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Kimberly Marten

@kimberlymarten.bsky.social
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Professor at Barnard College, Columbia U; interested in Russia, international security, climate change.

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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I was honored to join @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social and @carolrs.bsky.social on a Harriman Institute panel moderated by Valentina Izmirlieva on Russia-Iran relations. Hackers flooded our Zoom link and interfered with our live audience, but they couldn’t stop the recording! youtu.be/HhMQgxHRDJc?...
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Russia-Iran Relations: An Analytic Update
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Has anyone noticed that Trump is doing exactly what Russia’s Rosneft did in Venezuela—tying state interests to stability in the country? Rosneft found it a losing proposition and finally convinced Putin to let them leave. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Exclusive | Inside Trump’s Plan to Give the Pentagon a Stake in Venezuela’s Oil Riches
The deal capped months of secretive negotiations to give the U.S. rights to the some of the world’s largest proven oil reserves.
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I was on BBC News America again, talking about Russia’s war in Ukraine: wetransfer.com/previews/f3b...
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Come join my fabulous department at Barnard College! We are searching for a tenure-track assistant professor in Comparative Politics and/or International Relations. #polisky The link is here: barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...
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Assistant Professor of Political Science
If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Assistant Professor of Political Science Job Description: The Department of Politica...
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
My new article is out in @europe-asia.bsky.social! Using #Russia #Nornickel, I show that the lure of profitable European investment can cause even highly polluting firms in authoritarian states to change their policies. #polisky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Could European Business Norms Have Led to the Greening of Russia? The Example of Nornickel
In this article I analyse Russia’s Nornickel conglomerate and its relationship with the German BASF firm and the Global Battery Alliance, testing whether potential EU business partnerships can conv...
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Russia’s recent losses of status and reputation in the Middle East are likely to make it more aggressive closer to home, I argue in this new @ponarseurasia.bsky.social policy memo: www.ponarseurasia.org/russias-loss...
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Russia’s Loss of Reputation and Status in the Middle East: Potential Consequences for Putin at Home and Abroad - PONARS Eurasia
Image credit/license PONARS EURASIA POLICY MEMO NO. 955 (PDF) Throughout 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin remained active in the Middle East, expanding trade relations with Arab countries and str...
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Come join me and my colleagues in our terrific department at Barnard College! We’re hiring a lecturer in American Politics and Political Theory: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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Lecturer of Political Science
If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Lecturer of Political Science Job Description: The Department of Political Science a...
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Just learned that Swarovski, the conglomerate that makes crystal jewelry and ornaments, has another division that sends high-quality sniper scopes to Russia, evading sanctions: meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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How Swarovski Optik is still sending sniper scopes to Russia, despite Austria’s policy of ‘permanent neutrality’ — Meduza
Despite Austria’s declared neutrality and its refusal to send weapons to Kyiv, the country’s Swarovski Optik has continued supplying high-end rifle scopes to Russia throughout the full-scale war, acco...
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
It gets worse. After he and his family checked in for their flight, got their boarding passes, and cleared security, somebody cancelled their reservations before they could board. Expert hackers now involved? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...
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Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Fellow academics: they’re coming for us, for real: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Terrific new @meduza.io “Naked Pravda” podcast from @olyaoliker.bsky.social does the best job I’ve seen of laying out the strategic interaction implications of Russia’s airspace incursions and NATO’s possible responses: meduza.io/en/episodes/...
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Here’s what you do when Russia won’t stay out of your airspace — Meduza
In recent weeks, Estonia, Poland, and Romania have reported breaches of their airspace by Russian aircraft. Just this week, Norway revealed that Russian aircraft have violated its airspace three times...
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
For anybody who wasn’t already boycotting Woody Allen movies: meduza.io/en/news/2025...
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Woody Allen headlines Moscow International Film Week — Meduza
American film director Woody Allen was a headline speaker at the Moscow city government’s International Film Week over the weekend.
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Terrific new article by Mariya Omelicheva @warontherocks.bsky.social on the role of a huge number of semi-state forces in Russia’s war against Ukraine: warontherocks.com/2025/08/insi...
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Inside Russia’s Shadow Military Sustaining the War - War on the Rocks
“The Nevsky Battalion is accepting volunteers.” This recruitment ad appeared on Russian social media in summer 2025 and is hardly a one-off. Swap out
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BenB 🇺🇦 @benborges.xyz · 10/06/2025
We archive 94 Ukrainian and 162 Russian Telegram channels. A permanent record of war, propaganda, and truth. Dive into the archive:
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Telegram Archive
the Telegram Archive with Video and media files on the open web
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Far from facing a migrant invasion, the US has recently seen the lowest levels of border crossings in decades. Violent crime is also falling rapidly, including in LA. The only emergency is the one the Trump administration is creating by mandating that ICE make 3,000 arrests a day. bit.ly/4jGDpnS
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Opinion | Trump is playing with fire by deploying troops to Los Angeles
The history of using the U.S. military domestically is not good. Using restraint in L.A. is essential.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🧵 Friends, a thread speaking just for myself. I joined Columbia in Jan 2024. A lot I still don't know, but some is crystal clear. Most important is what's not in the news: Columbia students and faculty show great capacity for respectfully and thoughtfully engaging difficult topics every day. 1/
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
And for a more eloquent and thorough statement, please read this excellent article, grounded in social science as well as moral decency, from @ryanenos.bsky.social & @stevelevitsky.bsky.social 7/7 www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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First They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us.
