A. Mercer

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We Were Promised Yachts

Trump's student loan overhaul explained — and why it might not be all bad.

What is Track Ukraine and Why It Matters•Telehealth and Solving the Rural Opioid Crisis•Yes, Taylor Lorenz is right...•The Siege of Mali and the Unraveling of State Power•If Prime Minister Keir Starmer Falls, Who Will Replace Him?•We Were Promised Yachts
Collage of Kash Patel

It's Not Sexism, It's Coalition Management

Why Trump fires women but keeps Kash Patel: It's coalition politics. Key players like Kash Patel have a follower base that keeps him valuable.

Digital Ground Game May Midterm Report•It's Not Sexism, It's Coalition Management•Policy Initiatives and Lessons From the Civilian Conservation Corps•Fact vs. Myth: Misconceptions of Foster Care•The Maduro Trial: Dictators, Cranks, and the Sixth Amendment•Venezuela After Maduro•Endurance Without Resolution: Russian Public Opinion and the Politics of War in Ukraine•
Side-by-side images of Kristi Noem posters: one stylized illustration with the words ‘Burn in Hell,’ and one defaced photograph with ‘Nope’ written across the face.

99 Problems and Missing the Point Is One

Public outrage centers on personalities, while policy changes carry the real impact.

The Short Victorious War•Cuba in the Crosshairs•Fascism with Chinese Characteristics Part 1•99 Problems and Missing the Point is One•Digital Ground Game April Midterm Report•The Looting of the Federal Department of Education•When the Left-Wing YouTube Playbook Stops Working

Hasan Piker and the Dangerous Romance of Collapse

Hasan Piker’s accelerationist gamble and why history shows collapse rarely delivers democratic socialism.

From Gaugamela to the Gulf: The Reality of War in Iran•Guns For Me and Not for Thee•Hasan Piker and the Dangerous Romance of Collapse•Hasan Piker and the Dangerous Romance of Collapse

Tit for Tat, Authoritarianism, and the Moveable Middle

An analysis of MAGA authoritarian psychology and whether Tit-for-Tat strategies, satire, and institutional action can counter the movement’s influence.

Illegal Orders and Reasoning Agents•Tit for Tat, Authoritarianism, and the Moveable Middle•Turning Grief Into Community Action•The Proven, Pending, and Ambiguous Cases of Russian and Chinese Influence in European Politics