Why are reasonable-seeming people often totally irrational? nyer.cm/ef4CftR

BREAKING: GOP South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem learns that people like dogs

Great to see #experts on the road!

Safe travels Prof. Stephen Farnsworth

Polish President fears that Russian weapons in Polish airspace will cause wider war. “It is a Russian provocation when there is a missile entering our airspace, then turns around...into Ukraine,' he said.

Last month, Russian weapons entered Polish airspace for 39 seconds.

Wie lustig ist eigentlich der US-Wahlkampf? Am 16. Mai, 13 Uhr, spricht #Fulbright -Professor Prof. Stephen Farnsworth an der #Viadrina über „Late-Night in Washington – Political Humor in US Presidential Elections“.
Anmeldung: t1p.de/farnsworth

🕯️OTD, April 24, Armenians around the world commemorate 109th anniversary of 1915 #ArmenianGenocide . Resulting in mass deportations, forced marches, atrocities, tortures, deaths of ~1.5 million Armenians, it will never be forgotten🙏🏻We bow our heads in memory of innocent victims.

Review by Tom Sietsema: One of the great things about Washington is the ability to pretty much eat your way around the world without boarding a plane. wapo.st/3QbbCQQ

“Very few witnesses were willing to pierce that inner sanctum of Trump,' senior 1/6 committee staffer Tom Joscelyn tells me.

Jack Smith has the cooperation of these witnesses. It would be deeply perverse if their refusal to cooperate w/1/6 committee is rewarded by SCOTUS delay.

Stoney is being realistic given Spanberger's advantages. IF Stoney wins LG next year it puts him in the on-deck circle for the D gubernatorial nomination in 2029.

At this point, there is likely no chance for any serious Democrat to run a campaign against Spanberger and Republicans will likely have a competitive race for their nomination.

Spanberger will be going into the general election with a lot of cash and momentum next year

Rep. Jim Jordan Rep. James Comer Rep. Dan Bishop Meanwhile:
-cooperation between the feds and social media companies about foreign threats has stopped, thanks to the intimidation campaign: washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
-social media platforms have rolled back their content moderation policies theguardian.com/media/2023/dec… (6/)

Rep. Jim Jordan Rep. James Comer Rep. Dan Bishop And there's been plenty of reporting about how Russia and China continue to attempt to target the US ahead of our elections:
nytimes.com/2024/03/07/bus…
nytimes.com/2024/02/15/bus… (5/)

Rep. Jim Jordan Rep. James Comer Rep. Dan Bishop This week, we learned that China established a new information warfare unit that reports directly to Xi. You'd think the GOP would be concerned about this, but they're too busy attacking researchers who expose the disinformation threat to care. ft.com/content/5584fe… (2/)

The NY Court is now going to publish daily transcripts of the Trump trial 'before the end of the next business day' -- but that's not good enough.

There should be a press pool stenographer in the overflow room, publishing every word in real time.

Why not?

Armenia's 'partner' for peace.

Poland and Lithuania have begun military exercises to test their readiness to defend the Suwałki Gap, a stretch of land along their shared border that sits between Russia and Belarus.

Military personnel from the US and Portugal are also taking part notesfrompoland.com/2024/04/22/pol…

An incredibly thoughtful and informative answer.

“…Prof. Stephen Farnsworth⁩, a political scientist…said that Youngkin continues to struggle with “the very basic governing concept that the legislature needs to be treated with respect if not deference” if a governor wishes to get something done. 1/
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NEW from me: #VALeg hasn't overridden a veto in more than a decade. Could that change Wednesday?

#valeg Prof. Stephen Farnsworth Stephen D. Haner

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Had a great time talking about political humor as a response to disinformation at the The Fulbright Program Fulbright Poland Digital Futures conference.