Juris Martins 🌹🇱🇻🇪🇺
@jurismartins.bsky.social
Sociāldemokrāts. Progresīvie biedrs.
Progressive. Member of Progresīvie.
"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." — Elie Wiesel
Progressive. Member of Progresīvie.
"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." — Elie Wiesel
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Kas notiek ar mūsu diasporu? Skatiens uz Amerikas latviešiem no Latvijas
Kamēr prezidents Tramps klaji simpatizē Putinam un pazemo Ukrainu, Amerikas latvieši "klusē".
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Ar prieku paziņoju, ka @zurnalsir.bsky.social interneta portālā ir publicēts mans raksts par ASV latviešu kopienas organizāciju darbību saistība ar Trampa administrāciju un ASV ārpolitiku attiecībā pret Ukrainu un Eiropu.
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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Weekend reading:
Trumpism Is at War with the Idea of a Citizenry of Equals
The regime’s latest racist fury is tied to the Right’s much broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist vision.
My new piece:
Trumpism Is at War with the Idea of a Citizenry of Equals
The regime’s latest racist fury is tied to the Right’s much broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist vision.
My new piece:
Trumpism Is at War with the Idea of a Citizenry of Equals
The regime’s latest racist fury is tied to the Right’s much broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist
steady.page
December 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Weekend reading:
Trumpism Is at War with the Idea of a Citizenry of Equals
The regime’s latest racist fury is tied to the Right’s much broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist vision.
My new piece:
Trumpism Is at War with the Idea of a Citizenry of Equals
The regime’s latest racist fury is tied to the Right’s much broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist vision.
My new piece:
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So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia was the Trump regime’s test case, supposed to establish their ability to grab anyone for any reason and send them anywhere, then counter any objections with lies.
Whether they planned it or not, that’s what it became. So as @gregsargent.bsky.social explains, their loss is big.
Whether they planned it or not, that’s what it became. So as @gregsargent.bsky.social explains, their loss is big.
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was the Trump regime’s test case, supposed to establish their ability to grab anyone for any reason and send them anywhere, then counter any objections with lies.
Whether they planned it or not, that’s what it became. So as @gregsargent.bsky.social explains, their loss is big.
Whether they planned it or not, that’s what it became. So as @gregsargent.bsky.social explains, their loss is big.
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Yes, there are concerns about rule of law, but they are on both sides of the issue. Should the law protect the assets of a few rich & powerful mass murderers, or should the law protect the rights & lives of their millions of innocent victims who are being bombed, tortured, raped, and immiserated?
December 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Yes, there are concerns about rule of law, but they are on both sides of the issue. Should the law protect the assets of a few rich & powerful mass murderers, or should the law protect the rights & lives of their millions of innocent victims who are being bombed, tortured, raped, and immiserated?
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Some worry this might set a precedent.
I hope it does.
Every regime that invades another country, committing countless mass atrocities, should have their foreign assets taken & handed to their victims.
This might get all would-be invaders to think twice.
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-gree...
I hope it does.
Every regime that invades another country, committing countless mass atrocities, should have their foreign assets taken & handed to their victims.
This might get all would-be invaders to think twice.
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-gree...
EU greenlights indefinite immobilisation of Russian assets | Euractiv
The move comes a day after Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever openly questioned the legality of the European Commission’s proposal to permanently freeze Moscow's funds
www.euractiv.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Some worry this might set a precedent.
I hope it does.
Every regime that invades another country, committing countless mass atrocities, should have their foreign assets taken & handed to their victims.
This might get all would-be invaders to think twice.
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-gree...
I hope it does.
Every regime that invades another country, committing countless mass atrocities, should have their foreign assets taken & handed to their victims.
This might get all would-be invaders to think twice.
www.euractiv.com/news/eu-gree...
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Bully backed down after running into resistance, indicating they hoped their target would weakly fold in the face of bluster and don’t have a back up plan?
Huh. That keeps happening. Maybe a lesson there.
Huh. That keeps happening. Maybe a lesson there.
Lol the US just abandoned their effort to get mad at the guy that threw Bolsonaro in prison. Big "my toddler tantrum didn't get me nothing so we're done here" energy.
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
December 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Bully backed down after running into resistance, indicating they hoped their target would weakly fold in the face of bluster and don’t have a back up plan?
Huh. That keeps happening. Maybe a lesson there.
Huh. That keeps happening. Maybe a lesson there.
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The Trump regime thought Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an easy target. Few would care, and it’d show that the facts don’t matter.
Some pundits and consultants insisted his innocence was irrelevant, the volk had spoken, it’d be dumb to fight.
Both proven wrong. Cracked the mystique, strengthened spines.
Some pundits and consultants insisted his innocence was irrelevant, the volk had spoken, it’d be dumb to fight.
Both proven wrong. Cracked the mystique, strengthened spines.
i think you can make a pretty credible case that taking a stand on abrego garcia gave the administration its first high profile, high salience defeat
December 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Trump regime thought Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an easy target. Few would care, and it’d show that the facts don’t matter.
Some pundits and consultants insisted his innocence was irrelevant, the volk had spoken, it’d be dumb to fight.
Both proven wrong. Cracked the mystique, strengthened spines.
Some pundits and consultants insisted his innocence was irrelevant, the volk had spoken, it’d be dumb to fight.
Both proven wrong. Cracked the mystique, strengthened spines.
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shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
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It’s stupefying to see the debunked “change through trade” - agenda (that blinded Germany towards the totalitarian turn of 🇷🇺 & 🇨🇳) make a comeback in Witkoff/Trump‘s Russia dipomacy (make money, not war).
Putin doesn’t care for 💵, he wants his empire back. Germans learned it the hard way.
Putin doesn’t care for 💵, he wants his empire back. Germans learned it the hard way.
December 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
It’s stupefying to see the debunked “change through trade” - agenda (that blinded Germany towards the totalitarian turn of 🇷🇺 & 🇨🇳) make a comeback in Witkoff/Trump‘s Russia dipomacy (make money, not war).
Putin doesn’t care for 💵, he wants his empire back. Germans learned it the hard way.
Putin doesn’t care for 💵, he wants his empire back. Germans learned it the hard way.
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This post by the world’s richest and most divorced man on the site he bought to promote his far right extremism is ripped straight from the Klan messaging of the 1870s or the 1915 film Birth of a Nation that inspired the Klan’s rebirth as a PR stunt/Ponzi scheme/terrorist organization in the 1920s.
December 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This post by the world’s richest and most divorced man on the site he bought to promote his far right extremism is ripped straight from the Klan messaging of the 1870s or the 1915 film Birth of a Nation that inspired the Klan’s rebirth as a PR stunt/Ponzi scheme/terrorist organization in the 1920s.
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During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
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Everything you need to know about the US’ slow turn against the EU.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Everything you need to know about the US’ slow turn against the EU.
If this happens, it would be a reversal of one of the key accomplishments of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. This is to further impose on Americans «Blood and Soil» vision, at the center MAGA ideology, of American society as a specifically white Christian patriarchal society.
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If this happens, it would be a reversal of one of the key accomplishments of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. This is to further impose on Americans «Blood and Soil» vision, at the center MAGA ideology, of American society as a specifically white Christian patriarchal society.
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Agreed. I understand *why* politicians don't want to acknowledge reality in public (fear of being blamed/fear of Trump tariffs) but the problem is that without that acknowledgement it's more difficult to change public opinion & build support for the changes that we need to make in order to survive.
This is not only delusional, it is deeply dangerous wishful thinking.
NATO is gone, and Europe needs to understand it now stands alone.
NATO is gone, and Europe needs to understand it now stands alone.
December 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Agreed. I understand *why* politicians don't want to acknowledge reality in public (fear of being blamed/fear of Trump tariffs) but the problem is that without that acknowledgement it's more difficult to change public opinion & build support for the changes that we need to make in order to survive.
