Christophe ✨
@chrxstxphx.bsky.social
Numbers nerd. Generative AI tinkerer.
Well-written piece, important and horrifying
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Well-written piece, important and horrifying
What I never understood, is what Tegnell hoped to achieve with the inadequacy of the pandemic response? Now we’re seeing his brownstone maffia buddies populate high ranking positions in the Trump/RFKjr health department, continuing to set the stage for even more death and suffering, but why??
December 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
What I never understood, is what Tegnell hoped to achieve with the inadequacy of the pandemic response? Now we’re seeing his brownstone maffia buddies populate high ranking positions in the Trump/RFKjr health department, continuing to set the stage for even more death and suffering, but why??
This is what happens when you let malevolent or deeply incompetent people into power. I’m especially looking at you, honorary doctor at @umeauniversitet.bsky.social , Martin ”death cult” Kulldorff
December 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is what happens when you let malevolent or deeply incompetent people into power. I’m especially looking at you, honorary doctor at @umeauniversitet.bsky.social , Martin ”death cult” Kulldorff
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More absurdities from the NYT headline writer. No, Tina Peter was charged, tried and convicted for election fraud—not for being a "denier." And there is no "legal controversy," the Constitution is clear. There is a president seeking to exercise totalitarian powers.
December 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
More absurdities from the NYT headline writer. No, Tina Peter was charged, tried and convicted for election fraud—not for being a "denier." And there is no "legal controversy," the Constitution is clear. There is a president seeking to exercise totalitarian powers.
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Trump's MAGA affiliated European resistance appears largely to be something strung together and funded by the Russian intelligence services. www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
How Trump’s Maga allies are cultivating a European ‘resistance’
Drinks parties with the Russians and scathing criticism of centrist governments could morph into Cold War-esque interference across the Continent
www.thetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Trump's MAGA affiliated European resistance appears largely to be something strung together and funded by the Russian intelligence services. www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
A little bit of history repeating… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiqua...
December 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
A little bit of history repeating… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiqua...
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“How did American democracy backslide?”
“Two ways: gradually, then suddenly”
Trump is the culmination of GOP trends that have been accelerating since at least Ford’s pardon, then Reagan’s rogue pre-presidency foreign policy & Iran-Contra, through everything in the GWB admin. All of it unpunished.
“Two ways: gradually, then suddenly”
Trump is the culmination of GOP trends that have been accelerating since at least Ford’s pardon, then Reagan’s rogue pre-presidency foreign policy & Iran-Contra, through everything in the GWB admin. All of it unpunished.
Trump and Co. haven’t been dismantling US institutions just this year, they’ve been doing it since 2017.
America has been democratic backsliding into authoritarianism for nearly a decade. Much of what we see now builds on what they did in term 1 and advanced in the interim.
But too many denied it.
America has been democratic backsliding into authoritarianism for nearly a decade. Much of what we see now builds on what they did in term 1 and advanced in the interim.
But too many denied it.
One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
December 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“How did American democracy backslide?”
“Two ways: gradually, then suddenly”
Trump is the culmination of GOP trends that have been accelerating since at least Ford’s pardon, then Reagan’s rogue pre-presidency foreign policy & Iran-Contra, through everything in the GWB admin. All of it unpunished.
“Two ways: gradually, then suddenly”
Trump is the culmination of GOP trends that have been accelerating since at least Ford’s pardon, then Reagan’s rogue pre-presidency foreign policy & Iran-Contra, through everything in the GWB admin. All of it unpunished.
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The Great Barrington Declaration was a bloody disaster. One of the greatest human follies of the modern age.
Sheer arrogance and cynicism.
Sheer arrogance and cynicism.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Great Barrington Declaration was a bloody disaster. One of the greatest human follies of the modern age.
Sheer arrogance and cynicism.
Sheer arrogance and cynicism.
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And yet, he did, so
GOP Rep. Don Bacon: "I don't think Secretary Hegseth would be foolish enough to make this decision to say, 'Kill everybody. Kill the survivors,' because that's a clear violation of the law of war."
November 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
And yet, he did, so
Just goes to show the extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean has nothing to do with drugs.
This article lays out just how clear the case was against Juan Orlando Hernández, the former Honduran president convicted of trafficking cociane to the US was. He primised ro “shove cocaine up the nose of gringos”
Trump promises to pardon him. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Trump promises to pardon him. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Just goes to show the extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean has nothing to do with drugs.
Very tragic and entirely expected. Now watch the fascists use this in their hate propaganda, regardless of circumstances, in three… two… one…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Very tragic and entirely expected. Now watch the fascists use this in their hate propaganda, regardless of circumstances, in three… two… one…
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Calling them the “Seditious Six” & branding their statements “despicable” before review is textbook definition of prejudgment. No panel, judge, or reviewing authority can claim neutrality once the SECDEF declares the accused guilty. This looks like the procedures used in dictatorships, not the US.
