Mavis Amundson
@mavisja.bsky.social
Journalist, author; PolSci; Supports democracy, rule of law, free press. Follows news in Europe. Baseball fan. www.mavisamundson.com
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Il en avait pas eu assez. C’est ça la démence.
December 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Il en avait pas eu assez. C’est ça la démence.
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This effort my the Trump regime was always bound to fail because people he calls illegals are so enmeshed and integrated into our communities that no amount of scapegoating and vilifying is going to work. These people are our neighbors and we know better.
There was revolution in the air in New Orleans when the Border Patrol invaded their city - as brave citizens blew whistles, chased convoys, and confronted masked agents of a tyrannical government
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
In New Orleans and across U.S., anger over ICE raids sparks a 2nd American Revolution | Will Bunch
Everyday folks are rising up to resist immigration raids with whistles, car chases, and noisy protests. Revolution is in the air.
www.inquirer.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This effort my the Trump regime was always bound to fail because people he calls illegals are so enmeshed and integrated into our communities that no amount of scapegoating and vilifying is going to work. These people are our neighbors and we know better.
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🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: This week alone, Russia launched over 1,600 attack drones, around 1,200 guided aerial bombs, and nearly 70 missiles of various types against Ukraine.
December 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: This week alone, Russia launched over 1,600 attack drones, around 1,200 guided aerial bombs, and nearly 70 missiles of various types against Ukraine.
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Today we remember the thousands of Americans who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor 84 years ago. Nearly half of those lost were aboard the USS Arizona, and I remember what a moving experience it was when Gabby and I visited the memorial. We’ll never forget their sacrifice.
December 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today we remember the thousands of Americans who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor 84 years ago. Nearly half of those lost were aboard the USS Arizona, and I remember what a moving experience it was when Gabby and I visited the memorial. We’ll never forget their sacrifice.
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Scott Bessent: “Americans don’t realize how good they have it.”
Americans: We can’t afford lettuce.
www.kcci.com/article/eddy...
Americans: We can’t afford lettuce.
www.kcci.com/article/eddy...
Iowa restaurant drops salads amid national lettuce price spike
The Welcome Inn Bar and Grill in Eddyville dropped salads from its menu after lettuce costs soared from $23 to nearly $80 amid nationwide supply issues.
www.kcci.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Scott Bessent: “Americans don’t realize how good they have it.”
Americans: We can’t afford lettuce.
www.kcci.com/article/eddy...
Americans: We can’t afford lettuce.
www.kcci.com/article/eddy...
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The passive, spineless normalisation of Trump, his mental state, his fascism, and of everything he and his government does, is absolutely terrifying.
It’s weird that news organizations like the BBC are covering this as if it’s a real thing with a real process behind it—and not clearly some nakedly invented “participation trophy” by a corrupt organization to curry favor with a corrupt and easily manipulated man-child. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Donald Trump: US president named inaugural Fifa Peace Prize winner
US President Donald Trump receives the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The passive, spineless normalisation of Trump, his mental state, his fascism, and of everything he and his government does, is absolutely terrifying.
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Musk says EU 'should be abolished' after fine against X,
Musk says EU 'should be abolished' after fine against X,
The social media platform owned by the world's richest person was slapped with a fine of €120 million for breaking the European Union's digital rules.
www.lemonde.fr
December 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Musk says EU 'should be abolished' after fine against X,
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Macron vows stronger cooperation with Nigeria after mass kidnappings
Macron vows stronger cooperation with Nigeria after mass kidnappings
'No one can remain a spectator' to what is happening in Nigeria, the French president said in a post on X.
www.lemonde.fr
December 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Macron vows stronger cooperation with Nigeria after mass kidnappings
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On France's coast, far-right British activists try to stop migrant crossings
On France's coast, far-right British activists try to stop migrant crossings
Since summer 2024, radical British groups have periodically traveled to the French shores of the English Channel, aiming to 'stop the boats' and protest what they describe as a migrant invasion.
www.lemonde.fr
December 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
On France's coast, far-right British activists try to stop migrant crossings
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There is trolling, and there is whatever grandious name we should give to this:
December 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
There is trolling, and there is whatever grandious name we should give to this:
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Once again, the thing that no one really wants to say out loud is that NATO is already at war with 🇷🇺
⚡️Czech president says Europe may need to shoot down Russian aircraft, drones violating NATO airspace
Czech president says Europe may need to shoot down Russian aircraft, drones violating NATO airspace
European countries may have to start shooting down Russian aircraft and drones that violate NATO airspace if Moscow keeps testing the alliance's resolve, Czech President Petr Pavel said in an intervie...
kyivindependent.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Once again, the thing that no one really wants to say out loud is that NATO is already at war with 🇷🇺
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Tl;dr: The platform must be institutional reform, & the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over & over again & expecting different results:
🧵 Democrats need to stop promising sweeping policies like this w/o ever discussing <institutional> reform. There was <no way> any of this was going to pass the Senate. It's no wonder voters get disillusioned. You promise them magical 🦄 & can't deliver. The <platform> needs to be institutional reform
Biden promised affordable childcare, universal paid family leave, higher minimum wages, free community college, and more. Those policies would disproportionately benefit women, especially those who make too much to qualify for existing programs but not enough to easily afford paid support. 2/
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Tl;dr: The platform must be institutional reform, & the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over & over again & expecting different results:
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Also, along with institutional reform, the platform must be “We are resetting everything to January 20, 2025 by repealing every illegal Trump EO on Day 1, & many senior Trump government & DOGE criminals are going to jail for the rest of their lives.”
