<~Khoni~>
@khoni0.bsky.social
🕎 Pro-Democracy, anti-autocracy; not particularly talkative; mostly retweet whatever I find interesting
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they’re going to need to impose consequences that are felt in a personal way by the people in charge
ruining Trump’s big sports show, travel bans for the GOP (or, hell, all of congress), travel bans for rich Trump allies, sanctions on the Trump family
they feel invincible, change their minds
ruining Trump’s big sports show, travel bans for the GOP (or, hell, all of congress), travel bans for rich Trump allies, sanctions on the Trump family
they feel invincible, change their minds
Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.
January 19, 2026 at 5:01 PM
they’re going to need to impose consequences that are felt in a personal way by the people in charge
ruining Trump’s big sports show, travel bans for the GOP (or, hell, all of congress), travel bans for rich Trump allies, sanctions on the Trump family
they feel invincible, change their minds
ruining Trump’s big sports show, travel bans for the GOP (or, hell, all of congress), travel bans for rich Trump allies, sanctions on the Trump family
they feel invincible, change their minds
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tbh the 25th Amendment really wasn't designed for this, Section 4 exists as basically solely for the "what if Jack survived Dallas as a vegetable" edge case.
the remedy here is impeachment (and also impeachment is a lower bar to clear)
the remedy here is impeachment (and also impeachment is a lower bar to clear)
It’s really too bad that Trump’s cabinet are all spineless worms or equally crazy because “the President has gone insane and is going to destroy the transatlantic alliance because they didn’t give him a Nobel Peace Prize” is kind of exactly the thing we have a 25th Amendment for
January 19, 2026 at 5:05 PM
tbh the 25th Amendment really wasn't designed for this, Section 4 exists as basically solely for the "what if Jack survived Dallas as a vegetable" edge case.
the remedy here is impeachment (and also impeachment is a lower bar to clear)
the remedy here is impeachment (and also impeachment is a lower bar to clear)
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The fact that he can’t seize this moment to become president through back room intrigue really speaks to all the different ways that JD Vance is the biggest piece of shit in the country. Dick Cheney gets this one done before the day’s over.
January 19, 2026 at 2:16 PM
The fact that he can’t seize this moment to become president through back room intrigue really speaks to all the different ways that JD Vance is the biggest piece of shit in the country. Dick Cheney gets this one done before the day’s over.
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It’s really too bad that Trump’s cabinet are all spineless worms or equally crazy because “the President has gone insane and is going to destroy the transatlantic alliance because they didn’t give him a Nobel Peace Prize” is kind of exactly the thing we have a 25th Amendment for
January 19, 2026 at 2:14 PM
It’s really too bad that Trump’s cabinet are all spineless worms or equally crazy because “the President has gone insane and is going to destroy the transatlantic alliance because they didn’t give him a Nobel Peace Prize” is kind of exactly the thing we have a 25th Amendment for
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Cops at her front door, holding a phone to her face, asking if that's her Facebook account.
What the fuck are we doing here?
What the fuck are we doing here?
A woman left a comment on Facebook criticizing the Mayor of Miami Beach,.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
January 19, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Cops at her front door, holding a phone to her face, asking if that's her Facebook account.
What the fuck are we doing here?
What the fuck are we doing here?
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Louansee Moua says ICE agents came to her brother-in-law’s apartment, handcuffed him and forced him outside in freezing weather in boxers.
She says Saly, a U.S. citizen, was released after they realized “he had no criminal history and no reason to be detained.”
Photo by Reuters
She says Saly, a U.S. citizen, was released after they realized “he had no criminal history and no reason to be detained.”
Photo by Reuters
January 19, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Louansee Moua says ICE agents came to her brother-in-law’s apartment, handcuffed him and forced him outside in freezing weather in boxers.
She says Saly, a U.S. citizen, was released after they realized “he had no criminal history and no reason to be detained.”