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Calling them the “Seditious Six” & branding their statements “despicable” before review is textbook definition of prejudgment. No panel, judge, or reviewing authority can claim neutrality once the SECDEF declares the accused guilty. This looks like the procedures used in dictatorships, not the US.
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The "peace president."
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The "peace president."
”public man-made death”
Something that I think about almost often...
The Trump Administration and the "pro-life" GOP killed thousands of children around the world.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Trump Administration and the "pro-life" GOP killed thousands of children around the world.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
”public man-made death”
This!
DOGe was a huge success- for Elon Musk, Who now has all of the government data he ever could want, plus was able to kill open investigations against him and his corporate interests.
November 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This!
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After more than 10 years of “the Danish Model”, nativism is hegemonic in the country, the far right polls near level highs again, and the Social Democrats lost Copenhagen and poll at historic low.
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
European Social Democrats should look at the facts, not the myths!
Me in @theguardian.com
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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The Trump regime has fired an estimated 70 immigration judges since February. This is happening as immigration courts face a record backlog of cases.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
“I think most don’t realize how hard it is to immigrate legally to the United States,” says former senior policy official @margyoh.bsky.social. She explains other surprising facts about the immigration system in a wide-ranging new Q&A:
An Insider’s View of the Immigration System
A former senior immigration policy official offers insight into how the system works and highlights urgent problems that must be addressed.
www.brennancenter.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Trump regime has fired an estimated 70 immigration judges since February. This is happening as immigration courts face a record backlog of cases.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
Remember: it was never about legal immigration. It was always about cruelty.
Interesting and disturbing paper on gender inequality in economics 👀 aliciasassermodestino.com/wp-content/u...
aliciasassermodestino.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Interesting and disturbing paper on gender inequality in economics 👀 aliciasassermodestino.com/wp-content/u...
Democratic backsliding to a fascist state
They all had papers but weren't allowed to go get them. How would you hit your quota otherwise...
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Democratic backsliding to a fascist state
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"Gradually, then suddenly" ... "What began as a way to increase the pace of deportations has come to look like a national police force, answerable to the president..." www.economist.com/interactive/...
See how Donald Trump is creating his own police force
Immigration agents are operating in cities with few legal constraints
www.economist.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"Gradually, then suddenly" ... "What began as a way to increase the pace of deportations has come to look like a national police force, answerable to the president..." www.economist.com/interactive/...
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"Witnesses and school employees said they thought the school was under attack and scrambled into rooms and vehicles outside in search of safety."
One mother who walked in right after described "a room of crying kids, crying parents and crying teachers"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
One mother who walked in right after described "a room of crying kids, crying parents and crying teachers"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Armed ICE officers chase teacher into preschool in Chicago
The arrest appears to be one of the first in which immigration officers entered school grounds as part of an enforcement operation during Trump’s second administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"Witnesses and school employees said they thought the school was under attack and scrambled into rooms and vehicles outside in search of safety."
One mother who walked in right after described "a room of crying kids, crying parents and crying teachers"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
One mother who walked in right after described "a room of crying kids, crying parents and crying teachers"
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Donald Trump moderated the Republican Party on...trade?
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
Tariffs are consistently both one of Trump’s worst issues and the most highly salient issues for voters and I still think we don’t talk about them enough
November 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Donald Trump moderated the Republican Party on...trade?
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers.
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Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?
Dancers at Trump’s Halloween party as people begin losing food stamps under his administration
November 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Hey, remind me what happened after the Roaring 20s?
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New #dataviz in @sociusjournal.bsky.social: how closely linked are motherhood penalties🤰💶📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼👩💼 in local labour markets in 🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪?
Link btw♀️ ♂️earnings gap and 🤰 penalty holds across borders,but is even stronger within countries 🧵👇 w/ @sanderwagner.bsky.social,P Achard,I Amend
Link btw♀️ ♂️earnings gap and 🤰 penalty holds across borders,but is even stronger within countries 🧵👇 w/ @sanderwagner.bsky.social,P Achard,I Amend
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
New #dataviz in @sociusjournal.bsky.social: how closely linked are motherhood penalties🤰💶📉 and gender inequalities 👨💼👩💼 in local labour markets in 🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪?
Link btw♀️ ♂️earnings gap and 🤰 penalty holds across borders,but is even stronger within countries 🧵👇 w/ @sanderwagner.bsky.social,P Achard,I Amend
Link btw♀️ ♂️earnings gap and 🤰 penalty holds across borders,but is even stronger within countries 🧵👇 w/ @sanderwagner.bsky.social,P Achard,I Amend