Chris Bennett

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PwC somehow more lucid on AI and education than most university leaders these days

Remember our hugely successful military operation in Venezuela? So, how's that going now? (The USG has decided to change the subject because the answer is...it's going nowhere fast, another slow-motion fiasco.)

So I guess the 4th Amendment is DOA then. Neat.

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

I’ve been thinking about the first picture a lot lately. Our athletes are likely to get a lot of boos the next few weeks. But they deserve our support b/c they reflect the people of this nation, not the policies of this administration. And the second photo is a good reminder of that. 🇺🇸

What exactly is throwing a flash bang at a car supposed to achieve, other than very clearly demonstrating that these agents are untrained, undisciplined, panicked, cruel, sloppy, uncoordinated, scared, and unprofessional?

"Let's stun the guy driving a car near a crowd" great decision boys

Literally doing the meme lol

I am sure its a coincidence so many males in current administration talk like domestic abusers.

“SOF and drones can do everything” is symptomatic of the current American Dysfunctional Way of War.

This is nuts, the US currently doesn't have a government role in Venezuela.

Why do these journalists accept a claim from the administration that is easily verified as false?

I can't say this loudly enough: THEY ARE TRYING TO NORMALIZE THE KILLING OF CIVILIANS FOR PARTICIPATING IN FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED PROTEST ACTIVITIES.

Rep. Angie Craig: "We were told because this facility is being funding by the 'Big Beautiful Bill,' not the congressional appropriations act, that we would not be allowed to enter the facility. That's complete nonsense ... I informed them they were violating the law. They said they didn't care."

5. Budicao

10. Mike Luckovich

The past couple days have made it clear that arresting and prosecuting Johnathan Ross isn’t just the right thing to do, it is necessary to prevent future violence by ICE who have interpreted the situation as “we can do that to whoever we want”

"..invasion of🇮🇶had congressional authorization, public support...international support from over 40 countries & more than 150K UStroops...to occupy & stabilize... And even w/all that, ousting Hussein set off an insurgency & an ethnoreligious civil war, gave rise to ISIS & increased🇮🇷s regional power"

*Mamdani (stupid autocorrect)

In case you were wondering what Mayor Mandan meant when he said “For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty” please see the pearl clutching about Mayor Frey dropping the F bomb.

DOJ use of force policy.

He broke the law and murdered a US citizen. Full stop.

I wrote an Expert Comment for the University of Oxford on the implications of the US aggression against Venezuela for International Law and Global Security.

My argument in brief below:

www.ox.ac.uk/news/2026-01...

Trump calls for $1.5 trillion military budget in 2027, up from $901 bln in 2026 Any such increase would require congressional authorization, which could pose a challenge.

The point about a defense budget is to spend as *little* as you possibly can while meeting your security needs.

Constantly spending more and more of your national wealth on defense is symptomatic of a state in decline.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Must-read - I've long thought the effects of social media on the mass public are likely overrated but their effects on elites are underrated

This is also a field test.

If the press lets them muddy the waters on executing a woman in Minneapolis despite multiple witnesses and video recordings clearly depicting what happened, the message they'll take away is that there's nothing they can't get away with.

Nothing.

Straight to the Intro to IR syllabus

Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.

Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Stop going to Johnson & Thune’s press conferences to be lied to. Start asking actual questions about why Congress has fully abdicated its power. Leave when they don’t answer & keep lying. Literally turn off the cameras & walk out. The entire model of “normal journalism” c.1945-2016 doesn’t work now.