John Grönvall
@pluti.bsky.social
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Teaching, researching, photographing, defying gravity through music and writings. Confused about boundary conditions and causal determinism. Research interests: Public Service Media, Disinformation, Democracy, AI, MIL, Critical Media Studies.
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
When you send innocent people to a foreign gulag, you are not fighting terror. You are practicing it.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
I am the immigration attorney for Jerce Reyes Barrios, born in January 16, 1989 in Venezuela. 2. In February and March 2024, Mr. Reyes Barrios marched in two demonstrations in Venezuela protesting the authoritarian rule of Maduro. At the second demonstration, he was detained and taken to a clandestine building where he was tortured (electric shocks and suffocation) along with other demonstrators. 3. Shortly after his release, he fled Venezuela for the United States. He registered with CBP One in Mexico, then presented himself to CBP officials on the day of his appointment. He was taken into custody and detained at Otay Mesa Detention Facility in September 2024. 4. We applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection in December 2024. His final individual hearing is set for April 17, 2025 before Judge Robinson at the Otay Mesa Immigration Court. 5. On March 15, 2025, Mr. Reyes Barrios was deported to El Salvador with no notice to counsel or family. It was not until March 18, 2025 that counsel was able to reach an ICE official and learn that he had in fact been deported. 6. Mr. Reyes Barrios was/is a professional soccer player in Venezuela. He has never been arrested or charged with a crime. He has a steady employment record as a soccer player, as well as a soccer coach for children and youth. 7. Initially, Mr. Reyes Barrios was placed in maximum security at Otay Mesa and accused of being a Tren de Aragua gang member. The accusation is based on two things. First, he has a tattoo on his arm of a crown sitting atop a soccer ball with a rosary and the word "Dies." OHS alleges that this tattoo is proof of gang membership. In reality, he chose this tattoo, because it is similar to the logo for his favorite soccer team Real Madrid. See logo below. [pictures of the tattoo and the pictures of the logo]. 8. Second, OHS reviewed his social media posts and found a photo of Mr. Reyes Barrios making a hand gesture that they allege is proof of gang membership. 9. After submitting a police clearance from Venezuela indicating no criminal record, multiple employment letters, a declaration from the tattoo artist who rendered the tattoo, and various online images showing similar soccer ball/crown tattoos and explaining the meaning of the hand gesture, Mr. Reyes Barrios was transferred out of maximum security. 10. Nevertheless on March 10th or 11th, he was transferred from Otay Mesa to Texas without notice. Then, on March 15, 2025, he was deported to El Salvador. Counsel and family have lost all contact with him have no information regarding his whereabouts or condition.
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newyorker.com
Each day of Trump’s second term brings more “outrageous news from an autocrat who revels in his contempt for the government he leads, for the foreign allies who deserve our support, and for the Constitution he is sworn to uphold,” David Remnick writes.
Trump’s Disgrace
David Remnick on the temper of Trump’s Presidency—the threats and firings, the multiple DOGE fiascoes, the proposal to cleanse the Gaza Strip of two million Palestinians, and his showdown with Volodym...
nyer.cm
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acyn.bsky.social
AOC: I want to live in an America that guarantees healthcare to every person.

I want to live in an America that has a living wage for every person

I want to live in an America where you have free speech to express yourself and not be afraid of being put on a list or deported.
pluti.bsky.social
Neopatrimonialism: the right to rule is ascribed to a person rather than to an office. The distinction between private and public interests is purposely blurred. The essence is the award by public officials of personal favours, both within the state and in society(Bratton & van de Walle, 1994)
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antongerashchenko.bsky.social
Key points and statements from President Zelenskyy's interview to Fox News:

◾️Ukrainians want peace more than anyone.
◾️Ukrainians need peace through strength, with security guarantees, not just a ceasefire that Putin will violate like he already has done with numerous earlier ceasefires.
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
Dusting off my old Oxford English Dictionary and consulting carefully, I could not find "attack friends and submit to enemies" as a definition of the word "strength."
pluti.bsky.social
“Fact vs. Fiction”
Thought the US would recognise the real Heroes by now 🇺🇦
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politico.eu
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said US President Donald Trump is “surrounded by disinformation” after Trump falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia.
Zelenskyy says Trump is ‘surrounded by disinformation’
U.S. leader’s claim that Zelenskyy’s approval rating is 4 percent is Russian disinfo, Ukrainian president says.
www.politico.eu
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aoc.bsky.social
This is why you fight these cowards.

The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.

Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.

He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
atrupar.com
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
pluti.bsky.social
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“National unity is indeed returning — if only some of the people are really “the people.” This president prefers to lead a nation […] in which certain people are the wrong kind and others are the right kind, in which some are real Americans and others will never be.”
Opinion | America Is Full of People Trump Doesn’t Like
If, according to the president, so many people in the United States are the wrong kind, who makes up the right kind?
www.nytimes.com
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tendar.bsky.social
German authorities revealed that hundreds of cars in German were sabotaged by a group of three men who operated for the Russian state. After damaging the cars they left messages pointing at the Green Party.
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katitlahtinen.bsky.social
Luen uutisia Yhdysvalloista.
Muistutan itseäni päivittäin:
He äänestivät tämän.
He äänestivät tämän.

Sitten Hesarin uutinen eilisestä IS-kuntavaalitentistä.
Me äänestimme myös.

Media voisi olla tässä tuikempi. Politiikkaa tehdään taas tällä näin ne asiat koetaan -tietämisen tasolla.

#politiikka
Kuvakaappaus: Hänen mukaansa se [pervoilu] on esimerkiksi sitä, että alaikäisille annetaan tehtäviä, joissa heidän pitää kirjoittaa luokkatoveristaan seksuaalifantasia. Purra ei täsmentänyt, missä näin olisi tapahtunut.
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ubisurv.net
It is astonishing that folks in the #USA, whether politicians or ordinary folk, seem to have no idea what to do when the government is acting no just unethically but blatantly illegally. Compare to #SouthKorea where there was immediate mass protest and the President was arrested and charged. 1/n
pluti.bsky.social
US Stalinism in a column
darbysaxbe.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
list of banned keywords
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moskov.goodventures.org
One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%.

The actual number is less than 1%.

Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.