New Interview: I talked to Elliott Abrams about his long career in Washington, his record in Latin America, his role in the Iran-Contra scandal, the situation in Gaza, and the contradictions in how America views matters of human rights. newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/e…

One of the people I write about in Sparks, who we feature prominently, in minjiandanganguan , the feminist writer and prolific filmmaker Ai Xiaoming, has published an important interview about the Lin Zhao, who was executed on this day in 1968.
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ogHO40sHcmWa…

I'm sure someone's already covered this, but South Dakota officials are on my mind:

Gov. Janklow killed a motorcyclist after speeding through a stop sign

Atty. General Ravnsborg killed a pedestrian then drove off and lied about it

Gov. Noem killed a dog and bragged about it

What a disastrous interview. Head of IN state police, invited by IU for a military raid, admits he doesn’t understand the First Amendment and was plainly driven by his own political views on the protests. He, not Pam Whitten, appears to call the shots. indianapublicmedia.org/news/isp-leade…

BREAKING: Stanford political scientist Jeremy M. Weinstein will serve as the next dean of the Harvard Kennedy School. Weinstein will begin his tenure on July 1.

thecrimson.com/article/2024/4…

🔌🔋🇨🇳 - China accounts for almost 40% of global renewable power capacity
• Beijing sees renewable power as key driver of domestic energy security
• China's installed capacity for renewable power is twice bigger than Europe's and three times larger than US's

There should be a Woj for academic hires.

We’re excited to share that Jeremy M. Weinstein, a renowned scholar of political science, experienced academic leader, and dedicated public servant will become dean of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government on July 1. ken.sc/3UCDH5T

Wow: Shift Key, the podcast I co-host with Robinson Meyer on the shift away from fossil fuels is now #1 in Apple Podcasts' rankings for US Business News!! If you haven't listened yet, find out why Shift Key is rising to the top of the charts here: heatmap.news/podcast

I’m puzzled by all the fretting about China trade shock 2.0. First, a subsidy war in EVs and batteries is actually a good thing since there is no global carbon tax. Second, we are no longer in hyperglobalization. Importing countries are free to respond. Remember the Japanese…

1. US campuses are privileged spaces left to police themselves/their inhabitants. Far-right attacks on education are eroding that - quickly.

2. If I'm Emory University faculty I don't show up to work until there's an apology and the officer is punished.

Variety has Oscar season.
Bloomberg and WSJ have earnings report season.
The American Prospect has 'flurry of agency rules to meet an artificial deadline created by Congressional Review Act procedures' season.
prospect.org/politics/2024-…

Excited to be launching this project to help move DACA recipients to longer-term status while involving students through #cornelllawclinics !

Not only are there many cars parked on the sidewalk, but the black car right behind the officer has no front license plate

The funniest wealth tax idea would be a ~0.25% federal minimum property tax that lets taxpayers fully deduct state property taxes.

Just detonate CA prop 13, and only prop 13.

A fun fact about reducing power plant pollution is that it improves crop yields by anywhere from 1.6% to 7% in real-world data, and up to 15% for corn in some models.

So even if closing the coal plant means using 2% of the downwind cropland for solar, you come out ahead.

UAW winning in Chattanooga is more significant, from any conceivable journalistic or historical perspective, than a campus protest at an Ivy League school.

I don’t want to sound extreme but everyone who does this — as a buyer or seller — should be eaten by wolves

Steimeier seen with turning, widening, gyre as polls raise question if center will hold.