Douglas Herbert
@dougdecodes.bsky.social
World Affairs Commentator at France 24, public speaker and media trainer. Beyond just “fighting disinformation”, I seek ways to promote the acceptance of #facts. Journalism lecturer at Université Paris Panthéon-Assas & IJBA
And then this happened. #Trump #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 7:17 AM
And then this happened. #Trump #Greenland
“Make America Go Away” : The slogan on a hat worn by a participant in a protest in Copenhagen against Donald #Trump’s bid to acquire or seize #Greenland, a part of the Kingdom of #Denmark that enjoys broad autonomy. (Source: NYTimes) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/w...
‘Yankee, Go Home’: Greenlanders Protest Trump’s Takeover Plans
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January 19, 2026 at 6:23 AM
“Make America Go Away” : The slogan on a hat worn by a participant in a protest in Copenhagen against Donald #Trump’s bid to acquire or seize #Greenland, a part of the Kingdom of #Denmark that enjoys broad autonomy. (Source: NYTimes) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/w...
A valid question: Why does Donald #Trump support protesters in #Iran, but not in #Minneapolis? Here’s a CNN report on a U.S. citizen whom
ICE asked for his paperwork, and then detained, “because of your accent”. He was subsequently released. www.instagram.com/reel/DTn1EDo...
ICE asked for his paperwork, and then detained, “because of your accent”. He was subsequently released. www.instagram.com/reel/DTn1EDo...
cnn on Instagram: "Video shows the moment Ramon Menera was detained outside his home in a Minneapolis suburb on Wednesday in front of his 5-year-old d…"
Video shows the moment Ramon Menera was detained outside his home in a Minneapolis suburb on Wednesday in front of his 5-year-old daughter after a US Border Patrol agent accused him of not being a US citizen because of his accent.CNN has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for more information on the incident.View all 7,924 comments
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January 18, 2026 at 1:39 PM
A valid question: Why does Donald #Trump support protesters in #Iran, but not in #Minneapolis? Here’s a CNN report on a U.S. citizen whom
ICE asked for his paperwork, and then detained, “because of your accent”. He was subsequently released. www.instagram.com/reel/DTn1EDo...
ICE asked for his paperwork, and then detained, “because of your accent”. He was subsequently released. www.instagram.com/reel/DTn1EDo...
Remarkable reporting on an off-the-beaten-track topic. This is #journalism in its purest sense: revealing neglected corners of the world in all its multi-faceted complexity. #Myanmar #scams www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...
Inside the Scam Complex’s Detailed Playbook
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January 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Remarkable reporting on an off-the-beaten-track topic. This is #journalism in its purest sense: revealing neglected corners of the world in all its multi-faceted complexity. #Myanmar #scams www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...
Greetings from the U.S., in the midst of a week-long visit. Stories like this are vivid testament to why being apathetic about the “news”, or disengaging out of frustration or fatigue, can be seen as a kind of tacit complicity. #ICE #immigrants #Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
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‘Like a Military Occupation’: Clashes Rise With Federal Agents in Minneapolis
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January 14, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Greetings from the U.S., in the midst of a week-long visit. Stories like this are vivid testament to why being apathetic about the “news”, or disengaging out of frustration or fatigue, can be seen as a kind of tacit complicity. #ICE #immigrants #Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Russia’s claim that it’s winning the war in #Ukraine is transparently false, #France’s ambassador to Ukraine, Gaël Veyssière, told me on this week’s Talking Europe on #France24. He also believes the U.S. capture of Nicolas Maduro, a close ally of #Russia, has embarrassed #Moscow. f24.my/Bf72
Talking Europe - 'Not what you see on the map': French ambassador to Ukraine challenges Russia's victory narrative
Nearly four years into Russia's full-scale invasion, the war in Ukraine grinds on, and the search for a viable off-ramp looks increasingly narrow. Speaking to FRANCE 24’s Douglas Herbert, France's amb...
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January 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
In this week’s Talking #Europe on #France24, I chatted with two leading foreign policy gurus about whether Europe can muster the will to fend for itself in a back-to-the-future world order where might makes right. I asked whether Europe can just say “No” to Donald #Trump. f24.my/Bf6w
Talking Europe - Home alone in a hostile world: Is 2026 the year Europe will fend for itself?
As 2026 gets off to a rocky start, Europe finds itself squeezed between brute force and awkward dependence. After the US seizure of Venezuela's leader, President Donald Trump has openly floated using…
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January 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
In this week’s Talking #Europe on #France24, I chatted with two leading foreign policy gurus about whether Europe can muster the will to fend for itself in a back-to-the-future world order where might makes right. I asked whether Europe can just say “No” to Donald #Trump. f24.my/Bf6w
And then this happened. (The U.S. has withdrawn from dozens of international organizations, conventions and treaties that the #Trump administration deems “contrary to American interests”.) www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 8:59 AM
And then this happened. (The U.S. has withdrawn from dozens of international organizations, conventions and treaties that the #Trump administration deems “contrary to American interests”.) www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
My vote for news report with an angle that many of us had missed, or downplayed. #Denmark #Greenland www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...
Buy Greenland? Take It? Why? An Old Pact Already Gives Trump a Free Hand.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:21 AM
My vote for news report with an angle that many of us had missed, or downplayed. #Denmark #Greenland www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/w...
