James Kanter
@jameskanter.bsky.social
award-winning journalist | euscream.com politics podcast | formers @nytimes @iht @dowjones-wsje @cambodiadaily
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
I just got a nearly 45% bill hike from @microsoft.com which is one of the world's top three richest corporations for an annual subscription to its standard suite of apps. If anyone else is grabbing pitchforks I'll happily join you. Surely only monopolies can pull this shit. Paging @ec.europa.eu.
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I just got a nearly 45% bill hike from @microsoft.com which is one of the world's top three richest corporations for an annual subscription to its standard suite of apps. If anyone else is grabbing pitchforks I'll happily join you. Surely only monopolies can pull this shit. Paging @ec.europa.eu.
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Imagine turning on the TV or radio and knowing what you’re about to see isn’t engineered to drive outrage, clicks, or profit, but to inform, educate, connect. That’s the role of public broadcasters like BBC, NPR, PBS, NOS, RTP, and it´s under attack.
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Public media is under attack
We should be outraged
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Imagine turning on the TV or radio and knowing what you’re about to see isn’t engineered to drive outrage, clicks, or profit, but to inform, educate, connect. That’s the role of public broadcasters like BBC, NPR, PBS, NOS, RTP, and it´s under attack.
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Historic. Commentators making parallels with early 1930s accommodation with Nazis. Long story short: conservatives combine with far right and neofascists to pass legislation. The vote was about business supply chains but will be remembered as another waypoint on the EU's lurch rightwards.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Historic. Commentators making parallels with early 1930s accommodation with Nazis. Long story short: conservatives combine with far right and neofascists to pass legislation. The vote was about business supply chains but will be remembered as another waypoint on the EU's lurch rightwards.
Vanishingly rare, if you click on this kind of bait.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Vanishingly rare, if you click on this kind of bait.
Border militarization klaxon.
Merging of migration and defense policies in Europe continues apace with announcement of €250mln purchase of drones to stop hybrid threats like incursions by other drones, and presumably migrants.
h/t @gerardofortuna.bsky.social
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Merging of migration and defense policies in Europe continues apace with announcement of €250mln purchase of drones to stop hybrid threats like incursions by other drones, and presumably migrants.
h/t @gerardofortuna.bsky.social
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission launches first Annual Migration Management Cycle under the Pact on Migration and Asylum
Today, the European Commission is taking a further step in implementing the Pact on Migration and Asylum by launching the first Annual Migration Management Cycle.
ec.europa.eu
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Border militarization klaxon.
Merging of migration and defense policies in Europe continues apace with announcement of €250mln purchase of drones to stop hybrid threats like incursions by other drones, and presumably migrants.
h/t @gerardofortuna.bsky.social
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Merging of migration and defense policies in Europe continues apace with announcement of €250mln purchase of drones to stop hybrid threats like incursions by other drones, and presumably migrants.
h/t @gerardofortuna.bsky.social
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Definitely not the most uplifting podcast for the weekend 😬, but a very insightful listen for those concerned about how rapidly reactionary and far-right ideas are spreading across Europe.
From the @euscream.bsky.social podcast series by @jameskanter.bsky.social
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From the @euscream.bsky.social podcast series by @jameskanter.bsky.social
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Ep.107: Shame, Falsification, Normalisation of Radical Right, EU Vote, The Lonely Olive
Vicente Valentim on why illiberalism seems to spread so rapidly.
euscream.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Definitely not the most uplifting podcast for the weekend 😬, but a very insightful listen for those concerned about how rapidly reactionary and far-right ideas are spreading across Europe.
From the @euscream.bsky.social podcast series by @jameskanter.bsky.social
euscream.com/ep-107-shame...
From the @euscream.bsky.social podcast series by @jameskanter.bsky.social
euscream.com/ep-107-shame...
How to talk about Gaza remains highly divisive in European journalism and the way it's playing out has significant implications for press freedom. Story @theintercept.com
A Journalist Asked Why Israel Isn’t Paying to Rebuild Gaza. It Cost Him His Job.
