randy r. potts
@thephatic.bsky.social
journo, editor, photog; Hromadske, TVPWorld, New Yorker, AJE, VQR, et al 🏳️🌈
Tulsa / Baltimore / Warszawa
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Tulsa / Baltimore / Warszawa
Signal: thephatic.39
"Many of the Trump administration’s assertions on immigrants in Europe overlap with the language of far-right political parties in those countries. The administration accuses European governments of trying to censor speech by far-right groups and individuals on these and similar topics."
U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
"Many of the Trump administration’s assertions on immigrants in Europe overlap with the language of far-right political parties in those countries. The administration accuses European governments of trying to censor speech by far-right groups and individuals on these and similar topics."
sure, very excellent, unless you consider Stanovaya is beating around the bush and refusing to say the unsayable: there *is* no "Trump administration" in any real sense: the State Dept has been hollowed out, the President is half senile, and those with any power left in DC are idiotic fascist goons
Excellent stuff here from Tatiana Stanovaya. x.com/Stanovaya/st...
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM
sure, very excellent, unless you consider Stanovaya is beating around the bush and refusing to say the unsayable: there *is* no "Trump administration" in any real sense: the State Dept has been hollowed out, the President is half senile, and those with any power left in DC are idiotic fascist goons
wherein @fromtga.bsky.social asks why the Bank of England, which could have done its homework in re Brexit, seen the obvious shortcomings, and broadcast the news to inform the people, simply refused to do so:
timothyash.substack.com/p/boe-went-m...
timothyash.substack.com/p/boe-went-m...
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
wherein @fromtga.bsky.social asks why the Bank of England, which could have done its homework in re Brexit, seen the obvious shortcomings, and broadcast the news to inform the people, simply refused to do so:
timothyash.substack.com/p/boe-went-m...
timothyash.substack.com/p/boe-went-m...
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At first I thought the leak came from Rubio but now I’m thinking this came from EU sources and that’s delightful.
Any reason to think otherwise?
Any reason to think otherwise?
Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov reacted to the leaked calls with U.S. envoy Witkoff, saying “someone is leaking or eavesdropping” and accusing opponents of trying to sabotage U.S.-Russia contacts. He confirmed Witkoff is expected to visit Moscow next week as part of ongoing peace negotiations.
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
At first I thought the leak came from Rubio but now I’m thinking this came from EU sources and that’s delightful.
Any reason to think otherwise?
Any reason to think otherwise?
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In Bishkek, the embassy of Ukraine is right next to the new presidential palace (Palace of Unity) built under Japarov. During Putin’s official visit to the palace yesterday, the Kyrgyz authorities covered up the view of the Ukrainian embassy with a giant screen displaying KG and RU flags
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
In Bishkek, the embassy of Ukraine is right next to the new presidential palace (Palace of Unity) built under Japarov. During Putin’s official visit to the palace yesterday, the Kyrgyz authorities covered up the view of the Ukrainian embassy with a giant screen displaying KG and RU flags
yup, as a single father of 3 in Dallas, working as a public school teacher making $55k, I was told I was just fine; meanwhile, the cheapest *2 bedroom* apartments within 10 miles of my kids' schools cost $2,000 - half my monthly net income
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
yup, as a single father of 3 in Dallas, working as a public school teacher making $55k, I was told I was just fine; meanwhile, the cheapest *2 bedroom* apartments within 10 miles of my kids' schools cost $2,000 - half my monthly net income
when will a blue state governor call up their natl guard to protect the people of their state from ICE
For the second time in a week, a federal law enforcement operation drew protesters in St. Paul on Tuesday. The latest operation happened on the 600 block of Rose Street East — a residential area in the city’s Payne-Phalen neighborhood.
Another federal agent operation in St. Paul draws large crowds of protesters
There was no immediate confirmation about the nature of the operation, but an MPR News photographer captured images of federal agents on the scene, including at least three from Homeland Security Inve...
www.mprnews.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:50 AM
when will a blue state governor call up their natl guard to protect the people of their state from ICE
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This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
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“11/25/25👺ICE abducts two Americans; eight hospitalized after chemical munitions & police beatings in St. Paul, MN. This is not public safety-it’s state violence” Hart ‘28 Dem 🇺🇸🙏
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
“11/25/25👺ICE abducts two Americans; eight hospitalized after chemical munitions & police beatings in St. Paul, MN. This is not public safety-it’s state violence” Hart ‘28 Dem 🇺🇸🙏
heads up, Charm City
ICE is in Baltimore. They were spotted on Loch Raven Blvd near the county line. I am looking into networks sending out real time info on their activities and will share when I know more.
#Baltimore #ICE
#Baltimore #ICE
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
heads up, Charm City
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ICE is in Baltimore. They were spotted on Loch Raven Blvd near the county line. I am looking into networks sending out real time info on their activities and will share when I know more.
#Baltimore #ICE
#Baltimore #ICE
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
ICE is in Baltimore. They were spotted on Loch Raven Blvd near the county line. I am looking into networks sending out real time info on their activities and will share when I know more.
#Baltimore #ICE
#Baltimore #ICE
pretty sure at least half of Hasan's appeal is that he's hot and often shirtless
Hasan Piker went on a podcast yesterday, claiming there were Jews in the command structure of the Nazi regime....
...and people still insist on telling me that this guy is some genius political commentator.
...and people still insist on telling me that this guy is some genius political commentator.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
pretty sure at least half of Hasan's appeal is that he's hot and often shirtless
there's no way to predict how this will be treated in Poland but it helps to imagine modern Poland as a 1990s Ann Richards Texas - a govt run by a halfway decent coalition, plenty of nice progressive people in the capital, surrounded by a lot of angry pitchfork-wielding Christian nationalists
thanks to a gay Polish couple, the EU as of today has its Obergefell
EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland
Couple who married in Germany had their right to a ‘normal family life’ impeded, court of justice finds
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
there's no way to predict how this will be treated in Poland but it helps to imagine modern Poland as a 1990s Ann Richards Texas - a govt run by a halfway decent coalition, plenty of nice progressive people in the capital, surrounded by a lot of angry pitchfork-wielding Christian nationalists
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Cool $10k journalism award opportunity for those covering immigrants, LTBTQ+ people, disabled people, and other marginalized communities!
cronkite.asu.edu/shaufler-prize
cronkite.asu.edu/shaufler-prize
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Cool $10k journalism award opportunity for those covering immigrants, LTBTQ+ people, disabled people, and other marginalized communities!
cronkite.asu.edu/shaufler-prize
cronkite.asu.edu/shaufler-prize
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How the Americans are poisoning not just their own democracy, but ours here in Europe, too.
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 10:34 AM
How the Americans are poisoning not just their own democracy, but ours here in Europe, too.
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1. after mass uproar, he was released
2. this uproar did NOT come from the U. of OK, and that's monstrous
3. US academic conferences need to stop being in denial: ICE is reportedly tracking the location of every non-citizen and for them domestic travel (even driving a car!) is fraught with peril
2. this uproar did NOT come from the U. of OK, and that's monstrous
3. US academic conferences need to stop being in denial: ICE is reportedly tracking the location of every non-citizen and for them domestic travel (even driving a car!) is fraught with peril
“The University of Oklahoma said it had no comment.”
The professor was detained on his way to an academic conference in Washington, D.C., according to the colleague.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
1. after mass uproar, he was released
2. this uproar did NOT come from the U. of OK, and that's monstrous
3. US academic conferences need to stop being in denial: ICE is reportedly tracking the location of every non-citizen and for them domestic travel (even driving a car!) is fraught with peril
2. this uproar did NOT come from the U. of OK, and that's monstrous
3. US academic conferences need to stop being in denial: ICE is reportedly tracking the location of every non-citizen and for them domestic travel (even driving a car!) is fraught with peril
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these folks aren’t 100 percent my politics (who is?) but I’m very simpatico with the overall approach. worth kicking them a couple bucks
We’ve been sharing the fundraiser today, and the rationale and what we’ll do if funded are explained there and on the site, but I thought I’d do a thread here—on the supposedly failed social media platform to which we owe so much gofund.me/197477c3a
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
these folks aren’t 100 percent my politics (who is?) but I’m very simpatico with the overall approach. worth kicking them a couple bucks
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thanks to a gay Polish couple, the EU as of today has its Obergefell
EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland
Couple who married in Germany had their right to a ‘normal family life’ impeded, court of justice finds
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
thanks to a gay Polish couple, the EU as of today has its Obergefell
thanks to a gay Polish couple, the EU as of today has its Obergefell
EU court rules entire bloc must respect same-sex marriages in rebuke to Poland
Couple who married in Germany had their right to a ‘normal family life’ impeded, court of justice finds
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
thanks to a gay Polish couple, the EU as of today has its Obergefell
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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
inside Von der Leyen are two wolves, one longing to implement the US' batshit insane economic agenda, the other aching to build the EU into a sovereign military power
“This is about the security of our entire continent, now and in the future,” @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu said after an emergency EU leaders' meeting on Monday
“No agreement, no matter who signs it with whom, may weaken or undermine [Europe's] security” said @donald-tusk.bsky.social
on.ft.com/49DooCb
“No agreement, no matter who signs it with whom, may weaken or undermine [Europe's] security” said @donald-tusk.bsky.social
on.ft.com/49DooCb
Europeans scramble to protect their own security after jolt of Ukraine plan
[FREE TO READ] Elements of US peace proposal would give Russia sway over continent’s defence arrangements
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
inside Von der Leyen are two wolves, one longing to implement the US' batshit insane economic agenda, the other aching to build the EU into a sovereign military power
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Engraving of the three Cherokee Indians who visited London in 1762 to meet King George III. Read about this remarkable trip in the memoirs of the Anglo-American colonial officer Lieutenant Henry Timberlake, who travelled with them as their emissary: http://bit.ly/1OeLGKd
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Engraving of the three Cherokee Indians who visited London in 1762 to meet King George III. Read about this remarkable trip in the memoirs of the Anglo-American colonial officer Lieutenant Henry Timberlake, who travelled with them as their emissary: http://bit.ly/1OeLGKd
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What would you put in your emergency bag in case you had to flee, known in Ukrainian as a tryvozhna valizka? @okhromeychuk.bsky.social writes movingly of preparing for war.
Are you ready for war? Five lessons from Ukraine
When the enemy strikes, you can take little with you in your emergency bag. Choose wisely
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
What would you put in your emergency bag in case you had to flee, known in Ukrainian as a tryvozhna valizka? @okhromeychuk.bsky.social writes movingly of preparing for war.
if you're familiar with Soviet bureacracy, all of this will sound unsurprising - this is just how a sprawling authoritarian bureacracy operates
"A cracked windshield, a waiting officer, a forgotten document: The new family separations often start in the most mundane ways." From our story out today: www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
if you're familiar with Soviet bureacracy, all of this will sound unsurprising - this is just how a sprawling authoritarian bureacracy operates