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Author: Dan Nexon

Dan Nexon is a Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University. You can read all about the gory details of his academic work at https://www.dhnexon.net
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American Carnage

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In immigration , Trump
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On July 29, 2026
A crowd of German-Jewish refugees aboard the MS St. Louis ocean liner wave as they arrive in Antwerp, Belgium, after wandering the Atlantic for thousands of miles. The boat was denied entry when it reached the port of Havana, Cuba, even though passengers held documents...
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Screenshot of a page from the Reagan Library Website: https://www.reaganfoundation.org/ronald-reagan/quotes/since-this-is-the-last-speech-that-i-will-give-as-president-i-think-it-s-fitting My apologies if someone else has already written about the new rules for student visas, but they're bad enough that it's probably worth a second pass. Since 1978, foreign students have been admitted into the...
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I still cannot believe this is the guy for whom Republicans destroyed our constitutional democracy. Yes, the scale of the Y axis doesn't align with the stated length of the Reflecting Pool. No, you're not the only one who wonders if the gender imagery here...
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Kibeth (2011-2026)

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In memorials
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On June 1, 2026
Kibeth was diagnosed with a possible bladder infection last week. She was prescribed antibiotics and received an injection of fluids. Be after a day of apparent improvement, her condition noticeably worsened. She refused to eat. She avoided both humans and cats. Her lips and mouth...

The LLM Style

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On May 29, 2026

Eve Fairbanks, whom I can attest is an extremely skilled editor, has some things to say about LLM-generated prose. The problem is that the efficiency and frictionlessness that make AI.

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