Alexander Clarkson
@aphclarkson.bsky.social
Lecturer for European Politics and History at King's College London. Opinions my own. RT not always endorsement.
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
Also to be found at @APHClarkson
https://www.ullstein.de/werke/die-macht-der-diaspora/hardcover/978354910
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Allow me to rush to say that economics columnist Adam Tooze knows nothing about Chinese military modernization. Being smart about one thing does not make you smart about everything.
Economics columnist Adam Tooze explores Xi Jinping’s military modernization campaign and Beijing’s yearslong purge of the top ranks of the People’s Liberation Army. foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/30/c...
China Is Building a Better, More Modern Military
Xi’s purges are part of a generational reshuffling of generals.
foreignpolicy.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Allow me to rush to say that economics columnist Adam Tooze knows nothing about Chinese military modernization. Being smart about one thing does not make you smart about everything.
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HUGE. A victory for more than a quarter million Haitians with Temporary Protected Status. A significant majority of them entered the United States legally and have never been out of status since.
Even the Trump admin isn't saying Haiti is a safe country for them to go back to.
Even the Trump admin isn't saying Haiti is a safe country for them to go back to.
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
HUGE. A victory for more than a quarter million Haitians with Temporary Protected Status. A significant majority of them entered the United States legally and have never been out of status since.
Even the Trump admin isn't saying Haiti is a safe country for them to go back to.
Even the Trump admin isn't saying Haiti is a safe country for them to go back to.
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💯% here for this.
And if this causes a state's right clash w/Trump's MAGAministration...
here for that, too.
#GoDems
#GoJustice
#GoMidterms
www.startribune.com/minnesota-pr...
And if this causes a state's right clash w/Trump's MAGAministration...
here for that, too.
#GoDems
#GoJustice
#GoMidterms
www.startribune.com/minnesota-pr...
Minnesota prosecutors formally demand evidence from Trump administration over the killing of Renee Good
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said it has sent what are known as Touhy letters to gain crime scene evidence from the shooting death of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
www.startribune.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:00 AM
💯% here for this.
And if this causes a state's right clash w/Trump's MAGAministration...
here for that, too.
#GoDems
#GoJustice
#GoMidterms
www.startribune.com/minnesota-pr...
And if this causes a state's right clash w/Trump's MAGAministration...
here for that, too.
#GoDems
#GoJustice
#GoMidterms
www.startribune.com/minnesota-pr...
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The lower courts are serious about upholding the Constitution, and the judges are saying so.
I am so grateful to these judges.
I am so grateful to these judges.
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2026 at 1:03 AM
The lower courts are serious about upholding the Constitution, and the judges are saying so.
I am so grateful to these judges.
I am so grateful to these judges.
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And even then Trump is probably going to end up losing badly in any escalation between the executive and legislative branches. But the more those risks are anticipated the more likely the damage of Trump and his courtiers flailing around can be contained
February 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
And even then Trump is probably going to end up losing badly in any escalation between the executive and legislative branches. But the more those risks are anticipated the more likely the damage of Trump and his courtiers flailing around can be contained
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It also distracts from potentially more likely scenarios surrounding how an increasingly desperate and radicalised Trump administration responds to a Dem-dominated Congress after January 2027
i think if you post like this without offering concrete steps people can take to prepare for and respond to interference or without any acknowledgement of the success (or lack thereof) of this strategy then you are basically engaged in voter suppression.
February 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
It also distracts from potentially more likely scenarios surrounding how an increasingly desperate and radicalised Trump administration responds to a Dem-dominated Congress after January 2027
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Seeing all the “professional” activists go after Stancil is negatively polarizing me into a stance that Minnesota is winning because it’s normal people rising to the occasion and pushing a lot of activist nonsense out of the way by doing it
February 2, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Seeing all the “professional” activists go after Stancil is negatively polarizing me into a stance that Minnesota is winning because it’s normal people rising to the occasion and pushing a lot of activist nonsense out of the way by doing it
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Here we go….
Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"
February 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Here we go….
