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as an attempt to manipulate the law to remove him from politics.
Is what Brazil did to Bolsonaro "lawfare"? How about what South Korea did to Han Duck-Soo? Those guys assaulted the democratic order of their societies and were held accountable. We failed to do the same.
So it's basically/
Is what Brazil did to Bolsonaro "lawfare"? How about what South Korea did to Han Duck-Soo? Those guys assaulted the democratic order of their societies and were held accountable. We failed to do the same.
So it's basically/
January 27, 2026 at 5:28 PM
as an attempt to manipulate the law to remove him from politics.
Is what Brazil did to Bolsonaro "lawfare"? How about what South Korea did to Han Duck-Soo? Those guys assaulted the democratic order of their societies and were held accountable. We failed to do the same.
So it's basically/
Is what Brazil did to Bolsonaro "lawfare"? How about what South Korea did to Han Duck-Soo? Those guys assaulted the democratic order of their societies and were held accountable. We failed to do the same.
So it's basically/
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it's important to recognize the Jacobin-ite left's utter refusal to engage with actual liberal arguments about Russian collusion or the concept of "lawfare."
They keep making up what liberals believe (drawing on a few unwise quotes) instead of paying attention to the manifold examples of Russian/
They keep making up what liberals believe (drawing on a few unwise quotes) instead of paying attention to the manifold examples of Russian/
They took this opportunity to re-litigate “Russiagate”
January 27, 2026 at 5:25 PM
it's important to recognize the Jacobin-ite left's utter refusal to engage with actual liberal arguments about Russian collusion or the concept of "lawfare."
They keep making up what liberals believe (drawing on a few unwise quotes) instead of paying attention to the manifold examples of Russian/
They keep making up what liberals believe (drawing on a few unwise quotes) instead of paying attention to the manifold examples of Russian/
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I'd rather have both freedom and hospitals, but if I have to choose, I'm going with freedom, because I'm not a fucking moron.
January 27, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I'd rather have both freedom and hospitals, but if I have to choose, I'm going with freedom, because I'm not a fucking moron.
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Thuggish, nonsense policy which all amounts to "I'd like to surrender the entire continent of Europe to Putin because Schools and Hospitals"
January 27, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Thuggish, nonsense policy which all amounts to "I'd like to surrender the entire continent of Europe to Putin because Schools and Hospitals"
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The Z in Zarah Sultana is written on a Russian tank
The answer is “no”.
Every pound spent on bombs & tanks is money stolen from schools & hospitals.
Anti-imperialism isn’t vibes, it’s a commitment to confronting empire.
If you recognise NATO as an imperialist war machine we should leave immediately, join Your Party: in.yourparty.uk/users/sign_up
Every pound spent on bombs & tanks is money stolen from schools & hospitals.
Anti-imperialism isn’t vibes, it’s a commitment to confronting empire.
If you recognise NATO as an imperialist war machine we should leave immediately, join Your Party: in.yourparty.uk/users/sign_up
January 27, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The Z in Zarah Sultana is written on a Russian tank
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What Rutte does not seem to get is that the USA will not defend Europe anyway. Doesnt matter what Europe wants.
And of course Europe can defend itself.
And of course Europe can defend itself.
Europe must stop ‘dreaming’ about defence without US, Rutte warns ft.trib.al/8bMMtTf
Europe must stop ‘dreaming’ about defence without US, Rutte warns
Nato chief says continent cannot afford to replace American security umbrella
ft.trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 10:59 AM
What Rutte does not seem to get is that the USA will not defend Europe anyway. Doesnt matter what Europe wants.
And of course Europe can defend itself.
And of course Europe can defend itself.
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One aspect of the Era of American Decline is the incompetence of "elite" university admins. In September, Yale removed a freshman admitted on a wholly fraudulent application. Not one word was true; googling would've shown their address was a hotel. Dean of Admissions inexplicably still has his job.
Yale’s Famed Investing Model Falters at a Fraught Time for Colleges
Many copied the Ivy League school’s bets on private equity and other illiquid investments. Now plain old stocks and bonds are outperforming.
www.bloomberg.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:02 PM
One aspect of the Era of American Decline is the incompetence of "elite" university admins. In September, Yale removed a freshman admitted on a wholly fraudulent application. Not one word was true; googling would've shown their address was a hotel. Dean of Admissions inexplicably still has his job.
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People of Maine, how can the rest of the country help you stand up the way MN successfully did?
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:25 PM
People of Maine, how can the rest of the country help you stand up the way MN successfully did?
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I find takes like this unsatisfying because they ignore the point of the Nazi analogy. It's not about denying America's history of racist terror. "Nazi" is not just code for "bad but in a way that specifically doesn't implicate US antecedents." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/26/o...
