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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
New York Times describes Trump's Venezuela oil deal as "unusual." Come on. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/p...
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The Navy’s Supply Chain Struggle, and Trump’s Unusual Oil Deal in Venezuela
Plus, a groundbreaking new space telescope.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The US elite keeps on abdicating. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
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Google Maps Changes Lake Ontario to Lake America Following Trump’s Executive Order (Gift Article)
Users in the United States will see the new label, following President Trump’s executive order last week.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Old fashioned extractive colonialism. Why not a peep from anyone, anywhere? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/b...
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Trump Says U.S. Struck Deal for Control of More Than 65 Billion Barrels of Venezuela’s Oil (Gift Article)
The president said an agreement between the countries covered more than 65 billion barrels of reserves. A U.S. official said it would involve a partnership with a private company.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
With Ryan Enos. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/27/o...
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Yale shouldn’t cut a deal with Trump - The Boston Globe
Yale should resist rather than negotiate away its independence.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This. www.lanacion.com.ar/deportes/nad...
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Nadie tiene que llorar por Argentina
El autor le responde a Ishaan Tharoor, columnista de The New Yorker, sobre la actitud de la selección argentina durante el Mundial
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Stephen Walt @stephenwalt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
If a US president wanted to make millions of people around the world hate America, personally interfering in the #WorldCup officiating process would be perfect. So naturally #Trump did just that.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Everything he touches turns to shit. I love the U.S. team but cannot root for them tomorrow. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...
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Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Player’s Suspension. Now He’s Eligible to Play.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Neo-Nazis in Washington DC for Trump July 4 event. What a photograph.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
We shouldn't need to say this, but Venezuela is not--and should not be--a colony of the United States. We are so many people in the media acting as if it is? www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/w...
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U.S. Officials Said to Be Frustrated With Machado’s Call for Help
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This is the stuff of dictatorships. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...
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Memo by Rubio Approved Detention of Immigrant Who Criticized Trump Ally
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
James Dolan is a piece of shit. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/n...
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Knicks Accept a White House Invitation to Celebrate Title, Owner Says
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We should be clear: The Trump administration does not seek democracy in Venezuela. It seeks a colony. Colonialism and democracy don't mix.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Yglesias: "The 2024 election showed that the party is simply not large enough to command a majority of the country." Gaslighting. Democrats won popular vote in 7 of 8 presidential elections before 2024 and Senate popular vote in EVERY 6 year cycle since 2000 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/o...
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Opinion | The Democrats Need Better Candidates. This Guy Knows How to Find Them.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Fujimorismo wins in Peru. This is the biggest threat to Peruvian democracy since...Fujimori.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I voted for it. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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70% of Faculty Vote to Overhaul Harvard Grading With A Cap | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard faculty voted to impose a roughly 20 percent cap on A grades beginning in fall 2027, approving the College’s most aggressive attempt to reverse grade inflation and reshape academic standards.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Corruption without parallel. Outside of dictatorships in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, this could not happen in any other country in the hemisphere. wapo.st/4wB2OqJ
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Trump’s deal to drop suit against IRS creates $1.8B ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’
The deal, laid out in a document signed by acting attorney general Todd Blanche, grants a commission broad authority to distribute the money, drawn from taxpayer dollars.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Grading final exams for my Latin American politics class, I encounered a reference to the human rights activism of the Mothers of the Cinco de Mayo.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I don't share her political views, but Maria Corina Machado is the unambiguous leader of Venezuela's pro-democratic forces. She needs to go back to Venezuela
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
www.npr.org/2026/05/13/n...
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Is the U.S. slipping into 'Competitive Authoritarianism?'
What form of government do we have in America now? Some scholars say it is no longer liberal democracy, but "competitive authoritarianism." NPR's Frank Langfitt explains the term and its origin.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Perverse Tyranny of a Perfect Transcript
“Putting a perfect GPA in reach of so many students perversely deters them from taking classes that could threaten it,” Joshua Greene writes. “We should liberate our students from the tyranny of the i...