🇺🇸 trifectas get shot at doing something
Obama chose policy (ACA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
Biden chose policy (ARP/IRA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
The platform must be institutional reform next time. Right from the start, as @dhnexon.bsky.social said
Obama chose policy (ACA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
Biden chose policy (ARP/IRA). It didn’t fix the authoritarian problem
The platform must be
If we want to actually be a representative democracy, then the platform needs to be institutional reform. All the Popularism and all the policies follow from that, not the other way around.
December 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Also, along with institutional reform, the platform must be “We are resetting everything to January 20, 2025 by repealing every illegal Trump EO on Day 1, & many senior Trump government & DOGE criminals are going to jail for the rest of their lives.”
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Every path to rebuilding transatlantic relations & 🇺🇸’s role in the world runs first through fixing our broken & defeating the far right authoritarianism at home. I agree with @mcfaulmike.bsky.social that the doomers are too pessimistic that everything is over for good, but 👇🎯💯
If there are elections and if they are not gamed and if the Trump regime accepts defeat.
This is why I’m cautiously optimistic — in the long run.
December 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Every path to rebuilding transatlantic relations & 🇺🇸’s role in the world runs first through fixing our broken & defeating the far right authoritarianism at home. I agree with @mcfaulmike.bsky.social that the doomers are too pessimistic that everything is over for good, but 👇🎯💯
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Words are wind: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Mark Kelly: "They are not silencing me. I'm still speaking out. I still am going to do my job every single day regardless of whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I'm not gonna shut up."
December 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Words are wind: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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🎁- link - share.inquirer.com/UXuidD
There was revolution in the air in New Orleans when the Border Patrol invaded their city - as brave citizens blew whistles, chased convoys, and confronted masked agents of a tyrannical government
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
From Minneapolis to Manhattan, an uprising has begun. A special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/immi...
In New Orleans and across U.S., anger over ICE raids sparks a 2nd American Revolution | Will Bunch
Everyday folks are rising up to resist immigration raids with whistles, car chases, and noisy protests. Revolution is in the air.
www.inquirer.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
🎁- link - share.inquirer.com/UXuidD
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msnownews: @captmarkkelly.bsky.social defiantly stated he would not “be silenced” by Trump or Hegseth
He delivered a scorching comparison of his resume against 47 & said, “I won't be silenced by 47 or the people around him b/c I’ve given too much in service of this country to back down to this guy”
He delivered a scorching comparison of his resume against 47 & said, “I won't be silenced by 47 or the people around him b/c I’ve given too much in service of this country to back down to this guy”
December 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
msnownews: @captmarkkelly.bsky.social defiantly stated he would not “be silenced” by Trump or Hegseth
He delivered a scorching comparison of his resume against 47 & said, “I won't be silenced by 47 or the people around him b/c I’ve given too much in service of this country to back down to this guy”
He delivered a scorching comparison of his resume against 47 & said, “I won't be silenced by 47 or the people around him b/c I’ve given too much in service of this country to back down to this guy”
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The Signalgate report showed that Hegseth risked American lives. Instead of taking responsibility, his sniveling responses were the worst kind of bureaucratic ass-covering.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth’s Weak Excuses
His evasive responses to Signalgate are shameful nonsense.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The Signalgate report showed that Hegseth risked American lives. Instead of taking responsibility, his sniveling responses were the worst kind of bureaucratic ass-covering.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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It hasn’t even been a week and we have already seen roofers with rifles pointed at them and young women being chased home by unidentified men in masks.
This occupation has never been about keeping people safe. We keep each other safe!
#abolishice #neworleans #localevents #leftist #socialism #dsa
This occupation has never been about keeping people safe. We keep each other safe!
#abolishice #neworleans #localevents #leftist #socialism #dsa
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It hasn’t even been a week and we have already seen roofers with rifles pointed at them and young women being chased home by unidentified men in masks.
This occupation has never been about keeping people safe. We keep each other safe!
#abolishice #neworleans #localevents #leftist #socialism #dsa
This occupation has never been about keeping people safe. We keep each other safe!
#abolishice #neworleans #localevents #leftist #socialism #dsa
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DHS used a wide variety of weapons against people in Elgin yesterday, not only tear gas. Some wild photos in this writeup from @domguan.bsky.social:
ICE Tear Gasses Residential Area During Multi-Hour Elgin Apprehension
About 30 to 40 federal agents, about half marked as ICE agents, deployed at least six tear gas canisters, pepper balls, and foam rounds at over 200 protesters in a residential neighborhood on Maple…
bluecollarjazz.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
DHS used a wide variety of weapons against people in Elgin yesterday, not only tear gas. Some wild photos in this writeup from @domguan.bsky.social:
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"Russia has welcomed Donald Trump's new US National Security Strategy, calling it "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New US Security Strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Russia has welcomed Donald Trump's new US National Security Strategy, calling it "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“A Congress even modestly attentive to the rule of law would surely want to know the circumstances surrounding these and other grants of clemency as well as their aftermath.” But thanks to SCOTUS’s Trump v. U.S., all this will remain a mystery. Jeff Toobin explains:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...
Opinion | What We’ll Never Know About the Trump Pardons
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“A Congress even modestly attentive to the rule of law would surely want to know the circumstances surrounding these and other grants of clemency as well as their aftermath.” But thanks to SCOTUS’s Trump v. U.S., all this will remain a mystery. Jeff Toobin explains:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/o...
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This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
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Bessent on grocery prices being up: "Beef is one component. Thanksgiving turkey was down 16%"
(Note the shit-eating grin on Bessent's face as he says this)
(Note the shit-eating grin on Bessent's face as he says this)
December 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Bessent on grocery prices being up: "Beef is one component. Thanksgiving turkey was down 16%"
(Note the shit-eating grin on Bessent's face as he says this)
(Note the shit-eating grin on Bessent's face as he says this)