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Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social |
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Political science professor, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
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Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
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"He's earned second term because of the job he's done" is a perfectly good message for surrogates to make about an incumbent candidate. "I've earned a second term because of the job I've done," is fine, but not really an optimal message for the candidate to make, imho.
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Popehat
@kenwhite.bsky.social
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New York Times, July 5, 2025: “Biden’s Stumbles And Gaffes During His Criticism of President Trump’s Internment Camps Vindicate Age Concerns”
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Laura Seay
@texasinafrica.bsky.social
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!!!
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Daniel Drezner
@dandrezner.bsky.social
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“I guess I’ll watch the end of the Red Sox-Yankees game and can though things look pretty bleak for the Sox… oh my…. BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!”
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southpaw
@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
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I just want to save this series of tweets for posterity. Hopefully, we’ll have a chance to go back over what’s going on here when tempers have cooled.
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Jacob T. Levy
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social
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*There's* the schmuck I've disliked since 1988. I don't know what the right thing to do is, but good lord is that now what this is about. The correct answer is "defeating Donald Trump is a matter of the gravest national importance. I'm the one who has done it and I believe I'm the one...
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The New York Times
@nytimes.com
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Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, has scheduled a virtual meeting on Sunday with senior House Democrats to discuss President Biden’s candidacy and the path forward, according to a senior official familiar with the plan.
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Matt Novak
@paleofuture.bsky.social
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I think this is the first time Musk has suggested fellow Americans should be executed.
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Daniel Drezner
@dandrezner.bsky.social
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danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-choice...
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Daniel Drezner
@dandrezner.bsky.social
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“Rest of you” huh I wasn’t aware I was a Democratic member of Congress.
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Daniel Drezner
@dandrezner.bsky.social
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The ABC interview was the worst of both worlds for Dems. Biden sounded better than during the debate but he didn’t sound great — certainly not inspiring enough to reassure Democratic supporters.
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Jonathan M. Katz
@katzonearth.bsky.social
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Ok I just moved from “unsure” to “dump Biden”
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Mr. Am I Being Detained
@gonebabygone.bsky.social
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This is what every executive who says they “work 18 hours a day” means
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Daniel Drezner
@dandrezner.bsky.social
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This.
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Jacob T. Levy
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social
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*If* things turn out this way, I'm deriving a little bit of comfort from the prospect of a "prosecutor vs felon" framing of the two presidential candidates. Yes, Harris is a cop, and yes, that was one of my reasons for ranking her near the bottom of my list in 2020 (as Biden's age was for him), but
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Daniel Drezner
@dandrezner.bsky.social
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Damn straight. "The Kyle Schwarber trade in 2021, their only big acquisition that year at the deadline, should be the type of thing that a big market club like the Red Sox repeats every summer. " blogs.fangraphs.com/its-time-for...
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Ed
@notdred.bsky.social
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Important to realize as we try to retain civility on Bluesky that all the stuff we say to each other will have literally zero impact on whether Biden bows out or not, we’re just hanging around yapping about politics like a bunch of old Greek guys at a sidewalk cafe, no need to take it personally
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Brendan Nyhan
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
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Democrats: The way Republicans blame uncomfortable realities on media bias is pathological and undermines their ability to grapple with hard truths. Also (many) Democrats: The Joe Biden stories are the media's fault! The NYT is biased against him! etc etc etc
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Quinta Jurecic
@qjurecic.bsky.social
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note that warner's spox doesn't deny
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Daniel Drezner
@dandrezner.bsky.social
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Yep.
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Politics and International Law
@politicsintllaw.bsky.social
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Why did the ICC issue arrest warrants for attacks on Ukrainian electric infrastructure? Janet Anderson reports on why these specific targets led to criminal charges by the ICC. #CriminalLaw #ArmedConflict www.justiceinfo.net/en/133797-wh...
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Pwnallthethings
@pwnallthethings.bsky.social
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This is basically what the full-press over the past week has been: it's Ds trying to get through to Biden and past his senior aides that this is a problem and it's not going away
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Daniel Drezner
@dandrezner.bsky.social
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I’d question your premise. The pressure HAS worked. Biden knows he’s in mortal peril politically and is trying to reassure. Also, more Dems are going on record saying Biden should step aside. If the cascade effect continues, Biden would well decide it’s time. I think your take is a week early.
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Pwnallthethings
@pwnallthethings.bsky.social
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Basically, everyone in Biden world is pinning their hopes to this TV interview, and everyone else is waiting for them to see that's not going to turn it around.
