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Hans Schattle

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Political science professor @ Yonsei University American in Seoul, South Korea Democracy, citizenship; media; politics of East Asia, Europe and the United States

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Hans Schattle @hansschattle.bsky.social · Jul 10

Here's how the rule of law works, when it comes to presidents who abuse power and violate the constitution.

South Korea's ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol already faces criminal charges of insurrection, in connection with his failed martial law decree last year.

South Korea's ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol rearrested

Yoon is in detention for a second time over his failed martial law declaration last year.

www.bbc.com

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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 14h

Japanese politics was rocked on Friday as the Kōmeitō announced it would leave its coalition with the LDP after twenty-six years. To understand why this happened and what it means, I wrote a guide for the perplexed.

open.substack.com/pub/observin...

Kōmeitō quits the coalition

A guide for the perplexed

open.substack.com

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Hans Schattle @hansschattle.bsky.social · 14h

Claiming to cancel a meeting is a common negotiating tactic for Trump. Back in 2018 he created a lot of empty drama by canceling his upcoming summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un. The meeting - and the bromance - went forward anyway, and I'll bet a bottle of soju Trump and Xi will meet at APEC.

Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ @drmarkpbarry.bsky.social · 16h

Trump says 'there seems to be no reason' to meet Xi during Asia trip | AP News apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump suggests calling off Xi meeting after blasting China for restricting rare earths exports

President Donald Trump says “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea after China restricted exports of rare earths needed for Ame...

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Hans Schattle @hansschattle.bsky.social · 15h

Shameful but not surprising that Trump's lackeys are trying to scare people away from the upcoming 'No Kings' protests. My local 'No Kings' in June was peaceful, festive and very patriotic. Always remember that we can make a big difference simply by showing up and raising our voices. www.nokings.org

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 18h

MIT's response to the Trump admin's proposed "compact" is excellent and should be a model for other universities. orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 22h

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 1d

Could not be more clear the president wishes he had unilateral power to imprison people, like in an absolute monarchy

He doesn’t so instead he’s forcing the govt to bring charges against his enemies because he wants vengeance

Nakedly corrupt, the sort of thing that necessitates removal from office

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Hans Schattle @hansschattle.bsky.social · 1d

This online memorial posted by @theguardian.com is so sad and so important.

Each name and each story brings home the terrible human tragedy of Israel's genocide in Gaza.

These children should still be alive, and their killers should be held to account and brought to justice.

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's nonstop threats to arrest Dems are also about sleepwalking us into forgetting that free societies don't allow for arbitrary arrests of political opponents.

As @kristyparker.bsky.social says, we need to keep reminding ourselves that this isn't how it works:

newrepublic.com/article/2015...

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Hans Schattle @hansschattle.bsky.social · 2d

Quickly, we should launch an initiative to replenish the lost aid and save the millions of lives in danger. The UN, EU, G7, corporations, universities, foundations, churches, advocacy groups, state and local govts could work together to make it happen. The Democrats could take a key organizing role.

Hans Schattle @hansschattle.bsky.social · 2d

Trump and Musk cut vital lifesaving programs so abruptly and thoughtlessly that providers had no time to find alternatives for millions in dire need. This tragedy in Myanmar is the latest example. We need a coordinated effort to replenish the lost USAID resources and to save the lives now in danger.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

Hans Schattle @hansschattle.bsky.social · 3d

"Trump wants to use military power to exert more control over the American people, and soon top U.S. military commanders may have to decide whether they will refuse such orders from the commander in chief. The greatest crisis of American civil-military relations in modern history is now under way."

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 3d

The scenes out of Chicago should outrage us all. These federal agents are out of control, committing senseless acts of violence & putting everyone at risk.

American citizens are being detained & brutalized.

This kind of immigration "enforcement" shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.

Immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

www.pbs.org

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 3d

It was taxpayers’ money. Did Homan give it back? If he kept it, did he declare it on his taxes?

Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 3d

Tom Homan, head of ICE, accepted $50k from undercover FBI agents last year, reportedly a bribe in a sting operation. All cash, in a paper bag. Pam Bondi, reading from a script, insists Homan did nothing wrong—yet she refuses to answer any questions about what happened to that cash? Really?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH — @whitehouse.senate.gov : “What became of the $50,000 in cash in that Cava bag? Did the FBI get it back from Homan?”

