@phlorianm.bsky.social
My hot take:
Let’s hope Trump stays healthy enough to be in office for his full term!
While Miller and Vance aren’t necessarily buddies, I am much more worried about an unadulterated and strategic Vance administration that isn’t constrained by Trumps fear of rejection and the stock market tanking.
Let’s hope Trump stays healthy enough to be in office for his full term!
While Miller and Vance aren’t necessarily buddies, I am much more worried about an unadulterated and strategic Vance administration that isn’t constrained by Trumps fear of rejection and the stock market tanking.
"If I were Stephen Miller, I'd be very unhappy with Trump right now....Trump does have a weakness as a dictator."
Robert Kagan joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
Robert Kagan joins @timmiller.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast:
February 5, 2026 at 11:25 AM
My hot take:
Let’s hope Trump stays healthy enough to be in office for his full term!
While Miller and Vance aren’t necessarily buddies, I am much more worried about an unadulterated and strategic Vance administration that isn’t constrained by Trumps fear of rejection and the stock market tanking.
Let’s hope Trump stays healthy enough to be in office for his full term!
While Miller and Vance aren’t necessarily buddies, I am much more worried about an unadulterated and strategic Vance administration that isn’t constrained by Trumps fear of rejection and the stock market tanking.
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Heute wurde im Thüringer Landtag eine Novelle des Polizeigesetzes diskutiert. Sie bringt neben Verhaltensscannern auch Palantir-artige Datenanalyse, Gesichtersuchmaschine, Kennzeichenscanner und Videodrohnen. netzpolitik.org/2026/polizei...
Polizeigesetz-Novelle: Auch Thüringen will Verhaltensscanner
Heute wurde im Thüringer Landtag eine Novelle des Polizeigesetzes diskutiert. Sie bringt neben Verhaltensscannern auch Palantir-artige Datenanalyse, Gesichtersuchmaschine, Kennzeichenscanner und Video...
netzpolitik.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Heute wurde im Thüringer Landtag eine Novelle des Polizeigesetzes diskutiert. Sie bringt neben Verhaltensscannern auch Palantir-artige Datenanalyse, Gesichtersuchmaschine, Kennzeichenscanner und Videodrohnen. netzpolitik.org/2026/polizei...
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„Vielleicht wären wir in Deutschland weiter, wenn zumindest nicht immer so getan würde, als wäre das Gift der AfD in Wirklichkeit eine Medizin, wenn man sie nur in geringerer Dosis injizieren würde.“
👌 DIE ZEIT
@christianbangel.bsky.social
👌 DIE ZEIT
@christianbangel.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 12:24 PM
„Vielleicht wären wir in Deutschland weiter, wenn zumindest nicht immer so getan würde, als wäre das Gift der AfD in Wirklichkeit eine Medizin, wenn man sie nur in geringerer Dosis injizieren würde.“
👌 DIE ZEIT
@christianbangel.bsky.social
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@christianbangel.bsky.social
It’s going to get worse.
With Vance as President they don’t need to placate trump anymore and can turn Christian nationalism and culture wars to up 11.
I would also expect less Miller influence, less ICE and more corporate grift, plus maybe monetary presents to voters to assure Vance’s reelection.
With Vance as President they don’t need to placate trump anymore and can turn Christian nationalism and culture wars to up 11.
I would also expect less Miller influence, less ICE and more corporate grift, plus maybe monetary presents to voters to assure Vance’s reelection.
It would probably be a good idea for Western governments to start contingency planning for a change in power in the US from Trump to Vice President JD Vance within the next six months or so.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1ji...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1ji...
Physical therapist: Trump has 4 months to live
-- Adam James, a licensed physical therapist working in home healthcare and content creator known as “epistemiccrisis,” joins us to discuss the state of Donald Trump's cognitive health
Become a…
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:24 AM
It’s going to get worse.
With Vance as President they don’t need to placate trump anymore and can turn Christian nationalism and culture wars to up 11.
