Mikaël Scaramucci
@mikaelscaramucci.bsky.social
Econ PhD student at UCLA
🇪🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇺🇸🇪🇬
Interested in all things macroecon / international
US / Europe / Middle East politics
https://sites.google.com/view/mikaelscaramucci
🇪🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷🇺🇸🇪🇬
Interested in all things macroecon / international
US / Europe / Middle East politics
https://sites.google.com/view/mikaelscaramucci
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There was a huge dump of documents related to the American Association of University Professor's lawsuit against the government for abducting students. Among them is a memo March 21, 2025 memo from State Dept. that verifies Rümeysa Öztürk, a student at Tufts, was detained only for writing an op-ed.
January 23, 2026 at 4:19 PM
There was a huge dump of documents related to the American Association of University Professor's lawsuit against the government for abducting students. Among them is a memo March 21, 2025 memo from State Dept. that verifies Rümeysa Öztürk, a student at Tufts, was detained only for writing an op-ed.
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🚨 ICE is creating a watchlist of anyone and everyone who films them, DHS sources tell me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-making...
ICE Making List of Anyone Who Films Them
“We have a nice little database and now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:56 PM
🚨 ICE is creating a watchlist of anyone and everyone who films them, DHS sources tell me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-making...
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It's sort of actually offensive that in comparison the main occupation our ex-presidents engage in is money-making and aura-farming.
January 23, 2026 at 6:09 PM
It's sort of actually offensive that in comparison the main occupation our ex-presidents engage in is money-making and aura-farming.
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Amnesty has issued a report about rising #authoritarianism & #humanRights violations in #USA, incl enforced disappearances, restrictions on #freeSpeech incl the media, increased #corruption, militarisation of law enforcement, mass surveillance, weakening of rule of law www.jurist.org/news/2026/01...
Amnesty International warns of rising US authoritarianism and human rights violations
Amnesty International published a report on Tuesday, warning about rising authoritarian practices in the US and detailing numerous ways how the rule of law and human rights are being threatened. The r...
www.jurist.org
January 22, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Amnesty has issued a report about rising #authoritarianism & #humanRights violations in #USA, incl enforced disappearances, restrictions on #freeSpeech incl the media, increased #corruption, militarisation of law enforcement, mass surveillance, weakening of rule of law www.jurist.org/news/2026/01...
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Awful.
Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, will be rearrested and deported to Algeria, DHS says
Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, will be rearrested and deported to Algeria, Tricia McLaughlin, Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary for public affairs, announced Thursday, as the federal gove...
www.columbiaspectator.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Awful.
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BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
bit.ly
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.
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The selling spree cast doubts on the perceived stability of the debt-ridden nation.
What The Japanese Bond Crisis Could Mean For The U.S.
The selling spree cast doubts on the perceived stability of the debt-ridden nation.
www.forbes.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:50 PM
The selling spree cast doubts on the perceived stability of the debt-ridden nation.
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One year into Trump's second presidency, how are science and medical research faring? Our @nature.com team breaks it down for you. (1/n)
From @virginiagewin.bsky.social, learn about
Layoffs ✅
Funding cuts ✅
Attacks on science ✅
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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From @virginiagewin.bsky.social, learn about
Layoffs ✅
Funding cuts ✅
Attacks on science ✅
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪
‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers
Researchers lay bare the human toll of lay-offs, funding cuts and attacks on science one year after the president’s return to the White House.
www.nature.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:41 PM
One year into Trump's second presidency, how are science and medical research faring? Our @nature.com team breaks it down for you. (1/n)
From @virginiagewin.bsky.social, learn about
Layoffs ✅
Funding cuts ✅
Attacks on science ✅
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪
From @virginiagewin.bsky.social, learn about
Layoffs ✅
Funding cuts ✅
Attacks on science ✅
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪
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The government is living in an alternate reality. During WW2, Michael Foot and others wrote Guilty Men about the disastrous failure of the British elite’s appeasement policy: their inability to grasp the world they were living in. He’d have a field day with this lot.
