Jan Fichtner
@janfichtner.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow SuFi Project @UniWH & @UvACorpnet | Global finance, age of passive investing, index providers, ESG, sustainable finance, greenwashing, decarbonization | www.jfichtner.net
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Jan Fichtner
@janfichtner.bsky.social
· Oct 30
🚨New publication with Kristijan Kotarski:
Enduring Structural Power? Assessing the Dominance of the Anglosphere in Global Finance Before the Trump Turn
Includes novel visualizations of global finance (banking, portfolio inv & FDI) showing persistent US centrality
hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/487488
Enduring Structural Power? Assessing the Dominance of the Anglosphere in Global Finance Before the Trump Turn
Includes novel visualizations of global finance (banking, portfolio inv & FDI) showing persistent US centrality
hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/487488
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“America cannot survive as a free society if ICE and CBP continue to operate as they have over the last year — let alone as both agencies are turbocharged and empowered with even more funding, more officers, more guns, and more arrests." Garrett Graff
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 2, 2026 at 1:13 AM
“America cannot survive as a free society if ICE and CBP continue to operate as they have over the last year — let alone as both agencies are turbocharged and empowered with even more funding, more officers, more guns, and more arrests." Garrett Graff
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
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“Fossil fuel firms could be forced to pay some of the price of their climate damage, and the ultra-rich subjected to a global wealth tax, if new tax rules are agreed under the UN. Negotiations will resume on Monday, with dozens of countries supporting rules to make polluters pay"
Fossil fuel firms may have to pay for climate damage under proposed UN tax
Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation could also force ultra-rich to pay global wealth tax
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:42 AM
“Fossil fuel firms could be forced to pay some of the price of their climate damage, and the ultra-rich subjected to a global wealth tax, if new tax rules are agreed under the UN. Negotiations will resume on Monday, with dozens of countries supporting rules to make polluters pay"
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I think this is representative of fossil-fuelled weather extremes reportage not just in Aus but in many countries, where (a) the cause, fossil fuels, is simply never mentioned and (b) the change is treated as essentially inevitable and un-mitigatable, all that's left is figuring out how to 'adapt'
Australians to experience more 50C days as heatwaves intensify, experts say | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:42 AM
I think this is representative of fossil-fuelled weather extremes reportage not just in Aus but in many countries, where (a) the cause, fossil fuels, is simply never mentioned and (b) the change is treated as essentially inevitable and un-mitigatable, all that's left is figuring out how to 'adapt'
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CPAC Sieg-heiler, propaganda expert Bannon reportedly bragging in the #EpsteinFiles he advised coal billionaire/kid cooker Palmer on his vast anti-climate policy election disinfo spend. Palmer spent $120mil to get 'patriot' Babet in Senate, whilst suing #Auspol taxpayers for $400bil from Singapore.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 AM
CPAC Sieg-heiler, propaganda expert Bannon reportedly bragging in the #EpsteinFiles he advised coal billionaire/kid cooker Palmer on his vast anti-climate policy election disinfo spend. Palmer spent $120mil to get 'patriot' Babet in Senate, whilst suing #Auspol taxpayers for $400bil from Singapore.
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Studied 1,000s of comments across dozens of posts on social media around the anti-immigration rally in Auckland over the weekend, incl. speech by Brian Tamaki. TLDR; it's an imported, Trumpian, far-right rhetoric. Of significant concern are attempts to undermine this year's electoral integrity.
February 2, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Studied 1,000s of comments across dozens of posts on social media around the anti-immigration rally in Auckland over the weekend, incl. speech by Brian Tamaki. TLDR; it's an imported, Trumpian, far-right rhetoric. Of significant concern are attempts to undermine this year's electoral integrity.
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Two stunning revelations this weekend.
WSJ: Trump crypto got half a billion from UAE “Spy Sheik” days before inauguration, then UAE got US-made AI chips
NYT: DOJ pubbed nude pics of young Epstein women after redacting for Trump and lecturing us about child porn, victims, & how hard they worked
WSJ: Trump crypto got half a billion from UAE “Spy Sheik” days before inauguration, then UAE got US-made AI chips
NYT: DOJ pubbed nude pics of young Epstein women after redacting for Trump and lecturing us about child porn, victims, & how hard they worked
February 2, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Two stunning revelations this weekend.
WSJ: Trump crypto got half a billion from UAE “Spy Sheik” days before inauguration, then UAE got US-made AI chips
NYT: DOJ pubbed nude pics of young Epstein women after redacting for Trump and lecturing us about child porn, victims, & how hard they worked
WSJ: Trump crypto got half a billion from UAE “Spy Sheik” days before inauguration, then UAE got US-made AI chips
NYT: DOJ pubbed nude pics of young Epstein women after redacting for Trump and lecturing us about child porn, victims, & how hard they worked
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1000 times.
February 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM
1000 times.
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He thinks we are all morons
$500 million from the UAE 4 days before his inauguration — then they got previously restricted AI chips
But “no involvement” lol ok buddy
$500 million from the UAE 4 days before his inauguration — then they got previously restricted AI chips
But “no involvement” lol ok buddy
February 2, 2026 at 5:03 AM
He thinks we are all morons
$500 million from the UAE 4 days before his inauguration — then they got previously restricted AI chips
But “no involvement” lol ok buddy
$500 million from the UAE 4 days before his inauguration — then they got previously restricted AI chips
But “no involvement” lol ok buddy
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Can petrostates nurture manufacturing in the twenty-first century?
The US is running a very dangerous experiment to find out.
The US is running a very dangerous experiment to find out.
"It’s the single biggest capital allocation mistake in the history of the automotive industry"
Ford will take a $19.5 billion loss on its EV plants.
GM will take a $7.6 billion loss.
Others such as Honda & Volvo have all warned investors of similar losses.
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/01/e...
Ford will take a $19.5 billion loss on its EV plants.
GM will take a $7.6 billion loss.
Others such as Honda & Volvo have all warned investors of similar losses.
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/01/e...
How the EV pullback is affecting factories and jobs in the South
Automakers, suppliers and battery makers were funneling hundreds of billions of dollars into EV-related manufacturing in the U.S. Now it's all in question.
www.cnbc.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Can petrostates nurture manufacturing in the twenty-first century?
The US is running a very dangerous experiment to find out.
The US is running a very dangerous experiment to find out.
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Reporter: A Democrat won a special election in Texas in an area that you won by 17 points
Trump: I’m not involved in that. That’s a local race. I don’t know anything about it. I had nothing to do with it.
Trump: I’m not involved in that. That’s a local race. I don’t know anything about it. I had nothing to do with it.
February 1, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Reporter: A Democrat won a special election in Texas in an area that you won by 17 points
Trump: I’m not involved in that. That’s a local race. I don’t know anything about it. I had nothing to do with it.
Trump: I’m not involved in that. That’s a local race. I don’t know anything about it. I had nothing to do with it.
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“It is well documented that strongmen are at their most dangerous when they feel threatened,” Ruth Ben-Ghiat writes. “Americans should brace for heightened militarized domestic repression and more imperialist aggression abroad.”
Opinion | History Shows Trump’s Worst Impulses May Backfire on Him
When a leader sits alone at the top of the power vertical, it is hard for him to escape blame.
nyti.ms
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 AM
“It is well documented that strongmen are at their most dangerous when they feel threatened,” Ruth Ben-Ghiat writes. “Americans should brace for heightened militarized domestic repression and more imperialist aggression abroad.”
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Woody Allen and climate denier Bjorn Lomborg meet up with Jeffrey Epstein...
No, it's not the beginning of a joke.
No, it's not the beginning of a joke.
This one is interesting...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 1, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Woody Allen and climate denier Bjorn Lomborg meet up with Jeffrey Epstein...
No, it's not the beginning of a joke.
No, it's not the beginning of a joke.
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The Trump DOJ is redacting information of Trump and his billionaire friends but is publishing CSAM. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:48 AM
The Trump DOJ is redacting information of Trump and his billionaire friends but is publishing CSAM. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
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Allow me to invite you to consider how this would be covered right now if Kamala Harris or Joe Biden were president.
Tens of thousands of people across Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana have gone a week without power or heat after a brutal ice storm. At least three dozen people have died in connection with the storm, officials have said.
Fear and Anger Grow as Thousands Remain Without Power in the South
More than 30 people have died across three Southern states in connection with last week’s storm, and thousands remain without power.
nyti.ms
February 2, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Allow me to invite you to consider how this would be covered right now if Kamala Harris or Joe Biden were president.
