Eric Nelson
@commodorenelson.bsky.social
Biomedical international programs researcher🔬🇨🇭🇩🇪🇪🇸 🇮🇳 🇨🇳
US political centrist and globalist
Europe natsec news follower
US political centrist and globalist
Europe natsec news follower
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are there any philosophers who can pull a last-minute paradoxes-of-logic amicus brief together before the Supreme Court IEEPA decision?
How far can we stack national emergency recursion? Are there national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies?
Heckuva a logic your got there Scott.
“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that the national emergency that justified the announcement of new tariffs on eight European nations is that there would be a national emergency if tariffs were not implemented.“ www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that the national emergency that justified the announcement of new tariffs on eight European nations is that there would be a national emergency if tariffs were not implemented.“ www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 19, 2026 at 1:29 AM
are there any philosophers who can pull a last-minute paradoxes-of-logic amicus brief together before the Supreme Court IEEPA decision?
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Denmark, one of Europe’s most digital societies, tried to resist Big Tech’s domination. It’s losing.
Read this deep dive by @jacob-parry.bsky.social to get a taste of things to come elsewhere ...
www.politico.eu/article/denm...
Read this deep dive by @jacob-parry.bsky.social to get a taste of things to come elsewhere ...
www.politico.eu/article/denm...
Inside Denmark’s struggle to break up with Silicon Valley
From a media blockade to “nationalizing” government software, Denmark has become a laboratory for resisting U.S. Big Tech. But is the price of sovereignty too high?
www.politico.eu
January 15, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Denmark, one of Europe’s most digital societies, tried to resist Big Tech’s domination. It’s losing.
Read this deep dive by @jacob-parry.bsky.social to get a taste of things to come elsewhere ...
www.politico.eu/article/denm...
Read this deep dive by @jacob-parry.bsky.social to get a taste of things to come elsewhere ...
www.politico.eu/article/denm...
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Trump Backs Down on Insurrection Act as Democrats Take the Offensive www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
Trump Backs Down on Insurrection Act as Democrats Take the Offensive
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January 17, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Trump Backs Down on Insurrection Act as Democrats Take the Offensive www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...
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"I'm not mad at you" as your last words on earth are really not all that far from "forgive them father for they know not what they do."
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
"I'm not mad at you" as your last words on earth are really not all that far from "forgive them father for they know not what they do."
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It is, unfortunately, time to re-up my April 2025 post on the Insurrection Act and the broader history of domestic uses of the military for law enforcement purposes:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/142-five-q...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/142-five-q...
142. Five Questions About Domestic Use of the Military
The federal government's authorities to use the military for domestic law enforcement are old, broad, and vague. They may soon become far more relevant than they've been for quite a long time.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
It is, unfortunately, time to re-up my April 2025 post on the Insurrection Act and the broader history of domestic uses of the military for law enforcement purposes:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/142-five-q...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/142-five-q...
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💥 Brussels is drafting proposals to create a two-tier EU membership model that could fast-track Ukraine’s entry in any peace deal to end Russia’s invasion - a move that would overhaul the EU's accession system used since the cold war
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January 16, 2026 at 7:30 AM
💥 Brussels is drafting proposals to create a two-tier EU membership model that could fast-track Ukraine’s entry in any peace deal to end Russia’s invasion - a move that would overhaul the EU's accession system used since the cold war
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One thing I should have included in my look at how the ~$30 billion allocated to ICE in FY 2026 could have been otherwise spent: It could have covered extending the ACA enhanced subsidies.
My piece: www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Image source: www.crfb.org/blogs/unders...
My piece: www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Image source: www.crfb.org/blogs/unders...
January 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
One thing I should have included in my look at how the ~$30 billion allocated to ICE in FY 2026 could have been otherwise spent: It could have covered extending the ACA enhanced subsidies.
My piece: www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Image source: www.crfb.org/blogs/unders...
My piece: www.ms.now/opinion/ice-...
Image source: www.crfb.org/blogs/unders...
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Trump’s suggestion he’ll send soldiers into Minneapolis is simply the next step in a series of escalations that have entirely been driven by Trump.
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
Opinion | Trump is close to unleashing the state violence he's always wanted
Philip Bump: The president suggested on Thursday that unrest in Minneapolis might prompt him to invoke the Insurrection Act. He’s wanted to do that for years.
www.ms.now
January 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Trump’s suggestion he’ll send soldiers into Minneapolis is simply the next step in a series of escalations that have entirely been driven by Trump.
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
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I fleshed this out to a real, honest-to-God article. www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
Opinion | Trump is close to unleashing the state violence he's always wanted
Philip Bump: The president suggested on Thursday that unrest in Minneapolis might prompt him to invoke the Insurrection Act. He’s wanted to do that for years.
www.ms.now
January 15, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I fleshed this out to a real, honest-to-God article. www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
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I monitored Nazi terror Telegram channels from 2019 to 2022 or so and it's hard to overstate the degree to which DHS's X account mimics the tone, aesthetic, voice, and language of those cess pits.
Whoever is running socials for them has obviously spent a lot of time in that space.
