The Twitter algorithm disdains sharing any post with links, such as a post with a link to an essay about the failures of PICARD to show an honest reckoning with aging pegged to Biden's decision not to run. So if that interests you, please see the following link.

On a semi-related note, while I immensely enjoyed Top Gun 2, I am sympathetic to the argument that Maverick should not have gone on the actual mission and Miles Teller should have blown up the Death Star by himself.

Trump's appearance at the NABJ was strategic but probably not immediately successful. Yet too many people think one more revelation will ruin him forever. A Tiny Toon Adventures joke shows why that won't work (newsletter) musgrave.substack.com/p/the-secret-d…

I guess the algorithm still disdains anything with a link, so if you liked this then please RT.

Weaponizing Federalism and Foreign Policy, by Thankful Musgrave 🦃 open.substack.com/pub/musgrave/p…

What did Tim Walz do as a teacher in China? Why did he go? And how did it change him? In my newsletter, I explore these questions using coverage of Walz in local Nebraska newspapers from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Must-read about the potential VP. open.substack.com/pub/musgrave/p…

For Foreign Policy, I go deep into small-town Nebraska coverage of Walz's teaching in China and Nebraska to find that he's no patsy but a consistent observer and teacher of China (and the USA) foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/12/tim…

Tim Walz Has Always Been Consistent on China - Local newspapers reveal what the vice presidential candidate thought long before he came into the national spotlight. foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/12/tim…

Local newspapers reveal what the vice presidential candidate thought about China long before he came into the national spotlight. foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/12/tim…

Dudes on the apps: “I love history” Tim Walz: chose the anniversary of Tiananmen Square for his wedding so he’d “have a date he’ll always remember”