET
FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 13h agoSPACEX PLANS MOON FACTORIES POWERED BY HUMANOID ROBOTS
Y'all don't need me to tell you this but @nicktimiraos.bsky.social is an excellent reporter and does excellent economic and monetary policy analysis *in addition to* his very good sourcing inside the Federal Reserve.
Michael Derby@michaelsderby.bsky.social · 10h agoAs evidence for Warsh’s rough start as Fed chair, the Treasury secretary is now going after reporters for their coverage of the central bank.
