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RT @NewLeftEViews: I think the vitriol hurled at Piketty, Stiglitz, Zucman and Ghosh is completely absurd, but part of the proposal is defi…
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Wow, I'm v late to the party, but I am immensely grateful for this review of THE ELEMENTS OF POWER by @TimH_B in @LAReviewofBooks. "In Niarchos’s coverage, everything comes down to power—and those with the least of it are the ones digging up the elements." lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
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Today Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire. He’s also directly responsible for millions of deaths.
Here are just some of the people who would still be alive if he hadn’t—with no warning or contingency measures—chosen to put USAID through the wood chipper
A year ago Elon Musk tweeted that he had fed USAID "into the wood chipper."
It was an act that killed people. We don't know most of their names, but we know the 27 below.
Much like with Renee Good Alex Pretti, we should remember these lives taken by the cruel men who lead us
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I wrote about how the World Cup is the best kind of nationalism: one that allows pride in the local while connecting us to the universal.
To paraphrase Hobsbawm, a global community of billions seems more real as a tournament of 48 nations
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I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: the World Cup is the best kind of nationalism
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🗣️ “I want to say thank you to Algeria for choosing Lawrence, Kansas.” 🇺🇸
The locals in USA are all getting behind Algeria. 🇩🇿
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However much Truth Social posts give the illusion that the shock is easing, lots of countries are in flashing red lights territory
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Lots of value in this illuminating conversation.
And this is a good throughline that can guide progressive foreign policy on both security and economic policy
We need a new US foreign policy that promotes peace and solidarity.
My conversation with @ezraklein nytimes.com/2026/06/09/opini… via @NYTOpinion
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Different projects are going to deliver more in the short or long term, and in how much they represent our values compared to how much they deliver for Americans' immediate interests, and on whether it is exactly what the US would choose or if it builds the int'l system we want
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But for me key values for progressive foreign policy include a belief in positive-sum international cooperation, upholding American strength while remaining humble about how much the US can achieve on its own, and alignment with domestic economic policy that reduces US inequality
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I hadn’t read this until today, but I ended up at a very similar take in the piece I published this morning.
The World Cup is a celebration of the local that simultaneously binds us to the global open.substack.com/pub/timhir…
A few World Cups ago, I wrote for the @nytimes about how the tournament isn't just a pageant of nations. It actually shows the "a false dichotomy between 'globalism' and 'nativism'." Despite it all, that remains true of the World Cup that starts today. Gift link below.
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One week after the launch of the #GlobalJusticeReport, we've received a wide range of reactions. We're grateful for the many comments, critiques, and questions we've received so far, and we hope the discussions continue in the weeks ahead. We see the report as a contribution to a broader public debate.
Here are three common criticisms we'd like to address:
1) “The report proposes a radical de-growth agenda”
2) "The report uses an unrealistically pessimistic 4.5°C warming scenario."
3) "The report is a utopian dream."
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My latest weekly column in the @NewYorker, which has been dubbed "Global Notes"—so long WorldView:
On the day the World Cup begins, I wrote about the undeniable gloom that surrounds it, and how the Trump-shaped shadow over the tournament can still be dispelled.
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We could not have been more warned
COVID underlined the depth of our interconnection. Then we made our pandemic response systems worse.
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The World Cup is the best kind of nationalism
A global community of billions seems more real as a tournament of 48 nations
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🏆 Referee announced for 2026 #SuperCup!
We're pleased to share that Somali referee Omar Artan will officiate the highly anticipated match between PSG and Aston Villa in Salzburg.
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I wrote about how the World Cup is the best kind of nationalism: one that allows pride in the local while connecting us to the universal.
To paraphrase Hobsbawm, a global community of billions seems more real as a tournament of 48 nations
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