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Daniel Drezner
@dandrezner.bsky.social
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I think you’re overlooking two things: 1) It became clear post-debate that Biden’s staff had been less than transparent about his fitness for office; 2) Biden and his inner circle didn’t just botch the debate — they also failed abysmally at damage control.
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Daniel Drezner
@dandrezner.bsky.social
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You’re wrong.
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Mitchell Epner
@mitchellepner.bsky.social
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With regard to former Sec. of Defense Mark Esper’s chilling account that then-President Trump wanted troops confronting protestors in Lafayette Park to “shoot them in the legs”, I’d love to hear someone ask the follow up question whether Trump understood that people would fall & get hit in torso.
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Jane Ball (bean-sídhe era)
@wattylerrising.bsky.social
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tbh its super notable that with all the news tumbling like an avalanche coming down a mountain at Biden, Trump's campaign felt compelled to post this
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Daniel Drezner
@dandrezner.bsky.social
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I’m sorry, what?! Have folks memory-holed the coverage of Trump’s first term? This came up!
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Taniel
@taniel.bsky.social
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Explosive reporting in Le Monde confirms what was apparent all week: Macron resisted the emergence of anti-far-right front after round 1. His PM, Attal, forced it as a fait accompli, & pressured for drop outs to block RN. Even then, Macron made some phone calls to undercut it.
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Jonathan Bernstein
@jonathanbernstein.bsky.social
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If Trump knows nothing about Project 2025 he's way more out of it than Biden. (Trump is lying but he is, in fact, way more out of it than Biden, who may be in fact be too out of it to be president).
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Snitty
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Today in "Trump didn't write this, someone on his campaign staff did." I don't know if Kellyanne Conway is working for Trump these days but this feels more like her style, voice, and syntax than Trump or those posting on his behalf recently.
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Phil Lewis
@phillewis.bsky.social
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The Texas parole board has unanimously recommended a pardon for ex-Army sergeant Daniel Perry, who was convicted of murder for the 2020 killing of Black Lives Matter protester Garrett Foster
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Daniel Drezner
@dandrezner.bsky.social
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Also kind of impressive that despite Biden’s stumbled RFK Jr. hasn’t made any appreciable gains or earned greater media traction.
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J.M. Berger
@intelwire.bsky.social
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Kind of impressive that being a 9/11 truther might not even be one of RFK's top five political problems after this week thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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emptywheel
@emptywheel.bsky.social
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.@amandamarcotte.bsky.social: Project 2025 may be backfiring.
Trump: I know nothing! I know nothing!
www.salon.com/2024/07/05/p...
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Quinta Jurecic
@qjurecic.bsky.social
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ignore the hed, this is extremely harsh criticism from the very measured Will Baude of the Court's rulings in the 14th Amendment and immunity cases www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/o...
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Eric Rauchway
@rauchway.bsky.social
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I suppose it goes without saying that for a Black man in the South to somehow not realize the historical weight and outcomes of such language is impossible
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b-boy bouiebaisse
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we’re in danger
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Amy A
@lolennui.bsky.social
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it’s so funny how in America you call it an elevator but in the UK it’s a lift and also when a candidate loses they concede
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Julia Azari
@juliaazari.bsky.social
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i am an American and I only call people "sir" when they're a service worker cleaning up after me and I feel awkward about the dynamics and need to cover by being extra respectful. Or if a stranger has toilet paper on their shoe.
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Daniel Drezner
@dandrezner.bsky.social
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She didn't break in -- Lewandowski's door was unlocked. And I have zero qualms about her trying to record the Trump trial. Try again.
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Unofficial AP News (World) Bot
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British PM’s 1st day at 10 Downing St. will stretch from nuclear weapons briefing to Larry the cat
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Daniel Drezner
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In what ways has she been unethical?
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emptywheel
@emptywheel.bsky.social
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Amanda talks about how if you factually describe that the SCOTUS immunity ruling permits the President to kill his rivals if done as CinC, they accuse you of TDS. I even had Catturd do that to me!
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Jonathan Ladd
@jonmladd.bsky.social
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People are very unhappy with most incumbents in major democracies. It will do us no good in the end if they lose, but Biden-Harris are in relatively good shape in comparison.
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Brendel
@brendelbored.bsky.social
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Joe Biden there’s one way to shut up the New York Times
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𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑
@unfitz.bsky.social
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Saw an AI fireworks show and a guy lost all 7 fingers on one hand.
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John Schwartz
@jswatz.bsky.social
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Who's actually pushing violence? It's Trump, writes @maggieastor.bsky.social in this great NYT takedown of Kevin Roberts' "second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”"
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/u...
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pee wee herman-palladino
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oh my god it's literally this
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