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 AM
The government is living in an alternate reality. During WW2, Michael Foot and others wrote Guilty Men about the disastrous failure of the British elite’s appeasement policy: their inability to grasp the world they were living in. He’d have a field day with this lot.
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🚨 3 Palestinian Journalists Working w/ Aid Organisation Killed in Israeli Strike Targeting Their Marked Vehicle in Central Gaza.
The three journalists—Mohammed Salah Qashta, Abdul Raouf Samir Shaath, and Anas Ghanem—were working with the Egyptian Committee for aid in Gaza, providing media...
The three journalists—Mohammed Salah Qashta, Abdul Raouf Samir Shaath, and Anas Ghanem—were working with the Egyptian Committee for aid in Gaza, providing media...
January 21, 2026 at 6:16 PM
🚨 3 Palestinian Journalists Working w/ Aid Organisation Killed in Israeli Strike Targeting Their Marked Vehicle in Central Gaza.
The three journalists—Mohammed Salah Qashta, Abdul Raouf Samir Shaath, and Anas Ghanem—were working with the Egyptian Committee for aid in Gaza, providing media...
The three journalists—Mohammed Salah Qashta, Abdul Raouf Samir Shaath, and Anas Ghanem—were working with the Egyptian Committee for aid in Gaza, providing media...
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“Founded by Keir Starmer’s comms chief, Portland helps rich clients ‘protect their reputation’ – with a shady, off-the-books service”
Another example of Labour’s open corruption
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
Another example of Labour’s open corruption
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
London PR firm rewrites Wikipedia for governments and billionaires
Founded by Keir Starmer’s comms chief, Portland helps rich clients ‘protect their reputation’ – with a shady, off-the-books service
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:37 PM
“Founded by Keir Starmer’s comms chief, Portland helps rich clients ‘protect their reputation’ – with a shady, off-the-books service”
Another example of Labour’s open corruption
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
Another example of Labour’s open corruption
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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Zack Polanski and Ed Davey should send Peter Kyle a thank you note
The UK would be “foolish” to embrace the seemingly “simple solution” of a new customs union with the EU in an effort to boost economic growth, business secretary Peter Kyle has said despite growing fears of a trade war with Donald Trump.
(FT interview)
www.ft.com/content/73c8...
(FT interview)
www.ft.com/content/73c8...
UK would be ‘foolish’ to pursue customs union with EU, business secretary says
Peter Kyle warns against ‘simple solutions’ for boosting growth in FT interview
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Zack Polanski and Ed Davey should send Peter Kyle a thank you note
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🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them:
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them:
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
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I think the moment I fully lost it with American elite culture was when there was a no-shit bipartisan panic attack over Colorado throwing Trump off the 2024 ballot because of this stipulation
every time I read this, I get apocalyptically apoplectic about how clear it is. it is instant. it does not require explicit congressional action to invoke, it instead only requires that to remove.
donald trump is not the current president right now, according to the constitution.
donald trump is not the current president right now, according to the constitution.
January 20, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I think the moment I fully lost it with American elite culture was when there was a no-shit bipartisan panic attack over Colorado throwing Trump off the 2024 ballot because of this stipulation
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In yet another outrageous action the Netanyahu gov demolished the UNRWA HQ in East Jerusalem
Netanyahu & Trump have pushed fake propaganda that UNRWA is a proxy for Hamas as far-right politicians in Israel work to erase the Palestinian refugee identity
Europe & the intl community need to stand up
Netanyahu & Trump have pushed fake propaganda that UNRWA is a proxy for Hamas as far-right politicians in Israel work to erase the Palestinian refugee identity
Europe & the intl community need to stand up
www.unrwa.org
January 20, 2026 at 8:31 PM
In yet another outrageous action the Netanyahu gov demolished the UNRWA HQ in East Jerusalem
Netanyahu & Trump have pushed fake propaganda that UNRWA is a proxy for Hamas as far-right politicians in Israel work to erase the Palestinian refugee identity
Europe & the intl community need to stand up
Netanyahu & Trump have pushed fake propaganda that UNRWA is a proxy for Hamas as far-right politicians in Israel work to erase the Palestinian refugee identity
Europe & the intl community need to stand up
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BNP PARIBAS: “.. it’s becoming apparent that even if rate cuts are delivered, long-term Treasury yields are less likely to move lower. The mini cut cycles of 2024 and 2025 offer empirical proof. .. 10y yields can head towards 4.50% in 2026.”