Photo by Reuters
She says Saly, a U.S. citizen, was released after they realized “he had no criminal history and no reason to be detained.”
Photo by Reuters
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Michael is doing valid work by highlighting this crap so I’m not tempted to give them any engagement, but also I don’t see how we can ever have a viable democratic society when elite media culture so openly embraces lazy dissembling like this. It’s corrosive to public trust and destroys discourse.
This man's entire job is to classify one-dimensional right-wing movements as far too complicated to place on the ideological spectrum.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Michael is doing valid work by highlighting this crap so I’m not tempted to give them any engagement, but also I don’t see how we can ever have a viable democratic society when elite media culture so openly embraces lazy dissembling like this. It’s corrosive to public trust and destroys discourse.
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so much about all of this is insane to me but it's especially insane that we're blowing up the transatlantic alliance at the whim of a dying man
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 AM
so much about all of this is insane to me but it's especially insane that we're blowing up the transatlantic alliance at the whim of a dying man
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"Can a man become a woman?" is not a question anyone asks in good faith as it's a complete misunderstanding of what being trans is. Absolutely a GOP op.
January 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM
"Can a man become a woman?" is not a question anyone asks in good faith as it's a complete misunderstanding of what being trans is. Absolutely a GOP op.
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mad king
TRUMP TELLS NBC NEWS "NORWAY TOTALLY CONTROLS IT DESPITE WHAT THEY SAY” OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE COMPETITION
January 19, 2026 at 3:58 PM
mad king
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fwiw i think his obsession with the nobel prize is entirely about obama getting it (setting aside whether or not obama ought to have received it)
"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
fwiw i think his obsession with the nobel prize is entirely about obama getting it (setting aside whether or not obama ought to have received it)
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Happy 11th anniversary of me losing my fucking mind over this QVC clip
January 18, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Happy 11th anniversary of me losing my fucking mind over this QVC clip
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The issue is, will it break our global alliances in the process, and I think in order for it to break the Trump presidency it has to do that.
The damage will be done even if the medium term outcome is a relative value of good
The damage will be done even if the medium term outcome is a relative value of good
Pitching an absolute fit over owning Greenland, an issue which has like single digit support in polls, feels like the thing that might finally break the Trump presidency
January 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The issue is, will it break our global alliances in the process, and I think in order for it to break the Trump presidency it has to do that.
The damage will be done even if the medium term outcome is a relative value of good
The damage will be done even if the medium term outcome is a relative value of good
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We had endless articles and TV clips about Biden's mental capacity but silence about Trump's obvious unfitness when he says he's going to start a war with Denmark over Greenland because he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize.
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 2:41 PM
We had endless articles and TV clips about Biden's mental capacity but silence about Trump's obvious unfitness when he says he's going to start a war with Denmark over Greenland because he didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Vietnam and Iraq actually had a moral and political and strategic goal suggested by the governments about how this war would end up net saving lives. An invasion of Greenland is like the Ukraine invasion is that the sole goal is rape. Therefore, people who agree to it should die in prison.
If an American soldier agrees to invade and rape Greenland, why morally should they not die in prison?
Morally they should, obviously.
And it's a good two-level game theory thing to threaten to prevent them from invading.
So why not threaten to sentence them to life in prison?
Morally they should, obviously.
And it's a good two-level game theory thing to threaten to prevent them from invading.
So why not threaten to sentence them to life in prison?
January 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Vietnam and Iraq actually had a moral and political and strategic goal suggested by the governments about how this war would end up net saving lives. An invasion of Greenland is like the Ukraine invasion is that the sole goal is rape. Therefore, people who agree to it should die in prison.
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The US is collapsing into fascism and going to war with Europe and the opposition party is like “I’m here to talk about the important thing: how your average grocery bill has risen by two dollars over the last year, which I also have no plan or ability to fix”
January 19, 2026 at 2:03 PM
The US is collapsing into fascism and going to war with Europe and the opposition party is like “I’m here to talk about the important thing: how your average grocery bill has risen by two dollars over the last year, which I also have no plan or ability to fix”
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Now confirmed: the extraordinary summit of EU leaders to address the Greenland crisis will take place in Brussels on Thursday, 22 January.
