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People deal with traumatic events in various ways, and the Trumpocalypse is no exception. Some get stuck on sadness, others on anger. But my sense is that more of us are taking steps to oppose the incoming administration than is generally acknowledged, and that’s a good thing. (I get this impression not just from reading …
Friday Morning Open Thread
(Commentor Delk‘s dog Gav, who is even cuter than a cartoon bunny in a top hat) . Upbeat story from the Washington Post: Anita Foeman’s students had just gotten the results from their genetic tests, and they couldn’t wait to talk… “Some people have never had a happy conversation about race,” Foeman said. But in …
Open Thread: More Fallout from Putin’s Poodle’s Campaign
Without revealing your actual age, what something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand? — Eric Alper (@ThatEricAlper) December 28, 2016 You would go to bed at night fearful that superpower tensions were so high that a nuclear war could sta– wait, never mind. Goddammit. https://t.co/xiIiMQA16X — Daniel W. Drezner …
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Thursday Evening Open Thread: “What’s really bugging Trump about Obama”
Just so we know, Politico explains it’s not easy being orange, according to President-Asterisk Smallgloves: Donald Trump can’t decide whether he thinks the transition of power is going well or not. But he knows he doesn’t like how much attention Barack Obama is getting and is also bothered by what Trump and his closest advisers …
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Issuance of Amended Executive Order 13694; Cyber-Related Sanctions Designations
Here’s the text of today’s sanctions’ Executive Order: Issuance of Amended Executive Order 13694; Cyber-Related Sanctions Designations 12/29/2016 Today, the President issued an Executive Order Taking Additional Steps To Address The National Emergency With Respect To Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities. This amends Executive Order 13694, “Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious …
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Thursday Mid-Day Open Thread
Here’s an incredibly beautiful photo of a yellow-crowned night heron from faithful reader cope: The bird looks kinda worried. Or maybe I’m just projecting my anxiety onto the bird. What’s got my feathers ruffled, you (didn’t) ask? Oh, just this: Carter Page, a former foreign policy advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, recently went to Moscow …