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Anthony Clark Arend

@anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social
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Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University; Faculty Liaison GU Politics; Cat lover; Opinions my own.

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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Trump’s attitude toward Canada is almost indistinguishable from the way Russian President Vladimir Putin sees Ukraine: not as a state but as some kind of historical anomaly that should be returned to its rightful owners." @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Why Trump Has It Out for Canada
The superficial similarities between the U.S. and its closest friend are likely driving much of the president’s vitriol.
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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Why aren't more there more direct sales from carmakers to consumers? www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
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Tesla fought to sell cars direct to customers, and now more carmakers want in
For over a century, many states required new cars to be sold through independent dealerships. Tesla helped crack that open for EV startups by selling direct to customers.
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"Yet the possibility of happiness, meaning and a legacy that matters lies not in a disembodied hope for a better future. It lies in the hard evidence — here, let me show you, Gibbon tells us across the centuries — that the dead managed these things, too." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/o...
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Opinion | “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” Isn’t Saying What You Think It Is (Gift Article)
In the same year as America’s founding, Edward Gibbon wrote “Decline and Fall.” 250 years later, it still holds lessons for us.
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François Diaz-Maurin @francoisdm.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
What if a computer model showed nuclear war might help the ozone layer? In 1981, scientists John Birks and Paul Crutzen saw exactly that. But their attempt to solve that puzzle led to a terrifying discovery: Nuclear Winter. Part 1 of our new @thebulletin.org series is live. 🧵 1/
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Supersonic airliners, ozone, and wildfire smoke: Origins of the nuclear winter theory
When atmospheric chemists Paul Crutzen and John Birks added smoke into their computer models of nuclear war scenarios, they discovered it would block most of the sunlight, leading to what is now known...
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
MUST-WATCH! A brilliant, haunting song and video by The Bedrocks that speaks to our times. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXI6...
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MOLLY (THE FINAL SCENE)
YouTube video by The Bedrocks
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Must read analysis!! National Security Lawyers in the Crosshairs open.substack.com/pub/thelawho...
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National Security Lawyers in the Crosshairs
It’s Sunday morning.
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
"But today, both the man who can order the use of nuclear arms and the man who would likely verify such an order gave disgraceful and unnerving performances in Quantico." @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay
Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.
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Legal Talk Network @legaltalknet.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
U.S Strike. Caribbean Sea. Venezuelan boat. International law. Legal authority? Tune in to #Lawyer2Lawyer with host J.Craig Williams @legaltalknet.bsky.social‬ and special guest Dr. Tony C. Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/law...
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Noel @artbynoel.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Garden Croton leaf 8x12 Gouache Referenced from my own plant in my garden. : : #BotanicalArt #Art #Arte
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
"America is adrift. It has no coherent foreign policy, no team of senior professionals managing its national defense and diplomacy, and a president who has little interest in the world beyond what it can offer him." @radiofreetom.bsky.social A painful truth. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously
At parades and in the halls of global power, America has been sidelined.
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
"Come to think of it, maybe MAGA world isn’t close to getting it; maybe they do get it, and maybe that’s why, this time, they’re especially angry." @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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MAGA World Is So Close to Getting It
Gavin Newsom’s parodies are riling people up—and they don’t quite seem to understand why.
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Just awful
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
"A more likely explanation is that no one is supposed to talk about Golden Dome because no one knows what it is yet." @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Trump Should Not Try to Revive Reagan’s Dream
National missile defense is still impossible—and expensive.
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NPR @npr.org · 07/07/2025
Play isn't just fun. Researchers argue it can help you adapt to difficult circumstances, collaborate better and problem-solve. We'll help you figure out your play personality and how to prioritize play in your life.
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How to bring more play into your life : Life Kit
Play isn't just fun. Researchers argue it can help you adapt to difficult circumstances, collaborate better and problem-solve. We'll help you figure out your play personality and how to prioritize play in your life.