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Orban does what Trump never did: accept defeat.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Trump just threatened genocide. Congress remains on vacation.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This can't be good for the Jews. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...
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Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Good god. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...
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Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Extract List of Jews From Penn
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Then stop behaving like fascists. www.cnn.com/2026/03/29/p...
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Tom Homan to critics: ‘Stop calling ICE Nazis’ | CNN Politics
Border czar Tom Homan defends ICE’s use of masks and says political rhetoric is driving threats against agents while speaking to Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
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120 Harvard Jewish Affiliates Condemn Justice Department Antisemitism Lawsuit | News | The Harvard Crimson
120 Jewish affiliates at Harvard have signed an open letter denouncing the U.S. Department of Justice’s latest lawsuit against Harvard, accusing the Trump administration of weaponizing antisemitism co...
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/25/m...
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Over 100 Jewish professors, staffers at Harvard condemn Trump administration’s ‘weaponization of antisemitism’ - The Boston Globe
The Jewish professors wrote that Justice Department’s “characterization of Harvard as fostering a climate of ‘hostile antisemitism’ paints a portrait of a Harvard that we do not recognize.”
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Even though Freedom House gave USA a pass this year, downgrading it by only 3 points and still calling it "Free," it's worth noting that Freedom House now considers USA less democratic than Argentina, Belize, Mauritius, Mongolia, Panama, and Romania. And tied with Suriname.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Freedom House annual report gives USA a pass. Overall freedom score declines just 3 points, from 84 to 81, and US is still scored as Free. Freedom House is funded in part by the U.S. government. But it's still chickenshit.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Nothing to see here. Never happened. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
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Trump Deletes Racist Video of Obamas After Outcry
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
And there we have it. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
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Trump Posts Video Portraying Obamas as Apes
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Great piece from two outstanding scholars. www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
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How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The great Omar Wasow. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...
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Opinion | ICE’s Brutality Is Its Weakness
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Europe Has a Bazooka. Time to Use It. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
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Opinion | Europe Has a Bazooka. Time to Use It.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I think Maria Corina Machado will live to regret giving her Nobel Peace Prize to Donald Trump. And fairly soon.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Of course Maria Corina Machado gave her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump. That's the world we now live in. And of course Trump took it. Because that's who Trump is.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I think this is the first time I have ever said these words, but I think John Bolton is (mostly) right here. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/o...
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Opinion | In Venezuela, Trump Has Put Himself in a Box
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
This is deeply humiliating, for Machado and the for United States. I am sick to my stomach. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
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After Machado Offers Her Nobel, Trump Says It Would Be an ‘Honor’ to Accept It
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I think Albertus is right that the opposition has an opportunity here, but it needs to mobilize now and push for change.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
So important. Peace Is Unraveling www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/o...
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Opinion | Peace Is Unraveling
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Nicely stated by Javier Corrales time.com/7343053/trum...
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Trump’s Goals in Venezuela Don’t Add Up
Javier Corrales breaks down the four objectives of Trump's strike on Venezuela and explains why they conflict.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Fellow members of the tribe may disagree, but I fear this growing practice of labeling every criticism of Israel anti-Semitism will ultimately be bad for the Jews. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/n...
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Israeli Government Accuses Mamdani of Antisemitism Over Canceled Orders
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
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Opinion | Harvard’s New Campus Orthodoxy Is Even More Stifling Than the Old
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Adam Serwer nails it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Cancel Culture’s Boomerang Effect
How we got to a place where free speech means whatever conservatives want to say
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Life under competitive authoritarianism. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
They haven't found the Brown killer. Is it unfair to say the Patel-led purge and politicization of the FBI might be a factor?
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
At a time when neighboring El Salvador and Nicaragua have plunged into dictatorship, Honduras holds a fair election and the incumbents lose. Not bad.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Standing up to authoritarian bullying works better than acquiescence. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/w...
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Brazil Defied Trump and Won
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Nicolas Maduro is a corrupt, authoritarian thug who helped destroy his own country. He is not a foreign terrorist.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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What Harvard Is Whispering About Larry Summers
A jerk, yes. But a creep? The mood, post-Epstein emails.
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