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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 53m

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 4d

🔥 Finally an EU leader says it out loud:

“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 4d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · 4d

reminder re Merkel’s enabling of autocrats in Hungary and elsewhere www.politico.eu/article/ange...
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 8d

I have never seen such a blistering rebuke of a President by a federal judge. He is telling us clearly to stand up for our liberty against a dictator. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 8d

NYT/Siena poll confirms what most other polls have shown of late - the country has rejected his "strongman" authoritarian tactics, and he is deeply unpopular.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/p...

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Henry Foy @henryjfoy.ft.com · 8d

While others debate the merits of a legalistic change to voting procedures to get around Orban’s veto on starting Ukraine’s technical accession talks, the commission has another idea:

Ignore Hungary and just get on with it

Barbara Moens @bmoens.bsky.social · 8d

The EU is preparing to start technical work on Ukraine and Moldova joining the bloc despite Hungary’s blockade of advancing accession talks, according to officials briefed on the process.

With @henryjfoy.ft.com @benhallnews.bsky.social @christopherjm.ft.com

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EU moves to advance Ukraine’s accession by sidestepping Hungary

[FREE TO READ] Brussels advises Kyiv to advance technical work despite Budapest holding up talks

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Pascal @pascallth.bsky.social · 9d

Great result in Moldova's parliamentary election - comfortable win for pro-EU PAS who will likely hold onto absolute majority of seats

Complete failure for Russia's massive interference and disinformation

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David Phinnemore @dphinnemore.bsky.social · 9d

‘Under Costa’s proposal, so-called negotiating clusters — key legal steps on the path to membership — could be opened with the assent of a qualified majority of EU countries rather than unanimous agreement. Closing a cluster would still require [unanimity]’
www.politico.eu/article/anto...

Costa seeks to bypass Orbán’s veto on Ukraine’s EU membership bid

Brussels’ rules requiring all 27 member countries to agree on new entrants will face scrutiny at a summit this week in Copenhagen.

www.politico.eu

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Katalin Halmai @eublogo.bsky.social · 9d

Everywhere you look, the EU is busy figuring out how to bypass the Hungarian veto. Yesterday it was about using frozen Russian assets, today it’s Ukraine’s accession. They’re focused on legal formulas, not action against #Hungary — there’s no majority for that. Welcome, EU-26! 🤗

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 9d

European Council President António Costa is leading a push to advance Ukraine’s application for EU membership despite Hungary’s opposition as leaders head for a pivotal summit in Copenhagen this week.

Costa seeks to bypass Orbán’s veto on Ukraine’s EU membership bid

Brussels’ rules requiring all 27 member countries to agree on new entrants will face scrutiny at a summit this week in Copenhagen.

www.politico.eu

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Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · 9d

Missing Guardian of the Treaties (latest). Nothing new however unfortunately

www.politico.eu/article/curi...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12d

The EO 🧵
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12d

What counts as “anti-fascist” is incredibly broad: basically opposition to much of the MAGA worldview - “anti-capitalism and anti-Christianity”
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

The WHITE HOUSE
These movements portray foundational American principles (e.g., support for law enforcement and border control) as "fascist" to justify and encourage
acts of violent revolution. This "anti-fascist" lie has become the organizing rallying cry used by domestic terrorists to wage a violent assault against democratic institutions, constitutional rights, and fundamental American liberties. Common threads animating this violent conduct include anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity; support for the overthrow of the United States Government; extremism on migration, race, and gender; and hostility towards those who hold traditional American views on family, religion, and morality. As described in the Order of September 22, 2025 (Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization), the groups and entities that perpetuate this extremism have created a movement that embraces and elevates violence to achieve policy outcomes, including justifying additional assassinations. For example, Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin engraved the bullets used in the murder with so-called "anti-fascist" rhetoric.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12d

This is the point of the new EO: it is to make people think twice before they provide their honest evaluation of the Trump regime. You called them fascist? Well, you must be antifa. You call them authoritarian? You are inciting terrorism.

Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13d

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 15d

The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) voted today against lifting the immunity of left-wing Italian MEP Ilaria Salis, arguing that she would not get a fair trial in Viktor Orbán’s Hungary.

EU Parliament snubs Orbán with vote to shield Italian MEP from Hungarian arrest

Left-wing lawmaker Ilaria Salis is wanted by authorities in Budapest.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 17d

Latest projection suggests that more than 505,000 adults and kids have died due to USAID's illegal dismantling by Musk, Rubio, and Lewin

Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 18d

The problem is not their ideology. Ideological compromise is necessary. The problem is that the current generation of leadership never wanted fighting Trump and cleaning up after him to be their main job. They have no stomach for the style of politics that is now necessary.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18d

“Demand a meeting?” Pathetic.

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Schumer, Jeffries demand meeting with Trump amid shutdown showdown

The government is set to shut down on Sept. 30.

www.politico.com

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 19d

Very disturbing trend of testing NATO's preparedness, resolve, and unity... obviously, directly related to Trump's presidency.

It again shows that "Europe" is lost without the U.S. and has not yet planned for a post-U.S. security future.

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 19d

🚨 BREAKING: Three Russian fighter jets flew into Estonian airspace today in a serious escalation on NATO’s eastern border.

Read the developing story: ow.ly/rBwh50WZpov

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19d

I know that complaints about headlines are annoying, but they do represent editorial choices that convey agency and responsibility to reader.
Framing this as being about gender ideology is like framing Kimmel's removal as being about Kirk. Shrouds the real role of govt actors & power in censorship.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 19d

President of Texas A&M resigns.
This is the second Texas A&M President chased out of College Station in two years as a result of right wing politicians and activists attacks on academic freedom.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...

Texas A&M President to Step Down After Controversy Over ‘Gender Ideology’

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R. Daniel Kelemen @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social · 19d

And attacks on “gender ideology” are coincidentally a direct copy from Orban playbook

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Aleksandra Sojka @alesojka.bsky.social · 20d

Emboldened by the Trump 2.0 administration, Orban-funded "researchers" are laying the ground for questioning some of the key tenets of European integration.

Pavlos Roufos @proufos.bsky.social · 20d

For example, the "research" is indignant that students making use of the Erasmus program get to spend time abroad, thereby “weakening national identifications”. 🤮 6/

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20d

Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

REPORTER: How much wealthier are you now than when you returned to the WH?

TRUMP: The deals I made for the most part, other than what my kids are doing - they're running my business - were made before. Where are you from?

R: Australia

T: In my opinion you are hurting Australia right now. Quiet.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 29d

No kings

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R. Daniel Kelemen @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social · 29d

Short answer: yes- as was true all along. As @profpech.bsky.social has emphasized- the EU engages in a new instrument creation cycle to distract from its failure to use existing tools. See my piece on the rule of law Rube Goldberg machine www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The European Union’s failure to address the autocracy crisis: MacGyver, Rube Goldberg, and Europe’s unused tools

This article dismantles the myth that the EU’s failure to respond adequately to the rise of autocratic member governments has been due to its lack of adequate tools. The EU has used this excuse rep...

www.tandfonline.com

R. Daniel Kelemen @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social · 29d

It has had all the instruments it needed all along

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The European Union’s failure to address the autocracy crisis: MacGyver, Rube Goldberg, and Europe’s unused tools

This article dismantles the myth that the EU’s failure to respond adequately to the rise of autocratic member governments has been due to its lack of adequate tools. The EU has used this excuse rep...

www.tandfonline.com

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 29d

If domestic troop deployments are so great, why aren't they sending troops to Louisiana's 4th congressional district? Surely Speaker Johnson's constituents also deserve this valuable government service.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29d

Mike Johnson: "I cannot for the life of me understand how the Democrats think this is some kind of winning political message. Yield man! Let the troops come into your city and show how crime can be reduced."

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