Irwin Collier

Born in MI, raised in IN & OH, educated in CT & MA, worked in DC, NJ, TX before appointed prof at FU-Berlin in 1994; Retired, wise man with an attitude.

[Irwin Collier @SpreeWatch]

Why @SpreeWatch? Spree=river running through Berlin. "Spree" rhymes with "Bay". "Bay Watch" = TV hit. Satirical twist on Die Wacht am Rhein!

[Irwin Collier @SpreeWatch]

Economics in the Rear-view Mirror has crossed the 2000th artifact threshold. Presenting the Univ of Chicago’s economic theory prelim from the Winter quarter of 1953. https://t.co/dcxDFm9q2s

[Irwin Collier @SpreeWatch]

Has anyone considered the fact that Trump was getting his shiny new Air Force One as well as his own Presidential backside out of harm’s way by setting up Old Air Force One and his own people as bait?

[Irwin Collier @SpreeWatch]

The Republicans don’t seem to understand that using the 25th Amendment now to throw Trump out of the way is their best chance to kick accountability through impeachments way down the road. Also Trump’s best chance to stay out of prison. Mercy for the sick puppy.

[Irwin Collier @SpreeWatch]

Today I canceled my Washington Post subscription. Lump in my throat, tear in my eye. But loyalty to a memory is foolish. Exit.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

[Irwin Collier @SpreeWatch]

@lizziejohnsonnn @TheRickWilson Terrible for the nation.

[Irwin Collier @SpreeWatch]

@BBCSteveR They need a new Bingo Card at the BBC

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

These are the places where American students learn about the world. These cuts are one sign — I know there are others — of a country that is shrinking away.
https://t.co/KbhRo6fEcB

[Irwin Collier @SpreeWatch]

@thecrimson @dhruvtkpatel @camsrivastava You can be very, very smart and yet a world-class creep. Master of the Universe but just a schmuck.

[Irwin Collier @SpreeWatch]

@ronzheimer Get back to me when the ink dries.

[Irwin Collier @SpreeWatch]

@MysterySolvents Three Kakistocrats

[Irwin Collier @SpreeWatch]

The walls in the bunker are closing in. The hinges on the Führer are falling off.

[Ned Price @nedprice]

On a single Saturday in September:

--Trump instructed his AG to go after specific political enemies.
--We learned that his DOJ ended an investigation into his border czar, who was caught on camera taking a $50k cash bribe.
--His Pentagon top brass threatened to expel journalists who report info not cleared by them.
--His WH spoke to a shady deal that will see TikTok in the hands of a consortium of GOP mega-donors.
--Trump threatened "bad things" if we don't re-take Bagram AFB.
--His most senior counterterrorism official is in a Twitter spat with Laura Loomer.

None of this is normal. All of it is so dangerous and corrosive to our democracy.

[Meacham @MeachamDr]

Please remind us how this isn’t in any way a cult. We’re all ears.

[Charlie Sykes @SykesCharlie]

Posting this for no particular reason --->

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Let us all celebrate Charlie Kirk's life with this touching, heartfelt montage

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

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[Francesca Fiorentini @franifio]

Kash Patel's FBI did an incredible job waiting for a family friend of shooter to turn him in. 🏆

[Irwin Collier @SpreeWatch]

@P_Kallioniemi this wasn’t Kash Patel’s doing… the family did the right thing and turned Taylor in. Law enforcement agencies got lucky, thankfully!

[Irwin Collier @SpreeWatch]

@s_garcia_torres @JFKI_Econ @FU_Berlin @steinhardt_max @brunke_kerstin @DanzerNatalia Good luck on the road ahead!

[Irwin Collier @SpreeWatch]

What rhymes with Walter Ulbricht? https://t.co/V6g0yBNKzU