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Nikolas Gvosdev @fpriorbis.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Thanks to Connor Fiddler and Michael Beckley at @fpri.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute to the deterrence/reassurance in US-China strategy symposium. I argue we need to be careful with blanket assumptions that US resolve in other theaters deters China or reassures partners. 1/
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Important analysis by @radiofreetom.bsky.social of the distinction between the preemptive use of force and preventive war-- and the perils of the latter. From what we know so far, Israel's action seems much more like a very risky preventive operation. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Israel’s Bold, Risky Attack
The Israeli campaign may be necessary, but preventive wars carry great moral and practical risks.
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Great review of "Remember This'!!! charlestoncitypaper.com/2025/06/06/r...
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Review:  In subtle stunner, “Remember This” tackles truth - Charleston City Paper
CP Review: On the spare stage of the Sottile Theatre, Jan Karski speaks the truth.He is, he hastens to explain, an insignificant man. At first blush, that may appear apt enough, given his mild demeano...
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
"Sending in the National Guard is meant to provoke, not pacify, and his power will only grow if he succeeds in tempting Americans to intemperate reactions that give him the authoritarian opening he’s seeking." @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Trump Is Using the National Guard as Bait
Don’t give him the pretext he wants.
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
NEW VIDEO: Premier-- May 28 at 11:30am EDT!! youtu.be/gGGgGRwr0Gg?...
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CRYING (In My Mind) - The Bedrocks
YouTube video by The Bedrocks
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Kristen Hutchens @kristenhutchens.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
The Economist highlights the growing pains enterprises face with generative AI—even as global interest continues to surge. Remarkably, about one in ten people on the planet now use ChatGPT every week. www.economist.com/business/202...
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Welcome to the AI trough of disillusionment
Tech giants are spending big, but many other companies are growing frustrated
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
This is beautiful "The Man Who Knew When to Step Down' www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/o...
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Opinion | The Man Who Knew When to Step Down
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
I mean honestly considering the outcome this could be very good news?
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
"We must hope that the administration is worrying enough; at least Rubio, for his part, seems engaged. But it would be more reassuring to see the administration focus far less on its internal grievances (and insulting our allies), and more on keeping the nuclear peace." @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
In case you hadn't seen this . . .
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
"The proposal that Trump, Vice President J. D. Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are pushing is not a framework for peace, but a rich and bloody reward to Moscow for three years of aggression and war crimes." @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Trump’s Plan to Sell Out Ukraine to Russia
His proposal to end the war isn’t a peace plan—it’s a reward for aggression.
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
What a disgrace "Vance Outlines U.S. Plan for Ukraine That Sharply Favors Russia" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/w...
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Vance Outlines U.S. Plan for Ukraine That Sharply Favors Russia
Vice President JD Vance said the cease-fire plan would freeze territory along the current front lines of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and that the U.S. would “walk away” if both parties did not agree.
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Bukele, Abrego Garcia, and Red Lines open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Bukele, Abrego Garcia, and Red Lines
Emergency Triad: Are we now a country of political prisoners and gulags?
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
NEW SINGLE: "Crying (In My Mind)," from The Bedrocks www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Dz...
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Crying (In My Mind)
YouTube video by The Bedrocks - Topic
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
It was an honor to participate in this discussion.
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Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 25/03/2025
"What is at stake here is due process of law," my long-ago Georgetown SFS professor @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social says in an online talk about SFS postdoc Badar Khan Suri, detained by ICE for alleged Hamas ties the SecState has not properly reported. "You cannot simply say 'you're out of here'."
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Check out this great new music video from The Bedrocks!! It is my honor to play a role in the video!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ90...
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Cavan Girl (Extended Video)
YouTube video by The Bedrocks
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Oh my
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
And I looked fabulous in a white tie and tails. Might as well be stylish while toasting democracy. Believe me, people were aware of what they’re up against .
