Charlie Davidson
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Federalist 51 (1788)
National Constitution Center Historic Documents Library record for Federalist 51 (1788)
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Facinating that over two centuries ago the founders clearly saw today, but today, few see today, for what it is.
Federalist 51—titled “The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments.”
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Federalist 51—titled “The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments.”
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Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
His not being impeached by the end of the business day as a result of this threat is as much a problem as the threat itself. It’s not just Trump that the world has to worry about, it’s a GOP that supports him and Democrats who suck their thumbs and refuse to even discuss pushing to remove him
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
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Well, that's not quite something I expected to be said so explicitly so soon. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Canada's Carney aims to lead new global trading order less reliant on US
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is trying to foster a new global trading order by working more closely with China and inking smaller trade deals, but faces constraints from Canada's still overwhel...
www.reuters.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Well, that's not quite something I expected to be said so explicitly so soon. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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If you can’t admit Trump is a dangerous, lunatic moron, you’re part of the problem. My latest.
www.thedailybeast.com/now-is-the-t...
www.thedailybeast.com/now-is-the-t...
Now Is the Time to Admit It, America: Trump Is a Dangerous, Lunatic Moron
If you can’t see it now, you’re the problem.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:20 AM
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
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Trump says he’s adding a 10% tariff to all the countries that sent troops to defend Greenland against an American invasion, increasing to 25% in June if he’s not allowed to buy Greenland.
“This is a very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet.”
“This is a very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet.”
January 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Trump says he’s adding a 10% tariff to all the countries that sent troops to defend Greenland against an American invasion, increasing to 25% in June if he’s not allowed to buy Greenland.
“This is a very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet.”
“This is a very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet.”
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Investigate and prosecute political opponents, sell pardons to your rich friends so they can commit crimes with impunity. Authoritarianism isn’t coming, it’s here, whether people realize it or not.
January 16, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Investigate and prosecute political opponents, sell pardons to your rich friends so they can commit crimes with impunity. Authoritarianism isn’t coming, it’s here, whether people realize it or not.
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The lunatic is running the insane asylum… Mob Boss playbook continues:
Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland. | AP
apnews.com/article/denm...
Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland. | AP
apnews.com/article/denm...
Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland
U.S. President Donald Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the U.S. controlling Greenland. Trump didn't provide details Friday.
apnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:47 PM
The lunatic is running the insane asylum… Mob Boss playbook continues:
Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland. | AP
apnews.com/article/denm...
Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland. | AP
apnews.com/article/denm...
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The NYT has a new video analysis of Renee Good's shooting which is careful, accurate, and clear - he walked across the path of a moving car, then leaned in and shot her with his feet well clear of the vehicle.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
The NYT has a new video analysis of Renee Good's shooting which is careful, accurate, and clear - he walked across the path of a moving car, then leaned in and shot her with his feet well clear of the vehicle.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
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Pete Hoekstra saying the United States doesn't need Canada. Meanwhile our PM is signing trade deals in China.
The world is shifting.
nationalnewswatch.com/2026/01/16/c...
The world is shifting.
nationalnewswatch.com/2026/01/16/c...
Carney reaches 'landmark' tariff-quota deal with China on EVs, canola
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Pete Hoekstra saying the United States doesn't need Canada. Meanwhile our PM is signing trade deals in China.
The world is shifting.
nationalnewswatch.com/2026/01/16/c...
The world is shifting.
nationalnewswatch.com/2026/01/16/c...
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This fits with my observation of increased quality of research from China in my field, combined with a decline in the US from decades of tightening of funding (made much worse over the past year).
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This fits with my observation of increased quality of research from China in my field, combined with a decline in the US from decades of tightening of funding (made much worse over the past year).
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Trump regime allying with Russia to attack NATO. Republicans?
Russia offers to help the U.S. Military sink NATO ships
If this doesn’t convince Repubs something is terribly wrong, nothing will
If this doesn’t convince Repubs something is terribly wrong, nothing will
January 14, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Trump regime allying with Russia to attack NATO. Republicans?
