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Sam Handlin @shandlin.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Reckonings within the DC policy establishment never happen but the following should be recognized: Liberal champions of Venezuelan democracy got played and gave cover and legitimacy to amateur neo-imperialists, helping them birth a dangerous and destabilizing new order.

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Graham Webster @gwbstr.com · 03/01/2026

decades of “national security” people treating those concerned about US imperialism as wacko commies while intoning gravely about a supposed liberal/rules-based order under threat by a rotating cast of someone else.

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Sam Handlin @shandlin.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Trump is going to declare victory and leave the Maduro-regime-without-Maduro in place, isn’t he? The dumbest possible ending.

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Sam Handlin @shandlin.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Coup Dynamics and Escalation Risk in Venezuela Air strikes offer little guarantee that Maduro will be ousted. Maduro is unpopular and illegitimate. But its not clear why this matters. Air strikes do not trigger a popularity contest. 1/

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Sam Handlin @shandlin.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I get why Team MCM/Edmundo makes this argument yet its still hugely annoying to be told that anybody who believes democracy might not magically materialize in an already failed state after US sponsored regime change via force is simply providing cover for Maduro. www.wsj.com/opinion/what...

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Opinion | What Comes After Maduro Falls

Disregard the warnings of civil war. Venezuela stands united behind democratic leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González.

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Sam Handlin @shandlin.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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Sam Handlin @shandlin.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Swarthmore is hiring in Comparative Politics with an emphasis on China! Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/170741 Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. I know its rough out there. Best wishes to all on the market. #polisky #poliscijobs #poliscijobmarket #psjminfo #academicjobs

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

JOB! Please RT. Swarthmore is hiring for our Social Science Quantitative Lab Associate to support & do teaching quant methods to undergrads. Especially looking for people familiar with sociology and/or political science, and R. Apply by 4/18. apply.interfolio.com/165892 Happy to answer questions.

Responsibilities (continiued)
Providing statistical support to students during regular office hours and by appointment, including assisting students with the identification, manipulation, and analysis of data sets for their empirical research projects

Planning and hosting stand-alone workshops to train students to work with statistical software commonly used in the social sciences, such as R, Stata, Python, Matlab, and/or Geographic Information System (GIS)

Collaborating with social science faculty teaching quantitative courses on how best to support their courses and their students

Creating additional opportunities for students with less experience in quantitative and computational methods to develop skills and confidence

Offering supplementary workshops in quantitative social sciences to help students develop skills for success as research assistants and to prepare them for quantitative careers and job markets

Qualifications
A Master of Arts or Science (MA or MS), or equivalent, in Political Science, Sociology, Economics, Public Policy, Statistics, Data Science, or a related field is required; a PhD in one of these fields is preferred.

Familiarity with statistics/econometrics, causal inference methods, and preparing data for quantitative social science research is required. Familiarity with computational and simulation methods is a plus.

Programming expertise in R and Excel and ability to learn new technical skills are required. Expertise in Python, Matlab, GIS, and/or other related software is a plus.

Demonstrated excellence in inclusive and equitable teaching practices that support the success of students from diverse backgrounds and with varying levels of preparation in quantitative skills. We seek applicants who cultivate welcoming classroom environments and use pedagogical strategies that promote belonging, engagement, and academic growth for all students.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 24/03/2025

this pic from the turkish protests goes insanely hard

man in a black jumpsuit, fez, and gas mask gestures in front of police

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”

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Sam Handlin @shandlin.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This phenomenon deserves its own name in which otherwise smart elites engage in all sorts of insane theorizing to rationalize what Trump is doing. DOGE is the disruptive force government needs. Trump is a savvy geopolitical strategist. Recessions are actually good. 1/

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

Title: What Costs More: Billionaire Tax Avoidance or Federal Workers?
Subtitle: Musk’s tax avoidance could fund 677K federal jobs
• Current Tax Rate: 3.27%
• Top Federal Tax Rate: 37%

Cost Comparison (Bar Chart):
• Cost of Musk’s Tax Avoidance (smallest bar, purple)
• Cost of Top 100 Billionaires’ Tax Avoidance (largest bar, red)
• Total Federal Workforce Salaries (mid-sized bar, green)
X-axis ranges from $0B to $380B, showing that billionaire tax avoidance covers a significant portion of federal workforce salaries.

Impact on Federal Workforce:
• Average Federal Salary: $106,000
• Jobs Musk’s Avoidance Could Fund: 677,782 (29.5% of all federal employees)

Federal Workforce Breakdown (Pie Chart):
• A segment representing 29.5% of the workforce highlights the share Musk’s avoided taxes could fund, labeled “Share Equal to Musk’s Avoided Taxes: 29.5%”.

Sources:
• Musk’s Tax Rate: ProPublica
• Billionaire Gains: Bloomberg Billionaires Index (Dec. 31, 2024)
• Federal Employee Data: USAFacts

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Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

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Sam Handlin @shandlin.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

This will blow up university budgets and one effect is that the job market will be very very bleak for a while.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Every one of these guys thinks they’re Oppenheimer mixed with Andrew Carnegie and they own something called SplortDotCom that got bought by Boozoo

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Sam Handlin @shandlin.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

So many mainstream journalists got snowed into repeating the obviously farcical story that Trump's envoy made such grave threats that he got Netanyahu to fold. Netanyahu gave Trump a "win" and now Trump will turn a blind eye to the annexation of the WB and shrug when the war returns to Gaza.

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Sam Handlin @shandlin.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

The news of a deal in Gaza is an immense relief, first and foremost. It is convenient for both Trump and Bibi to claim that the former wielded sticks and forced the latter's hand. Far more likely is that Trump offered some awful carrots, like support for the ethnic cleansing of the West Bank.

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Sam Handlin @shandlin.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Your location data going back years may now be in the hands of any random cybercrime syndicate willing to pay for it. Gravy Analytics claims to collect on 1b mobile devices daily and the hackers say they've been inside their systems since 2018.

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Sam Handlin @shandlin.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

We're going to need separate Milei and non-Milei categories but this thread should be a banger regardless.

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Sam Handlin @shandlin.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Amazing thread, follow to the end.

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Sam Handlin @shandlin.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Political scientist: Whatever. Can you make a valid causal inference about how it got that way?

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Sam Handlin @shandlin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

This is insane and probably only the beginning in public higher ed.

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