Matt Steinglass
@mattsteinglass.bsky.social
Europe editor of The Economist. Don’t let them kill me https://youtu.be/WnE15v4Gets
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“The agent, Tracee Mergen, left her job as a supervisor in the F.B.I.’s Minneapolis field office after bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the immigration officer, Jonathan Ross…”
Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:26 PM
“The agent, Tracee Mergen, left her job as a supervisor in the F.B.I.’s Minneapolis field office after bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the immigration officer, Jonathan Ross…”
Interested in the NY Times take today on how Trump’s adventurism threatens Putin by stealing his game? Here’s the earlier analysis yesterday by Arkady Ostrovsky. 1/2
Russia’s no-show in Venezuela weakens its bad-boy image
Is Vladimir Putin no longer the biggest gangster on the world stage?
economist.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Interested in the NY Times take today on how Trump’s adventurism threatens Putin by stealing his game? Here’s the earlier analysis yesterday by Arkady Ostrovsky. 1/2
“For many Euro-nationalists the risk is that the American president’s brazenness becomes an electoral burden…MAGA is clearly seeking to help parties that want to weaken the EU to win elections. But the more barefaced Mr Trump’s threats, the greater a political liability he becomes.”
Donald Trump’s bullying is irritating his European populist chums
French and German nationalists are not happy with America’s grab for Greenland
economist.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:53 PM
“For many Euro-nationalists the risk is that the American president’s brazenness becomes an electoral burden…MAGA is clearly seeking to help parties that want to weaken the EU to win elections. But the more barefaced Mr Trump’s threats, the greater a political liability he becomes.”
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COLBERT, on the so-called “Board of Peace”:
“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."
@latenightercom.bsky.social #$PSKY
“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."
@latenightercom.bsky.social #$PSKY
January 23, 2026 at 10:50 AM
COLBERT, on the so-called “Board of Peace”:
“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."
@latenightercom.bsky.social #$PSKY
“.. Paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep. After all, CBS got to do it for just 16 million."
@latenightercom.bsky.social #$PSKY
Dutch politics still occasionally roiled by controversy over airstrikes the Dutch carried out in Afghanistan, on a mission they undertook solely in solidarity with the US. Responsible for Uruzgan province. 25 Dutch soldiers killed there, including the commanding general’s son.
imagine being the father or mother or son or daughter or sibling of one of those brave British troops who died in Afghanistan, and having to listen to this crass ignorance
January 23, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Dutch politics still occasionally roiled by controversy over airstrikes the Dutch carried out in Afghanistan, on a mission they undertook solely in solidarity with the US. Responsible for Uruzgan province. 25 Dutch soldiers killed there, including the commanding general’s son.
Dutch postal service sending very coded signals of resistance to the Trump regime on mail from the US
January 23, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Dutch postal service sending very coded signals of resistance to the Trump regime on mail from the US
Massive change. Average unemployment in southern and northern Europe is now the same
economist.com/finance-and-...
from The Economist
economist.com/finance-and-...
from The Economist
January 22, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Massive change. Average unemployment in southern and northern Europe is now the same
economist.com/finance-and-...
from The Economist
economist.com/finance-and-...
from The Economist
Mette Frederiksen appears to have excellent handwriting
January 22, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Mette Frederiksen appears to have excellent handwriting
Rosa DeLauro is completely awesome, Congress needs more members who could be inserted into an Andor scene of the Galactic Senate with no costume change
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, says she is voting NO on the DHS funding bill she negotiated. Highly unusual. She says ICE mustn't be abolished but must be reformed. "The right thing for me to do is vote no on this bill."
January 22, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Rosa DeLauro is completely awesome, Congress needs more members who could be inserted into an Andor scene of the Galactic Senate with no costume change
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Repeat after me - the institutions of this economy depend on the institutions of this democracy, among which is the rule of law
Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
January 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Repeat after me - the institutions of this economy depend on the institutions of this democracy, among which is the rule of law
Mads Mikkelsen as Trump in the Ruben Östlund film version of all this. But who plays Rutte
Trump: "Based upon a very productive meeting I had with Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one... Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs"
January 21, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Mads Mikkelsen as Trump in the Ruben Östlund film version of all this. But who plays Rutte
The face of a man who just saved Europe at least 0.02% of its GDP
January 21, 2026 at 7:51 PM
The face of a man who just saved Europe at least 0.02% of its GDP
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Veel bewondering voor het realistische zelfbeeld van Dion Graus www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
January 20, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Veel bewondering voor het realistische zelfbeeld van Dion Graus www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Helpful infographic
coalition of the will you shut the fuck up
January 20, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Helpful infographic
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Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland
January 20, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland
Carney to Europeans + other middle powers: “When we only negotiate bilaterally with a hegemon, we negotiate from weakness. We accept what’s offered. We compete with each other to be the most accommodating. This is not sovereignty. It’s the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination.”
