Daniel Farina
@danfarina.bsky.social
In which I dashed off a thread on World War Two and the conception of American self this morning. The main reference that came to mind for me was Ira Katznelson’s “Fear Itself.” archive.org/details/fear...
January 22, 2026 at 11:12 PM
In which I dashed off a thread on World War Two and the conception of American self this morning. The main reference that came to mind for me was Ira Katznelson’s “Fear Itself.” archive.org/details/fear...
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Welcome to the clicktatorship, where everything is content.
“Disrespectful” and “pathetic.”
Yes it is.
Imagine if another country did that to us.
Remember their names.
newrepublic.com/post/205498/...
Yes it is.
Imagine if another country did that to us.
Remember their names.
newrepublic.com/post/205498/...
Republicans Cut Into Greenland Cake in Shocking Kennedy Center Party
The Republican members of Congress appeared at the event alongside a pro-Russian right-wing nationalist.
newrepublic.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the clicktatorship, where everything is content.
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Via @amreports.bsky.social, the image of the month. Trump’s goons brutalize a demonstrator in Minneapolis.
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Via @amreports.bsky.social, the image of the month. Trump’s goons brutalize a demonstrator in Minneapolis.
The rare in-interview Chotiner praise… and I agree with him.
January 21, 2026 at 1:52 AM
The rare in-interview Chotiner praise… and I agree with him.
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We hear it all the time:
Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.
This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe
But it's simply not true!
Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.
This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe
But it's simply not true!
Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 PM
We hear it all the time:
Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.
This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe
But it's simply not true!
Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.
This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe
But it's simply not true!
Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
Thinking of my own use of AI for programming, I’ve been using it for a project that probably would have been a cost too high to bear without it. But the result of the project is probably a decent but several percentage point increase in ongoing productivity. That’s worth it, but hardly The Jetsons.
"More than half of CEOs report seeing neither increased revenue nor decreased costs from AI, despite massive investments in the technology, according to a PwC survey of 4,454 business leaders."
Majority of CEOs report zero payoff from AI splurge
: PwC survey finds more than half of 4,500+ biz leaders see no revenue growth nor cost savings
www.theregister.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Thinking of my own use of AI for programming, I’ve been using it for a project that probably would have been a cost too high to bear without it. But the result of the project is probably a decent but several percentage point increase in ongoing productivity. That’s worth it, but hardly The Jetsons.
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I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.
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Celebrating @professormusgrave.bsky.social's return with the classic:
January 20, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Celebrating @professormusgrave.bsky.social's return with the classic:
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A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy to try to intimidate her during Marine Le Pen's trial for embezzlement — something they've done to other judges around the world
January 20, 2026 at 2:07 PM
A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy to try to intimidate her during Marine Le Pen's trial for embezzlement — something they've done to other judges around the world
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One year in, it's Hobbes all the way down. Me & @dandrezner.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Trump’s Year of Anarchy
The unconstrained presidency and the end of American primacy.
www.foreignaffairs.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:13 PM
One year in, it's Hobbes all the way down. Me & @dandrezner.bsky.social in @foreignaffairs.com.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Was thinking about “affordability” — not the politics, but the policy — and I intuit that the main thing people experience as different and nerve wracking is income volatility: some tabulations suggest this has risen quite a bit from 1970.
January 20, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Was thinking about “affordability” — not the politics, but the policy — and I intuit that the main thing people experience as different and nerve wracking is income volatility: some tabulations suggest this has risen quite a bit from 1970.
Although I doubt The Administration is thinking of this in particular, they might see conquest of sparse territories a bit like the conquest of California from Mexico: it began with a Commodore taking an administrative center, Monterey, without a shot, and was sewn up a couple hundred deaths later.
January 20, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Although I doubt The Administration is thinking of this in particular, they might see conquest of sparse territories a bit like the conquest of California from Mexico: it began with a Commodore taking an administrative center, Monterey, without a shot, and was sewn up a couple hundred deaths later.
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Really chilling that ICE led him to his own home, clearly saying “we know who you are and where you live.” Stancil’s response: “If you’re gonna arrest me, arrest me! If you’re not, stop doing this weird crap!”
Here’s a really tense ICE situation in front of my home. One car looped a block 25 times until two reinforcement cars showed up and led me home. Was pretty scary because I was solo - BUT I knew I had backup from thousands of courageous neighbors and observers. Strength in numbers.
ICE threatens me at home - 1/19/26
YouTube video by Will Stancil
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January 19, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Really chilling that ICE led him to his own home, clearly saying “we know who you are and where you live.” Stancil’s response: “If you’re gonna arrest me, arrest me! If you’re not, stop doing this weird crap!”
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mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 5:09 AM
mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
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glad they're on this. i've noticed this and you probably have too. shattering drivers side car windows appears to be a top and preferred tactic for ICE. even when nothing is happening that makes it necessary or even on the most generous interpretation warranted. it's terror tactic.