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What to do to make future of US cars expensive, backwards and not competitive?
"After driving the China-made Xiaomi SU7 electric car on U.S. roads, @joannastern.bsky.social asks why American automakers are so far behind—and when these advanced vehicles will make it here"
www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
"After driving the China-made Xiaomi SU7 electric car on U.S. roads, @joannastern.bsky.social asks why American automakers are so far behind—and when these advanced vehicles will make it here"
www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
I Test Drove a Chinese EV. Now I Don’t Want to Buy American Cars Anymore.
Amazing battery range, customizable interiors and sleek software—our columnist fell in love with a Xiaomi SU7 Max after driving it for a few weeks.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:40 AM
What to do to make future of US cars expensive, backwards and not competitive?
"After driving the China-made Xiaomi SU7 electric car on U.S. roads, @joannastern.bsky.social asks why American automakers are so far behind—and when these advanced vehicles will make it here"
www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
"After driving the China-made Xiaomi SU7 electric car on U.S. roads, @joannastern.bsky.social asks why American automakers are so far behind—and when these advanced vehicles will make it here"
www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
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"A crypto venture linked to Donald Trump accepted a half-billion-dollar investment backed by an Abu Dhabi royal days before the US president’s inauguration."
The level of corruption in this administration...
www.ft.com/content/188b...
The level of corruption in this administration...
www.ft.com/content/188b...
Abu Dhabi royal bought big stake in Trump family crypto venture
Investors backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan put half a billion dollars into World Liberty Financial
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
"A crypto venture linked to Donald Trump accepted a half-billion-dollar investment backed by an Abu Dhabi royal days before the US president’s inauguration."
The level of corruption in this administration...
www.ft.com/content/188b...
The level of corruption in this administration...
www.ft.com/content/188b...
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Since #BjornLomborg is back in the news, re-upping these:
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Since #BjornLomborg is back in the news, re-upping these:
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Texas Dems flipped a +17 Trump district yesterday. Meanwhile in Nevada:
NEWS: No one filed to challenge two conservative/Republican justices on the Nevada supreme court who are up for reelection this year. The deadline was a few days ago.
They will run for new terms unopposed.
They will run for new terms unopposed.
February 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Texas Dems flipped a +17 Trump district yesterday. Meanwhile in Nevada:
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The US under Trump's second term is experiencing the steepest democratic backsliding in contemporary history, outpacing Russia, Turkey, and Hungary. But there's hope, too. Burn-Murdoch is probably the best data journalist today. His latest @financialtimes.com analysis is essential reading. 1/7
February 1, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The US under Trump's second term is experiencing the steepest democratic backsliding in contemporary history, outpacing Russia, Turkey, and Hungary. But there's hope, too. Burn-Murdoch is probably the best data journalist today. His latest @financialtimes.com analysis is essential reading. 1/7
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Former Tennessee Libertarian party chair @joshuaeakle.com notices how many in Trump’s cabinet/inner circle are in the files — and theorizes maybe this is no coincidence
January 31, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Former Tennessee Libertarian party chair @joshuaeakle.com notices how many in Trump’s cabinet/inner circle are in the files — and theorizes maybe this is no coincidence
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A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 31, 2026 at 3:37 AM
A manual for ICE's immigrant-targeting computer system, Palantir ELITE, was leaked today.
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
Let's look at it, then step back to evaluate how far we've come along a dangerous road and where that road might take us. 🧵
This seems like really good news! 👇
OMG. Rehmet further increased his lead and has won!
February 1, 2026 at 5:56 AM
This seems like really good news! 👇
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There’s one neat trick that can turn buckets of money into irrelevant dust. Votes.
ICYMI: This Saturday, progressive Taylor Rehmet squares off against a billionaire-funded Christian nationalist for a +17 Trump state senate seat in Tarrant County, a hub of the far right. Rehmet already over-performed, and is confident he’s on the verge of a stunning upset in a bellwether county.
In Tarrant County, a Hub for the Far Right, a Democrat Seeks a Major Upset
In a runoff election for Texas Senate District 9, which has not elected a Democrat since 1991, Taylor Rehmet is betting his pro-labor message can flip disillusioned voters.
www.texasmonthly.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:32 AM
There’s one neat trick that can turn buckets of money into irrelevant dust. Votes.