Don’t look to Germany for an analogy. The Minneapolis nightmare is uniquely American. - The Boston Globe
In order to defeat the white nationalism that is at the core of ICE’s assault on American democracy, we have to see it and treat it as what it is.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I find takes like this unsatisfying because they ignore the point of the Nazi analogy. It's not about denying America's history of racist terror. "Nazi" is not just code for "bad but in a way that specifically doesn't implicate US antecedents." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/26/o...
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Latest numbers out of Iran.
January 27, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Latest numbers out of Iran.
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it is incredible that keyboard radicals can look at the martyrdom of people with perfectly conventional politics and imagine themselves the heroes of a struggle which they do nothing but complain about
January 27, 2026 at 5:17 AM
it is incredible that keyboard radicals can look at the martyrdom of people with perfectly conventional politics and imagine themselves the heroes of a struggle which they do nothing but complain about
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You and what army?
No, really, Matt: if you want to deport and jail all my neighbors, you’re going to need an army.
We’re in the real world now bucko. This isn’t internet land where you declare something and it becomes true. You need actual dudes. So where’s your army?
No, really, Matt: if you want to deport and jail all my neighbors, you’re going to need an army.
We’re in the real world now bucko. This isn’t internet land where you declare something and it becomes true. You need actual dudes. So where’s your army?
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 AM
You and what army?
No, really, Matt: if you want to deport and jail all my neighbors, you’re going to need an army.
We’re in the real world now bucko. This isn’t internet land where you declare something and it becomes true. You need actual dudes. So where’s your army?
No, really, Matt: if you want to deport and jail all my neighbors, you’re going to need an army.
We’re in the real world now bucko. This isn’t internet land where you declare something and it becomes true. You need actual dudes. So where’s your army?
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noyb win: Microsoft ordered to stop tracking school children
noyb win: Microsoft ordered to stop tracking school children
The DSB decided that Microsoft unlawfully placed tracking cookies on the devices of a pupil
noyb.eu
January 27, 2026 at 6:24 AM
noyb win: Microsoft ordered to stop tracking school children
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Weird statement by Rutte. First, it is obviously wrong. Given time and the necessary investments, Europe can of course defend itself without U.S.
And second: Why undermine European deterrence like that? This message increases the risk that Putin will try to exploit the current fracture in NATO.
And second: Why undermine European deterrence like that? This message increases the risk that Putin will try to exploit the current fracture in NATO.
“If anyone thinks here ... that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the U.S., keep on dreaming,” he told lawmakers on the European Parliament’s defense and foreign affairs committees. “You can't.”
@politico.eu
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
@politico.eu
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe can’t defend itself without the US, NATO’s Rutte warns
The EU should stop dreaming of creating a European pillar for NATO and continue to build ties with the U.S. despite Trump, the alliance secretary-general said.
www.politico.eu
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Weird statement by Rutte. First, it is obviously wrong. Given time and the necessary investments, Europe can of course defend itself without U.S.
And second: Why undermine European deterrence like that? This message increases the risk that Putin will try to exploit the current fracture in NATO.
And second: Why undermine European deterrence like that? This message increases the risk that Putin will try to exploit the current fracture in NATO.
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Wir Synchronsprecher*innen weigern uns seit Anfang Januar für Netflix zu arbeiten, weil sie seit diesem Jahr eine KI-Trainingsklausel drin haben. Das hat nun zur Folge, das demnächst Serien und Filme auf Netflix ohne deutsche Synchro erscheinen.
Diese Woche gibt es erneut Verhandlungen mit Netflix.
Diese Woche gibt es erneut Verhandlungen mit Netflix.
January 26, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Wir Synchronsprecher*innen weigern uns seit Anfang Januar für Netflix zu arbeiten, weil sie seit diesem Jahr eine KI-Trainingsklausel drin haben. Das hat nun zur Folge, das demnächst Serien und Filme auf Netflix ohne deutsche Synchro erscheinen.
Diese Woche gibt es erneut Verhandlungen mit Netflix.
Diese Woche gibt es erneut Verhandlungen mit Netflix.
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The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:18 PM
The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Love that Kalecki ended Political Aspects of Full Employment with "surely a full employment economy couldn't result in fascism." Buddy, let me tell you...
January 27, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Love that Kalecki ended Political Aspects of Full Employment with "surely a full employment economy couldn't result in fascism." Buddy, let me tell you...
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Die Hater u Idioten sind zunehmend auch auf Bluesky unterwegs. Die Folge: Einer der für mich interessantesten Intellektuellen @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social hört hier auf. Extrem schade!
Leider bleiben zu viele auf den Tech-Bro-Plattformen.
Aber zumindest an der Diskursqualität sollten wir arbeiten.
Leider bleiben zu viele auf den Tech-Bro-Plattformen.
Aber zumindest an der Diskursqualität sollten wir arbeiten.
