Daniel Brieba

(1/10) Happy to share our recently published article, in Latin American Politics & Society (open access), "Inside the Black Box: Uncovering Dynamics and Characteristics of the Chilean Central Government Bureaucracy with a Novel Dataset". doi.org/10.1017/lap.20…

Trump is now reportedly responsible for roughly 27.7% of the entire U.S. national debt accumulated under all presidents combined. That is an astonishing figure historically. The national debt just crossed $39 trillion. President Trump has added roughly $12–13 trillion to the debt across his two terms in office. That’s approximately 30% of ALL U.S. national debt accumulated since 1789. In 2016, Trump said he would pay down the national debt “over a period of eight years.” Instead: - First term: +$7.8 trillion - Second term: roughly +$4–5 trillion already And yes, COVID affected first-term spending. It does not explain adding another trillion dollars every five months without a pandemic. A political movement built on: “fiscal conservatism” “small government” “balanced budgets” has now overseen the largest debt expansion tied to any single presidency in American history.

the Pope quoting The Lord of the Rings!!!!!!! I feel so alive!!!!

Resurfacing this from 2017.

If this is true it’s a complete Trump fold and historic in being the quickest and most decisive defeat in war in US history. At least trump would have set one record.

"On the present trajectory, Iran will emerge from the conflict many times stronger and more influential than it was before the war. It will exercise leverage with dozens of the richest nations in the world." From Robert Kagan, @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/international/…

if I woke up to a pony playing a keyboard after surgery I would assume I passed away

We have *never* before seen consumer sentiment this low.

Putin was presented with a painting in China. First of all, Xi Jinping is depicted as almost twice the size of Putin. Secondly, Xi is walking ahead, while Putin follows behind him. Thirdly, Xi is looking forward, while Putin is looking at him. Fourth, Xi appears calm and confident, while Putin looks like he’s trying to catch up — more of a companion than an equal. And overall, it makes it pretty clear who the “big brother” is and who the “little brother” is. A very strong piece of trolling.

There are days when I miss being an editor and I particularly loved writing headlines. Whoever did this, I hope they took the rest of the day off.

Here's how the corruption works: Thursday: RJ Reynolds donates $5M to Trump Saturday: Trump invites RJR execs to Mar a Lago; execs ask to loosen regs on flavored vapes; Trump calls up RFK Jr. and tells him to change it Friday: FDA changes the policy #donation-big-tobacco-vaping" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nytimes.com/live/2026/05/2…

SCOOP: The U.S. has depleted much of its inventory of advanced missile-defense interceptors after expending far more high-end munitions defending Israel than Israeli forces used themselves, per DOD assessments of Operation Epic Fury 🧵

Oh ya for sure dude imagine a country like that

Okay we need to apologize to the schizophrenics

They are looting the country on an unprecedented scale and the lesson of losses by Massie and Cassidy is that no Republican in Congress will ever lift a finger to halt this.

Interesante dictamen. Con impecable rigor institucional y deferencia republicana, el órgano contralor hace presente que lo ideal es que Diputados sometan a su conocimiento asuntos de genuina relevancia jurídica y social.

A snippet of what C.S. Lewis wrote in review of Tolkien’s LOTR: “We know at once it has done things to us.”

Le immagini del ministro israeliano Ben Gvir sono inaccettabili. È inammissibile che questi manifestanti, fra cui molti cittadini italiani, vengano sottoposti a questo trattamento lesivo della dignità della persona. Il Governo italiano sta immediatamente compiendo, ai più alti livelli istituzionali, tutti i passi necessari per ottenere la liberazione immediata dei cittadini italiani coinvolti. L’Italia pretende inoltre le scuse per il trattamento riservato a questi manifestanti e per il totale disprezzo dimostrato nei confronti delle esplicite richieste del Governo italiano. Per questi motivi, il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale convocherà immediatamente l’ambasciatore israeliano per chiedere chiarimenti formali su quanto accaduto.

Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir released a video showing detained participants of the intercepted Gaza-bound flotilla being bound and dragged in Israel's Ashdod Port, writing, "That's how we welcome the terror supporters. Welcome to Israel." Read more here: haaretz.com/israel-news/is…

Tomó un día administrativo que entorpeció algún proceso? Digan lo que quieran de la ministra, ya absorbió la cultura chilena

Most important quote about politics in the last 15 years