AG PAM BONDI: *LASHES OUT aggressively, avoids answering entirely* 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Hans Schattle @hansschattle.bsky.social · 3d

After failing for almost two years to hold together a center-right coalition and fend off the far right, French president Emmanuel Macron faces intense pressure either to resign or hold elections. It could signal an end to France's Fifth Republic as well as Macron's eight years in power. (Gift link)

As France Faces Political Turmoil, Macron Is Backed Into a Corner

www.nytimes.com

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 4d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 4d

Irony just took its shoes off and slowly started walking into the ocean until it was never seen or heard from again…

Stephen Miller asks when in our history have we tolerated unlawful, riotous assemblies around government buildings

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: Second, expanded TRO issued in Oregon case challenging Trump's National Guard deployment to the state bars any state or D.C. National Guard being deployed to Oregon.

Update at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/judge-bloc...

[Update, 11:45 p.m.: By Sunday night, a second temporary restraining order was issued in the case, barring the Trump administration from sending any National Guard federalized under 10 U.S.C. 12406 to Oregon from any state or D.C. The move followed actions by the Trump administration overnight to send members of the California National Guard to Oregon and plans to do so as to the Texas National Guard as well.

At a hastily called hearing on Sunday night, Immergut harshly questioned the Justice Department lawyer before her, Eric Hamilton, asking him — while noting that he is an officer of the court — “Do you believe this is appropriate way to deal with my order?”

Issuing the second TRO in as many days in the case, Immergut called the Trump administration’s actions in apparent response to her first order “in direct contravention” of it.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 5d

There is no crisis in Portland, Oregon other than the one the Trump regime seeks to provoke.

abcnews.go.com/US/federal-j...

Newsom says he'll sue to keep Trump from sending California National Guard to Portland

Newsom says he'll sue White House over effort to send 300 California National Guard troops to Portland after a judge blocked Trump's attempts to deploy Oregon Guard.

abcnews.go.com

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Hans Schattle @hansschattle.bsky.social · 5d

When Miller makes these kinds of statements, he's handing red meat to his critics. No one elected Miller, and he repeatedly shows contempt for the Constitution and the American people. All members of Congress - plus governors and mayors nationwide - should demand that Trump fire him straight away.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 6d

Miller’s apparent elevation to shadow president and his seeming intent to declare an end to the constitutional order would, in any other administration, be treated as a executive branch meltdown that was immensely embarrassing for the president and requiring Miller’s immediate removal

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Hans Schattle @hansschattle.bsky.social · 5d

Why it's a betrayal of the Constitution - and also dangerous for the capacity of the United States to hold itself together - when Trump governs with a "narrow and exclusionary" view accountable only to his political supporters rather than all the American people, from @jamellebouie.net (Gift link).

Opinion | Who Is Donald Trump Responsible To?

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 6d

Highlighting that America’s “historical tradition” makes clear that “this is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law,” U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut on Saturday issued an order temporarily blocking President Donald Trump’s effort to deploy the National Guard in Portland, Oregon.

Federal judge blocks Trump's National Guard mobilization in Oregon

"The President’s determination" that the Guard was needed "was simply untethered to the facts," Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, found. DOJ is appealing.

www.lawdork.com

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 6d

This tactic is in the news again because ICE agents in Colorado were filmed breaking the window of a car with a baby in the backseat coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...

ProPublica @propublica.org · 7d

In July, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.”

You can judge for yourself.

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”

We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

projects.propublica.org

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Jeremy 🇺🇦 🇬🇱🇨🇦 @chasingjulian.bsky.social · 7d

I want to live in a world where flags are lowered for people like Jane Goodall. She worked tirelessly to make the world a better place.

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Hans Schattle @hansschattle.bsky.social · 8d

The latest example showing why ICE must be abolished and why Trump's nonsense about "the enemy from within" and his unlawful abuses of federal govt power must be stopped. When even one person suffers this sort of violence and cruelty, it's an assault on everything America is supposed to stand for.

Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 8d

shocking details out of an ICE raid on an apartment building in South Shore area of Chicago on September 30th abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

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Hans Schattle @hansschattle.bsky.social · 8d

Note also that almost every move Trump makes on behalf of "conservatives" contradicts basic American conservative ideas of limited government, freedom of expression, local control and independent civil society institutions. Instead Trump's attempts at domination lean into autocracy and fascism.

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