1/Ich habe gestern auf Bluesky erklärt, dass ich auch auf dieser Plattform meine Aktivitäten einstelle. Zuvor hatte ich das bereits Mitte Dezember auf X/Twitter getan. Auf Twitter und Facebook war ich seit April 2021, wenig später ging ich auch auf Insta, als Bluesky startete, war ich relativ
January 27, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Die Hater u Idioten sind zunehmend auch auf Bluesky unterwegs. Die Folge: Einer der für mich interessantesten Intellektuellen @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social hört hier auf. Extrem schade!
Leider bleiben zu viele auf den Tech-Bro-Plattformen.
Aber zumindest an der Diskursqualität sollten wir arbeiten.
Leider bleiben zu viele auf den Tech-Bro-Plattformen.
Aber zumindest an der Diskursqualität sollten wir arbeiten.
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The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
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US pressures Ukraine to give up territory as a condition for security guarantees. The vehement reaction by the White House to this story (see quote) underscores its validity
www.ft.com/content/8ca0...
www.ft.com/content/8ca0...
US links security guarantees for Ukraine to peace deal ceding territory
Washington signalled Kyiv would receive more backing after any withdrawal from the Donbas, say people familiar with talks
www.ft.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:13 AM
US pressures Ukraine to give up territory as a condition for security guarantees. The vehement reaction by the White House to this story (see quote) underscores its validity
www.ft.com/content/8ca0...
www.ft.com/content/8ca0...
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I want to say this too: this victory was won because we had observers EVERYWHERE. ICE and CBP couldn't set foot in our city without cameras rolling. Much of the nation seemed determined to ignore our plight for weeks, but the avalanche of documentation we produced dragged the nation to us.
January 27, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I want to say this too: this victory was won because we had observers EVERYWHERE. ICE and CBP couldn't set foot in our city without cameras rolling. Much of the nation seemed determined to ignore our plight for weeks, but the avalanche of documentation we produced dragged the nation to us.
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Da sollten Gewerkschafter nicht schweigen, wenn Gewerkschaften mit fake-Bildern Stimmung machen wollen. Was sagt denn der DGB dazu?
GdP Sachsen nutzt KI generierte Bilder für eigene Narrative (Bild via @boschpolforsch.bsky.social). Es ist das erste Mal, dass ich solche Bilder von seriösen Stellen sehe, die Ereignisse so darstellen, dass sie besser ins eigene Bild passen. Das ist nicht gut, der DGB darf hier nicht schweigen!
January 27, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Da sollten Gewerkschafter nicht schweigen, wenn Gewerkschaften mit fake-Bildern Stimmung machen wollen. Was sagt denn der DGB dazu?
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Security guarantees from Trump can’t be relied on. He treats any decision point as an opportunity for extortion.
The Trump admin has indicated to Ukraine that US security guarantees are contingent on Kyiv first agreeing a peace deal that would likely involve ceding the Donbas region to Russia…
Scoop with FT comrades
@maxseddon.bsky.social
@henryjfoy.ft.com
@a-mackinnon.bsky.social
Scoop with FT comrades
@maxseddon.bsky.social
@henryjfoy.ft.com
@a-mackinnon.bsky.social
US links security guarantees for Ukraine to peace deal ceding territory
[FREE TO READ] Washington signalled Kyiv would receive more backing after any withdrawal from the Donbas, say people familiar with talks
as.ft.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Security guarantees from Trump can’t be relied on. He treats any decision point as an opportunity for extortion.
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Manuel 'HonkHase' Atug, Gründer und Sprecher der AG KRITIS zum aktuellsten Entwurf:
Wesentliche Verbesserungen sind auch mit dem aktuell vorliegenden Änderungsantrag nicht in Sicht, alle wichtigen Fragestellungen wurden auf später verschoben...
#KritisDachG #KRITIS
ag.kritis.info/2026/01/27/r...
Wesentliche Verbesserungen sind auch mit dem aktuell vorliegenden Änderungsantrag nicht in Sicht, alle wichtigen Fragestellungen wurden auf später verschoben...
#KritisDachG #KRITIS
ag.kritis.info/2026/01/27/r...
Referentenentwurf des BMI: KRITIS-Dachgesetz – KRITIS-DachG - AG KRITIS
Hier stellt die AG KRITIS zur Transparenz allen Interessierten alle Referentenentwürfe des „Gesetzes zur Umsetzung der Richtlinie (EU) 2022/2557 und zur Stärkung der Resilienz kritischer Anlagen“, kur...
ag.kritis.info
January 27, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Manuel 'HonkHase' Atug, Gründer und Sprecher der AG KRITIS zum aktuellsten Entwurf:
Wesentliche Verbesserungen sind auch mit dem aktuell vorliegenden Änderungsantrag nicht in Sicht, alle wichtigen Fragestellungen wurden auf später verschoben...
#KritisDachG #KRITIS
ag.kritis.info/2026/01/27/r...
Wesentliche Verbesserungen sind auch mit dem aktuell vorliegenden Änderungsantrag nicht in Sicht, alle wichtigen Fragestellungen wurden auf später verschoben...
#KritisDachG #KRITIS
ag.kritis.info/2026/01/27/r...