Reposted by Hilde Eliassen RestadProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My list has always been Hegseth, Miller and Vought. All three are have encouraged “high crimes and Misdemeanors” that go to the balance of separation of powers. 24554112
Reposted by Hilde Eliassen RestadRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 03/10/20262026 Maine Fall Foliage Tour 191159482897
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I thought virtual MPSA would be a great option in addition to attending ISA in person but this cost is unfortunately prohibitive. 010
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Hold up. If I want to attend MPSA virtually next spring, it's gonna cost me over 600 dollars!? WHY. 100
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Republicans Are Struggling Everywhere. This State Is the Epicenter. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | It Won’t Be So Easy for Democrats to Make Data Centers Their IssueThe problems of technology were there before Trump and will be there after. 001
Reposted by Hilde Eliassen RestadMohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Show This to Anyone Denying Genocide” — front page of @scotnational.bsky.social 131393541
Reposted by Hilde Eliassen RestadKen Schultz @kschultz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Wow, last US forces out of Iraq, 23.5 years after they went in.wapo.stU.S. withdraws forces in Iraq as balance of power shifts to IranU.S. military forces are set to depart from bases in Iraq on Wednesday, a milestone in two bloody decades of American involvement. 33514
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Finally, some love for "The Good Wife"!! A better list than you'll find over at NYTimes (but why not Battlestar Galactica, @dandrezner.bsky.social!?) "My 10 Best Television Shows of the 21st Century" danieldrezner.substack.com/p/my-10-best...danieldrezner.substack.comMy 10 Best Television Shows of the 21st CenturyScrew the New York Times; here are my choices. 091
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Denne kronikken er dessverre veldig god. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...aftenposten.noVi må knuse myten om Norge som et ikke-rasistisk samfunnLes kronikken. 140
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Gleder meg til dette kule arrangementet på Eidsvoll i dag! eidsvoll1814.no/usa-250-ar--...eidsvoll1814.no USA 250 år – jubileum og skjebnevalg - Eidsvoll 1814 Hvordan påvirket den polariserte politiske situasjonen selve jubileumsavviklingen, og hva vil skje med amerikansk politikk fram mot mellomvalget 3. november? Til debatt og samtale har vi samlet noen a... 021
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 17/09/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comRobin Morgan obituaryPolitical theorist and one of the first feminists of her generation to point out the misogyny within male leftist counterculture 121
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026One sad fact about midterm discussions this year is that they have to include the possibility of election fraud by the party in power: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comThe Election Deniers’ Long GameRight-wing activists have slowly taken control of a significant part of America’s local election apparatus. The country isn’t prepared for what they might do. 001
Reposted by Hilde Eliassen RestadRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026One thing that Trump and Pete Hegseth will never tell you about the war - the truth. www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pho...cbsnews.comNew photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacksThe images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity. 1072214784
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Come hear @hildelstephens.bsky.social @randalljstephens.bsky.social @christinaplett.bsky.social @snoen.bsky.social and myself talk all things US politics: 132
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026So incredible excited to extend an invitation to you all to join Norway's foremost researchers on American politics to our "USA 250" symposium at Oslo New University College on Friday October 16! We will disucss US political development and the midterms of course! oslonyehoyskole.no/Arrangement/...oslonyehoyskole.no250 Years Since the Declaration of Independence: Democracy in the Balance | Oslo Nye HøyskoleMeld deg påGjennom foredrag og diskusjoner møter du forskere fra Oslo Nye Høyskole, Universitetet i Oslo, NTNU, Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt og Universitetet i Agder, i tillegg til kommentatorer med... 240
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Applications are now open for @isanet.bsky.social conference in Iceland next June! www.isanet.org/Conferences/...isanet.org ISA Midyear Conference 2027, Reykjavík 011
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026‘Still, the weekslong legal tussle over the issue may have sown its own kind of confusion, a victory of sorts for Mr. Trump as he seeks to cast doubt on the integrity of the vote in an election his party might lose.’ 132
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...nytimes.comSupreme Court Blocks Trump Administration Plan to Screen Mail-In BallotsThe Trump administration had asked the justices to allow a new Postal Service plan to screen ballots just weeks before the midterm elections. 130
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"Everyone knows that the greatest threat to the upcoming midterm elections is not the Democrats or the Chinese, noncitizen voting, or electronic voting machines, but the president of the United States and his servile Republican Congress." Judge Michael Luttig: newrepublic.com/article/2151...newrepublic.comThe Final Battle for America’s DemocracyForget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how. 3196
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I min nyligste spalte for Dagsavisen skriver jeg om det pågående forsøket på valgjuks fra Trump. Siste nytt er at han - som selv stemmer via posten i Florida - ønsker å gjøre det vanskeligere å stemme via posten. www.dagsavisen.no/kommentar/de...dagsavisen.noTrumps hårreisende forsøk på valginnblandingUSA er i demokratisk tilbakegang, skriver kommentatoren. Nå advares det mot et nytt grep som kan svekke tilliten til valget i november. 010
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I kveld starter en liten rundtur i Nord-Norge for å snakke om USAs mellomvalg og veivalg. Kanskje vi sees i Narvik, Harstad eller Tromsø 🌊 010
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Thanks to @gloefflmann.bsky.social, Stefan, & Michal! 010
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 03/09/2026the «performative realism» of the Trump admin, as contrasted with academic and folk realism (Queen Mary Uni). A great discussion followed with lots of Qs from the audience. 110