Last July, ProPublica documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts and former ICE insiders say was rarely used before President Trump began his second term:
“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a…
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January 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
glad they're on this. i've noticed this and you probably have too. shattering drivers side car windows appears to be a top and preferred tactic for ICE. even when nothing is happening that makes it necessary or even on the most generous interpretation warranted. it's terror tactic.
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Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
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Trump announces another new trade war, and another new tax increase imposed from the White House as Republican majorities in Congress look on.
It’s another Trump tantrum, this one directed at European countries reported to have sent soldiers to Greenland. Via @justinwolfers.bsky.social
It’s another Trump tantrum, this one directed at European countries reported to have sent soldiers to Greenland. Via @justinwolfers.bsky.social
New tariff just dropped.
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland.
It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June.
(Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
January 17, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Trump announces another new trade war, and another new tax increase imposed from the White House as Republican majorities in Congress look on.
It’s another Trump tantrum, this one directed at European countries reported to have sent soldiers to Greenland. Via @justinwolfers.bsky.social
It’s another Trump tantrum, this one directed at European countries reported to have sent soldiers to Greenland. Via @justinwolfers.bsky.social
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"Manufacturing Employment Data Confirm the Concentrated Benefits—and Dispersed Costs—of Trump’s Tariffs" www.cato.org/blog/manufac...
"Broad-based tariffs... function as a tax on domestic production. This is especially true for steel, aluminum, and copper"
"Broad-based tariffs... function as a tax on domestic production. This is especially true for steel, aluminum, and copper"
January 17, 2026 at 3:50 PM
"Manufacturing Employment Data Confirm the Concentrated Benefits—and Dispersed Costs—of Trump’s Tariffs" www.cato.org/blog/manufac...
"Broad-based tariffs... function as a tax on domestic production. This is especially true for steel, aluminum, and copper"
"Broad-based tariffs... function as a tax on domestic production. This is especially true for steel, aluminum, and copper"
I wonder who talked Trump out if invoking the insurrection act, and how. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I wonder who talked Trump out if invoking the insurrection act, and how. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Lets also point about here that NBC didnt want to bother with confirming this persons citizenship and instead just lazily did a "she says" framing in favor of the administration
Here’s one example of many. She showed ICE a Maryland birth certificate and immunization records. Maryland confirmed the birth records are legit.
ICE kidnapped her for nearly a month, over Christmas. She has a 5-year-old!
They still claim she isn’t a citizen. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/m...
ICE kidnapped her for nearly a month, over Christmas. She has a 5-year-old!
They still claim she isn’t a citizen. www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/m...
Maryland mother who says she's a U.S. citizen is released from 25 days in ICE custody
Dulce Consuelo Díaz Morales and her lawyers say she was born in the U.S. and has documentation to prove it. ICE says she’s a Mexican citizen who entered the U.S. illegally.
www.nbcwashington.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Lets also point about here that NBC didnt want to bother with confirming this persons citizenship and instead just lazily did a "she says" framing in favor of the administration
What is it with DHS and brazen lying?
I’m one of the ProPublica reporters who has been documenting the aggressive tactics federal agents are using against immigrants & U.S. citizens
All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
January 15, 2026 at 9:42 PM
What is it with DHS and brazen lying?
It seems to me that some ICE “observation” functions should be taken up by state governments at some point, supplementing and surpassing what volunteers can afford to do.
Recordings, filing, the legitimacy of a professional function, and a long memory are areas they can contribute.
Recordings, filing, the legitimacy of a professional function, and a long memory are areas they can contribute.
January 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
It seems to me that some ICE “observation” functions should be taken up by state governments at some point, supplementing and surpassing what volunteers can afford to do.
Recordings, filing, the legitimacy of a professional function, and a long memory are areas they can contribute.
Recordings, filing, the legitimacy of a professional function, and a long memory are areas they can contribute.
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Important reporting by @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social, who checked with former ICE officials to get their perspective on the agency’s rampage through Minneapolis. Whether part of a conscious strategy to provoke violence or a more ramshackle program to meet arrest quotas, ICE is attacking a major city.
“It’s not at all surprising that this is happening with these ICE [removal] officers being sent out to basically treat people terribly,” a one-time deputy chief counsel with the agency told me, anticipating more escalation of violence. My latest for @motherjones.com:
Former members of ICE say recent violence is "by design"
"What has changed is there has been an encouragement from the top to be much more aggressive in enforcement."
www.motherjones.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Important reporting by @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social, who checked with former ICE officials to get their perspective on the agency’s rampage through Minneapolis. Whether part of a conscious strategy to provoke violence or a more ramshackle program to meet arrest quotas, ICE is attacking a major city.
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Here's the data:
January 15, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Here's the data: