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Geoff Pigman

@geoffpigman.bsky.social
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Massachusetts-based consultant and academic - diplomacy, political economy, international trade, sports-diplomacy. Author, _Negotiating Our Economic Future_. Mets fan. Time for a #NewConstitutionalTreaty between the states, territories, and tribes. 🇪🇺🇩🇰🇬🇱🇻🇪🏳️‍🌈

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Geoff Pigman @geoffpigman.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Is it any wonder
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mchlmtthw.bsky.social @mchlmtthw.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Woke Halloween
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自由と正義のRainbow Cleric 🏳️‍🌈🇯🇵 @reinbowcleric.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I fucking hate this piece fucking shit with the worlds most punchable face... lying his fucking ass off for the purpose of spreading blatant disgusting rampant racism You fascist fuckwads throughout the 20th century destroyed higher ed funding cause you don't want an educated citizenry Burn in hell
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Geoff Pigman @geoffpigman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Not ready for this early fall, but it's ready for us!
Standing on my dock wearing black quarter-zip and Pit Vipers, lake shoreline with fall colors in backgroundStanding on my dock wearing black quarter-zip and Pit Viper shades, view down the lake in bright sunlight behind
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Geoff Pigman @geoffpigman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yeah no surprise there
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Geoff Pigman @geoffpigman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Too right - our Irish ancestors built the subway tunnels! Immigrants and Indigenous people built the States as we are today
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Steven L. Taylor @sltaylor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I am concerned that a big win in November will be interpreted as a template for the future and induce short-term thinking. I need public voices of consequence to get politicians to focus on long-term problems and not give permission for the reversion to "normal" politics. (6/6)
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump’s insider trading is, on its own, the worst corruption scandal in US history, with $$$ dwarfing Teapot Dome. So are Trump’s bribes-for-pardons. So is the Qatar bribe plane. So is all the Saudi money he (and Kushner) have pocketed. And the ballroom. And more. Each alone would be the worst.
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: Donald Trump's DHS is proposing a new rule limiting asylum applicants' opportunities to explain why they cannot safely return home. Attacking those trying to enter this country lawfully for a safer, better life is un-American. I'm joining 21 AGs to oppose this cruel proposal.
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Geoff Pigman @geoffpigman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Worse, Trump and Netanyahu's attack on Iran is a pure war of aggression launched under false pretences. No different from Hitler rolling the Wehrmacht into Poland on 1 Sept 1939.
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Geoff Pigman @geoffpigman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For folks who have forgotten: global leadership matters. It's nice to be reminded how it works. #EU #AU
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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 14/09/2026
The week my @foreignaffairs.com piece on Europe's hidden trade advantage published, the WSJ reports Canada is exploring a "unique alliance" with the EU — after walking away from US trade talks in August. The argument, unfolding in real time. www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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Exclusive | Mark Carney’s Audacious Bid to Make Canada an ‘Associate Member’ of the EU
As trade talks with the U.S. collapse, prime minister pursues a major—and risky—pivot to Europe; an Ottawa book club plays its part.
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Geoff Pigman @geoffpigman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Infantino has got to go. Or #FIFA does.
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Geoff Pigman @geoffpigman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Great thread on Swedish politics here
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Geoff Pigman @geoffpigman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My book from 5 years ago foresaw this. (DM me for a free copy!)
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
America is only as strong as the labor that builds it every day. Happy Labor Day. ❤️
Ilhan Omar driving a Teamsters truck
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please be nice to patrick @nicetopatrick.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Geoff Pigman @geoffpigman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The remedy for Canada is to negotiate a Norway-style economic agreement with the EU and a separate non-NATO security agreement with them. Safety in numbers.
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𝑮𝒂𝒚𝒚𝒚𝒕𝒆𝒓 @idonnowhat4.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
They want to send Congress home AGAIN?’!?! They just came back YESTERDAY after 3 weeks off. And they don’t want to come back till late NOVEMBER ?!?!?!? wtf. Do these fucks ever work????? THIS HAS TO CHANGE!!!!
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Geoff Pigman @geoffpigman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Is it any wonder
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Brian @bpmoy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
VOTE!!!
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Mikepole @michaeldrummey.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
TODAY! Massachusetts its our turn. Get out and vote! Find your polling place at the link: www.sec.state.ma.us/WhereDoIVote...
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🚨🚨Major #referendum tomorrow for #Iceland on resuming negotiations on joining the #EuropeanUnion. The referendum is potentially a major political litmus test for European integration where a yes-vote would enhance strong impetus for the European project. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
Iceland holds knife-edge referendum on EU - and it could be decided on fish
On Saturday, Iceland will vote on EU membership talks, amid economic and geopolitical tensions.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Release the hounds.
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Gianni Infantino: Uefa pursuing criminal legal proceedings against Fifa president
Uefa is pursuing criminal proceedings against Fifa and its president Gianni Infantino over the failed plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup.
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
NEW: Donald Trump is threatening to gut Title X funding for states that won't comply with his anti-abortion and anti-trans agenda. Title X funding saves lives. It keeps reproductive care, cancer screenings, and family planning affordable for millions. We won't abandon MA values. I'm suing.
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Alex Morash @alexmorash.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A rare victory for workers today. The Bezos Post, like most Jeff Bezos companies has no respect for worker rights. We shouldn’t be surprised they got caught, I just wish these victories were more frequent.
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Washington Post ordered to reinstate Black opinion writer fired after Charlie Kirk posts
An arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to reinstate a Black opinion writer fired over social media posts about violent white men following last year’s killing of conservative activist Charlie K...
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Requisite Tony Judt quote about the single greatest institutional achievement in 250 years of the Republic:
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
frankly irresponsible to not call this the Icesilkle Road
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The Iranian regime is violently repressive domestically and disruptive/adversarial regionally, but they've long been doing rational statecraft. That's why they eventually accepted and followed the JCPOA, why they didn't start direct war with Israel, and why they've outplayed Trump in both his terms.
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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
"It is often said that Infantino is the symptom & FIFA is the disease. In fact FIFA too is the symptom; the disease is capitalistic fascism, a simple disdain for humanity, a belief that some are born to rule & others are bound to follow." @jonathanliew.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Infantino is getting his karmic kicking, but why did football take so long to rebel against Fifa? | Jonathan Liew
Football federation leaders are massing forces at the gates, but years after the first proposed selling off of its commercial legacy and the Qatar World Cup
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The reason these people fail at everything in international relations, from trade to war to alliances to bargaining, is because they cannot conceive of the concepts of mutual gains & collective action.
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Geoff Pigman @geoffpigman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Their reign of terror will continue until we're ready to stop them. *Our* states - governors, legislatures, and law enforcement - need to kick ICE out of our states and exclude them permanently.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This really should be the last straw for Infantino.
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Kimberly Clausing @kclausing.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Let's be clear. Trump's new tariffs merely recreate his unlawful IEEPA tariffs, and they are also unlawful. But it will take the courts a long time to establish this, if they do. In the meantime, US consumers and businesses will pay the price. www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
piie.com
Trump's new tariffs over forced labor are unlikely to survive a court challenge
The Trump administration is again shifting its stated rationale for placing comprehensive tariffs on imports of nearly all goods from virtually all countries. After originally presenting such measures...
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
As Trump returns to tariffs, it's worth checking out what we've gotten from the trade war so far.
Line chart titled "The United States currently has the highest inflation in the G7" showing year-ended consumer price inflation rates across G7 countries. The United States leads at 3.5%, followed by Italy at 3.0%, Canada at 2.8%, Great Britain at 2.6%, Germany at 2.4%, France at 2.0%, and Japan at 1.5%. The US inflation rate is more than double Japan's and stands as the only G7 country exceeding 3.0%.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Trump is about to have every white person in Michigan going "Free Palestine, Free Canada, Free Michigan!"
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Geoff Pigman @geoffpigman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
As we look back on the #FIFAWorldCup , the #IOC needs to learn the lessons fast if we want to avoid LA 2028 becoming another Berlin 1936 iai.tv/articles/spo...
iai.tv
Sports without politics is a fantasy and the World Cup proves it
<p class="moz-forward-container"><em>From ancient Greece to Nazi Germany, sport and politics have long been intertwined. Nevertheless, we still imagine that international sport can be kept above the f...
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Geoff Pigman @geoffpigman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Check out my latest on the World Cup at Art and Ideas iai.tv/articles/spo...
iai.tv
Sports without politics is a fantasy and the World Cup proves it
<p class="moz-forward-container"><em>From ancient Greece to Nazi Germany, sport and politics have long been intertwined. Nevertheless, we still imagine that international sport can be kept above the f...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 12/07/2026
Graham went all in on trying to overthrow the Republic in 2020. Don't do this.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
And Trump confirms he violated FIFA statutes.
Donald Trump said on Monday that he personally asked Fifa president Gianni Infantino to review the red card shown to USA striker Folarin Balogun, saying he believed the dismissal was unfair but insisting he did not pressure football’s governing body to overturn the suspension.

