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Frank A. Stengel

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Political sociologist at Kiel U, private account Author, THE POLITICS OF MILITARY FORCE (http://bit.ly/2xNA05y) Co-editor, POPULISM AND WORLD POLITICS (2nd ed. 2025) 🏠 https://www.frankstengel.com https://linktr.ee/frankstengel

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · Jan 24

📣 Attention #Zeitenwende nerds: I'm happy to announce that my co-authored article (w/ Dirk Nabers) "Crisis and change in post-Zeitenwende German security policy" has been published *open access*.

Crisis and Change in Post-Zeitenwende German Security Policy - Politische Vierteljahresschrift

This article examines the nexus between crisis and change in the context of German security policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s announcement of a Zeitenwende (histor...

link.springer.com

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 20h

This is really good:

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 5d

The Trump Action Tracker is a British academic’s answer to Trump “flooding the zone” with anti-democratic and anti- rule of law behaviours.

It’s a one-stop-shop for logging thd lot. And the neta-analysis of what is happening is very enlightening… darkly.

See TrumpActionTracker.info

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Ruprecht Polenz @polenz.bsky.social · 23h

Damit hat Seehofer zwar Recht. Ich frage mich aber, wo er die letzten sieben Jahre gesteckt hat, als es darum gegangen wäre, diesen strategischen Fehlentscheidungen zu widersprechen.

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 22h

Question is whether Epstein is more important to the base or loyalty to Trump.

Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 22h

Same. Still, not holding my breath.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“Every time we have been attacked with pepper bullets or tear gas or pepper spray that I have been present, it has felt like it came from anger that we were there, and not from any determined safety need or protocol,” said Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist pastor. “They are unhinged.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 1d

“Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire,” @jackjenkins.me reports.

“We could hear them laughing,” Rev. Black said: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 1d

Another question Bondi didn't answer.

NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1d

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal asks Attorney General Pam Bondi what conversations she had with President Trump about indicting former FBI Director James Comey.

Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 1d

Then let's by all means kill it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 1d

I believe it when I see it. At this point I don't think Republicans will abandon Trump over anything.

Tweet by Eric Swalwell saying that House Republicans will abandon Trump over Epstein

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 3d

This is an Epstein shutdown

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Eric Swalwell @ericswalwell.bsky.social · 2d

Manchildren

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

JB Pritzker and Gavin Newsom are doing something new and important: They understand Stephen Miller's theory of fascist power politics, and they've developed a theory on how to combat it. More Dems need to reckon with Miller's understanding of the moment.

New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule

He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.

newrepublic.com

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 1d

I think that's a very healthy attitude.

Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 2d

Scientist on three-week off-grid hike finds out he's won the Nobel prize

Dr Fred Ramsdell was "living his best life" offline when the Nobel committee tried to contact him.

www.bbc.com

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Ben Rosher @benrosher.bsky.social · 1d

Pals! @nataliejester.bsky.social and @ubaspehlivan.bsky.social have launched the BISA Critical Alternatives for World Politics Working Group.

CAWP is an experimental, creative research space for IR. learn more here www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...; here @cawpbisa.bsky.social and twitter at @cawpbisa

Critical Alternatives for World Politics (CAWP)

The Critical Alternatives for World Politics (CAWP) Working Group aims to foster a welcoming space for experimental, creative, and non-mainstream research and researchers at the margins of Internation...

www.bisa.ac.uk

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Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 1d

Okay, I'm gonna stop here. Enjoy your parallel universe.

Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 1d

It's like with RFK Jr and vaccines. If RFK Jr thinks vaccines are unsafe that doesn't mean they actually are unsafe because RFK Jr is a lunatic who doesn't know anything about anything.

Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 1d

That's because some MAGA conspiracy nuts rated it badly.

Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 1d

Nah, man, trustpilot is not a good source to base a rating of a news organization on.

Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 1d

ProPublica, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal (not the editorial page)

Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 1d

There's also a #NoKings protest in Bremen, Germany, on October 18th, for those who are in the area.

Want to join me for this No Kings event? mobilize.us/s/YzwLFj

NO KINGS Bremen GERMANY! · No Kings

**TIMES ARE EXPRESSED IN LOCAL TIMES, NOT EDT. The rally will begin at 13 Uhr CEST in Bremen, Germany. We will meet at the Heinrich Heine Statue, which is in the park behind the Kunsthalle. Die Zeite...

mobilize.us

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

10 days until the biggest peaceful protests in modern American history. A No Kings Day event is likely happening near you wherever you are. Please join us to show we won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 1d

The #farright #AfD is polling ~25%, far above anything seen in German post-war history. Meanwhile, some reporters get very excited about the "Value Union", a tiny outfit with no seats and no prospects at any level, where a former AfD leader & former top spy vie for control of the party

Personalchaos bei rechtskonservativer Kleinstpartei : Hans-Georg Maaßen verlässt die Werteunion

Seit Monaten tobt in der Kleinpartei Werteunion ein Machtkampf. Der bisherige Parteichef Maaßen sprach zuletzt von einem Putsch. Nun macht er seinen angekündigten Austritt wahr.

www.tagesspiegel.de

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, I’m wondering why Democrats aren’t running with a straightforward message of “despotism is un-American and unaffordable” right now and all the way into the midterms.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 1d

I really believe that huge majorities of Americans don’t want masked soldiers shooting priests in the street. They don’t want naked children ripped out out of their apartments in the middle of the night and handcuffed. We win by making sure these stories get told.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

The same people who insisted devout Catholic Joe Biden was leading a “war on Christianity” are now cheering Trump on as his armed goons assault clergymen.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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