Reposted by Grande ChefeStuart McDaniel @stuartmcdaniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“For four decades, the United States has run one of the most profitable trades in the world economy… import young people that the global labor market has underpriced—graduate students whose ability outruns their résumés—give them a place to prove themselves, and keep much of the upside” 04020
Reposted by Grande Chefebrasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 14/12/2025This is actually false. The Taliban movement was organized by the ISI in 1994 to simplify trucking bribes/taxes and to keep India out of their rear area. 5958
Reposted by Grande ChefeDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It’s worse than that — Keeperman is saying that assimilation is impossible because Of their skin color. 1321746
Reposted by Grande ChefeMichael Flynn @flynnpolsci.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s not great that the secretary of defense seems to overwhelmingly base his policy priorities on his insecurities, animosoties, personal prejudices, and cartoonish understanding of the world and the military’s relations to society and foreign policy. 1175
Reposted by Grande ChefeCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 11571622057
Grande Chefe @strategicchancla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Then this Cornell thing is gonna slap 30 more years onto his ugly ass 101
Reposted by Grande ChefeNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026You will notice that at no point in this thread is there any engagement with actual Israeli policy, or the response of various Palestinian national movements, or how international law should be applied, etc, because it's mostly about his discursive enemies, rather than anything real or concrete. 1263668
Grande Chefe @strategicchancla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today's discourse had me going back to this old piecemotherjones.comHow Joe Biden became America's top Israel hawkThe president once said “Israel could get into a fistfight with this country and we’d still defend" it. That is now clearer than ever. 000
Reposted by Grande ChefeBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 28/09/2026Once you start playing a Control game you can see the FBC everywhere 2505
Grande Chefe @strategicchancla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This would be sick af if Biden wasn't basically giving Israel rather good Christmas gifts besides the unicorn pony of "bomb Iran". Biden was the best Dem Israel could ask for, they got away with a lot 2101
Reposted by Grande Chefederek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"why don't men wear more color." i only dress for the approval of dogs, who mostly see blue, white, gray, black, and brown in the way that we do, so i don't wear other colors. 1417704622
Reposted by Grande ChefeAdam @adam35.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Next time I fuck up and manage to get something done last minute I’m telling people “it was not intelligence-led” 417817
Reposted by Grande ChefeAdam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 25/09/2026If you want to support a publication that is strongly pro-arming Ukraine and pro-protecting the basic human rights of Palestinians, consider subscribing today www.liberalcurrents.com/drive/liberalcurrents.comRedeem This Deal to Subscribe to Liberal Currents Today!Reserve your copy of next year's issue of The Reconstruction Papers. 1121
Reposted by Grande ChefeAdam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 25/09/2026Great conversation. Dylan is doing the work. We talk about the toll of that towards the end of the episode. 14212
Reposted by Grande ChefeSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:theguardian.comHoman Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 peopleExclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’ 9147841745
Reposted by Grande ChefeJoe Fish @sadbusdriver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026the thing with luxury condos is that they're mostly a myth. 1. within the same county, condos sell for 35% less than single family homes 2. within the same neighborhood, they sell for 43% less 3. within the same neighborhood and adjusting for some quality characteristics, they sell for 21% less 717733
Reposted by Grande ChefeCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Tired: Being 6 and having an imaginary friend Wired: Being 36 and believing your chatbot has feelings and deserves rights 647068
Grande Chefe @strategicchancla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Bashir: Victory is statistically impossible, there is no path to winning this war! Section 31's Bioweapon Division:static.klipy.comReally? Are You Sure?ALT: Really? Are You Sure? 010
Grande Chefe @strategicchancla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026These voter aren't much better than Trump. Anyone arriving across in trouble or from poor, brown countries are bad ones until it's someone they know personally. 111
Reposted by Grande ChefeMatthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 23/09/2026wild scenes out of Springfield, Missouri. Two people were arrested for trying to voice concerns about Flock cameras. Video of it is in the story404media.coWoman Arrested After City Council Denies Residents Right to Speak on Flock CamerasCitizens of Springfield, Missouri showed up to a city council meeting to discuss the city’s Flock contract. The mayor shut them down and arrested two people for ‘disruption of meetings of city council... 5259109
Reposted by Grande Chefes. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 23/09/2026Transing your kids? In this economy?! I can barely afford to trans MYSELF! 51449196
Reposted by Grande ChefeMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s essentially a high tech version of what they arrested Rodrigo Duterte for 829053