I would also expect less Miller influence, less ICE and more corporate grift, plus maybe monetary presents to voters to assure Vance’s reelection.
With Vance as President they don’t need to placate trump anymore and can turn Christian nationalism and culture wars to up 11.
I would also expect less Miller influence, less ICE and more corporate grift, plus maybe monetary presents to voters to assure Vance’s reelection.
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Courts should treat biometric locks as equivalent to password protection, EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @TheIntercept.com. “Your constitutional right against self-incrimination should not be dependent on technical convenience or lack thereof.”
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now
The search warrant to raid a Washington Post reporter’s home shows how authorities can open your phone without your consent.
theintercept.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Courts should treat biometric locks as equivalent to password protection, EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @TheIntercept.com. “Your constitutional right against self-incrimination should not be dependent on technical convenience or lack thereof.”
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
theintercept.com/2026/01/30/...
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The warnings should have been much louder and more precise.
How much Project 2025 is rooted in Christian fascism was never widely discussed before the election.
Public discourse nibbled at the edges and missed the forest for the trees. Media and politicians failure.
kettering.org/project-2025...
How much Project 2025 is rooted in Christian fascism was never widely discussed before the election.
Public discourse nibbled at the edges and missed the forest for the trees. Media and politicians failure.
kettering.org/project-2025...
Project 2025: The Blueprint for Christian Nationalist Regime Change
kettering.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:13 PM
The warnings should have been much louder and more precise.
How much Project 2025 is rooted in Christian fascism was never widely discussed before the election.
Public discourse nibbled at the edges and missed the forest for the trees. Media and politicians failure.
kettering.org/project-2025...
How much Project 2025 is rooted in Christian fascism was never widely discussed before the election.
Public discourse nibbled at the edges and missed the forest for the trees. Media and politicians failure.
kettering.org/project-2025...
Another reference point to see how far America has slipped into authoritarian rule.
People in Hong Kong as well as Argentina used to shout their own names when kidnapped by (secret) police, so that bystanders could inform relatives and organise legal aid - exactly to avoid situations like this.
People in Hong Kong as well as Argentina used to shout their own names when kidnapped by (secret) police, so that bystanders could inform relatives and organise legal aid - exactly to avoid situations like this.
January 30, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Another reference point to see how far America has slipped into authoritarian rule.
People in Hong Kong as well as Argentina used to shout their own names when kidnapped by (secret) police, so that bystanders could inform relatives and organise legal aid - exactly to avoid situations like this.
People in Hong Kong as well as Argentina used to shout their own names when kidnapped by (secret) police, so that bystanders could inform relatives and organise legal aid - exactly to avoid situations like this.
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For those of a certain age... Remember "Greed is Good"? Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street"?
We got sucker punched!!
40+ years of MBA MFs getting rich off selling our family jewels to line their pockets for private jets and 100+ yard yachts!!
Destroyed our future!!!
cleantechnica.com/2026/01/25/h...
We got sucker punched!!
40+ years of MBA MFs getting rich off selling our family jewels to line their pockets for private jets and 100+ yard yachts!!
Destroyed our future!!!
cleantechnica.com/2026/01/25/h...
How the West Lost the Automotive Industry - CleanTechnica
The authors reflect on present and future trends in the global auto industry and conclude that the West has already lost to China.
cleantechnica.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:13 AM
For those of a certain age... Remember "Greed is Good"? Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street"?
We got sucker punched!!
40+ years of MBA MFs getting rich off selling our family jewels to line their pockets for private jets and 100+ yard yachts!!
Destroyed our future!!!
cleantechnica.com/2026/01/25/h...
We got sucker punched!!
40+ years of MBA MFs getting rich off selling our family jewels to line their pockets for private jets and 100+ yard yachts!!
Destroyed our future!!!
cleantechnica.com/2026/01/25/h...
