Helen Milner

political economist at Princeton University.
Fascinated by how international economic flows like aid, trade, investment and people affect domestic politics

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

This is a con job. Trump says everybody wants to make a deal and we’re way past the halfway point of his presidency and no one has made a deal. Not China. Not Iran. Not North Korea. And the one deal he did do, with Mexico and Canada, he’s in the process of destroying.

[𝙱𝚛𝚢𝚊𝚗 𝚁𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚢 🗽🇺🇸 @FreeTradeBryan]

For crying out loud 72% of Democrats say NAFTA is "good for U.S." and @bernie is criticizing @joebiden for supporting it? Should be the other way around! (FYI @scottlincicome) https://t.co/JcRxXbpeUF

[The Hoarse Whisperer @TheRealHoarse]

So, in other words, only 26 people stand between 7 billion of us and doubling the world's wealth.

https://t.co/f83AIoW3T4

[populism @populismglobal]

NEW PAPER 📌 Globalisation, Populism and the Decline of the Welfare State: Survival: Vol 61, No 2 https://t.co/VVfkgEa0Fp @tandfonline by @hvm1

[National Academy of Sciences @theNASciences]

Congratulations Helen V. Milner @hvm1 of @Princeton @PrincetonCHW, newly elected #NASmember! #NAS156 #PoliticalScience #globalization https://t.co/xmcsK4u0Ur

[Richard N. Haass @RichardHaass]

Goal of NK denuclearization w/o accounting, timetable, & verification meaningless; “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula” code for ending US commitment to SK. Best to avoid all this and opt for limited steps by NK, limited sanctions relief, clear US/SK red lines

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

50 years later, Trump has finally overcome his bone spurs and made it to Vietnam

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Trump administration considers engagement with North Korea wise but confrontation -- some even say regime change-- with Iran necessary. Why 2 completely different strategies to achieve the same goal of denuclearization?

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

If Ivanka REALLY believed this, she would support a 100% inheritance tax.

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Wasn't this bloke the one who was railing against socialism the other night? Or is it ok when served with a side salad of totalitarianism, too?

[The Hill @thehill]

Pulitzer Prize winner Farrow: National Enquirer company tried to blackmail me into not investigating Trump https://t.co/Blqkt9OKGn

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

If Bezos’s investigator was getting close to exposing collusion between AMI, the Saudis, and Kushner-Trump in illegal hacking of Bezos’s phone, that would explain the panic at AMI.

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

Here's Susan Collins in September, saying Brett Kavanaugh would respect precedent by upholding Roe v. Wade, despite his entire career indicating he that wouldn't.

And in his #SCOTUS dissent today, he showed he would do exactly what we all said he would: Try to undermine Roe.

[Fred Kaplan @fmkaplan]

In fact, the Russian military has wanted out of the INF Treaty ever since Gorbachev signed it. Trump’s abrogation doesn’t penalize them at all - quite the contrary.

[Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg]

Just a friendly reminder that we have an acting defense secretary, acting attorney general, acting White House chief of staff, and acting interior secretary.

[LeGate @williamlegate]

If Trump really wanted to see Hillary locked up, he should’ve just hired her to work on his campaign.

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

Militaries are scrambling to control the melting Arctic because less ice means more access to the region’s rich stores of fish, gas, oil, and other mineral resources https://t.co/FfL3flvTsq

[Bess Kalb @bessbell]

NYTimes: STONE INDICTED
CNN: STONE INDICTED
MSNBC: STONE INDICTED
FOX News: IF ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ THINKS GLOBAL WARMING IS REAL THEN EXPLAIN THIS PICTURE OF HER WEARING WHAT APPEAR TO BE MITTENS AS A CHILD

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

Roger Stone is the 6th associate of @realDonaldTrump to get indicted.
Republicans and Trump like to talk about running government like a business.

I simply note that any CEO of a company who has had 6 of his associates indicted would have resigned or been fired by now.