Adam Pontius

Ph.D. student @ceu : IR theory, historical IR, political thought. Interested in anti-modern thought, Woodrow Wilson, Rome in the politics. Research consultant.

[Adam Pontius @AdamMPontius]

I have a new article out in @RStatecraft:

"We do not need a war... against autocracy to decry what is happening in Ukraine. Far better to reform ourselves, adopt restraint in our rhetoric, and leave the task of setting the world on fire to others."

https://t.co/pGEdtwegMj

[Penguins Jesus @PenguinsJesus]

The Penguins are primed to do one of the most humiliating acts in all of sports to the Philadelphia Flyers.

The reverse sweep. #LetsGoPens

[Adam Pontius @AdamMPontius]

@jmarshfof Are these the same refs the Pens have been having trouble with all season?

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@jmarshfof Shows just how toxic the Canuck's lineup must have been when he was there.

[Adam Pontius @AdamMPontius]

@richtweetshere Granted, Letang has not been good at all.

The forward lines he rolled with for the first two lines were not... great...

Most energy they had was when he went back to the regular lines, shoulda just kept them rolling instead of special teams.

[Adam Pontius @AdamMPontius]

@PenguinsJesus Do the Pens have a coach swap card?

[Adam Pontius @AdamMPontius]

@Pensblog I mean, his left glove was lifting the stick that did though, not sure what you call that, but not NOT a high stick?

After that cross check on Dewar though I'm not crying for Philly.

[CEU Democracy Institute @CEUDemInst]

Watch this episode of the Vienna Dialogues: Coffee and IR, hosted by @ceu_ir, with our researcher @erinjenne, @AdamMPontius, and CEU Rector Emeritus @M_Ignatieff!

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https://t.co/HMoElM1yXF

[Adam Pontius @AdamMPontius]

@zenahitz Essential to what?

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@JoshYohe_PGH Really curious about your take on Kulak. Anything worth having there or just salary that had to be taken to get Jarry off the books?

[Adam Pontius @AdamMPontius]

Tonight I'm remembering Melissa Hortman. She devoted her life to bettering politics by serving her community through civic life. That she was killed for her service makes us uglier as a people and dims whatever light is left in our city on the hill.

https://t.co/JPFqH1KviC

[Adam Pontius @AdamMPontius]

@JulianWaller Saved as tags in an app that has AI-generated 5-minute summaries of those books, of course!

[Adam Pontius @AdamMPontius]

@rpshephard Make the world outer Queens again?

[Eric Reinhart @_Eric_Reinhart]

The NYTimes’ editorial board insisted that the guy who just won the first round by 8 points should not be ranked at all. Maybe they ought to consider why, in age of rising fascism, they consistently operate so far to the right of the electorate? Reactionary tools.

[Briahna Joy Gray @briebriejoy]

Rank choice voting is good because it defeats lesser of two evilism. Remember that the Dem establishment opposes it bc they want to be able to coerce you into voting for the federal version of Cuomo every four years.

[Adam Pontius @AdamMPontius]

@CoraCHarrington Whatever the rest of the path is, the beginning of it must be stewarding a commitment to recognizing and caring about the difference.

Being able to elucidate that persuasively is at the root of any branch out of a media eco-system of AI-generated slop.

[Adam Pontius @AdamMPontius]

@rubin_lyle The circular firing squad that the electoral reform movement from the 2010s evolved into is a pretty good example of that. Folks got so pulled into the small details of RCV vs. PR vs approval vs. open primaries (ect) the entire idea of an electoral reform community disintegrated.

[Adam Pontius @AdamMPontius]

@rubin_lyle Yeah, this is an important approach for organizers. It only works for us though to the extent that folks in the communities we organize are willing to be cooperative with each other. Movements that depend on just a few people for all of the cooperative behavior tend to stall.

[Adam Pontius @AdamMPontius]

Campaigns win on stories not policy positions.

[Lee Drutman ⚙️🏛 @leedrutman]

The central puzzle in American politics is why Republicans continue to win elections despite pursuing deeply unpopular policies. The simplest explanation is that issue positions don't matter nearly as much as we like to think they do.

[Nathan Lockwood @njlockwood]

Dump @realDonaldTrump.
Dump @RonMariano.
#NoKingsDay #mapoli #Worcester

[Bill de Blasio @BilldeBlasio]

Here we go again…
⁦@MikeBloomberg⁩ tries to buy his FOURTH NYC mayoral election, on behalf of billionaire-ally @andrewcuomo.
Don’t let him.
It’s your city, not his.
⁦@AdrienneEAdams⁩ ⁦@bradlander⁩ ⁦@ZohranKMamdani⁩ https://t.co/nagLWyITrR