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In der Ukraine gibt es in weiten Teilen keine Energieversorgung und die Menschen kompensieren mit ihrer Energie. Weil sie für ihre Freiheit kämpfen müssen. Meanwhile stimmen im Westen immer mehr Menschen in geheizten Wohnungen gegen ihre eigene Freiheit.
January 26, 2026 at 8:39 PM
In der Ukraine gibt es in weiten Teilen keine Energieversorgung und die Menschen kompensieren mit ihrer Energie. Weil sie für ihre Freiheit kämpfen müssen. Meanwhile stimmen im Westen immer mehr Menschen in geheizten Wohnungen gegen ihre eigene Freiheit.
Apparently “far left agitators” are the US version of “paid protestors fooled by a CIA plot to hurt our proud nation”.
Unfortunate, when the standard foe is your own agency.
Unfortunate, when the standard foe is your own agency.
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 26, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Apparently “far left agitators” are the US version of “paid protestors fooled by a CIA plot to hurt our proud nation”.
Unfortunate, when the standard foe is your own agency.
Unfortunate, when the standard foe is your own agency.
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Everyone freezing on the East Coast or in the Midwest remember: Kyiv has the same weather, except that hundreds of thousands of people don't have electricity, heating or running water
January 24, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Everyone freezing on the East Coast or in the Midwest remember: Kyiv has the same weather, except that hundreds of thousands of people don't have electricity, heating or running water
Shocking, but to be expected.
Authoritarian playbook 101:
Lie, deflect, demean, use words in already established parallel meaning (protester=domestic terrorists)
Serious media, learn quickly not to jump through hoops.
…next week in this theatre: Don’t believe anything until White House denies it.
Authoritarian playbook 101:
Lie, deflect, demean, use words in already established parallel meaning (protester=domestic terrorists)
Serious media, learn quickly not to jump through hoops.
…next week in this theatre: Don’t believe anything until White House denies it.
Noem lies shamelessly: "An individual approached order Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently. This looks like a situation where an individual arrived to inflict maximum damage and kill law enforcement"
January 25, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Shocking, but to be expected.
Authoritarian playbook 101:
Lie, deflect, demean, use words in already established parallel meaning (protester=domestic terrorists)
Serious media, learn quickly not to jump through hoops.
…next week in this theatre: Don’t believe anything until White House denies it.
Authoritarian playbook 101:
Lie, deflect, demean, use words in already established parallel meaning (protester=domestic terrorists)
Serious media, learn quickly not to jump through hoops.
…next week in this theatre: Don’t believe anything until White House denies it.
For Europeans, Arachnophobia largely is a baseless fear. Sure, spiders are creepy but mostly harmless here.
In Australia on the other hand, it’s totally sensible to take precautions and make preparations to keep spiders out.
With Russophobia it’s the reverse, purely based on distance. Be prepared.
In Australia on the other hand, it’s totally sensible to take precautions and make preparations to keep spiders out.
With Russophobia it’s the reverse, purely based on distance. Be prepared.
Lavrov:
If you read up on the statements by European politicians and leaders, such as Kaja Kallas, Ursula von der Leyen, Merz, Starmer, Macron, and Rutte, they are seriously preparing for a war with Russia. They are not hiding that fact.
If you read up on the statements by European politicians and leaders, such as Kaja Kallas, Ursula von der Leyen, Merz, Starmer, Macron, and Rutte, they are seriously preparing for a war with Russia. They are not hiding that fact.
January 21, 2026 at 2:15 AM
For Europeans, Arachnophobia largely is a baseless fear. Sure, spiders are creepy but mostly harmless here.
In Australia on the other hand, it’s totally sensible to take precautions and make preparations to keep spiders out.
With Russophobia it’s the reverse, purely based on distance. Be prepared.
In Australia on the other hand, it’s totally sensible to take precautions and make preparations to keep spiders out.
With Russophobia it’s the reverse, purely based on distance. Be prepared.