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
“The new [US] administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, state television reported Sunday. “This largely aligns with our vision.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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Washington now ‘largely aligns’ with Moscow’s vision, Kremlin says
Tension between the United States and Ukraine, laid bare in the Oval Office meeting of Trump and Zelensky, is seen in Moscow as a “gift.”
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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 12/02/2025
Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. -The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.’s authority to rename it is ambiguous. 🧵⬇️
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 07/02/2025
Here are The Top 10 Dogs of the week! youtu.be/5LOSDbB3GUo
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How Did This Happen???
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 07/02/2025
In a memo released Thursday, the Federal Highway Administration ordered states to halt a $5 billion program to build fast EV chargers on highways nationwide — an initiative that President Donald Trump cited as an example of the “Green New Deal.”
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Trump administration orders states to halt EV charging programs
Trump officials are targeting a $5 billion program to build EV chargers along highways.
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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The underlying problem with US national security at this point is actually really simple. If the entire US-led world order can be undone because ~120,000 people in a few states are unhappy about burger prices then there is very little stability for any coherent natsec policy
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
After all that Marko Elez was the first taker on the resignation program.
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
For those who may not know: the biggest recipient of USAID funds is Catholic Relief Services, which is now in crisis mode: www.ncronline.org/news/exclusi...
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Exclusive: Catholic Relief Services lays off staff, cuts programs after USAID shakeup
An internal email says CRS is likely to be cut in half this year from Trump's freeze of U.S. foreign assistance. Cuts will "cost people's lives and livelihoods," a former bishops' conference official ...
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Bravo to @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social and @profsaunders.bsky.social for this necessary and brilliant article! www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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Does DOGE Pose a National Security Risk?
Uncertainty about access and authority will worry allies and tempt adversaries.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
A major new lawsuit asks a federal court to halt the Trump/Musk shutdown of USAID, reopen the building, reactivate the website, restore all grants and funding, and recall furlough notices to workers: fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, plaintiffs pray that this Court:
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Declare unlawful and set aside the decision to shut down USAID as
arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in
accordance with law under 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A), contrary to constitutional right, power, privilege, or immunity under 5 U.S.C. $ 706(2)(B), and in excess of statutory jurisdiction, authority, or limitations, or short of statutory right under 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(C);
Issue a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction directing defendants to immediately cease actions to shut down USAID's operations in a manner not authorized by Congress and directing to them to take the following actions:
i. Appoint an independent Acting Director of USAID; ii. Reopen USAID buildings;
il. Restore all USAID computer systems and webpages;d.
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iv. Restore funding pursuant to the terms of all grants,
cooperative agreements, and contracts, consistent with the
terms of the agreements and any relevant statutes and
regulations;
v. Refrain from placing any additional workers on
administrative leave, or continuing the leave of those previously placed on administrative leave, unless such leave
is authorized by this Court after giving legitimate, non-
arbitrary, and particularized reasons;
vi. Recall furlough notices to affected workers unless specifically
authorized to do so by this Court after giving legitimate, non-
arbitrary, and particularized reasons;
vii. Recall mandatory evacuation orders.
Order Defendants to file a status report with the Court within 24 hours of entry of a temporary restraining order, and at regular intervals thereafter, confirming compliance with these orders.
Issue a permanent injunction barring executive agencies and agency
heads from taking any action to dissolve USAID absent the authorization of Congress;
Award Plaintiffs their costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and other disbursements as appropriate; and
Grant such other relief as the Court deems necessary, just, and proper.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Reminder - shuttering USAID may cause millions of people to die throughout the developing world in the next few weeks. Whatever else he thinks he’s doing madman Musk may about to become a mass murderer. open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
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"The U.S. President Is Quietly Killing So Many Lives" - Holding Trump To Account For The Chaos, Disruptions, Recklessness And Malevolence
We need to keep fighting The Unacceptable 4 - Gabbard, Kennedy, Patel, Vought
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
NEW: USAID source says staff are scrambling to save archived copies of US regulations before they're gone & are being actively locked out of systems, including a publicly available database of USAID documents. WIRED has built software to systematically check the status of 1,374 government domains.
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US Government Websites Are Disappearing in Real Time
A growing number of US government websites have gone offline as of Saturday, including several related to USAID and others focused on youth programs, Africa, and more.
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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Workers in DC are fighting to block Musk's minions. "About 100 Federal employees and supporters...blocked the doors to...‘data miners’....The small group of young men eventually left without entering after the protesters would not let them near the front doors." dcmediagroup.us/2025/02/02/f...
