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Sara Mitchell

@sbmitche.bsky.social
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Professor, international relations, Spartan & Cyclone alumni, studies conflict, institutions, and disasters; mother of awesome rehabilitation counselor

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 6h
FFS these evil MF’ers need to just pay some taxes
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 7h
I’m going to San Diego tomorrow…
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David 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...
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Perry: 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...
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 16h
Time 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 😭
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 20h
Steve King 2.0 but much worse
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What if we thought women's lives had the same worth as men's? WHAT IF WE DID THAT?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
Ukraine war briefing: Nato condemns Moscow’s ‘irresponsible nuclear rhetoric’ as strikes on Kyiv intensify
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Ukraine war briefing: Nato condemns Moscow’s ‘irresponsible nuclear rhetoric’ as strikes on Kyiv intensify
Comments come after Moscow warned it would ‘deploy its entire arsenal’ if Kaliningrad was threatened. What we know on day 1,680 Continue reading...
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YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 30/09/2026
NEW 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...
A line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Shares of Americans, Democrats, and Republicans who say the economy is getting better."

The chart has the sub-headline: "Overall, do you think the economy is getting better or worse? (% who say "getting better")."

The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "getting worse," "about the same," and "not sure" are not shown. Data for Sept. 26 - Nov. 14, 2020 is among registered voters only."
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YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 30/09/2026
NEW 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...
A line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Is the U.S. economy getting better or worse?."

The chart has the sub-headline: "Overall, do you think the economy is getting better or worse? (% of U.S. adult citizens)."

The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "don't know" are not shown. Data for Sept. 26 - Nov. 14, 2020 is among registered voters only."
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Ray Glennon OFS @rayglennon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The 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.
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yes, let’s continue to decapitate our military leadership until we have no one left with combat experience 🤷‍♀️
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Betcy 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?
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
US 30-Year Treasury Yield Rises to Highest Level Since 2002 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US 30-Year Treasury Yield Rises to Highest Level Since 2002
Yields 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.
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Brian Schaffner @bfschaffner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
we’re hiring an assistant professor in American politics 🐘 apply.interfolio.com/194599
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026
Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.
Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Klobuchar 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."
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I asked my conflict class whether Poland was in a general or immediate deterrence situation with Russia 😀
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Antje Wiener @antjewiener.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.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.uk
Event: ‘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
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Connor 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-...
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Adele M. Stan @addiestan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Anybody remember that Trump-promised FoxConn facility that was to bring 13,000 jobs to Wisconsin? www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/w...
nbcchicago.com
What happened to Foxconn? A look at the $1.2 billion spent and where it all went
In 2018, President Donald Trump came to southeast Wisconsin to proclaim the coming of “the eighth wonder of the world.” But what actually happened?
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Gone 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.
A map of the United States that shows immigration arrests per 100,000 people since ICE's new enforcement strategy began under DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin.
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Ken Schultz @kschultz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m sorry. Is the message “invest in us OR we’ll destroy humanity” or “invest in us AND we’ll destroy humanity“?
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes @booker.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The cruelty is the point
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ofc!
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I see stories about polls (getting my hopes up) and then see people cheering T in TN and think nothing is ever going to improve.
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Indeed. So many layers to this hegemonic suicide.
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Rob Sand @robsandia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Iowa 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.com
Rob Sand's Priorities for Iowa
Rob 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.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Google 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.
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God @thegodshow.com · 27/09/2026
Thou shalt not use tax dollars to pay for fascist commercials.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 28/09/2026
Any 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.
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bring back Wentz Vikings
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 27/09/2026
Donald 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.ly
Blame Trump for Rising Borrowing Costs
Lenders don’t trust the United States anymore.
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Likely? How about saying it violates federal laws 🤷‍♀️
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Speaking 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.com
I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten 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 ...
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Also you can’t trust anything this administration says
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This just keeps getting bigger.
bbc.co.uk
OpenAI bots meddled with US government agencies, including SEC and Census
OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
HAWKEYES!!!!!!
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Ken 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.com
Exclusive | Pentagon-Backed Oil Company Is Set to Vie for Chevron’s Crown in Venezuela
The rise of a U.S.-backed oil company in Venezuela has frustrated executives at America’s biggest oil companies.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/09/2026
Donald 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.ly
Blame Trump for Rising Borrowing Costs
Lenders don’t trust the United States anymore.
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Funny because I thought IU should have used that QB run several attempts ago
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 26/09/2026
Commentary: Obesity has been seen as something patients could overcome through lifestyle changes rather than recognized for what it is, a chronic disease.
chicagotribune.com
Dr. Disha Narang: Gov. JB Pritzker’s honesty about GLP-1s is good medicine for Illinois
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wonder what the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee is going to do about this
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We really need to start protesting in large numbers across the country. These threats to our democracy are dire.
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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
😡😡
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Gaza 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.fr
Gaza suffers world's worst ever economic crisis: UN
Gaza 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.
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 25/09/2026
The 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.
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Donald Trump’s Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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RUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Following 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.org
Development 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.
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