Trump’s violent crime rates were actually higher than Biden’s — 2024 is on track for a 26% decrease in crime relative to Trump’s last term.

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The news from Russia in August is not always bad.

No inside info, but Putin has usually supported/ rewarded Russians caught spying abroad. "No man left behind." Also better to do it before US elections. Kremlin prefers Trump, but also skeptical he can deliver a deal based on his failures to improve relations in 2016-2020.

Trump not condemning Putin for trying to murder opponents was, of course, entirely consistent with Trump not condemning Putin for murdering journalists.

That the US government lobbied not just for the release of foreigners, but also for the release of Russian citizens unjustly imprisoned by their own government is commendable.

More good news today.

August 5 is an annual remembrance day for the victims of the Great Terror in the USSR. In 1937–1938, during Stalin’s rule, the Soviet government carried out a campaign of political terror in which hundreds of thousands were arrested and executed. This year on August 5 we

Interesting work here from Ivan Fomin on an important distinction in Putin's ideology during wartime. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Under Biden, the United States made a remarkable recovery from the pandemic recession. We have seen the longest run of below 4.0 percent unemployment in more than 70 years, even surpassing the long stretch during the 1960s boom. trib.al/6fP3XnF

.Vladimir Kara-Murza: “Putin can’t be allowed to win this war. Ukraine must win, and there should be more support from Western countries so that happens.” Vladimir’s first interview with BBC News (UK) after his release from Siberian prison: bbc.com/news/articles/…

Congratulations are in order. Glad to be quoted here. The Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah Wins Kluge Humanities Prize nytimes.com/2024/08/08/art…

cool new data from CAWP on Money and Politics cawp.rutgers.edu/research/cawp-…

Trump continues to sound alarm bells about crime…. but violent crime is down under Biden. Morning Joe

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This should be setting off alarm bells for US policymakers: Since 2016, the share of international students enrolled in the US vs. other developed countries fell by nearly 30% Immigration is America's superpower — and we're at risk of losing it.

The US is outperforming all of its advanced economy peers, and it is not particularly close. Fiscal policies like the IRA, CHIPS, and Science Act, along with the Fed's near-zero interest rates and the rise of homegrown AI companies created the recipe for a surge in the economy.

Europe has given about $80B more aid to Ukraine than the US — Trump’s numbers are brazenly fabricated and self-serving. Morning Joe

New evidence of donor gaps in Congressional races.