Whoever is running socials for them has obviously spent a lot of time in that space.
When we say "explicitly neo-Nazi" we mean channels that fly swastikas and praise Hitler. That's the zone of internet where DHS is apparently finding inspiration for their X posts. It's ultra unlikely they would have ever encountered that song if they weren't in that space, imo.
Our researchers found at least 450 posts on Telegram dating back to 2020 that shared the song mentioned in this reporting.
Nearly all the posts we found were from explicitly neo-Nazi and white supremacist channels. And a review of our datasets found it hasn't circulated much outside those circles.
Nearly all the posts we found were from explicitly neo-Nazi and white supremacist channels. And a review of our datasets found it hasn't circulated much outside those circles.
January 14, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I monitored Nazi terror Telegram channels from 2019 to 2022 or so and it's hard to overstate the degree to which DHS's X account mimics the tone, aesthetic, voice, and language of those cess pits.
Whoever is running socials for them has obviously spent a lot of time in that space.
Whoever is running socials for them has obviously spent a lot of time in that space.
Trump Cuts to Energy Projects in Blue States Were Unlawful, Judge Rules www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Trump Cuts to Energy Projects in Blue States Were Unlawful, Judge Rules
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Trump Cuts to Energy Projects in Blue States Were Unlawful, Judge Rules www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.
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These people don’t even understand the concept of law. They are psychopaths.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:08 AM
These people don’t even understand the concept of law. They are psychopaths.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
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Attempting to criminalize the actions of an independent public servant, Fed Chair Jay Powell, for the sin of acting independently is an outrage. It's bad economics, bad politics, bad for the rule of law, bad for the public sector, bad for American credibility and bad for Americans.
January 12, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Attempting to criminalize the actions of an independent public servant, Fed Chair Jay Powell, for the sin of acting independently is an outrage. It's bad economics, bad politics, bad for the rule of law, bad for the public sector, bad for American credibility and bad for Americans.
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
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This agency is out of control if leadership is no longer checking violations of constitutional rights. Congress absolutely must step in before more people are kidnapped/killed.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This agency is out of control if leadership is no longer checking violations of constitutional rights. Congress absolutely must step in before more people are kidnapped/killed.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
4 Places Where Democrats’ Identity Crisis Will Play Out
After a drubbing in 2024 and a rocky start to 2025, Democrats are showing signs of life. The chaos coming out of the White House and the unaddressed cost-of-living crisis have set up an issue matrix t...
www.bloomberg.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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What would Greenlanders want?
The latest available opinion poll: 85 % says "No" to the question "Do you want Greenland to exit the Danish Kingdom and instead become part of United States?"
The poll (www.veriangroup.com/da/news-and-...) also show that a small majority supports independence from DK
The latest available opinion poll: 85 % says "No" to the question "Do you want Greenland to exit the Danish Kingdom and instead become part of United States?"
The poll (www.veriangroup.com/da/news-and-...) also show that a small majority supports independence from DK
January 7, 2026 at 7:34 AM
What would Greenlanders want?
The latest available opinion poll: 85 % says "No" to the question "Do you want Greenland to exit the Danish Kingdom and instead become part of United States?"
The poll (www.veriangroup.com/da/news-and-...) also show that a small majority supports independence from DK
The latest available opinion poll: 85 % says "No" to the question "Do you want Greenland to exit the Danish Kingdom and instead become part of United States?"
The poll (www.veriangroup.com/da/news-and-...) also show that a small majority supports independence from DK
Anti-ICE Protests Spread Nationwide www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/u...
Anti-ICE Protests Spread Nationwide
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Anti-ICE Protests Spread Nationwide www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/u...
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The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
January 10, 2026 at 11:24 PM
The reactionary centrist logic is simple: if the left does something bad it’s the left’s fault, and if the right does something bad, it’s also the left’s fault for making them do it. It’s a simple formula and once you see it every one of their arguments is the same
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In 2012, an anti-Obamacare law enshrined that “each competent adult shall have the right to make his or her own health care decisions” in Wyoming. That language just inadvertently saved abortion in the state. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/oO9Vxs
How an Attack on Obamacare Saved Abortion in Wyoming
In the most conservative state in the U.S., libertarianism can lead in surprising directions.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
January 10, 2026 at 9:30 PM
In 2012, an anti-Obamacare law enshrined that “each competent adult shall have the right to make his or her own health care decisions” in Wyoming. That language just inadvertently saved abortion in the state. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/oO9Vxs
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We wrote a piece last year in Bolts on the Hampton Roads region — the sheriffs there are contracting with ICE, and there was a failure to field any opposition to them. boltsmag.org/sheriff-elec...
Huge turnout for anti-ICE protest in Newport News. They’re along a street so hard to get everyone in one photo. Hampton Roads does not often see these sorts of numbers. #ReneeGood
January 10, 2026 at 7:13 PM
We wrote a piece last year in Bolts on the Hampton Roads region — the sheriffs there are contracting with ICE, and there was a failure to field any opposition to them. boltsmag.org/sheriff-elec...