The FT sounded this cautionary note about a potential U.S. military intervention in #Venezuela, in a news analysis, a month ago. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Trump-style regime change in Venezuela
Conducting foreign policy, let alone war, by meme is dangerous and foolish
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January 3, 2026 at 11:23 AM
The FT sounded this cautionary note about a potential U.S. military intervention in #Venezuela, in a news analysis, a month ago. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
A CBS poll in Nov. showed most Americans opposed to U.S. military intervention in #Venezuela. “Three in four Americans,” CBS wrote, “also say Trump would need congressional approval before taking military action in Venezuela, including just over half of Republicans.” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: U.S. Captures Venezuelan Leader, Trump Says
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January 3, 2026 at 10:44 AM
A CBS poll in Nov. showed most Americans opposed to U.S. military intervention in #Venezuela. “Three in four Americans,” CBS wrote, “also say Trump would need congressional approval before taking military action in Venezuela, including just over half of Republicans.” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
“Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of #health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees expired overnight, cementing higher health costs for millions of Americans at the start of the New Year.” AP reports. #Trump instead seems to have prioritized pasta:
January 1, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Not that most of us needed this #CIA rebuttal. But nice that it’s out there just to set the record straight. #Ukraine #Russia
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/u...
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Ukraine Did Not Target Putin’s Home, C.I.A. Finds
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January 1, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Not that most of us needed this #CIA rebuttal. But nice that it’s out there just to set the record straight. #Ukraine #Russia
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/u...
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As “alternative” #Christmas messages go, this is in my Pantheon of all-time greats. (OK, you’re right, I don’t have any such Pantheon, but Kimmel’s wishes are, I suspect, exactly what most of us desperately need to hear this holiday season.) #F24 youtube.com/watch?v=PqTPV6Fr7xg
Jimmy Kimmel's Alternative Christmas Message (Channel 4 UK)
YouTube video by LateNighter
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December 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
As “alternative” #Christmas messages go, this is in my Pantheon of all-time greats. (OK, you’re right, I don’t have any such Pantheon, but Kimmel’s wishes are, I suspect, exactly what most of us desperately need to hear this holiday season.) #F24 youtube.com/watch?v=PqTPV6Fr7xg
« A whiff of McCarthyism » headlines Libération after the #Trump administrations slaps visa bans on a former European Commissioner and several campaigners against #disinformation and online hatred.
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«Vent de maccarthysme» : Thierry Breton interdit de séjour aux Etats-Unis par l’administration Trump
Avec quatre membres d’ONG luttant contre la désinformation et la haine en ligne au Royaume-Uni et en Allemagne, l’ex-commissaire européen a été sanctionné par Washington pour son engagement dans la ré...
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December 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
« A whiff of McCarthyism » headlines Libération after the #Trump administrations slaps visa bans on a former European Commissioner and several campaigners against #disinformation and online hatred.
www.liberation.fr/internationa...
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Reposted by Douglas Herbert
Pope Leo XIV just appointed Fr. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez — an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who became a U.S. citizen in 2018 — as bishop of Palm Beach.
That’s right: the Catholic diocese that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is now led by an immigrant priest who’s marched against ICE’s abuse.
That’s right: the Catholic diocese that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is now led by an immigrant priest who’s marched against ICE’s abuse.
Pope Leo XIV Sends a Migrant Bishop to Mar-a-Lago
In a move loaded with symbolism, the new bishop of Palm Beach — home to Mar-a-Lago — is a Queens immigrant priest known for defending migrants and the poor.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Pope Leo XIV just appointed Fr. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez — an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who became a U.S. citizen in 2018 — as bishop of Palm Beach.
That’s right: the Catholic diocese that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is now led by an immigrant priest who’s marched against ICE’s abuse.
That’s right: the Catholic diocese that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is now led by an immigrant priest who’s marched against ICE’s abuse.
Most #Russia watchers - and others who have simply listened to what #Putin has been telegraphing to the world for a quarter century - have been crying this from every rooftop. It is a “truth universally acknowledged”. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
US intelligence indicates Putin's war aims in Ukraine are unchanged
U.S. intelligence reports continue to warn that Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to capture all of Ukraine and reclaim parts of Europe that belonged to the former Soviet empire, six sources fa...
www.reuters.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Most #Russia watchers - and others who have simply listened to what #Putin has been telegraphing to the world for a quarter century - have been crying this from every rooftop. It is a “truth universally acknowledged”. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Here is a chart from the FT showing the top 50 foreign companies by assets in #Russia in 2024. Around half are in #financial services. (Source: KSE Institute, Yale, FT Research)
December 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Here is a chart from the FT showing the top 50 foreign companies by assets in #Russia in 2024. Around half are in #financial services. (Source: KSE Institute, Yale, FT Research)
Since #Russia’s full-scale invasion of #Ukraine, 1,903 foreign companies have withdrawn from Russia or cut back their operations there, the FT reports, citing data from the KSE Institute. But 2,315 remain active in the country; the FT says they earned $19.5 billion in profits in Russia last year.
December 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
“… #Russia will use political and military means to achieve its stated goal of seizing all of #Ukraine and that Russia is therefore unlikely to accept a peace deal or security guarantees that do not grant full Russian control of Ukraine in the intermediate to long term future.” -ISW, Dec. 15, 2025
December 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“While we are glad that our fans and foes enjoy the debate about the single best/worst whopper, we are stepping back this year and recalibrating the #Lie of the Year - focusing less on the offenders who perpetuate the falsehoods, and more on those who are hurt by them.” mailchi.mp/politifact/2...
2025 is PolitiFact’s Year of the Lies
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December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“While we are glad that our fans and foes enjoy the debate about the single best/worst whopper, we are stepping back this year and recalibrating the #Lie of the Year - focusing less on the offenders who perpetuate the falsehoods, and more on those who are hurt by them.” mailchi.mp/politifact/2...