Doug Saunders
@dougsaunders.bsky.social
International-Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail. Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy. Author of Arrival City, The Myth of the Muslim Tide, Maximum Canada, etc. http://dougsaunders.net
What the hell. How can this keep getting worse?
This or just dumping people *in the woods* AND sending folks out w/o their phone or I.D.
Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."
I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0
Volunteers w/ Safe Haven wait at the gate & do sweeps of the woods, with warm clothes, a burner, and a ride home, "so no one is left alone at the gate."
I donated; pls join me if you can: gofund.me/7d506a3d0
I spent the evening outside the Whipple federal building in Minneapolis, where the feds have been releasing people they detained — often for no discernible reason — into the freezing cold... wearing whatever little clothing they had on at the time they were taken.
February 3, 2026 at 1:21 AM
What the hell. How can this keep getting worse?
No you don’t. Applying for a second citizenship does not require you to lose your first, even under Dominican constitution. The issue here is erasing the legitimate citizenship of lifelong citizens, in large numbers for no reason — almost all of whom have only ever been Dominicans, solely
February 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
No you don’t. Applying for a second citizenship does not require you to lose your first, even under Dominican constitution. The issue here is erasing the legitimate citizenship of lifelong citizens, in large numbers for no reason — almost all of whom have only ever been Dominicans, solely
Ostensibly interesting things I won’t be reading
February 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Ostensibly interesting things I won’t be reading
And yet it won’t. If done as requested, it would turn millions of American citizens into stateless people without legal residency anywhere
February 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM
And yet it won’t. If done as requested, it would turn millions of American citizens into stateless people without legal residency anywhere
As you know, Haiti does not recognize them as citizens. This is not mitigated by the fact that some of them could theoretically petition for citizenship under Haiti’s constitution if they had teams of lawyers and multi-generational documentation papers and the Haitian state were functional.
February 2, 2026 at 2:50 PM
As you know, Haiti does not recognize them as citizens. This is not mitigated by the fact that some of them could theoretically petition for citizenship under Haiti’s constitution if they had teams of lawyers and multi-generational documentation papers and the Haitian state were functional.
I don’t think it’s an ideal way to do citizenship (nor is full-scale jus sanguis), but suddenly cutting it off retroactively is catastrophic, and that is what washington is asking the Supreme Court to consider
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
I don’t think it’s an ideal way to do citizenship (nor is full-scale jus sanguis), but suddenly cutting it off retroactively is catastrophic, and that is what washington is asking the Supreme Court to consider
Good point. Of course, if there were some supreme authority who could impose it everywhere, it would force a clear definition of “soli” and actually cause countries to stay within their legal borders…
Where do you practice?
Where do you practice?
February 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Good point. Of course, if there were some supreme authority who could impose it everywhere, it would force a clear definition of “soli” and actually cause countries to stay within their legal borders…
Where do you practice?
Where do you practice?
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As fell Kennedy, so falls the Kennedy Center: Taken down by a babbling conspiracy theorist, besotted then humiliated by Russia, standing alone at a window, oblivious to any wider context
February 2, 2026 at 4:20 AM
As fell Kennedy, so falls the Kennedy Center: Taken down by a babbling conspiracy theorist, besotted then humiliated by Russia, standing alone at a window, oblivious to any wider context
Well, Dominica does have an especially cruel and expulsive immigration system by any standard, because the people it defines as “illegal” or undesirable are Haitians from the other side of the island, or even legal Dominican citizens who just *look* Haitian (ie black rather than brown)
February 2, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Well, Dominica does have an especially cruel and expulsive immigration system by any standard, because the people it defines as “illegal” or undesirable are Haitians from the other side of the island, or even legal Dominican citizens who just *look* Haitian (ie black rather than brown)
Well, I’d argue that just sanguis citizenship shouldn’t ever be. Whether jus soli is the solution is questionable — I think if you created a country anew you wouldn’t go with either in their pure form
February 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Well, I’d argue that just sanguis citizenship shouldn’t ever be. Whether jus soli is the solution is questionable — I think if you created a country anew you wouldn’t go with either in their pure form
The Dominican Republic has fewer than 12 million people, and eliminating birthright citizenship there a decade ago created 150,000 stateless people — that is, citizens of no country who can’t legally reside anywhere.
Imagine if a country of 400 million did it.
Imagine if a country of 400 million did it.
February 2, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The Dominican Republic has fewer than 12 million people, and eliminating birthright citizenship there a decade ago created 150,000 stateless people — that is, citizens of no country who can’t legally reside anywhere.
Imagine if a country of 400 million did it.
Imagine if a country of 400 million did it.
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“All over my neighborhood we keep finding empty cars, the glass shattered into diamonds on the snow, the people missing. Tiny private automotive kristallnachts, everywhere and ongoing.”
Greetings from inside the economic blockade zones of Minneapolis and St Paul! Don’t look away, please. We need you. It’s been a month and they’re trying to destroy us.
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
“All over my neighborhood we keep finding empty cars, the glass shattered into diamonds on the snow, the people missing. Tiny private automotive kristallnachts, everywhere and ongoing.”
In the past, they’d think twice about releasing highly classified stuff to congressional committees because figures like Rep. Gabbard couldn’t be trusted with it. Now…
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 1:33 PM
In the past, they’d think twice about releasing highly classified stuff to congressional committees because figures like Rep. Gabbard couldn’t be trusted with it. Now…
As fell Kennedy, so falls the Kennedy Center: Taken down by a babbling conspiracy theorist, besotted then humiliated by Russia, standing alone at a window, oblivious to any wider context
February 2, 2026 at 4:20 AM
As fell Kennedy, so falls the Kennedy Center: Taken down by a babbling conspiracy theorist, besotted then humiliated by Russia, standing alone at a window, oblivious to any wider context
*unethical THING, although I suppose thug works in this context
February 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
*unethical THING, although I suppose thug works in this context
And here’s my faculty conflict-of-interest advisor, Dr. Rasputin
February 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
And here’s my faculty conflict-of-interest advisor, Dr. Rasputin
Yeah, not even all the Central European countries of ‘04 are fitting in well, although you could argue that their citizens’ desire to stay in the EU keeps unsavoury leaders like Orban from doing the worst
February 1, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Yeah, not even all the Central European countries of ‘04 are fitting in well, although you could argue that their citizens’ desire to stay in the EU keeps unsavoury leaders like Orban from doing the worst
This may be the most unethical thug I’ve ever heard from an academic, on about eight different levels, and that’s before you even consider exactly who he’s asking for advice and why
Larry Summers, seen here somehow managing to have the worst gender politics in the room while in a one on one conversation with JEFFREY FUCKING EPSTEIN.
February 1, 2026 at 8:48 PM
This may be the most unethical thug I’ve ever heard from an academic, on about eight different levels, and that’s before you even consider exactly who he’s asking for advice and why
USA and Europe. One is an economically declining place of violence and no-go streets, restricted freedoms and censored media, immigration crises and a non-growing population whose choices threaten the ruin of a great civilization.
And then there’s Europe
And then there’s Europe
February 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
USA and Europe. One is an economically declining place of violence and no-go streets, restricted freedoms and censored media, immigration crises and a non-growing population whose choices threaten the ruin of a great civilization.
And then there’s Europe
And then there’s Europe
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Not gonna shake the image of a little girl, maybe 6, in agony after a full blast of gas
February 1, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Not gonna shake the image of a little girl, maybe 6, in agony after a full blast of gas
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Searing text in this judicial decision to release Liam Ramos
“Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned.“
“Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned.“
NEW: A federal judge has ordered 5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father RELEASED from the Dilley detention center. www.cnn.com/2026/01/31/u...
Source: Judge orders 5-year-old Liam Ramos and father released | CNN
A federal judge has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Conejos Ramos and his father from the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, according to a source with knowledge of the fed...
www.cnn.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Searing text in this judicial decision to release Liam Ramos
“Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned.“
“Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned.“
True. Hopefully not as Cornish
February 1, 2026 at 2:34 AM
True. Hopefully not as Cornish
The last four decades of his life were happy. And he did father quite a family. It’s actually way more dramatic and fraught than I suggested and I have thought a lot about how and when to recount it
February 1, 2026 at 1:24 AM
The last four decades of his life were happy. And he did father quite a family. It’s actually way more dramatic and fraught than I suggested and I have thought a lot about how and when to recount it
The fact that he refers to the product as “I Cannot Believe It Is Not Butter” should have been a huge red flag in itself
I've never been to Epstein island but I can confirm that Kerrygold is the best butter.
January 31, 2026 at 9:16 PM
The fact that he refers to the product as “I Cannot Believe It Is Not Butter” should have been a huge red flag in itself