Berin Szóka
@berinszoka.bsky.social
President @TechFreedom.org | 🇺🇸🇩🇪🇪🇺🗽 | Lawyer: tech, free speech, FTC, FCC, admin | “Resident Antagonist”—Politico | “The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right” | 🇫🇷🏳️🌈📚⛰️🥾🚣🎼 | doing PhD in 🇪🇺/🇺🇸 platform law @ Dublin City U
Strong Sturmabteilung (SA) vibes
No matter how fasc they seem, there's always Röhm for them to get much worse
No matter how fasc they seem, there's always Röhm for them to get much worse
New:
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
![STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience.
Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play.
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And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country.
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He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:af7tqcetuyt352aolf3znlxe/bafkreialm4skuozqobejpd6vx4m6kuwsgtidxmmxvj3ftcff6otiuyohiy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Strong Sturmabteilung (SA) vibes
No matter how fasc they seem, there's always Röhm for them to get much worse
No matter how fasc they seem, there's always Röhm for them to get much worse
CORRECTION: Trump only *gradually* instigated the attack on the Capitol over the course of months, told the crowd at the White House on Jan 6 to "walk down to the Capitol" and to "fight like hell," did nothing to stop them for hours as violence erupted, then told rioters how much he loved them
🇬🇧 The BBC is expected to apologise for editing a speech that suggested Donald Trump had directly instigated an attack on the US Capitol, resulting in the dramatic resignations of the broadcaster's top brass.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
CORRECTION: Trump only *gradually* instigated the attack on the Capitol over the course of months, told the crowd at the White House on Jan 6 to "walk down to the Capitol" and to "fight like hell," did nothing to stop them for hours as violence erupted, then told rioters how much he loved them
A civilized country won't hesitate to jail its former president 🇫🇷
🇫🇷 Nicolas Sarkozy has called his imprisonment a "nightmare" as prosecutors requested the former French president be released from jail pending an appeals trial over Libyan funding.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A civilized country won't hesitate to jail its former president 🇫🇷
No one needs to speak out against Trump's destruction of the rule of law more than federal judges--which means resigning--and no judge's voices are more critical right now than those still committed to Reagan's legacy of opposing authoritarianism everywhere
Judge Mark Wolf resigns from the District Court of Massachusetts and writes why in a powerful piece in the Atlantic.
One thing he doesn’t mention in his list of reasons but I’m sure is a factor:
Erez Reuveni was one of his law clerks.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
One thing he doesn’t mention in his list of reasons but I’m sure is a factor:
Erez Reuveni was one of his law clerks.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
No one needs to speak out against Trump's destruction of the rule of law more than federal judges--which means resigning--and no judge's voices are more critical right now than those still committed to Reagan's legacy of opposing authoritarianism everywhere
'tis the Seasons
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
'tis the Seasons
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Supreme Court justices should not be encouraging people to have particular political identities and positions.
Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh to conservative law students: Don’t give up
Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh to conservative law students: Don’t give up
The Trump appointees’ remarks came at a Federalist Society event in Washington.
dlvr.it
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Supreme Court justices should not be encouraging people to have particular political identities and positions.
Kegseth and Squee and the Devil's Triangle—boof all that!
After the 100th innocent civilian death, Kegseth plans to announce a new campaign medal: a bull's eye with a fishing boat in the cross hairs.
November 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Kegseth and Squee and the Devil's Triangle—boof all that!
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Happy Halloween!
We recorded the ACTUAL Dance of Death (via music from a #NewberryLibrary book c. 1650) for your listening pleasure! Read all about it while you listen to the recording in my latest blog post!
www.newberry.org/blog/spooky-...
We recorded the ACTUAL Dance of Death (via music from a #NewberryLibrary book c. 1650) for your listening pleasure! Read all about it while you listen to the recording in my latest blog post!
www.newberry.org/blog/spooky-...
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Happy Halloween!
We recorded the ACTUAL Dance of Death (via music from a #NewberryLibrary book c. 1650) for your listening pleasure! Read all about it while you listen to the recording in my latest blog post!
www.newberry.org/blog/spooky-...
