John A. Ferejohn (NYU) Financial Emergencies (“A study of the use of emergency powers to deal with financial emergencies in revolutionary France and Weimar”). The U.S. Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers back on 24-hour ready alert, a status not seen since the Cold War ended in 1991. Spain moves to fire Catalonia’s leadership, strip region’s autonomy (and more). Czech president holds up machine gun marked “for journalists” during press conference, as a billionaire right-wing populist becomes the country's prime minister. The case of the undocumented teen who wants an abortion is a constitutional hellhole for Trump. How to be a know-it-all: Kathryn Schulz on what you learn from the Very Short Introduction series. “There’s always a tweet”.