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Nothing quite like Russia wishing to attack any NATO troops going to Greenland, eh?
Russia offers to help the U.S. Military sink NATO ships
If this doesn’t convince Repubs something is terribly wrong, nothing will
If this doesn’t convince Repubs something is terribly wrong, nothing will
January 14, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Nothing quite like Russia wishing to attack any NATO troops going to Greenland, eh?
Important to address US propaganda
look, with the US media ecosystem going rogue, someone must step in to provide authoritative and truthful foreign news to the world
Danish newspaper @politiken.dk opens ENGLISH LANGUAGE section of its coverage of Greenland. Resource to understand local coverage, analysis, politics, and public opinion ⬇️
politiken.dk/tag/main/gre...
politiken.dk/tag/main/gre...
January 14, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Important to address US propaganda
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people just trying to live their lives
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 11:18 PM
people just trying to live their lives
My feed tonight is like the twilight zone
Gee, why do we even have courts anymore...
"DOJ says Halligan is still a US attorney, despite a judge disqualifying her"
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
"DOJ says Halligan is still a US attorney, despite a judge disqualifying her"
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
DOJ says Halligan is still a US attorney, despite a judge disqualifying her
The Justice Department says the disqualification was limited to two cases.
www.politico.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:52 AM
My feed tonight is like the twilight zone
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This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
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He's going to annex Greenland. Europe is going to have to treat it as an attack. It will be the end of NATO. It could cost thousands of American, Greenlandic and European lives. Russia and China will be jubilant. It will precipitate god only knows what consequences. America will be punished.
Q: The premier of Greenland said today, 'We prefer to stay with Denmark.'
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
TRUMP: Who said that?
Q: The premier of Greenland
TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.
January 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
He's going to annex Greenland. Europe is going to have to treat it as an attack. It will be the end of NATO. It could cost thousands of American, Greenlandic and European lives. Russia and China will be jubilant. It will precipitate god only knows what consequences. America will be punished.
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Important points about legitimacy here from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social. Moreover, I'd stress that democratic societies fail when the state loses legitimacy, which seems to be our current path.
"ICE agents operate masked, heavily militarized, and—most troubling—without any visible identification...In democratic societies, the use of lawful force depends on legitimacy. Legitimacy depends on accountability. And accountability begins with identification." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Take the Masks Off
ICE won’t even match the courage and professionalism of the Iraqi Police.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Important points about legitimacy here from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social. Moreover, I'd stress that democratic societies fail when the state loses legitimacy, which seems to be our current path.
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China is now the leading clean energy powerhouse with the West falling behind.
The transition is inevitable; the key question is where and how fast it happens.
I look forward to discussing this in Davos next week at the World Economic Forum, facilitating a live-streamed session on electrostates.
The transition is inevitable; the key question is where and how fast it happens.
I look forward to discussing this in Davos next week at the World Economic Forum, facilitating a live-streamed session on electrostates.
January 13, 2026 at 7:43 AM
China is now the leading clean energy powerhouse with the West falling behind.
The transition is inevitable; the key question is where and how fast it happens.
I look forward to discussing this in Davos next week at the World Economic Forum, facilitating a live-streamed session on electrostates.
The transition is inevitable; the key question is where and how fast it happens.
I look forward to discussing this in Davos next week at the World Economic Forum, facilitating a live-streamed session on electrostates.
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Congratulations to all the bankers, hedge-fund managers, private-equity honchos, tech titans, corporate executives and op-ed writers for backing the man who will do more to undermine the system that made them insanely wealthy than any other presidential candidate in their lifetimes.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment, a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s attacks on the Fed.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fed Served With DOJ Subpoenas, Powell Vows to Stand Firm
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment, a dramatic escalation of the Trump admi...
www.bloomberg.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Congratulations to all the bankers, hedge-fund managers, private-equity honchos, tech titans, corporate executives and op-ed writers for backing the man who will do more to undermine the system that made them insanely wealthy than any other presidential candidate in their lifetimes.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Ronald Reagan’s budget director.
January 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Ronald Reagan’s budget director.
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I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
January 11, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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