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Federal Workers Block Doors of Admin Building Over Elon Musk Data Breach - DCMediaGroup
Nearly 100 Federal employees took part in a protest now into its second day of a takeover by Elon Musk surrogates of the high administration arm of the Federal government. Photo: DCMediaGroup Washingt...
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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
USAID being unlawfully dismantled. DOGE member has closed HQ. New tranche of workers cut off email. Staff tell me, "It is frightening being inside USAID right now. Our checks and balances failed. Congress has abdicated its responsibilities.” And Sec. Rubio has abdicated his.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Lawyers on here: Is there a legal challenge underway to Musk's apparent seizure of federal spending? If not, why not?
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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Has congress passed a law superseding or eliminating the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961? Has the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional? Then why are journalists reporting that Trump and Musk are "shutting down" USAID. They are not authorized to do so.
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/02/2025
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
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USAID workers at Washington HQ told to stay home on Monday in unexpected, early-morning email | CNN Politics
The main office of the US Agency for International Development in Washington was unexpectedly closed Monday and workers were emailed shortly after midnight that they should not come in, according to m...
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Erica Marat 🇺🇦 @ericamarat.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Let it be clear: DOGE violently shut down a congress-mandated government agency. No checks and balances, no legal process, no accountability.
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 03/02/2025
NYC folk: Hakeem Jeffries office is at 55 Hanson Pl. Suite 603, Brooklyn, NY 11217 near the Atlantic Ave Barclays Center stop Both K. Gillibrand and C. Schumer have district offices in midtown Manhattan at 780 Third Ave. NY, NY 10017 Gillibrand's office is 2601, Schumer's is 2301
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Glenn Kessler @glennkessler.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
USAID website is gone: usaid.gov So is: foreignassistance.gov I used those websites recently to document that, contrary to WH claims, the US did not have a contract to spend $50 million on condoms in Gaza.
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Russia hit beautiful, irreplaceable buildings in a UNESCO World Heritage site, in a city long known (before Russia’s first intervention in 2014) as a place where Russians and Ukrainians happily coexisted. Glad I got some photos when I was in Odesa in 2010. www.rferl.org/a/russia-str...
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Russia Strikes Historic Buildings In Odesa; At Least 9 Killed In Poltava Attack
Russian forces on January 31 attacked the historical center of the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa, damaging buildings and injuring seven people, local officials said. Meanwhile, at least 9 peo...
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World Politics @worldpolitics.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Starting with the final article in the January issue of @worldpolitics.bsky.social, have a read of Michael L. Ross' book review article, "The New Political Economy of Climate Change." @profmichaelross.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Demonstrator with a sign that reads "We can't recycle wasted time" at a protest against climate change, photo credit: Ivan Radic, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
New 2024 data: Over 50% of GOP fundraising now comes from just 100 mega-donors. Trump’s embrace of the billionaire class—and their embrace of him—will only supercharge this trend.
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
From today’s Wall Street Journal (do Republicans still read it? We can hope): “The risk is high that Mr. Kennedy will use his power and pulpit at HHS to enrich his trial-lawyer friends at the expense of public health and medical innovation.”
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
The average DC foreign policy/international security critter probably needs to substantially stretch their imagination concerning how weird world affairs are about to get.
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Babs🇺🇸 @blueskybabs.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
That didn't take long. A lot of the convicted J6ers have long criminal records of violence, like this Florida Man. "Jan. 6 rioter whose case was tossed after Trump pardon arrested on pending weapons charges" abcnews.go.com/US/jan-6-rio...
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Jan. 6 rioter whose case was tossed after Trump pardon arrested on pending weapons charges
A Florida man who prosecutors alleged attacked police with an explosive device on Jan. 6 was arrested on pending federal gun charges, according to court records.
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Prof Caroline Mala Corbin @carolinemalacorbin.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
You don't need a constitutional law professor to tell you that the U.S. Constitution quite plainly states that people born in the U.S. are citizens of the U.S. But it it makes you feel better: Hi! I'm a conlaw prof. The U.S. Constitution plainly states that people born in the U.S. are citizens.
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˗ˏˋuıʍʇdəəɹɔˎˊ˗👑 king of theɘʜƚ ʇo ǫniʞ👑 @creeptwin.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Alt-Text added
The first transgender suicide hotline is now up and running in the U.S. You can reach Trans Lifeline at 877-565-8860.
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Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
It is admittedly tough to tell between bot behavior and people allergic to jokes behavior
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
It's never too late to quit X.
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Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending U.S. refugee programs. @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Exclusive: Trump administration canceling flights for nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees, say U.S official, advocate
Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights canceled under President Donald Trump's order suspending U.S. refugee programs, a U.S. official and a leading refugee resettlement advocate said on Monday.
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Kimberly Marten @kimberlymarten.bsky.social · 23/06/2024
On the anniversary of Prigozhin’s mutiny, my update on the current status (alive and well!) of Russia’s Wagner Group: www.ponarseurasia.org/wheres-wagne...
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Where’s Wagner Now? One Year after the Mutiny – PONARS Eurasia
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