It will start, quite unusually, at 19.00 CET.
It will start, quite unusually, at 19.00 CET.
January 19, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Now confirmed: the extraordinary summit of EU leaders to address the Greenland crisis will take place in Brussels on Thursday, 22 January.
It will start, quite unusually, at 19.00 CET.
It will start, quite unusually, at 19.00 CET.
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Bloomberg confirmed the letter, But no one else of note has touched it, even to say reports are out there
That’s…interesting
That’s…interesting
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Bloomberg confirmed the letter, But no one else of note has touched it, even to say reports are out there
That’s…interesting
That’s…interesting
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If “democracy dies in darkness” one might ask why The Washington Post is recycling second-rate Arctic analysis circa 2009 to rationalize Donald Trump’s unhinged fantasy of conquering Greenland.
The Arctic is warming around four times faster than the rest of the globe.
The changing landscape created a region ripe for opportunity factors that may play a role in President Trump’s sudden quest to obtain Greenland.
The changing landscape created a region ripe for opportunity factors that may play a role in President Trump’s sudden quest to obtain Greenland.
Melting ice may raise Greenland’s value. Trump’s fight may be just the start.
Trump has said he wants the territory because of its strategic location. Maps show how a melting Arctic is affecting geopolitics.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:52 AM
If “democracy dies in darkness” one might ask why The Washington Post is recycling second-rate Arctic analysis circa 2009 to rationalize Donald Trump’s unhinged fantasy of conquering Greenland.
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ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 AM
ICE ended up returning the man, Saly, after realizing he’s a fucking US citizen with no criminal record, per his sister-in-law. These fucking animals.
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This is the fucking limit. I had no idea that Amazon drivers AREN'T ALLOWED TO SING
wat
CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
wat
CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
January 18, 2026 at 4:56 PM
This is the fucking limit. I had no idea that Amazon drivers AREN'T ALLOWED TO SING
wat
CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
wat
CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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What the godamned fuck is this nonsense.
They bust down the door (I’ll be shocked if they have a warrant), point a gun at one resident, arrest an old man, walk outside with only shorts and shoes and it’s 7 fucking degrees.
The best part? He’s a godamned US citizen.
They bust down the door (I’ll be shocked if they have a warrant), point a gun at one resident, arrest an old man, walk outside with only shorts and shoes and it’s 7 fucking degrees.
The best part? He’s a godamned US citizen.
Today in St. Paul: A house is raided by ICE agents and other law enforcement officers in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S., days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, January 18, 2026. REUTERS/Leah Millis
January 19, 2026 at 6:31 AM
What the godamned fuck is this nonsense.
They bust down the door (I’ll be shocked if they have a warrant), point a gun at one resident, arrest an old man, walk outside with only shorts and shoes and it’s 7 fucking degrees.
The best part? He’s a godamned US citizen.
They bust down the door (I’ll be shocked if they have a warrant), point a gun at one resident, arrest an old man, walk outside with only shorts and shoes and it’s 7 fucking degrees.
The best part? He’s a godamned US citizen.
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again it is important to note that according to constitution, trump is not the fucking president right now. he literally is banned from being the president!
January 19, 2026 at 5:46 AM
again it is important to note that according to constitution, trump is not the fucking president right now. he literally is banned from being the president!
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most powerful international cooperation in history, born out of the ashes of the worst thing our species has done to itself, and this rotting rapist corpse burns it all for the Mercator projection
just fucking kill me man
just fucking kill me man
January 19, 2026 at 5:55 AM
most powerful international cooperation in history, born out of the ashes of the worst thing our species has done to itself, and this rotting rapist corpse burns it all for the Mercator projection
just fucking kill me man
just fucking kill me man