“All I did was ask for a review because I didn’t think it was a foul,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I didn’t tell him what to do. I can’t tell him what to do.”
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
What’s happening with Flo/the USMNT now is exactly what’s happened w/ politicians, universities, CEOs, & everyone else in 🇺🇸 in the face of corrupt authoritarianism. It doesn’t matter if you think it’s absurd/unfair, which of course it is. All that matters is that you get to choose complicity or not.
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Gregory Daco @gregdaco.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The Belgian federation is challenging FIFA's decision to let U.S. forward Folarin Balogun play in World Cup match. www.rbfa.be/en/news/upda...
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Geoff Pigman @geoffpigman.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Slava Ukraïni!
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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Outside the stadium in Toronto ahead of the World Cup match between Croatia and Portugal
Photograph taken outside of the Toronto Stadium before the Portugal versus Croatia match. Protester holding a white banner that reads FIFA equals greed squared.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
These four guys should be on TV and in front of microphones every day - especially GWB - condemning the lawless authoritarianism and calling for Trump to resign or be removed from office.
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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 19/06/2026
One solution: If USG wants lower prices, then change the bargaining structure between Americans and the pharmaceutical companies.
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AG Andrea Joy Campbell @massago.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
VICTORY: The Court dismissed Trump’s appeal of our case, cementing my office's win to protect federal permitting for wind energy. Massachusetts has directed hundreds of millions of dollars into offshore wind. We're working to lower utility bills and create jobs. I won't let Trump get in the way.
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