“We are taking the sign out of the window. The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just. This is the task of the middle powers.”
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.
globalnews.ca
January 20, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Carney to Europeans + other middle powers: “When we only negotiate bilaterally with a hegemon, we negotiate from weakness. We accept what’s offered. We compete with each other to be the most accommodating. This is not sovereignty. It’s the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination.”
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Listening to Trump presser for 40 mins. Rambling, repetitive stream of consciousness. Narcissistic in extreme. Every thought linked back to whether the person or entity voted for or likes Trump. If Biden had delivered this there would have been serious concern about his health.
January 20, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Listening to Trump presser for 40 mins. Rambling, repetitive stream of consciousness. Narcissistic in extreme. Every thought linked back to whether the person or entity voted for or likes Trump. If Biden had delivered this there would have been serious concern about his health.
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Today:
- @mattsteinglass.bsky.social on Trump, Europe & Greenland,
- @stephenjacobsmith.com on grocery prices & new grocery store 'red tape,'
- @apoorvanyt.bsky.social on the US's worst year for measles in 2 decades,
- How cold *is* it?
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
- @mattsteinglass.bsky.social on Trump, Europe & Greenland,
- @stephenjacobsmith.com on grocery prices & new grocery store 'red tape,'
- @apoorvanyt.bsky.social on the US's worst year for measles in 2 decades,
- How cold *is* it?
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Today:
- @mattsteinglass.bsky.social on Trump, Europe & Greenland,
- @stephenjacobsmith.com on grocery prices & new grocery store 'red tape,'
- @apoorvanyt.bsky.social on the US's worst year for measles in 2 decades,
- How cold *is* it?
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
- @mattsteinglass.bsky.social on Trump, Europe & Greenland,
- @stephenjacobsmith.com on grocery prices & new grocery store 'red tape,'
- @apoorvanyt.bsky.social on the US's worst year for measles in 2 decades,
- How cold *is* it?
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
~Europe’s attachment to NATO remains strong, but many of the continent’s leaders now doubt America can be trusted. Canada has just announced a new chapter in its “strategic partnership” with China. Europe’s quiet decoupling from America is becoming louder.~
As divisions over Greenland grow, Europe examines its options
Donald Trump’s tariff threats force Europeans to count their arrows
www.economist.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:18 PM
~Europe’s attachment to NATO remains strong, but many of the continent’s leaders now doubt America can be trusted. Canada has just announced a new chapter in its “strategic partnership” with China. Europe’s quiet decoupling from America is becoming louder.~
I guess one way to ensure the US never intervenes in a foreign war again is to make sure every indigenous population knows not to trust the US enough to side with them
Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket.
He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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January 19, 2026 at 1:51 PM
I guess one way to ensure the US never intervenes in a foreign war again is to make sure every indigenous population knows not to trust the US enough to side with them
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Meal Team 6, bravest of the brave. Five heavily armed men going after a law abiding resident who presents no threat.
Sunday, at least 7 ICE agents stormed a house and took an elderly man out into the freezing cold, wearing only his underwear and a blanket.
He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
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He was a member of the Hmong community, which came to the area from Laos in the 1970s after siding with the US in the Vietnam War.
Notice the suppressors
1/2
January 19, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Meal Team 6, bravest of the brave. Five heavily armed men going after a law abiding resident who presents no threat.
No one who believes in freedom can use the words “verbal assault”. To use those words is to be an authoritarian.
"We've seen over a thousand percent increase in assaults on ICE officers, 8,000 verbal assaults on them...."
January 19, 2026 at 5:58 AM
No one who believes in freedom can use the words “verbal assault”. To use those words is to be an authoritarian.
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mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 AM
mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
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Nasra Ahmed, 23, was walking through the parking lot of her aunt’s St. Paul apartment complex when she found herself surrounded by 12 agents. Ahmed, born in the USA, says she showed them her I.D. She was forcefully detained and jailed anyway for more than 2 days. www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/s...
St. Paul woman, a U.S. citizen, recounts her two days in detention
Nasra Ahmed, 23, said she was taken to the hospital for an MRI with hands and legs shackled
www.twincities.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Nasra Ahmed, 23, was walking through the parking lot of her aunt’s St. Paul apartment complex when she found herself surrounded by 12 agents. Ahmed, born in the USA, says she showed them her I.D. She was forcefully detained and jailed anyway for more than 2 days. www.twincities.com/2026/01/18/s...