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 03/09/2026part of the establishment yet with little influence over Trump II. Michal Bula (Charles University, Prague) presented on how to quantify «isolationist» foreign policy behavior and Georg Løfflman discussed 120
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A full house for our «Change and Continuity in U.S. Foreign Policy» panel at #EISA #PEC2026 in Lisbon! I presented my new project, which interprets America First as part of a fourth America founding. Stefan Borg (Swedish Defense University) analyzed the tragic irony of the «restrainers» becoming 261
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Og DERFOR skal man ikke kaste DVDene sine 020
Reposted by Hilde Eliassen RestadPeter Anti-Fascist Lütken 🇳🇴🌻🇺🇦 @peterlutken.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Apropos - noen som vet om The West Wing ligger ute på en eller annen strømmetjeneste i Norge om dagen? 121
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I was trying to find something that reflected the US self-perception as a benevolent liberal power, so Veep would not be appropriate 😅 010
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Out of my 55 first year students in Intro to IR, 1 had seen The West Wing, 1 had seen Parks & Rec, and 1 had seen Madam Secretary…😭 6202
Reposted by Hilde Eliassen RestadAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA 227147302820
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It is truly deranged that the announcement of his passing should be in the same sentence as Epstein (there was no relation between the two!). Do better, NYTimes. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/w...nytimes.comHarald V, Norway’s King as Tradition and Modernity Collided, Dies at 89His 35-year reign opened an ancient monarchy to marriages with so-called commoners and to an incendiary association with Jeffrey Epstein. 2140
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 28/08/2026As a Norwegian and a republican, I have to say this headline is incredibly misleading and tasteless. While I object to monarchy, it was difficult to object to King Harald, an extraordinarily warm and inclusive monarch who chose love (his Sonja, a commoner) over tradition (marrying another royal). 35511
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Great thread:-) I would also add that if people are interested in updated work examining how the narraof American exceptionalism has influenced US foreign policy, there is a new edited volume coming out with Georgetown University Press next year co-edited by myself & @richardmaass.bsky.social 🥳 121
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 24/08/2026danieldrezner.substack.com/p/two-years-...danieldrezner.substack.comTwo Years of the Dumbest Foreign Policy Imaginable Is Starting to Yield Negative ReturnsYear two of the dumbest motherfuckers alive running American foreign policy is proceeding apace. 042
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 23/08/2026www.nrk.no/artikkel/reg...nrk.noRegjeringens knefall for MetaDet virker som Karianne Tung har glemt hvem hun jobber for. 071
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Da Janne Drangsholt fremførte dette foredraget på Øyafestivalen ropte en mann «hore» og «fittetryne». Resten av oss likte foredraget veldig godt. Anbefales! pca.st/episode/a6da...pca.stJanne Stigen Drangsholt om Lily Allen og det åpne ekteskapetHva er likhetene mellom Lily Allen, Virginia Woolf og George Elliot? Er det mulig å være en fri kvinne og i et ekteskap? I helgen gjestet Lily Allen Øyafestivalen, en forestilling som møtte både… 020
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Dette kunne jo en grundig ansettelsesprosess ha unngått. Jeg blir helt matt. www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/saken-...morgenbladet.no(+) Saken er komisk og avslørende, men også dypt ubehageligSkandalen på Cambridge er del av en trend. Aktivister bruker forskningskritikk for å undergrave akademikere de er politisk uenige med. Og metoden er ikke forbeholdt høyresiden, skriver Ingeborg Misje ... 010
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Why Washington keeps misreading Iran goodauthority.substack.com/p/why-washin...goodauthority.substack.comWhy Washington keeps misreading IranWhat history and political science can tell us about the resilience of the Islamic Republic’s government and institutions. 050
Reposted by Hilde Eliassen RestadEli Spøkelseslian 📎🧩🧩🧩 @elimlian.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Hører på trygdekontoret i samtale med @evanmclaren.bsky.social og @herestad.bsky.social radio.nrk.no/podkast/tryg...radio.nrk.noSkjebnemellomvalget - Trygdekontoret - NRK RadioKan det amerikanske demokratiet reddes eller har det allerede kollapset? Trygdekontoret tar pulsen på det amerikanske mellomvalget med Hilde Restad og Evan McLaren - live fra Arendalsuka. 1214
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Democrats strongly favored to take the House, Senate tilts Democratic in our new election forecast (crosspost) open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...open.substack.comDemocrats strongly favored to take the House, Senate tilts Democratic in our new election forecast (crosspost)Our brand-new election forecast for the 2026 congressional midterms puts Democrats at above even odds to take control of both chambers 1124
Reposted by Hilde Eliassen RestadHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 17/07/2026“You said the 2020 election was rigged by either Venezuela or China. When you called that fella in Georgia pleading for 11,780 votes, was that part of the rigging, or part of the 6-year investigation? Just one more thing, sir, who was president while all this rigging took place?” 603226037482
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 17/07/2026CNN did good with this annotation of Trump's "election fraud" speech...! edition.cnn.com/interactive/...edition.cnn.comAnnotated full transcript of Trump’s speech claiming US election vulnerabilitiesPresident Donald Trump tried to convince Americans in a primetime address that their elections are vulnerable to fraud. CNN annotated the speech with context and analysis. 063
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 06/07/2026And agree that Mathallen is a great visit for any meal of the day! 010
Reposted by Hilde Eliassen RestadThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/07/2026🇳🇴 Norway manager Stale Solbakken: “Bad bad bad bad bad decision by FIFA that will hurt the World Cup. Not good for the sport. If they beat Belgium it will always have that extra thing about it. What happens with the next Red Card?” (From @bbcsport) 36263171544
Hilde Eliassen Restad @herestad.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Is perhaps my favorite, also love Jimmy’s) to very traditional experiences like the cafe at Frognersæteren (great view of Oslo) and the funky Arv Retro in old town which has cozy brunches on weekends. Hope you enjoy yourself! If there is time, hop on the ferry to the islands in the fjord for ☀️ 🏊🏼 110