We recorded the ACTUAL Dance of Death (via music from a #NewberryLibrary book c. 1650) for your listening pleasure! Read all about it while you listen to the recording in my latest blog post!
www.newberry.org/blog/spooky-...
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What Heritage is not distancing itself from
October 31, 2025 at 2:22 AM
What Heritage is not distancing itself from
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Does the rise of populism have economic roots, and more protectionist and anti-immigration policies help? Quick thread on my latest piece here
buff.ly/O2SoUok
buff.ly/O2SoUok
October 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Does the rise of populism have economic roots, and more protectionist and anti-immigration policies help? Quick thread on my latest piece here
buff.ly/O2SoUok
buff.ly/O2SoUok
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Getting my literary princess on
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Getting my literary princess on
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🚨 TOMORROW at 12:10 PM ET 🚨
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October 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🚨 TOMORROW at 12:10 PM ET 🚨
Join @berinszoka.bsky.social at @cdt.org’s Future of Speech Online Conference to discuss the First Amendment’s limits on FCC and FTC authority over editorial policies.
standtogether.swoogo.com/foso25/9611110
Join @berinszoka.bsky.social at @cdt.org’s Future of Speech Online Conference to discuss the First Amendment’s limits on FCC and FTC authority over editorial policies.
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There is an expansive literature on the causes of the rise of #populism. Its lesson? Policies designed to appease populism are unlikely to be effective. That battle can only be won through argument.
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @johnspringford.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/O2SoUok
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @johnspringford.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/O2SoUok
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
There is an expansive literature on the causes of the rise of #populism. Its lesson? Policies designed to appease populism are unlikely to be effective. That battle can only be won through argument.
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @johnspringford.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/O2SoUok
New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @johnspringford.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/O2SoUok
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Strong evidence that in the highest echelons of the present capitalist order, ideology and charismatic patrimonialism are stronger than quarterly revenues.
"Without the Musk partisan effect, Tesla sales between October 2022 and April 2025 would have been 67-83% higher, equivalent to 1-1.26 million more vehicles." www.nber.org/papers/w34413
Meanwhile the Tesla board chair is asking shareholders to approve a $1 TRILLION compensation plan for Musk.
Meanwhile the Tesla board chair is asking shareholders to approve a $1 TRILLION compensation plan for Musk.
The Musk Partisan Effect on Tesla Sales
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Strong evidence that in the highest echelons of the present capitalist order, ideology and charismatic patrimonialism are stronger than quarterly revenues.
This is how Viktor Orbán took over Hungary's media—and killed its democracy
October 28, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is how Viktor Orbán took over Hungary's media—and killed its democracy
ICE making röhm for new leadership
October 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
ICE making röhm for new leadership
“No one has the right to obey"
– Hannah Arendt (reporting on Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, 1964)
– Hannah Arendt (reporting on Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, 1964)
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“No one has the right to obey"
– Hannah Arendt (reporting on Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, 1964)
– Hannah Arendt (reporting on Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, 1964)
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🔔 FPF's @caitlinvogus.bsky.social will join a panel of experts to break down how the FCC and FTC target journalists and the First Amendment, and how to fight back.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🔔 FPF's @caitlinvogus.bsky.social will join a panel of experts to break down how the FCC and FTC target journalists and the First Amendment, and how to fight back.
🗓️ Oct. 29, 12:10 p.m. ET
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𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕽𝖊𝖎𝖈𝖍 𝕾𝖙𝖚𝖋𝖋
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕽𝖊𝖎𝖈𝖍 𝕾𝖙𝖚𝖋𝖋
and yet it manages to be delightfully dark
The Diplomat is wonderful escapism because it imagines an American president that can complete a sentence
October 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
and yet it manages to be delightfully dark
Biden's vanity got us here. Kamala's could kill us all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Kamala Harris Suggests She Is Considering Another Presidential Run
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Biden's vanity got us here. Kamala's could kill us all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Even the OG Vandals were better
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Even the OG Vandals were better
Eyes on the ball(room)!
Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
October 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Eyes on the ball(room)!