Vērts apzināties, ka tagadējā ASV doktrīna diez gan skaidri norāda, ka ASV atbalsta «Great Replacement Theory»: sazvērestības teoriju, kas ir mūsdienu neonacisma ideoloģijas centrā. Šī "teorija" bija motīvs masu slaktiņiem, kā Kraistčērčas apšaude.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Vērts apzināties, ka tagadējā ASV doktrīna diez gan skaidri norāda, ka ASV atbalsta «Great Replacement Theory»: sazvērestības teoriju, kas ir mūsdienu neonacisma ideoloģijas centrā. Šī "teorija" bija motīvs masu slaktiņiem, kā Kraistčērčas apšaude.
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ASV oficiālā stratēģija:
1.) ASV skaidri sevi definē, kā pretinieku Eiropas demokrātijām un pat apvaino Eiropas valdības Krievijas kara turpināšanā.
2. ) ASV vēlas redzēt Trampam tuvus autokrātus pie varas un tas ir ASV politikas mērķis.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
1.) ASV skaidri sevi definē, kā pretinieku Eiropas demokrātijām un pat apvaino Eiropas valdības Krievijas kara turpināšanā.
2. ) ASV vēlas redzēt Trampam tuvus autokrātus pie varas un tas ir ASV politikas mērķis.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
ASV oficiālā stratēģija:
1.) ASV skaidri sevi definē, kā pretinieku Eiropas demokrātijām un pat apvaino Eiropas valdības Krievijas kara turpināšanā.
2. ) ASV vēlas redzēt Trampam tuvus autokrātus pie varas un tas ir ASV politikas mērķis.
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1.) ASV skaidri sevi definē, kā pretinieku Eiropas demokrātijām un pat apvaino Eiropas valdības Krievijas kara turpināšanā.
2. ) ASV vēlas redzēt Trampam tuvus autokrātus pie varas un tas ir ASV politikas mērķis.
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Trump and Vance want to break up the EU and install regimes favourable to their ideology in every European nation. They say it out loud.
🚨🚨 God #America, this is grim and a very stark wake-up call to European political ledaders on the (non) future of the "transatlantic alliance":
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Trump and Vance want to break up the EU and install regimes favourable to their ideology in every European nation. They say it out loud.
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And a lot of these billionaires perceive even the slightest amount of pushback they are getting from us peasants as a totalitarian leftist threat that leaves them no choice but to go all hyper-reactionary and use their wealth to support a far-right "counter-revolution" against liberal democracy.
The billionaires who own much of the the infrastructure of our 21st century lives have progressively enshittified that infrastructure while expanding their wealth, and then they scold us for being small-souled peasants who don’t believe in progress anymore.
it is amazing how so much tech gets unremittingly worse year on year at whatever you once used it for and less pleasant to use and more bound up with creepy politics as well as personal and environmental harms and yet also still less productive of actual goods and these are somehow great visionaries
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
And a lot of these billionaires perceive even the slightest amount of pushback they are getting from us peasants as a totalitarian leftist threat that leaves them no choice but to go all hyper-reactionary and use their wealth to support a far-right "counter-revolution" against liberal democracy.
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Witkoff and Co. priorities in “peace” negotiations:
1) Make money
2) Get Putin what he wants in Ukraine, which will facilitate 1
3) Get connected Americans a piece of the spoils in Ukraine
And that’s apparently it.
Not priorities: freedom, security, justice, law, US allies, avoiding future war
1) Make money
2) Get Putin what he wants in Ukraine, which will facilitate 1
3) Get connected Americans a piece of the spoils in Ukraine
And that’s apparently it.
Not priorities: freedom, security, justice, law, US allies, avoiding future war
Three powerful businessmen—two Americans and a Russian—hunched over a laptop in Miami Beach last month, ostensibly to draw up a plan to end Russia’s long and deadly war with Ukraine.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Witkoff and Co. priorities in “peace” negotiations:
1) Make money
2) Get Putin what he wants in Ukraine, which will facilitate 1
3) Get connected Americans a piece of the spoils in Ukraine
And that’s apparently it.
Not priorities: freedom, security, justice, law, US allies, avoiding future war
1) Make money
2) Get Putin what he wants in Ukraine, which will facilitate 1
3) Get connected Americans a piece of the spoils in Ukraine
And that’s apparently it.
Not priorities: freedom, security, justice, law, US allies, avoiding future war
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Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
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The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
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We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked