Jeremy Bierbach
@basilok.bsky.social
Antifa lawyer practicing immigration and citizenship law in the Netherlands; researcher on EU citizenship HoyaBScUvALLBLLMPhD 🏳️🌈married to https://bsky.app/profile/stefanmakesthings.bsky.social
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Jeremy Bierbach
@basilok.bsky.social
· Oct 9
"Dutch nationality plan is a desperate act of political bravado" - DutchNews.nl
In any democratic society, immigration law is an outlier. Normally, the people directly affected by laws should have a say in how they are made. But immigration and naturalisation laws are different, ...
www.dutchnews.nl
I got to vent my opinion in DutchNews on the caretaker Dutch cabinet’s nationality law proposal. I could have devoted just as many words to the appalling lack of quality English-language news coverage of Dutch politics and of Dutch-language news coverage of proposals affecting ordinary migrants.
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De Telegraaf is inmiddels meer dan enkel een krant. Met sociale media, podcasts en televisie bereiken ze meer dan een miljoen Nederlanders. Wat krijgen zij voorgeschoteld? Lotfi El Hamidi dompelde zich deze verkiezingscampagne onder in dit rechtse media-ecosysteem.
Nederland volgens De Telegraaf: islamisering en antisemitisme bedreigen de nationale identiteit
De Telegraaf is inmiddels meer dan enkel een krant. Met sociale media, podcasts en televisie bereiken ze meer dan een miljoen Nederlanders. Wat krijgen zij voorgeschoteld? Lotfi El Hamidi dompelde…
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
De Telegraaf is inmiddels meer dan enkel een krant. Met sociale media, podcasts en televisie bereiken ze meer dan een miljoen Nederlanders. Wat krijgen zij voorgeschoteld? Lotfi El Hamidi dompelde zich deze verkiezingscampagne onder in dit rechtse media-ecosysteem.
Long before Spotify featured songs literally generated by AI, its algorithm produced Ed Sheeran and other pop music meant to sound as much as possible like insipid advertising jingles
The goal of Spotify’s algorithm isn’t to help you discover new music, its goal is simply to keep you listening for as long as possible. It serves up the safest songs possible to keep you from pressing stop.
Read more from @terrenceobrien.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/column/81574...
Read more from @terrenceobrien.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/column/81574...
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Long before Spotify featured songs literally generated by AI, its algorithm produced Ed Sheeran and other pop music meant to sound as much as possible like insipid advertising jingles
Seeing this on TV at the age of 14 remains the most inspiring historical event of my lifetime: it was one of those things that supposedly was never going to happen. And I loved getting to participate in a performance art project to mark the 20th anniversary, a big “FU” to walls everywhere
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Seeing this on TV at the age of 14 remains the most inspiring historical event of my lifetime: it was one of those things that supposedly was never going to happen. And I loved getting to participate in a performance art project to mark the 20th anniversary, a big “FU” to walls everywhere
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The CJEU will soon be ruling on whether this Danish housing policy is directly racially discriminatory (the Advocate-General's opinion says it is: curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...).
The UK's Home Secretary wishes to base family reunion for refugees on such a policy.
The UK's Home Secretary wishes to base family reunion for refugees on such a policy.
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The CJEU will soon be ruling on whether this Danish housing policy is directly racially discriminatory (the Advocate-General's opinion says it is: curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...).
The UK's Home Secretary wishes to base family reunion for refugees on such a policy.
The UK's Home Secretary wishes to base family reunion for refugees on such a policy.
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Zelden, of eigenlijk nooit, werd Nederland geregeerd door grotere onbenullen, warhoofden, non valeurs en querulanten als door het romp kabinet Schoof.
Allemaal te danken aan Dilan Yezilgoz van de VVD.
Motie van wantrouwen
Allemaal te danken aan Dilan Yezilgoz van de VVD.
Motie van wantrouwen
VNG hekelt 'pijnlijke' reactie van minister op Wilders' verkiezingstweets
Rijkaart zei tegen het ANP dat hij wel begrip had voor doorsturen van tweets waarin twijfel werd gezaaid over het eerlijk verloop van de verkiezingen.
nos.nl
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Zelden, of eigenlijk nooit, werd Nederland geregeerd door grotere onbenullen, warhoofden, non valeurs en querulanten als door het romp kabinet Schoof.
Allemaal te danken aan Dilan Yezilgoz van de VVD.
Motie van wantrouwen
Allemaal te danken aan Dilan Yezilgoz van de VVD.
Motie van wantrouwen
Goh: ben inmiddels ruim 20 jaar Nederlander. Ik moest eraan denken omdat ik eergisteren een nationaliteitszaak voor de rechtbank Den Haag stond te bepleiten, en ik dacht ‘hoe lang heb ik zelf al de nationaliteit?’ Beatrix tekende op 2-11-05, maar de kennisgevingsbrief kwam pas enkele weken later aan
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Goh: ben inmiddels ruim 20 jaar Nederlander. Ik moest eraan denken omdat ik eergisteren een nationaliteitszaak voor de rechtbank Den Haag stond te bepleiten, en ik dacht ‘hoe lang heb ik zelf al de nationaliteit?’ Beatrix tekende op 2-11-05, maar de kennisgevingsbrief kwam pas enkele weken later aan
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I see some quibbling about if sandwich guy is really "jury nullification" (we know he's factually guilty and acquit anyway) or actually just a normal acquittal because the government didn't prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
Fun thing about jury nullification is that's entirely unknowable.
Fun thing about jury nullification is that's entirely unknowable.
November 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I see some quibbling about if sandwich guy is really "jury nullification" (we know he's factually guilty and acquit anyway) or actually just a normal acquittal because the government didn't prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
Fun thing about jury nullification is that's entirely unknowable.
Fun thing about jury nullification is that's entirely unknowable.
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NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring
all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at
birth. The United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government
from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to
stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then
filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac-
tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.
Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends
equal protection principles than displaying their country of
birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to
a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential
treatment. And on this record, respondents have failed to
establish that the Government’s choice to display biological
sex “lack[s] any purpose other than a bare . . . desire to
harm a politically unpopular group.” Trump v. Hawaii, 585
U. S. 667, 705 (2018) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Nor are respondents likely to prevail in arguing that the
State Department acted arbitrarily and capriciously by de-
clining to depart from Presidential rules that Congress ex-
pressly required it to follow. See 22 U. S. C. §211a.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiacrtgoecxjy5y7ojz7xzbun4c4nwutjcvqn4qb4p25ldpt6va5lu@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Yeşilgöz sluit Mamdani voor de zekerheid uit: ‘Je weet maar nooit’
Yeşilgöz sluit Mamdani voor de zekerheid uit: ‘Je weet maar nooit’
Dilan Yeşilgöz laat er geen gras over groeien
speld.nl
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Yeşilgöz sluit Mamdani voor de zekerheid uit: ‘Je weet maar nooit’
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How Democracies Die
November 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM
How Democracies Die
D66 aan verkenner: ‘Vanzelfsprekend is het voor ons daarbij essentieel dat partijen waarmee wij tot een coalitie toetreden de waarden van onze democratische rechtsstaat volmondig onderschrijven en uitdragen.’ Enige andere brieven aan verkenner die woord ‘rechtsstaat’ bevatten: die van GLPvdA, CDA.
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
D66 aan verkenner: ‘Vanzelfsprekend is het voor ons daarbij essentieel dat partijen waarmee wij tot een coalitie toetreden de waarden van onze democratische rechtsstaat volmondig onderschrijven en uitdragen.’ Enige andere brieven aan verkenner die woord ‘rechtsstaat’ bevatten: die van GLPvdA, CDA.
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I miss the days before people like me were looked on with suspicion in the streets of Amsterdam | Jamal Mahjoub
I miss the days before people like me were looked on with suspicion in the streets of Amsterdam | Jamal Mahjoub
Geert Wilders is out of power but his rhetoric is entrenched. Even Dutch liberals show little interest in the contribution of migrants, says Netherlands-based author Jamal Mahjoub
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I miss the days before people like me were looked on with suspicion in the streets of Amsterdam | Jamal Mahjoub
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New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
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Achter de ogenschijnlijk neutrale term ‘remigratie’ (ook door JA21 omarmd) gaat de racistische wens tot deportatie van Nederlanders met een migratieachtergrond schuil.
www.trouw.nl/verdieping/m...
www.trouw.nl/verdieping/m...
November 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Achter de ogenschijnlijk neutrale term ‘remigratie’ (ook door JA21 omarmd) gaat de racistische wens tot deportatie van Nederlanders met een migratieachtergrond schuil.
www.trouw.nl/verdieping/m...
www.trouw.nl/verdieping/m...
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Zojuist reactie ingediend bij de internetconsultatie voor zeer problematische wetsvoorstel om de verblijfstermijn voor naturalisatie te verlengen van vijf naar tien (!) jaar.
Hopelijk verdwijnt dit in de prullenbak zodra er een nieuwe regering is. Bij deze argumenten daarvoor.
lnkd.in/ddJeFyjt
Hopelijk verdwijnt dit in de prullenbak zodra er een nieuwe regering is. Bij deze argumenten daarvoor.
lnkd.in/ddJeFyjt
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Zojuist reactie ingediend bij de internetconsultatie voor zeer problematische wetsvoorstel om de verblijfstermijn voor naturalisatie te verlengen van vijf naar tien (!) jaar.
Hopelijk verdwijnt dit in de prullenbak zodra er een nieuwe regering is. Bij deze argumenten daarvoor.
lnkd.in/ddJeFyjt
Hopelijk verdwijnt dit in de prullenbak zodra er een nieuwe regering is. Bij deze argumenten daarvoor.
lnkd.in/ddJeFyjt
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So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
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Today in Dutch newspaper @parool.nl:
The murder of a lawyer in 2019 made judges sentence Dutch citizens of Moroccan descent 71% harsher on average in the weeks after.
The researchers who discovered it call it a salience effect - judges paying more attention to particular traits that a suspect has.
The murder of a lawyer in 2019 made judges sentence Dutch citizens of Moroccan descent 71% harsher on average in the weeks after.
The researchers who discovered it call it a salience effect - judges paying more attention to particular traits that a suspect has.
November 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Today in Dutch newspaper @parool.nl:
The murder of a lawyer in 2019 made judges sentence Dutch citizens of Moroccan descent 71% harsher on average in the weeks after.
The researchers who discovered it call it a salience effect - judges paying more attention to particular traits that a suspect has.
The murder of a lawyer in 2019 made judges sentence Dutch citizens of Moroccan descent 71% harsher on average in the weeks after.
The researchers who discovered it call it a salience effect - judges paying more attention to particular traits that a suspect has.
Geen NS-grapjes van mij, nee, denkend aan Koolmees zie ik de minister van SZW die een enorm slecht doordacht staaltje wetgeving (de Wet inburgering 2021), waar ik namens cliënten nog steeds tegen aan het procederen ben, z.s.m. door de Kamer jaste zodat hij weer naar buiten kon voor een peuk
Jetten denkt aan formatie-routinier Wouter Koolmees als verkenner
Jetten denkt aan formatie-routinier Wouter Koolmees als verkenner
www.volkskrant.nl
November 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Geen NS-grapjes van mij, nee, denkend aan Koolmees zie ik de minister van SZW die een enorm slecht doordacht staaltje wetgeving (de Wet inburgering 2021), waar ik namens cliënten nog steeds tegen aan het procederen ben, z.s.m. door de Kamer jaste zodat hij weer naar buiten kon voor een peuk
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Dat VoorOnsNederland was ook gewoon een VVD campagne. En nu JA21 witwassen om een D66 - VVD - JA21 - CDA coalitie te forceren.