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Three parties - SNP, Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru - now asking for the police to investigate Mandelson.
Hard to recall a worse public scandal than a cabinet minister allegedly colluding with foreign bankers to share market sensitive info and encourage threats against Chancellor
Hard to recall a worse public scandal than a cabinet minister allegedly colluding with foreign bankers to share market sensitive info and encourage threats against Chancellor
February 2, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Three parties - SNP, Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru - now asking for the police to investigate Mandelson.
Hard to recall a worse public scandal than a cabinet minister allegedly colluding with foreign bankers to share market sensitive info and encourage threats against Chancellor
Hard to recall a worse public scandal than a cabinet minister allegedly colluding with foreign bankers to share market sensitive info and encourage threats against Chancellor
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the mad thing is that when Mandelson went on the BBC earlier this month for a grand Sunday geopolitical interview, he knew that the FT knew about the Epstein payments to his husband, and that they were about to come out
February 2, 2026 at 2:42 PM
the mad thing is that when Mandelson went on the BBC earlier this month for a grand Sunday geopolitical interview, he knew that the FT knew about the Epstein payments to his husband, and that they were about to come out
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NEW: Emily Thornberry, Labour chair of foreign affairs committee, says police should investigate emails.
"Surely this is not a matter of whether Mandelson should be in the Lords [but]... of whether the police should be involved."
SNP, Lib Dems and PC have all already called for police involvement
"Surely this is not a matter of whether Mandelson should be in the Lords [but]... of whether the police should be involved."
SNP, Lib Dems and PC have all already called for police involvement
February 2, 2026 at 5:11 PM
NEW: Emily Thornberry, Labour chair of foreign affairs committee, says police should investigate emails.
"Surely this is not a matter of whether Mandelson should be in the Lords [but]... of whether the police should be involved."
SNP, Lib Dems and PC have all already called for police involvement
"Surely this is not a matter of whether Mandelson should be in the Lords [but]... of whether the police should be involved."
SNP, Lib Dems and PC have all already called for police involvement
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One thing I encountered in my 2024 election coverage was that while people at Trump rallies were wildly pro mass deportation, some rural Republicans I met, including party officials, remained broadly pro migration. They just thought the mass deportation stuff was all bluster and wouldn't happen
Remarkable: 55% of noncollege whites and even 50% of rural whites say ICE is too aggressive, per new Fox News poll.
And 71% of independents disapprove of Trump on immigration.
This is digging deep into Trump's base.
We detail these numbers on today's pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
And 71% of independents disapprove of Trump on immigration.
This is digging deep into Trump's base.
We detail these numbers on today's pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Trump Tirade over Protests Goes Off Rails as Crushing Fox Poll Hits
As Trump grows more delusional about how hated his ICE raids have become, a longtime pro-immigrant organizer explains why this may be a watershed moment in terms of public opinion on the issue.
newrepublic.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:08 PM
One thing I encountered in my 2024 election coverage was that while people at Trump rallies were wildly pro mass deportation, some rural Republicans I met, including party officials, remained broadly pro migration. They just thought the mass deportation stuff was all bluster and wouldn't happen
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They did the same shit as this in DC, and the reason they do it is because kids are vulnerable and parents will take risks for them. ICE is a predator agency trying to prey on its victims' most vulnerable positions
Maybe more than anything else - even the killings - the harassment of schools has radicalized me against this agency. Within hours of Renee Good’s murder, Border Patrol was tear gassing Minneapolis schools. They seem fixated on lurking around the schools. It’s beyond comprehension.
February 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
They did the same shit as this in DC, and the reason they do it is because kids are vulnerable and parents will take risks for them. ICE is a predator agency trying to prey on its victims' most vulnerable positions
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On Warsh it is *definitely* worth reading @crampell.bsky.social’s brutal assessment in the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
February 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
On Warsh it is *definitely* worth reading @crampell.bsky.social’s brutal assessment in the NYT. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
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making tulsi gabbard DNI is itself a watergate level scandal
Exclusive: A U.S. official has alleged wrongdoing by U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard in a complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to people familiar with the matter.
Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.
on.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:17 PM
making tulsi gabbard DNI is itself a watergate level scandal
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The thing where ICE parks masked men in school lots is something I would not have believed unless I saw it with my own two eyes. They do it constantly. It’s purely a terror tactic and they’ve done it to schools over the region. Our schools are collapsing - often at 50% attendance or less.
Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.
February 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The thing where ICE parks masked men in school lots is something I would not have believed unless I saw it with my own two eyes. They do it constantly. It’s purely a terror tactic and they’ve done it to schools over the region. Our schools are collapsing - often at 50% attendance or less.
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Draghi: 'Europe must choose to become a federation in order to be a power. The global order is dead; the threat is what will replace it.'
www.ansa.it/sito/notizie...
www.ansa.it/sito/notizie...
Draghi, 'l'Europa scelga, diventi una federazione per essere una potenza' - Notizie - Ansa.it
'L'ordine globale è defunto, la minaccia è ciò che lo sostituirà' (ANSA)
www.ansa.it
February 2, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Draghi: 'Europe must choose to become a federation in order to be a power. The global order is dead; the threat is what will replace it.'
www.ansa.it/sito/notizie...
www.ansa.it/sito/notizie...
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Yeah no shit
I have spoken with several senior FBI counterintelligence officers who believe that there is a reasonably strong prospect that Tulsi Gabbard is a foreign intelligence asset.
As you read WSJ's piece on the super-secret abuse complaint about Tulsi Gabbard, remember that she tried unsuccessfully to wring counterintelligence function away from FBI last year.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
February 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Yeah no shit
It also distracts from potentially more likely scenarios surrounding how an increasingly desperate and radicalised Trump administration responds to a Dem-dominated Congress after January 2027
i think if you post like this without offering concrete steps people can take to prepare for and respond to interference or without any acknowledgement of the success (or lack thereof) of this strategy then you are basically engaged in voter suppression.
February 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
It also distracts from potentially more likely scenarios surrounding how an increasingly desperate and radicalised Trump administration responds to a Dem-dominated Congress after January 2027
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An interesting example here is Elon Musk's blatant attempt to buy the Wisconsin judicial election last year. It seems he did succeed in boosting Republican turnout. The state GOP chair was giddy when I interviewed him. But they didn't account for how much farther it boosted Democrat turnout
well then it hasn’t been a very successful one
February 2, 2026 at 1:55 PM
An interesting example here is Elon Musk's blatant attempt to buy the Wisconsin judicial election last year. It seems he did succeed in boosting Republican turnout. The state GOP chair was giddy when I interviewed him. But they didn't account for how much farther it boosted Democrat turnout
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Bari Weiss darling CBS's Peter Attia skipped out on visiting his baby son in the ICU so he could meet with Jeffrey Epstein.
How many times are we going to discover something about someone in conservative circles and think, "That would never make it out of a writers' room. It's too over-the-top."
How many times are we going to discover something about someone in conservative circles and think, "That would never make it out of a writers' room. It's too over-the-top."
February 1, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Bari Weiss darling CBS's Peter Attia skipped out on visiting his baby son in the ICU so he could meet with Jeffrey Epstein.
How many times are we going to discover something about someone in conservative circles and think, "That would never make it out of a writers' room. It's too over-the-top."
How many times are we going to discover something about someone in conservative circles and think, "That would never make it out of a writers' room. It's too over-the-top."
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Alistair Darling and the official Treasury were always aware that investment banks had an inside track to Number 10. But the brazen nature of that inside track is rather breath-taking.
Who leaked this Number 10 discussion to Jeffrey Epstein? And are there consequences for the leaker?
It’s an internal discussion re. getting markets moving in the aftermath of the financial crisis. No doubt of great interest to Epstein and his financial market clients.
It’s an internal discussion re. getting markets moving in the aftermath of the financial crisis. No doubt of great interest to Epstein and his financial market clients.
February 2, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Alistair Darling and the official Treasury were always aware that investment banks had an inside track to Number 10. But the brazen nature of that inside track is rather breath-taking.