Reposted by Sara MitchellDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 7h“Cutting this much from the university budget will mean that some of the core functions of the university will be lost. It’s not possible to just do more with less — to work smarter, to trim around the edges. We’re going to have to do less with less.” Gift link: www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...startribune.comPerry: What we lose if the U cuts $225 million"Austerity doesn’t work. Instead, it creates a death spiral, where reduction in services leads to reductions in revenue, which lead to reductions in services, which leads to reduction in revenue, whic... 7330118
Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 16hTime to add BJPS to my list of journals I no longer submit to or review for since I have 100% career rejections spanning more than 20 years 😭 120
Reposted by Sara MitchellChristina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What if we thought women's lives had the same worth as men's? WHAT IF WE DID THAT? 03311
Reposted by Sara MitchellThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026Ukraine war briefing: Nato condemns Moscow’s ‘irresponsible nuclear rhetoric’ as strikes on Kyiv intensifytheguardian.comUkraine war briefing: Nato condemns Moscow’s ‘irresponsible nuclear rhetoric’ as strikes on Kyiv intensifyComments come after Moscow warned it would ‘deploy its entire arsenal’ if Kaliningrad was threatened. What we know on day 1,680 Continue reading... 386825
Reposted by Sara MitchellYouGov America @today.yougov.com · 30/09/2026NEW Economist/YouGov % saying [at the start of Donald Trump's second term | now] that they think that overall, the economy is getting better U.S. adult citizens 19% | 13% Democrats 10% | 3% Republicans 35% | 28% yougov.com/en-us/articl... 161
Reposted by Sara MitchellYouGov America @today.yougov.com · 30/09/2026NEW Economist/YouGov: The economy % of U.S. adult citizens saying they think that overall, the economy is getting better | worse... At the start of Donald Trump's second term 19% | 37% Now 13% | 63% yougov.com/en-us/articl... 1209
Reposted by Sara MitchellRay Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Naval Academy faculty has been roughly 50% civilian and 50% military since its founding in 1845. I was a Chemistry major (1972) and part of the military faculty as a Chemistry instructor from 1975-1978. Civilian profs were the core and foundation of the department. 25523
Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yes, let’s continue to decapitate our military leadership until we have no one left with combat experience 🤷♀️ 95615
Reposted by Sara MitchellBetcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"some migrants have found themselves imprisoned in countries they'd never heard of before their arrivals... Many have no criminal convictions and have been found to be at risk of torture or persecution" If these justices won't respect the rule of law, how can we expect anyone in the admin to do so? 034
Reposted by Sara MitchellCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026US 30-Year Treasury Yield Rises to Highest Level Since 2002 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comUS 30-Year Treasury Yield Rises to Highest Level Since 2002Yields on the US Treasury’s longest-dated bond rose for a sixth straight day, crossing another key threshold amid a deepening selloff across global debt markets. 912542
Reposted by Sara MitchellBrian Schaffner @bfschaffner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026we’re hiring an assistant professor in American politics 🐘 apply.interfolio.com/194599 13924
Reposted by Sara MitchellHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out. 5440961103
Reposted by Sara MitchellKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Klobuchar eviscerates Schmitt: "For a U.S. Senator to have false information and imply based on a confusion … and imply you're in another city that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia and then call you a dirt bag is something that deserves an apology." 571684454
Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I asked my conflict class whether Poland was in a general or immediate deterrence situation with Russia 😀 000
Reposted by Sara MitchellAntje Wiener @antjewiener.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.lcil.cam.ac.uk/press/events... Please join us online or in person for this event @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social @cambridgelaw.bsky.social organised by my amazing colleague @mwgehring.bsky.social with Alena Drieschova, Jan Klabbers & @giofabman.bsky.social @esrah.uni-hamburg.de 👇🏻👇🏻lcil.cam.ac.ukEvent: ‘Is the Liberal International Order Over?’Register here if attending online Time: 4 pm - 6 pm Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the war in Gaza, Trump's attacks on multilateralism and free trade, and most recently the war waged by the United 245
Reposted by Sara MitchellConnor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 21/07/2026🪧 The University of Toronto (St. George) is hiring in American Politics, with a focus on democracy in the United States. Please spread the word! I'm on the committee and am more than happy to answer questions. Full ad & details here: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... 910277
Reposted by Sara MitchellAdele M. Stan @addiestan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Anybody remember that Trump-promised FoxConn facility that was to bring 13,000 jobs to Wisconsin? www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/w...nbcchicago.comWhat happened to Foxconn? A look at the $1.2 billion spent and where it all wentIn 2018, President Donald Trump came to southeast Wisconsin to proclaim the coming of “the eighth wonder of the world.” But what actually happened? 1320962
Reposted by Sara MitchellGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026Gone are the mass raids and militarized metro operations. Gone are the pomp and pageantry. But ICE arrests have hit record levels. ICE operations are no longer concentrated in large American cities. Immigration enforcement officials are also working in suburban and rural areas, all across the US. 18828495