October 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Dat VoorOnsNederland was ook gewoon een VVD campagne. En nu JA21 witwassen om een D66 - VVD - JA21 - CDA coalitie te forceren.
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Les adversaires de la notion de « genre » (qui, visiblement, ignorent tout de son sens juridique) poussent un Etat européen à se retirer de la Convention d'Istanbul.
Voilà qui est très clair.
Les « anti-wokistes » (autoproclamés) sont des ennemis de la lutte contre les violences visant les femmes.
Voilà qui est très clair.
Les « anti-wokistes » (autoproclamés) sont des ennemis de la lutte contre les violences visant les femmes.
Lettonie : les députés votent pour la sortie de la convention d’Istanbul sur la prévention des violences faites aux femmes
L’opposition de droite portait ce texte, contre l’avis du président letton et de la majorité des formations composant la coalition gouvernementale. Si elle est approuvée par le chef de l’Etat, cette d...
www.lemonde.fr
November 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Les adversaires de la notion de « genre » (qui, visiblement, ignorent tout de son sens juridique) poussent un Etat européen à se retirer de la Convention d'Istanbul.
Voilà qui est très clair.
Les « anti-wokistes » (autoproclamés) sont des ennemis de la lutte contre les violences visant les femmes.
Voilà qui est très clair.
Les « anti-wokistes » (autoproclamés) sont des ennemis de la lutte contre les violences visant les femmes.
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The Dutch radical right maintained its vote share this election. One election pledge was to deport the “children and grandchildren” of migrants.
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Geert Wilders didn’t lose the Dutch election - he had already won
Dutch politics has been transformed by 20 years of hateful speech about foreigners
www.irishtimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The Dutch radical right maintained its vote share this election. One election pledge was to deport the “children and grandchildren” of migrants.
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
No amount of integration will ever be enough for some, because their policies are just a thin veil for bigotry
My piece
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
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Folks, please note this. The top military official overseeing Trump's boat bombings recently resigned with no explanation, and now Republicans in Congress are refusing to press for his testimony even in a classified setting.
Lots of new behind-the-scenes reporting in this piece:
Lots of new behind-the-scenes reporting in this piece:
News on Trump boat bombings --> Rep Adam Smith, top Dem on Armed Services, tells me GOPers are failing to press for testimony from the top Pentagon official who recently resigned, potentially over the strikes.
Appallingly, we may never hear from him.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2025...
Appallingly, we may never hear from him.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2025...
Trump Boat Bombings Worsen as New Horror Shakes Experts: “Alarm Bells”
Remember the Southern Command admiral who resigned two weeks ago? Hill Republicans haven’t heard from him—and they don’t apparently want to.
newrepublic.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Folks, please note this. The top military official overseeing Trump's boat bombings recently resigned with no explanation, and now Republicans in Congress are refusing to press for his testimony even in a classified setting.
Lots of new behind-the-scenes reporting in this piece:
Lots of new behind-the-scenes reporting in this piece:
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This is like the Klan vs. The White Citizen’s councils.
They want basically the same things but the latter hoped to do it without all the low-class violence.
They want basically the same things but the latter hoped to do it without all the low-class violence.
Who did these staff think they were aligning themselves with *before* the Fuentes interview? Their views on Christian Nationalism meld quite well with Fuentes and it’s weird to pretend they don’t know this.
@newrepublic.com
@newrepublic.com
Heritage Foundation Staff Revolt Over Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes
The conservative think tank behind Project 2025 has joined the Republican civil war over Tucker Carlson’s softball interview with a neo-Nazi.
newrepublic.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is like the Klan vs. The White Citizen’s councils.
They want basically the same things but the latter hoped to do it without all the low-class violence.
They want basically the same things but the latter hoped to do it without all the low-class violence.