Jon Fasman
@jonfasman.bsky.social
Senior culture correspondent, The Economist. Podcaster: "The Intelligence", "Checks and Balance". Ex-DC, Singapore, Atlanta, London, Moscow, Providence. Author: "The Geographer's Library," "The Unpossessed City," "We See It All".
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He literally tweeted this out.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
He literally tweeted this out.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
“SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
This plaque is displayed at West Point. It’s the law. Not sedition.
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Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Every Democrat in Congress should put out a video saying troops have an obligation to refuse unlawful orders. Make them prosecute all of you. This isn't a close call.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
I'd add Republicans too if I thought any of them had the courage to actually cross Trump on this.
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The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Trump administration inherited an economy that the Economist called "the envy of the world" in a cover story a week before the election and easily could've coasted on that success (again) but instead they set it on fire.
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"It seems like a marvel of financial engineering: Meta is building a $27 billion data center in Louisiana, financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet."
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"It seems like a marvel of financial engineering: Meta is building a $27 billion data center in Louisiana, financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet."
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This from @paulsperry.bsky.social is a bald-faced lie and contains no element of truth. I never received a “leak” of “highly sensitive details about an active investigation” from @jamescomey.bsky.social—in a October 2016 or at any other time, on Google or on any other platform. He links to nothing
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This from @paulsperry.bsky.social is a bald-faced lie and contains no element of truth. I never received a “leak” of “highly sensitive details about an active investigation” from @jamescomey.bsky.social—in a October 2016 or at any other time, on Google or on any other platform. He links to nothing
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After America issued Ukraine an ultimatum to agree to a Russia-friendly peace deal last week, the two allies have reached a reconciliation of sorts in Geneva. But another crisis may be on the horizon econ.st/3LYgut9
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
After America issued Ukraine an ultimatum to agree to a Russia-friendly peace deal last week, the two allies have reached a reconciliation of sorts in Geneva. But another crisis may be on the horizon econ.st/3LYgut9
Photo: Getty Images
Photo: Getty Images
This is a great idea
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is a great idea
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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
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The Polish prime minister reacts
November 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Polish prime minister reacts
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It would be great if our politicians, especially in America, would hear, heed and repeat this message: "Our enemies are trying to divide us to weaken us, and if you take part you are helping them. We refuse to do so."
Sigh. In a better world, with grown-up leaders.
www.ft.com/content/b9ab...
Sigh. In a better world, with grown-up leaders.
www.ft.com/content/b9ab...
Russia exploits western polarisation to ‘split us up’, warns top general
Sweden’s chief of defence staff claims Moscow is combining attacks on infrastructure with disinformation campaigns
www.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
It would be great if our politicians, especially in America, would hear, heed and repeat this message: "Our enemies are trying to divide us to weaken us, and if you take part you are helping them. We refuse to do so."
Sigh. In a better world, with grown-up leaders.
www.ft.com/content/b9ab...
Sigh. In a better world, with grown-up leaders.
www.ft.com/content/b9ab...
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We are on the brink of a once in a generation transformation in world politics. @erikvoeten.bsky.social @segoddard.bsky.social and I talk neo-royalism as one future.
Give a list: goodauthority.org/news/the-new...
Check out the article it is based on here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Give a list: goodauthority.org/news/the-new...
Check out the article it is based on here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We are on the brink of a once in a generation transformation in world politics. @erikvoeten.bsky.social @segoddard.bsky.social and I talk neo-royalism as one future.
Give a list: goodauthority.org/news/the-new...
Check out the article it is based on here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Give a list: goodauthority.org/news/the-new...
Check out the article it is based on here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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An really important thing a lot of people don't realize about Trump is that he doesn't bully people he doesn't think he can bully.
Let’s be clear.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
November 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
An really important thing a lot of people don't realize about Trump is that he doesn't bully people he doesn't think he can bully.
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one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.
It gets lost in the shuffle, but the Speaker of the House is someone who, by all rights, should’ve had his career ended a decade ago by a Shreveport TV news investigative team.
Fond memories of that time Mike Johnson was president of a local law school that never opened its doors, in part because it was attached to a Baptist college that was losing its accreditation, and in part because it was always a scam from the start
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.
“Why aren’t you wearing pants?”
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“Why aren’t you wearing pants?”
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Our new cover story is on the threat posed to German and Europe by China’s industrial model and its decision to exploit its stranglehold on chips/rare earths. Based on my reporting from Berlin and a trot around the Mittelstand in the Black Forest.
economist.com/briefing/202...
economist.com/briefing/202...
Chinese regulations and competition are panicking European manufacturers
Recent curbs on computer chips and rare earths are feeding broader fears about deindustrialisation
economist.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Our new cover story is on the threat posed to German and Europe by China’s industrial model and its decision to exploit its stranglehold on chips/rare earths. Based on my reporting from Berlin and a trot around the Mittelstand in the Black Forest.
economist.com/briefing/202...
economist.com/briefing/202...
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“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to a fear of reprisal.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“We don’t deserve the trust of the nation if we’re unclear about the divisiveness of swastikas,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to a fear of reprisal.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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“We are ready for negotiation, but not for dictation.” Iran’s foreign minister speaks exclusively with The Economist and appeals to Donald Trump to return to the negotiating table
An interview with Iran’s foreign minister
Abbas Araghchi tells The Economist he wants a nuclear deal with America
econ.st
November 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“We are ready for negotiation, but not for dictation.” Iran’s foreign minister speaks exclusively with The Economist and appeals to Donald Trump to return to the negotiating table
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Great to have two books featured in the Economist's Christmas round-up. The Trump one will even fit in a stocking...
www.economist.com/culture/2025...
www.economist.com/culture/2025...
Books published by The Economist’s journalists in 2025
They covered land, war and the working class
www.economist.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Great to have two books featured in the Economist's Christmas round-up. The Trump one will even fit in a stocking...
www.economist.com/culture/2025...
www.economist.com/culture/2025...
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The returns to access in America are soaring
Donald Trump and the rise of “insider capitalism”
The returns to access in America are soaring
econ.st
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The returns to access in America are soaring
Preach. Liberal universalism for all
Various group-philosophical pessimisms will have you believing that universalism is impossible, not worth striving for. That if you don't oppress, you will inevitably be a victim. I refuse. We are best protected by democracy, by the rule of law, by human and civil rights.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Preach. Liberal universalism for all
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
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Nigeria's elimination from World Cup qualifying means eight of the 10 most populous nations will not be at the tournament ❌
With the USA taking a host-nation berth, only one of the 10 countries with the world's biggest populations actually qualified 🤯
With the USA taking a host-nation berth, only one of the 10 countries with the world's biggest populations actually qualified 🤯
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Nigeria's elimination from World Cup qualifying means eight of the 10 most populous nations will not be at the tournament ❌
With the USA taking a host-nation berth, only one of the 10 countries with the world's biggest populations actually qualified 🤯
With the USA taking a host-nation berth, only one of the 10 countries with the world's biggest populations actually qualified 🤯
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...