Chad Levinson
@chadlevinson
Academic in DC (Virginia Tech SPIA) né CHI, NYC, omnivore, decent cook, novice gardener, puppy papa, LLM hater, he/him The President’s Echo System: How Foreign Policy is Sold to Americans (2026)
Why should I pay any attention to someone who needed help writing this post?
The fact that he felt compelled to write this (or have his publicists write it) shows that he's worried
I mean, why not. My brand new book explores how US presidents use extra-governmental allies to manipulate the information space surrounding decisions to wage war. One of many tools for minimizing audience costs (though usually works to promote war). www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Pre-orders are already shipping in some cases, so there's no reason to wait. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
This is where you can stop reading. If he were worth listening to on this, he'd announce his proposal at UIC. Also, these proposals are all fine for individual schools that have upside down financials due to structural problems that Rahm's agenda does not address.
Media are abetted in this by the whole ecosystem of think tanks that has evolved to support presidential ambitions of intervention and occupation. I wrote a book about it. Pre-order here or wherever books are sold: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Until now I wasn’t 100% certain it wasn’t an elaborate practical joke. Pre-order at your favorite bookseller, or here: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Pre-Order Available from the publisher and elsewhere: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
A moment of self-promotion, following @unlawfulentries.bsky.social who also has a book on the way (and who manages the APD starter kit go.bsky.app/FnNTVdS, where most of my followers come from).
Chinese restaurants in DC can be a madhouse on Christmas, so we bring a Jewish tradition home. Red braised pork belly, lions head meatballs, and a quick chicken dry fry plus soup dumplings from Bob’s 66. Sichuan peppercorn ice cream for dessert (not pictured)
This was a kickass ride. We had one in this color, which replaced a silver version of the same.
Donald Trump, the next time the Kennedy Center manages to book a decent musical act.
When I worked in the mail room of a midtown Manhattan video post-production studio, FedEx was cheaper than bike messenger for single video cassette delivery to lower Manhattan, meaning the "efficient" way to send something 3 miles was to send it on a 2000 mile round-trip journey
This photograph is a hit-piece all on its own. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
This is your entire argument right here and it's... not convincing
Under water, perhaps, but I wouldn't describe a low-point of 39% as "in the tank" and even then it was only for about a year, and then he recovered. And yes, there were things he did that worked against him, but that's hardly Iran-contra, impeachment, or the Iraq War news.gallup.com/poll/113980/...
