Law professor here: I believe the Trump Administration has engaged in questionable behavior.

Kim Lane Scheppele even scherp als aljtd over labels als 'fascisme'/'autoritair' e.d., de verhouding tussen verschillende Autoritaire bewegingen en regimes, en het stappenplan rechtsstaat slopen:

www.democracynow.org/2025/2/12/ki...

RIP Wolfgang Kersting — und Dank an @victorloxen.bsky.social

Elon Musk and the DOGE engineers are the best argument for the Humanities

This was such an amazing conversation at @debalie.bsky.social

Writer @arnonyy.bsky.social meets political theorist @bonniehonig.bsky.social to discuss public things and the current predicament of democracy.

You can watch it here:

www.youtube.com/live/olAtcYF...

💫🧵 We are very honoured to have @bonniehonig.bsky.social as our guest at @unileiden.bsky.social & @leidenlaw.bsky.social this week!

On Friday, Honig will receive a honorary doctorate at Leiden University’s 450th anniversary for her extraordinary, lasting contributions to democratic theory.

‘I’ve long believed that the American media would be more clear-eyed about the rise and return of Donald Trump if it was happening overseas in a foreign country, where we’re used to foreign correspondents writing with more incisive authority’

www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

reminded of this absolute gem of a paragraph about the Habsburg Convention in Plano, TX by @meesvanrees.bsky.social
thebaffler.com/latest/feeli...