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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 15/09/2026

This reminds me of something but I can't quite put my finger on it.

Trump's new Space Force uniform, which very much looks like Starship Troopers meets the Empire from Star Wars meets, well, the SS.

Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 16/03/2026

that triggered widespread attention among IR scholars. As the graph above shows, between 2015 and 2021 the number of IR articles published on populism rose from 21 to 130. (As the graph below shows, the increased attention is not limited to IR: The number of populism articles published in SSCI-

Excel graph showing the number of articles on populism published in SSCI-ranked journals (two lines: one for IR and one for all subject categories combined) from 1983 (the first result the SSCI spits out for IR) until 2025.

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 16/03/2026

IR scholars need to take populism (more) seriously. When the first edition of the book came out in 2019, IR scholars had only begun to pay attention to the phenomenon. And while populism had been a focus of research outside IR for some time, it was #Brexit and Trump's first election victory

Excel graph showing the number of articles on populism published in SSCI-ranked IR journals from 1983 (the first result the SSCI spits out) until 2025.

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 16/03/2026

📢 Attention populism/IR peeps! This is just to remind those of you who have not seen or (understandably) ignored my Trump-style announcement some time ago that the second edition of my co-edited volume (with David B. MacDonald and Dirk Nabers) #Populism and World Politics has been published.

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 27/02/2026

That’s right—fifty-four dollars and ninety-nine cents! It’s a deal nobody has ever seen before, absolutely sensational. This is the golden age of books! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 08/01/2026

America, we're *allies*. Cut out the shit.

Xshitter post by Katie Miller, Stephen Miller's wife, showing a map of Greenland with a US flag superimposed on it.

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 19/12/2025

Erinnert mich an dieses grandiose Titanic-Cover aus den 1990ern oder frühen 2000ern:

Titanic-Cover mit der Nazisau Hitler drauf, Titel: Schrecklicher Verdacht: War Hitler Antisemit?

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 17/12/2025

Wow, Bodo #Ramelow hat mich tatsächlich geblockt, weil ich ihn darauf aufmerksam gemacht habe, dass #Russland sich ja einfach zurückziehen könnte. Soviel zum Thema evidence-based policy making und verständigungsorientiertem Dialog.

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 05/12/2025

NYT headline misleading, as it is too often. Yes, #Germany constrained its army, yes, #Pistorius is trying to revive it - but he's not trying to abolish the post-1945 constraints. In fact, he's not changing anything meaningful with respect to the post-1945 setup. The only thing he is trying to do

After 1945, Germany Constrained Its Army. He’s Trying to Revive It.
Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defense minister, is pushing to expand its military in case tensions with Russia escalate. That’s tricky in a country where the Nazi era casts a long shadow.

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 09/11/2025

So there's an extra tab on the NYC mayoral race in the NXT app but not one on Trump's ongoing campaign to turn the United States into a kleptocratic white supremacist dictatorship? Okay, sure, I guess you gotta have priorities.

Screenshot NYT app showing an extra tab on the NYC mayoral race

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 05/11/2025

Zur Erinnerung: Mamdani ist *kein* Sozialist - auch wenn er sich selbst so bezeichnet. Mamdani will niemanden enteignen und die Produktionsmittel verstaatlichen. Die meisten seiner Forderungen sind relativ normal, z.B. freie Kitaplätze.

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 22/10/2025

No mention in the headline or teaser of the unprecedented level of corruption this entails, even for Trump.

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president and those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts.

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 21/10/2025

Stumbled across this, and man, this hasn't aged well at all:

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 15/10/2025

Out in December. Mark your calendars.

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 12/10/2025

Huh, Biden can travel in time. Pretty impressive.

Truth Social post by Trump in which he claims Biden embedded FBI agents in the crowd on January 6th

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 11/10/2025

Deutschland 2025, Symbolbild:

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 08/10/2025

I believe it when I see it. At this point I don't think Republicans will abandon Trump over anything.

Tweet by Eric Swalwell saying that House Republicans will abandon Trump over Epstein

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 07/10/2025

Pepper spraying pastors in the face, huh? share.google/vTKQ0H6Lnd3n...

The Rev. David Black of First Presbyterian Church recoils as a U.S. Customs and Border agents deploy tear gas and pepper balls Friday at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago.Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 30/09/2025

Really objective analysis of the looming shutdown in the NYT by *checks notes* Newt Gingrich. 🤡

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 29/09/2025

Here's another one with Farage:

another AI image of far-right douches in ridiculous costumes

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 29/09/2025

Number 2, with title. Note how Trump's head is covering part of the subtitle - really classy stuff.

Fake book cover with far-right douches in hero costumes

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 29/09/2025

comic-book-style images to use. That fell through as well (still too close to Donny), but since it is Monday, I am posting some of the images here for your amusement. Here's number one:

far-right douches in hero costumes, a globe in the background

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 29/09/2025

Thanks to @holgernehring.bsky.social who noticed that our cover was faulty. Here's the fixed version:

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 29/09/2025

Good news everyone: it's not even October and I already have you covered for Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza or whatever floats your boat presents because December this year, the second edition of "Populism and World Politics" is coming out, which I've co-edited with David B. MacDonald and Dirk Nabers.

Book cover of the upcoming second edition of "Populism and World Politics"

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 24/09/2025

This will not be surprising to anyone who has ever listened to any Trump speech during the 2024 campaign ever, but among the most common terms that requently appear together with "fascis*" are "Marxists," "communists," "Democrats" and the "left". During the 2024 campaign, Trump often

Table showing the top 20 collocates of "fascis*"

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 24/09/2025

Fun fact: My own corpus lingusitic analysis of Trump's 2024 campaign statements shows that he mentioned "fascists" 195 times, "fascist" 63 times and "fascism" 27 times. We can also what other words "fascis*" (fascists, facist, etc.) appears with.

Table showing the results of a corpus linguistic analysis of Trump's 2024 campaign, displaying frequencies and range of the term "fascis*". Trump mentions fascists 195 times, fascist 63 times and fascism 27 times.

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 09/09/2025

He who doesn't send such birthday cards throw the first stone:

Creepy birthday card from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 08/09/2025

@dieworkwear.bsky.social, what's your take on suit lining imprinted with the VP seal? Source: www.bbc.com/news/article...

The likely worst president in U.S. history, J.D. Vance, is standing behind a podium, waving. He's wearing a blue suit, the lining imprinted with the seal of the vice president. Get a life, loser.

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 06/09/2025

America's allies need to make clear that they stand with Chicago.

Truth Social post by Trump threatening Chicago with military violence

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 06/09/2025

Der Präsident der Vereinigten Staaten droht einer US-amerikanischen Stadt mit Krieg. Das ist nicht normal.

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 15/08/2025

Bisschen leichte Urlaubslektüre. (Die Alternative war Holocaust.)

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 14/08/2025

Kumma, @carlomasala1.bsky.social, in Wyk auf Föhr haben die dich sogar rumstehen (prominenter als Sönke Neitzel, btw).

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 06/08/2025

Uh, what is happening? I publish an article saying Trump switched sides, and a few days later the guy suddenly decides Russia's bad after all, like we've all been saying for 8 gazillions years?

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 05/08/2025

Standardwerk zur dt. Sicherheitspolitik - auch gut als Briefbeschwerer

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 13/07/2025

Die AfD ist gesichert rechtsextrem, und Das Parlament interviewt deren Haushaltsexpertin, als wäre sie in der CDU oder SPD. Da fällt mir nichts mehr zu ein.

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