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“We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done,” journalist Garrett Graff wrote: “A superpower is [dying by] suicide because the [Republican] Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.”
January 20, 2026 at 1:01 PM
“We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done,” journalist Garrett Graff wrote: “A superpower is [dying by] suicide because the [Republican] Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.”
Insane, childish and insecure.
Imagine the situation in reverse:
Dear Donald, considering that your country decided not to give all Oscars to “All quiet on the western front”, although it was the best movie of the decade, it is good and proper that you hand over Hawaiʻi. Thank you!Chancellor Merz.
Imagine the situation in reverse:
Dear Donald, considering that your country decided not to give all Oscars to “All quiet on the western front”, although it was the best movie of the decade, it is good and proper that you hand over Hawaiʻi. Thank you!Chancellor Merz.
So this is why Trump is fixated on Greenland. Vengeance strikes again. This guy is dangerous.
January 19, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Insane, childish and insecure.
Imagine the situation in reverse:
Dear Donald, considering that your country decided not to give all Oscars to “All quiet on the western front”, although it was the best movie of the decade, it is good and proper that you hand over Hawaiʻi. Thank you!Chancellor Merz.
Imagine the situation in reverse:
Dear Donald, considering that your country decided not to give all Oscars to “All quiet on the western front”, although it was the best movie of the decade, it is good and proper that you hand over Hawaiʻi. Thank you!Chancellor Merz.
Because in their hearts they were always authoritarian but too weak to live out it their desires. This would be their flag, I guess
January 17, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Because in their hearts they were always authoritarian but too weak to live out it their desires. This would be their flag, I guess
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Daniel Günther in der Union die Stimme von Vernunft, Weitblick und gesundem Menschenverstand, Dobrindt der Vertreter von Ideologie, Remigration und ökonomischen Harakiri
www.shz.de/deutschland-...
www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...
www.shz.de/deutschland-...
www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...
Touré und Günther kontra Dobrindt – Kiel will Bleiberecht für Flüchtlinge mit Job oder Lehrstelle
Während Bayern mehr abschieben will, fordert SH Bleiberecht für Flüchtlinge mit Job oder Lehre. So steht es auch im schwarz-roten Koalitionsvertrag.
www.shz.de
January 17, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Daniel Günther in der Union die Stimme von Vernunft, Weitblick und gesundem Menschenverstand, Dobrindt der Vertreter von Ideologie, Remigration und ökonomischen Harakiri
www.shz.de/deutschland-...
www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...
www.shz.de/deutschland-...
www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...
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German law professor Werner Schroeder is suing his government after police forcibly checked his ID at the Austrian-German border. He argues these controls violate EU law and undermine the Schengen system of borderless travel.
Law professor sues Germany for 'illegal' border controls
German law professor Werner Schroeder is suing his government after police forcibly checked his ID at the Austrian-German border. He argues these controls violate EU law and undermine the Schengen system of borderless travel.
euobserver.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:35 AM
German law professor Werner Schroeder is suing his government after police forcibly checked his ID at the Austrian-German border. He argues these controls violate EU law and undermine the Schengen system of borderless travel.
Starts at the top but lays the foundation for how FSB/Ex-KGB takeover of companies works in Putin’s 🇷🇺.
Charge the owner with minor traffic violation and tell him, he should hand over part of his company. Escalate to tax fraud, endless interrogations, torture, sham trials if he doesn’t get the memo.
Charge the owner with minor traffic violation and tell him, he should hand over part of his company. Escalate to tax fraud, endless interrogations, torture, sham trials if he doesn’t get the memo.
As I've been saying, Trump has been running the federal government like an organized crime enterprise. Shocking as this latest development may be, it is but one example.
Trump must be impeached and removed if our constitutional republic is to survive.
Trump must be impeached and removed if our constitutional republic is to survive.
January 13, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Starts at the top but lays the foundation for how FSB/Ex-KGB takeover of companies works in Putin’s 🇷🇺.
Charge the owner with minor traffic violation and tell him, he should hand over part of his company. Escalate to tax fraud, endless interrogations, torture, sham trials if he doesn’t get the memo.
Charge the owner with minor traffic violation and tell him, he should hand over part of his company. Escalate to tax fraud, endless interrogations, torture, sham trials if he doesn’t get the memo.
This is the way!
And I am actually quite mad at Americans, that there are not millions of them on the streets every week.
It is shameful for a country that used to say authoritarian rule was impossible and it would never happen there.
Because exceptionalism? Just Hubris.
And I am actually quite mad at Americans, that there are not millions of them on the streets every week.
It is shameful for a country that used to say authoritarian rule was impossible and it would never happen there.
Because exceptionalism? Just Hubris.
Correct.
In Ottawa Canada we've rallied against it for a year now. Join us.
In Ottawa Canada we've rallied against it for a year now. Join us.
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 AM
This is the way!
And I am actually quite mad at Americans, that there are not millions of them on the streets every week.
It is shameful for a country that used to say authoritarian rule was impossible and it would never happen there.
Because exceptionalism? Just Hubris.
And I am actually quite mad at Americans, that there are not millions of them on the streets every week.
It is shameful for a country that used to say authoritarian rule was impossible and it would never happen there.
Because exceptionalism? Just Hubris.
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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Actual Bible literacy? That will be the death of Christianity.
That book is full of contradictions in both testaments. It reveals their “loving” God as gaslighting, xenophobic and genocidal. It clearly is a product of violent and slave-holding people.
The few golden-rule parts cannot outweigh this.
That book is full of contradictions in both testaments. It reveals their “loving” God as gaslighting, xenophobic and genocidal. It clearly is a product of violent and slave-holding people.
The few golden-rule parts cannot outweigh this.
January 2, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Actual Bible literacy? That will be the death of Christianity.
That book is full of contradictions in both testaments. It reveals their “loving” God as gaslighting, xenophobic and genocidal. It clearly is a product of violent and slave-holding people.
The few golden-rule parts cannot outweigh this.
That book is full of contradictions in both testaments. It reveals their “loving” God as gaslighting, xenophobic and genocidal. It clearly is a product of violent and slave-holding people.
The few golden-rule parts cannot outweigh this.
No need to be confused. It’s called Dispensationalism.
He is pining for the Apocalypse.
Ted Cruz was taught in Sunday school, that for judgement day and Jesus’ second coming to occur, all Israel must be blessed and Jewish.
Good old religious fundamentalism.
jemartisby.substack.com/p/bombs-for-...
He is pining for the Apocalypse.
Ted Cruz was taught in Sunday school, that for judgement day and Jesus’ second coming to occur, all Israel must be blessed and Jewish.
Good old religious fundamentalism.
jemartisby.substack.com/p/bombs-for-...
December 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
No need to be confused. It’s called Dispensationalism.
He is pining for the Apocalypse.
Ted Cruz was taught in Sunday school, that for judgement day and Jesus’ second coming to occur, all Israel must be blessed and Jewish.
Good old religious fundamentalism.
jemartisby.substack.com/p/bombs-for-...
He is pining for the Apocalypse.
Ted Cruz was taught in Sunday school, that for judgement day and Jesus’ second coming to occur, all Israel must be blessed and Jewish.
Good old religious fundamentalism.
jemartisby.substack.com/p/bombs-for-...
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Sehr wichtiges Video eines Russen darüber, wie Propaganda in Wirklichkeit funktioniert. Hört euch mal die 10 Minuten an (englisch) und dann lauscht aufmerksam in euch hinein. Wir sind mitten drin.
I’m Russian. Here’s how propaganda really works.
YouTube video by Silent East
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Sehr wichtiges Video eines Russen darüber, wie Propaganda in Wirklichkeit funktioniert. Hört euch mal die 10 Minuten an (englisch) und dann lauscht aufmerksam in euch hinein. Wir sind mitten drin.