Reposted by Isaiah JamesDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 2hAs @anamariecox.com and I discussed on Space the Nation, this movie rocks. shows.acast.com/spacethenati...shows.acast.comWARGAMES | Space the NationThat there's a time when you should just give up. 6536
Reposted by Isaiah JamesGerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 18hcredit where credit is due, this is straight ahead factual and well written 261763422
Reposted by Isaiah JamesThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/10/2026Q: "What is your comfort level with the tariffs in Canada?" Joe Mitchell: "I want fair trade, whether that's with adversaries or allies. We have been ripped off for a long time...We're resetting the table for years to come. I'm glad the president's doing it." 19519
Reposted by Isaiah JamesAaron Ross Powell @aaronrosspowell.com · 09/10/2026It's early, yes, but as of right now Ossoff is the clear 2028 frontrunner, right? 13465
Reposted by Isaiah JamesMatthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 08/10/2026A reasonable benchmark for Dem senate candidates — how are they doing compared to state partisanship in 2024 + the swing in national congressional generic ballot? www.slowboring.com/p/an-honest-... 6223
Reposted by Isaiah JamesNicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just like that: poof & gone. RIP *all* of NSF social, behavioral and economic research (including psyc & cogneuro). I’m speechless. 814363
Reposted by Isaiah JamesDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I wrote this hopium post for two reasons: 1) I think there’s a small but nonzero chance of it happening for the reasons listed in the post; 2) It’s an argument that will infuriate the nihilists On Here and I am down for that kind of juice. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-post-m...danieldrezner.substack.comThe Post-Midterms Scenario No One Believes Will Happen... But I Kinda Sorta Think Maybe It Will HappenCall me crazy, but I think this this scenario has a chance. 14498
Reposted by Isaiah JamesMatthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Something that really came through when people were doing their My 9 Albums post is that it's trivially easy to come up with lists of hundreds of albums that are worth checking out and recommending. Television just isn't really like that. www.slowboring.com/p/there-aren...slowboring.comThere aren’t 100 good TV showsThe original slop medium doesn’t need a canon. 5301
Reposted by Isaiah JamesMaria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Elizabeth Bishop died on this day in 1979, having given us one of the greatest poems ever written. The true love story behind it: www.themarginalian.org/2026/07/03/o...themarginalian.orgThe Art of Losing and the Art of Beckoning Love Back: The Story Behind One of the Greatest Poems Ever WrittenYou wouldn’t have bet on it, the frail famous poet teaching at Harvard as a visiting professor and the athletic secretary of the campus residence half her age. But every great love exists aga… 0164
Reposted by Isaiah JamesGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A simple, factual, and effective message. 309116962883
Reposted by Isaiah JamesCathode Ray Zone @cathoderayzone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026#philsky #philosophy cathoderayzone.com/acropolis/th...cathoderayzone.comThirty-Two Things Some Academic Philosophers Could Stand To Hear - Cathode Ray Zone[1] Propositions have no inherent efficacy, even if they are true. [2] Thought experiments demonstrate much less than you think they do. [3] Proving that an argument is formally valid is not particula... 011
Reposted by Isaiah JamesSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Wages are at all-time lows, and profits at historic highs, as a percent of GDP. The backlash against A.I. is a backlash against unchecked inequality. My @nytopinion.nytimes.com Chart: 18357166
Reposted by Isaiah JamesMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Anyway, a movie culture without the possibility of insane overpriced whiffs will be a less healthy movie culture, and I'll eat these words the day that I can say that David Ellison has taken at least three big creative gambles, but I'm not holding my breath. x 1568883
Reposted by Isaiah JamesBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The loss of living memory of the Second World War is absolutely catastrophic 572846398
Reposted by Isaiah JamesRobert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Tucker’s confused look is priceless. 87411
Reposted by Isaiah JamesDr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“The young people of the nation…must remember that freedom is not a static acquisition; it is an unending task in which each generation must ensure its continuous re-creation.” ~President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1938. Image: Public domain. 9562114
Isaiah James @iowalibdem.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Finest Ballroom/Military complex in the whole world! 010
Reposted by Isaiah JamesProPublica @propublica.org · 02/10/2026NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school. But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.propublica.orgAlmost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur... 9425691139
Reposted by Isaiah JamesNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Why is the European discussion about a possible Russian attack so “oh no, what if” and so little “if you attack we’ll hit you back hard, you know we can.” Russia has its hands full in Ukraine. They should be, and almost certainly are, afraid of the war expanding. Fret less. Prep and deter more. 3022042
Reposted by Isaiah JamesLaura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Here's the schedule for remaining Iowa debates: #IAGov: Oct 6 in Davenport, Oct 14 in Sioux City, Oct 21 on Iowa PBS, Oct 27 in Cedar Rapids #IASen: Oct 7 on Iowa PBS, Oct 13 on WHO-TV in Des Moines #IA01: Oct 20 in Quad Cities #IA02: Oct 8 on Iowa PBS #IA04: Oct 14 on Iowa PBS No debate in #IA03 42410
Reposted by Isaiah JamesJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9853462189
Reposted by Isaiah JamesRobert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Remember, rules are bad! Trump is good for get rid of rules! quincyinst.org/2025/01/08/t...quincyinst.orgThe Improvement Trump Could Make to U.S. Foreign PolicyIf Trump is serious about reducing America’s global military footprint, bringing our troops home and ceasing to play the increasingly unwanted role of world police, then avoiding anarchy and promoting... 0193
Reposted by Isaiah JamesNathaniel Dorsey @natedorsey60l.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Good Morning; On this day in 1864, 13 Black soldiers are honored with the US Medal of Honor for leading charges against Confederate fortifications during the Battle of New Market Heights, Virginia. No one tell Pete Hegseth! 1588
Reposted by Isaiah Jamesnanzhounoodles.bsky.social @nanzhounoodles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026YOU hate Nader for throwing the 2000 election. I hate Nader for ushering in the era of Consumer as a primary political identity, touting the tort system as an alternative to normal democratic deliberation, and making things generally work worse in the USA. 17577106
Reposted by Isaiah JamesMae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Seriously just enforce normal liability for AI on the owners and so much of this shit goes away AI companies want to be treated like the hired expert when it comes to pocketing any financial flows, but like a cursory Google Search whenever it comes to liability 635197
Reposted by Isaiah JamesWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026there literally is no system that is abuse proof, so at a certain point you’re just against the abstract concept of authority or power in general. I think about this when it comes to ALPRs for traffic enforcement. Like if you want to have laws at all, you have to give someone power. 1552350
Reposted by Isaiah JamesMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I was very young. I did my best. I really liked everyone I interviewed. I haven't thought about the story since. Rereading it, I didn't cringe quite as much as I thought I would. Here's the piece. ew.com/article/1991...ew.comFrom the EW archives: The evolution of 'A Different World'How Debbie Allen, Jasmine Guy, and Kadeem Hardison brought new life to the 'Cosby Show' spin-off 2865
Reposted by Isaiah JamesThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/09/2026Sen. Booker: “This is an 8-year attempt to lie to the American people, and this is their closing argument, everybody. Right before an election, this is what they want to spend their time on, perpetrating a lie. This committee’s Republicans are more concerned with Trump than the truth.” 18458138
Reposted by Isaiah JamesCathode Ray Zone @cathoderayzone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I don’t think something has to be “earth shattering” to be newsworthy. And disagreement is ok. 111
Reposted by Isaiah JamesThe Gazette @thegazette.com · 25/09/2026Ahmed Osman, who died during school field trip, remembered for kindnessthegazette.comAhmed Osman, who died during school field trip, remembered for kindnessAhmed Osman, who died during Iowa City school fieldtrip, remembered a boy who excelled in math, was learning trombone and was a star on the soccer field. 011
Reposted by Isaiah JamesDan Margolies @danmargolies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Just finished @lkatfield.bsky.social's superb _Furious Minds_. Nuanced & engaged deep exploration of the post-liberalism, theocratic lunacy, and (in a great and accurate phrasing) the "Schmittian filth" of the Trumpist intellectuals who are laboring to destroy democracy here. 2239
Reposted by Isaiah JamesJosh Turek @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I pledge to every single Iowan and every single American: In the Senate, I'll fight to lower your healthcare costs and ensure that every American has access to affordable and accessible healthcare. 57240
Reposted by Isaiah JamesJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The more we buy into the logic that academia needs to be more like "the real world"--the more we buy into the idea that all we're doing is training students to go out and be good workers--the less we are fulfilling any sort of distinct mission, and the less exciting our work is our students. 424647
Reposted by Isaiah Jamesnormiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Abdul El-Sayed is pretty close to a normie Dem and his victory is absolutely crucial in Michigan, but stop actively chasing banana peels to slide on, man. Just fucking say the IRGC is awful, Khamenei was a butcher, but that still doesn't justify Trump's intervention in Iran. Fucking done. 1445
Reposted by Isaiah JamesKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026BREAKING: A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump admin to immediately restore access for news organizations that Trump banned.politico.comPOLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring accessThe Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri... 1532283915
Reposted by Isaiah JamesJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Love this: Méditerranée Sans Frontières Sabine Réthoré 2011 Seen in the MUCEM museum, Marseille. 1389
Reposted by Isaiah JamesCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 24/09/2026SCHWAB: “.. While we have seen this level of yields before and some say we are just back in the ‘old normal,’ I think what sometimes gets lost in the discourse is the speed with which rates have moved higher ... we haven't seen this kind of 5-year increase in the 10y yield since the '80s.” 524662
Reposted by Isaiah JamesJack Rakove @jrakove.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My thoughts on the spurious constitutional theory that is eroding our polity: washingtonmonthly.com/2026/09/24/u...washingtonmonthly.comThe Unitary Executive Theory in All of Its Historical PerversityThe unitary executive theory rests on a misinformed reading of the Constitution and the Founders’ understanding of presidential power. 48039
Reposted by Isaiah JamesNoahpinion @noahpinion.blogsky.venki.dev · 24/09/2026No, you are not on Indigenous landnoahpinion.blogNo, you are not on Indigenous landA repost from 2024. 071
Reposted by Isaiah JamesCathode Ray Zone @cathoderayzone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If you’ve never seen this, I think it’s the best hard rock live performance I’ve seen, even all these years later. youtu.be/AXuRaR_uDHo?...youtu.beTriumph - Live At The US Festival (1983)[HQ]{Full Concert}YouTube video by amoco14 012
Reposted by Isaiah JamesKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I guess what I'm saying is that AI may turn some of our students into Gollums, & others into Sam Gamgees 1317
Reposted by Isaiah JamesChristina Bohannan @bohannaniowa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026With help from my friends here in Sigourney — and all across southeast Iowa — we are going to win in November, and finally put Iowa first! ❤️ 1111
Reposted by Isaiah Jamesjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's 164113092110
Reposted by Isaiah JamesThe Gazette @thegazette.com · 22/09/2026‘Vote of no confidence’ in Center for Intellectual Freedom prompts advisory council mass resignation: www.thegazette.com/news/vote-of-no-… 46110
Reposted by Isaiah JamesOmar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Starting to feel like Trump has managed things so badly that he’s putting up Bush-era 2008 financial collapse numbers… 3506
Reposted by Isaiah JamesMatthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I am also a parent who has opted not to peergroup-max by son’s education and for a whole bunch of reasons I feel like it’s been a pretty different outcome than what NHJ describes. www.slowboring.com/p/why-i-send...slowboring.comWhy I send my kid to low-income urban public schoolsNot every school with unfavorable demographics is a dysfunctional mess — policy matters! 9694