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
“A toast to the First Amendment,” she said. A knowing look passed between attendees as they clinked their glasses. wapo.st/3XYUv8z
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At Gridiron, journalists joke around but skip the presidential toast
Despite the grim mood in Washington, it was mostly business as usual at the annual white-tie dinner. With one small difference.
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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The White House Military Office Army aide is on “Football” duty tonight for Trump’s weekly return to Mar-a-Lago—his private home and club. The ~45-pound satchel accompanies Trump 24/7, enabling him to authorize the use of any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.
Screenshot from a video of Trump starting to climb the stairs to the forward door of Air Force One while, at left, the Army military aide wearing a green beret stands next to a saluting Air Force officer holding the Presidential Emergency Satchel in his right hand.Screenshot from a video of Elon Musk holding the hand of his son X Æ A-12 as they start to climb the stairs to the forward door of Air Force One while, at left, the Army military aide wearing a green beret stands next to an Air Force officer while holding the Presidential Emergency Satchel in his right hand.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 14/03/2025
Donald Trump and Elon Musk maintain that they won’t attack Social Security, but their repeated claims of rampant fraud serve a strategic purpose, Lora Kelley writes in The Atlantic Daily.
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What Trump and Musk Want With Social Security
The two maintain that they won’t attack the program, but their repeated claims of rampant fraud serve a strategic purpose.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 06/08/2024
The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943. Only one cat has ever received the award. This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
a slightly grumpy looking tuxedo kitty, lounging in a wood tray filled with straw, with a medal round his neck.
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Nota Bene
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Josh Williams @jwwph.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
A walk in the woods
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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Latest Transatlantic Tremors: German election recap, Europe and Ukraine, and Macron in the US. open.substack.com/pub/transatl...
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02/24 German election, Europeans backing Ukraine, Macron meeting Trump
photo by Georg Arthur Pflueger on Unsplash, depicting the Sauerland, home region of Friedrich Merz
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Lindsay M. Chervinsky @lmchervinsky.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Happy George Washington’s Birthday!
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Agreed. Truly chilling.
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
"Now that Trump has captured the intelligence services, the Justice Department, and the FBI, the military is the last piece he needs to establish the foundations for authoritarian control of the U.S. government." @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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A Friday Night Massacre at the Pentagon
Trump’s purge started with his firing of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force.
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Very important speech by Gov. Pritzker www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3qa...
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Pritzker invokes specter of Nazi Germany in rebuke of Trump administration
YouTube video by Eyewitness News WTVO WQRF (MyStateline)
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Scoop: 40 news orgs have signed on to a letter circulated by the WHCA supporting the AP and denouncing Trump's move to block them from official events. The WHCA has gone through great pains to keep the letter from leaking, but I obtained a copy. Read it in Status: www.status.news/p/associated...
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AP’s Back-Channel Press
News outlets have united behind the AP, signing a WHCA-circulated letter urging the White House to reverse its press ban, a copy of which Status has obtained.
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
"The first step in containing the damage is to see Trump’s and Musk’s goals for DOGE clearly: It is a project rooted in resentful arrogance, and its true objective is not better government, but destruction." @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The Death of Government Expertise
Why Trump and Musk are on a firing spree
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/ossoff-...
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Ossoff blasts Trump Administration's decision to deny Georgia Hurricane Helene relief extension
"THIS DECISION IS WRONG": Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff is not happy with the Trump Administration's decision to deny the Peach State's request for extended Hurricane Helene relief.
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
NOTA BENE www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/u...
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These Legal Theories on Trump’s Power Could Fuel a Constitutional Crisis (Gift Article)
An increasingly influential group of conservative scholars has some drastic ideas about the president’s power.
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
It’s outrageous that this has to be said www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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Ossoff calls on Trump admin to ‘publicly refuse’ El Salvador’s offer to jail Americans
“Federal law does not allow the deportation of U.S. citizens, and El Salvador’s prisons are internationally notorious for life-threatening and abusive conditions,” the Georgia Democrat wrote.
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Anthony Clark Arend @anthonyclarkarend.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Hero
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