Reposted by Sara MitchellKen Schultz @kschultz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I’m sorry. Is the message “invest in us OR we’ll destroy humanity” or “invest in us AND we’ll destroy humanity“? 1827898
Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I see stories about polls (getting my hopes up) and then see people cheering T in TN and think nothing is ever going to improve. 100
Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Indeed. So many layers to this hegemonic suicide. 120
Reposted by Sara MitchellRob Sand @robsandia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Iowa has ranked 48th for personal income growth on average over the last 3 years and our wages are the least competitive in the region. A decade of one-party rule has left Iowa families behind & my opponent will be just more of the same. Here's how I'll get done: robsand.com/priorities/robsand.comRob Sand's Priorities for IowaRob Sand for Iowa Governor. Rob is only beholden to the people of Iowa, and Rob stands up for what's right, even when it's hard. 619460
Reposted by Sara MitchellAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9352333207
Reposted by Sara MitchellGod @thegodshow.com · 27/09/2026Thou shalt not use tax dollars to pay for fascist commercials. 662977492
Reposted by Sara Mitchell#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 28/09/2026Any analysis of the Iran War that doesn't start and end with the fact that an entire cottage industry of think tankers and lobbyists and their friends in Congress were frothing at the mouth for literal decades for this got exactly what they wanted and it failed immediately and totally is wrong. 2347321061
Reposted by Sara MitchellThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 27/09/2026Donald Trump’s extravagant spending could threaten the global economy and destroy trust in the dollar—and Republicans are enabling this, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues.bit.lyBlame Trump for Rising Borrowing CostsLenders don’t trust the United States anymore. 512545
Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Likely? How about saying it violates federal laws 🤷♀️ 010
Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Speaking of not trusting what the administration says, a good summary of the pattern of T’s lies. www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...cnn.comI started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN PoliticsTen years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ... 12111
Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Also you can’t trust anything this administration says 020
Reposted by Sara MitchellMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This just keeps getting bigger.bbc.co.ukOpenAI bots meddled with US government agencies, including SEC and CensusOpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises. 63656303
Reposted by Sara MitchellKen Schultz @kschultz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“Pentagon-Backed Oil Company” is a phrase you expect to see in a socialist rag handed out by some guy on the sidewalk. Like the, um, Wall Street Journal…wsj.comExclusive | Pentagon-Backed Oil Company Is Set to Vie for Chevron’s Crown in VenezuelaThe rise of a U.S.-backed oil company in Venezuela has frustrated executives at America’s biggest oil companies. 13514
Reposted by Sara MitchellThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/09/2026Donald Trump’s extravagant spending could threaten the global economy and destroy trust in the dollar—and Republicans are enabling this, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues.bit.lyBlame Trump for Rising Borrowing CostsLenders don’t trust the United States anymore. 88734
Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Funny because I thought IU should have used that QB run several attempts ago 000
Reposted by Sara MitchellChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 26/09/2026Commentary: Obesity has been seen as something patients could overcome through lifestyle changes rather than recognized for what it is, a chronic disease.chicagotribune.comDr. Disha Narang: Gov. JB Pritzker’s honesty about GLP-1s is good medicine for Illinois 1154
Reposted by Sara MitchellBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Wonder what the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee is going to do about this 67039
Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We really need to start protesting in large numbers across the country. These threats to our democracy are dire. 010
Reposted by Sara MitchellShibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Gaza is suffering the world's worst economic crisis ever recorded, with nine in 10 businesses destroyed and hundreds of thousands of people unemployed, a top UN development agency warned on Thursday. www.rfi.fr/en/middle-ea...rfi.frGaza suffers world's worst ever economic crisis: UNGaza is suffering the world's worst economic crisis ever recorded, with nine in 10 businesses destroyed and hundreds of thousands of people unemployed, a top UN development agency warned on Thursday. 15443
Reposted by Sara Mitchell🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 121121715157
Reposted by Sara MitchellThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 25/09/2026The far-right ideologues and grifters running U.S. foreign policy are the vanguard of a movement that will alter not just America but the world, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu reports. bit.lyDonald Trump’s Empire of GriftFar-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction. 9290108
Reposted by Sara MitchellRUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Following the shutdown of USAID, high-aid-exposure African regions saw violence rise: ‘conflict events increased by 10.6%, battle counts rose by 6.9%, and battle-related fatalities went up by 9.3%.’ Our new article explores aid's link to security.rusi.orgDevelopment Aid as Security Policy?Recent cuts to foreign aid have raised serious humanitarian concerns. They also offer vital insights into the relationship between development and security going forward. 0169