Reposted by Grande ChefepolitiBOO! @politiburb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If Schumer or Jeffries or Hochul or any other NY Dem attended an event with Donald Trump like this and said this quote the DSA would light DNC headquarters on fire. 35418119
Reposted by Grande Chefejenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 25/06/2025watching initial d on one monitor and cuomo crashouts on the other 1349622
Reposted by Grande ChefeSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026so much of teen takeover discourse fundamentally comes down to the fact that people want to ignore the fact that basically now more than every american socialization is at all time lows so when youth do socialize, it's usually in forms people dislike www.axios.com/2026/07/05/a...axios.comAmericans of all ages are spending less time socializingIt's a fundamental shift in the way we live our lives that has implications for everything from what we believe to how long we live. 320818
Grande Chefe @strategicchancla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Just perfectly distilled today's stupid discourse. Excellent 120
Reposted by Grande ChefeSecretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Between the killing of DTIC and now CASI, DOD really trying to kill any and all scholarship on war, I’m sure that’ll work out smartly! 2238965
Reposted by Grande ChefeMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I keep seeing Die Linke described as “far-left”. They’re not! They‘re just left! It’s just that the general political tide is so far out to the right that to most pundits they look like Che Guevara. 1233365
Reposted by Grande ChefeTuring Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is quite /literally/ what racists say about brown migrants in Europe. 1329042
Grande Chefe @strategicchancla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Incredibly funny that only the Paul brothers, not the ostensible political professionals, have a good suit fit AND know to pair black shoes with dark suits 000
Reposted by Grande Chefe🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇬🇱🇵🇦🇻🇪 Chappell's Femininomenology of Spirit @ofvick.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trans rights are a front of the struggle of our time the same way Ukraine is, and if you don't think that consider that Russia and its allies *do* and are committing resources to that end 13914
Grande Chefe @strategicchancla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Biden ended the War in Afghanistan and effectively ended the drone war. Meanwhile, Iran didn't see a modern American bomber in their skies until last year and Trump 1 saw fit to kill an Iranian military leader in peace time. 110
Reposted by Grande ChefeJordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 20/09/2026I honestly can’t think of a better metaphor than the Department of War inviting a guy who padded his boxing records with scrubs right until he got hospitalized by someone who could actually fight 582868580
Reposted by Grande ChefeEmily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Richard Grenell “pursued a plan…to replace works in the center’s art collection, including gifts from foreign nations honoring Kennedy, with art selected by Trump patrons. ‘You can definitely start sending stuff back to the countries who donated it now,’ Mr. Grenell said in an email…” 616377
Grande Chefe @strategicchancla.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Resident Evil (sponsored by 9mm Parabellum) was a great time, a well directed film adaptation of a game. I take issue with the ending, but it doesn't take away from the journey 100
Reposted by Grande ChefeMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If you're a Dem who thinks you'll gain something by going anti-trans, look at Gallup's "most important problem" and Fox News' "most important issue" polling and see where trans issues rank. Whoever told you going anti-trans is a savvy or necessary move spends too much time on X and should be fired. 573330940
Grande Chefe @strategicchancla.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Nah, fuck that. I say this from the position of a IR nerd, global conflict (WWIII? Chill, man) isn't somehow draining political capital on Trans issues or vice versa. We can multitask, especially when the source of both is reactionary, regressive politics 110
Reposted by Grande ChefeAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026El-Sayed: You know, with a name like mine, I never expected to run for office. It is 11 letters long. Donald Trump is a genius and he does not know how to say it Crowd: *laughs* 443341695
Reposted by Grande ChefeStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I hope folks in an around U Chicago's political science department repeatedly remind this man what a stupid asshole he is. 1386
Grande Chefe @strategicchancla.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If these guys aren't running regularly, they aren't beating the average high school track competitor. Wild sexism to think they can take on a professional athlete 000
Reposted by Grande Cheferyan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 18/09/2026Mamdani is a superb administrator, it turns out, at least by the standards of NYC mayors www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...nyc.govMore Affordable, Safer, Better Run: Mayor Mamdani’s First Management Report Shows ‘Pothole Politics’ is Working Across City Government 20764161
Reposted by Grande ChefeIsaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 18/09/2026its become bluesky lib common wisdom that the strike on the school definitely cant be a war crime. But like the UN report, and 100 US legal scholars, including former JAGs and mil people. Agree that it couldve been 9415