
American neopatrimonialism

Via Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/photos/cologne-train-central-station-1510555/) Daniel Drezner has a recent-ish post on "the weaponization of government" by Republicans. It's a perfectly fine, sensible piece. Republicans have been railing about the “weaponization of.
UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 1: Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., makes remarks during the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol markup in Cannon Building.

My partner – who has a Masters in Russia-Eurasia Studies and extensive work experience in the Former Soviet Union – announced this morning that she's not reading anything else about.
The corruption of US government international broadcasting continues apace. Daniel Lippman of Politico writes that: The U.S. Agency for Global Media has hired Frank Wuco, a controversial former talk radio.