Italy’s Nova news agency confirmed it let reporter Gabriele Nunziati go for asking a European official about Israel at a press conference.
theintercept.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
How to talk about Gaza remains highly divisive in European journalism and the way it's playing out has significant implications for press freedom. Story @theintercept.com
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What if EU simplification agenda is exactly what Trump wants from Europe? A self defeating move depriving itself of its only super-power
Listen to @euscream.bsky.social with @jameskanter.bsky.social
Listen to @euscream.bsky.social with @jameskanter.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What if EU simplification agenda is exactly what Trump wants from Europe? A self defeating move depriving itself of its only super-power
Listen to @euscream.bsky.social with @jameskanter.bsky.social
Listen to @euscream.bsky.social with @jameskanter.bsky.social
Dutch election result = one more constructive voice at EU top table. Good. But one swallow does not make summer, writes @sophieintveld.bsky.social.
Pro-European these days can even mean disregarding the constitutional order laid down in the EU Treaties.
Pro-European these days can even mean disregarding the constitutional order laid down in the EU Treaties.
Pro-Which Europe?
“Europe wins!”, “Europe’s dream”, “Good news for Europe”: last week’s Dutch election results led to jubilant headlines.
sophieintveld.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Dutch election result = one more constructive voice at EU top table. Good. But one swallow does not make summer, writes @sophieintveld.bsky.social.
Pro-European these days can even mean disregarding the constitutional order laid down in the EU Treaties.
Pro-European these days can even mean disregarding the constitutional order laid down in the EU Treaties.
Seems we've forgotten how far-right we've gone.
November 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Seems we've forgotten how far-right we've gone.
I take the point on the military innovation. I also think he's right on some of the nonsense EU Horizon money gets spent on. But he seems less coherent on the role of the state and politics and he neglects key aspects of Europe's latest failure to meet the moment. Quick thoughts. 🧵
The rot at the heart of Europe
unherd.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I take the point on the military innovation. I also think he's right on some of the nonsense EU Horizon money gets spent on. But he seems less coherent on the role of the state and politics and he neglects key aspects of Europe's latest failure to meet the moment. Quick thoughts. 🧵
Maybe we should get ASML and SAP to start making cars since European automakers are such laggard carbon junkies.
Germany welcomes 'positive' signs after China Nexperia move | Euractiv
"The latest reports from China are positive initial signs of an easing of tensions," an economy ministry spokesperson said
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November 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Maybe we should get ASML and SAP to start making cars since European automakers are such laggard carbon junkies.
Europe you are now a tariff taker — but are you hearing this message because it's a mistake of epochal proportions to enrich your enemy unless, that is, you plan to join his destructive endeavours.
One way to think about the tariffs is as a means for Trump (and his family) to establish leverage over other countries, which he can use to enrich himself and establish a separate base of power from Congress.
$550 billion in Japanese funding.
Directed by the President.
Outside Congress’s control.
My new @justsecurity.org piece explains how the agreement bypasses the Appropriations Clause and violates the laws that safeguard Congress’s power of the purse.
www.justsecurity.org/123478/trump...
Directed by the President.
Outside Congress’s control.
My new @justsecurity.org piece explains how the agreement bypasses the Appropriations Clause and violates the laws that safeguard Congress’s power of the purse.
www.justsecurity.org/123478/trump...
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Europe you are now a tariff taker — but are you hearing this message because it's a mistake of epochal proportions to enrich your enemy unless, that is, you plan to join his destructive endeavours.
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getting ready for the best eve
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 AM
getting ready for the best eve
Must read on the lawsuits in the United States and the policy battles in Brussels that will determine whether journalism can still exist as an economic activity in the age of AI.
AI’s war on journalism will decide the fate of the free press
AI’s war on journalism will decide the fate of the free press
The EU’s approach to how artificial intelligence uses journalistic work could determine whether the free press survives the digital age – or vanishes into the data stream
dlvr.it
October 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Must read on the lawsuits in the United States and the policy battles in Brussels that will determine whether journalism can still exist as an economic activity in the age of AI.
What about being better citizens of the planet that made them rich.
October 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
What about being better citizens of the planet that made them rich.
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Every so often you run across yet another reminder of how shameful the story of this era is going to be in the history books someday. On so many levels, including the dystopian cheery tone of this NYT caption…
October 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Every so often you run across yet another reminder of how shameful the story of this era is going to be in the history books someday. On so many levels, including the dystopian cheery tone of this NYT caption…
The United States of white supremacism strikes again. Sickening.
Some background on this from TPM talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...
October 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The United States of white supremacism strikes again. Sickening.