Jake Kenswil

Only thing that can stop a bad guy with a terminator is a good guy with a terminator

Are the terminators going to have Hegseth's face?

This is tough coming after Trump ordered my grandma to have two wheels and now she's a bicycle

It will be a deep irony if the Republicans blow up the filibuster to suppress their own voters. Dramatically fulfilling way to lose power, though

There should be height classes for basketball

From Caution to Competition: Positioning U.S. Development Finance for Industrial Power The DFC remains constrained by slow and duplicative processes, narrow authorities, and a temporary authorization. A more ambitious vision could turn it into an expedient instrument of American power.

The DFC was built to be cautious--but caution loses in a world defined by speed, scale, and industrial alignment. My new Carnegie paper argues for a DFC that shapes markets, builds trusted supply chains, and anchors an architecture of industrial statecraft. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Washington Balks While Beijing Builds: Reauthorizing the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation In the U.S.-China contest for global leadership, Congress can determine whether the DFC remains on the sidelines or becomes a central player.

China builds. America balks. Whether the U.S. keeps losing ground depends on choices now before Congress. My latest on America’s development bank at www.justsecurity.org/120015/reaut...

Why Are Republicans Intent on Suppressing Their Own Voters? Hint: It has a lot to do with Donald Trump’s delusions.

Republicans are suppressing their own voters. Political coalitions have shifted, but tactics have not. Why?

Article by me.

slate.com/news-and-pol...