January 20, 2026 at 6:42 PM
BNP PARIBAS: “.. it’s becoming apparent that even if rate cuts are delivered, long-term Treasury yields are less likely to move lower. The mini cut cycles of 2024 and 2025 offer empirical proof. .. 10y yields can head towards 4.50% in 2026.”
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Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The detainee was an immigrant from Nicaragua who was being held in an immigration detention facility in El Paso, which the ACLU calls a “human and civil rights disaster.”
Man Detained In Minnesota Dies In ICE Custody—Gov. Walz Demands Probe
The detainee was an immigrant from Nicaragua who was being held in an immigration detention facility in El Paso, which the ACLU calls a “human and civil rights disaster.”
www.forbes.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:25 AM
The detainee was an immigrant from Nicaragua who was being held in an immigration detention facility in El Paso, which the ACLU calls a “human and civil rights disaster.”
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BREAKING: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court's hearing on Trump's attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.
AP Source: Fed Chair Powell to attend Supreme Court argument on Cook case
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court’s oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving the attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.
bit.ly
January 19, 2026 at 5:16 PM
BREAKING: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court's hearing on Trump's attempted firing of Fed governor Lisa Cook, an unusual show of support by the central bank chair.
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Europe is heading to a point where Atlanticism becomes equated with Appeasement
January 18, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Europe is heading to a point where Atlanticism becomes equated with Appeasement
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Nearly three years of war have plunged Sudan “into an abyss of unimaginable dimensions” and human rights must be at the centre of efforts to end the fighting and build lasting peace, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Sunday in Nairobi.
January 18, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Nearly three years of war have plunged Sudan “into an abyss of unimaginable dimensions” and human rights must be at the centre of efforts to end the fighting and build lasting peace, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Sunday in Nairobi.
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I guess the main lesson here is that you shouldn't try to bargain for a year while your entire hand depends on being valued as a foreign asset by the Americans (who have a history of abandoning you) & the Israelis (those push into southern Syria largely failed to draw Damascus into conflict).
It’s is interesting to see the SDF basically collapse during the offensive (after overplaying their hand in the talks) and now forced back to the negotiating table with only a paltry privileges as they continue to lose ground. the government must think that anarchy to follow a complete SDF
January 18, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I guess the main lesson here is that you shouldn't try to bargain for a year while your entire hand depends on being valued as a foreign asset by the Americans (who have a history of abandoning you) & the Israelis (those push into southern Syria largely failed to draw Damascus into conflict).
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There's also going to be a lot of cognitive dissonance for some folks in British politics when they discover that France is the UK's closest ally now.
March 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
There's also going to be a lot of cognitive dissonance for some folks in British politics when they discover that France is the UK's closest ally now.
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Trump lets another drug trafficker out of prison because his father happens to be a Republican member of Congress.
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Trump lets another drug trafficker out of prison because his father happens to be a Republican member of Congress.
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Great piece overall— would add as an addendum that it's very informative who the US does *not^ encourage to rebel against oppression— the Palestinians, Lebanese, Egyptians, etc.
my new piece in FP: The US keeps telling people to rise up against their regimes, then leaving them to die. Hungary, Iraq, Syria...now Iran? I try to offer an explanation for this very consistent pattern. (gift link) foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/16/t...
A Long History of Betrayal
Why Washington keeps encouraging foreign uprisings—and then walking away.
foreignpolicy.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Great piece overall— would add as an addendum that it's very informative who the US does *not^ encourage to rebel against oppression— the Palestinians, Lebanese, Egyptians, etc.