Steven Reisner
@drreisner.bsky.social
Psychoanalyst, activist, podcaster and occasional contributor to http://Slate.com. “It is only for those without hope, that hope is given.” — Walter Benjamin.
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Steven Reisner
@drreisner.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Psychoanalysis and Human Rights — Tap Magazine
Steven Reisner on politics, theater, and ending psychologists’ complicity in torture
tapmagazine.org
“For me, life is a process whereby Thanatos has to be put in the service of Eros. The task is not to get rid of our aggression, but for our aggression to be subjugated to the purposes of Eros.”
From my interview, out today, on psychoanalysis and political change.
tapmagazine.org/all-articles...?
From my interview, out today, on psychoanalysis and political change.
tapmagazine.org/all-articles...?
Let's be clear: Immigrants are the Jews of Trump's plan for American fascism. This is where we must fight him at every turn. Everything else, including the mid-terms, is a distraction from the true nature of the threat. #AmericanFascism
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
Judge Blocks Trump Administration Tactics in L.A. Immigration Raids
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Let's be clear: Immigrants are the Jews of Trump's plan for American fascism. This is where we must fight him at every turn. Everything else, including the mid-terms, is a distraction from the true nature of the threat. #AmericanFascism
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
Darth Vader's Dinger Destroys The Death Star! ~ Happy #StarWarsDay!!!
#MLB #Baseball #MayThe4thBeWithYou
#MLB #Baseball #MayThe4thBeWithYou
May 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Europeans are waking up to our new political reality and they are taking it seriously:
www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/U...
www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/U...
From the europe community on Reddit: "We Are Fighting Against a Dictator Backed by a Traitor" – A French Senator Speaks Out
Explore this post and more from the europe community
www.reddit.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Europeans are waking up to our new political reality and they are taking it seriously:
www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/U...
www.reddit.com/r/europe/s/U...
Zelensky, in an act of supreme courage, called Trump’s bluff. Great Britain, the EU and Ukraine are now able to play their cards and, finally, they are not being intimidated . Let’s hope it lasts. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
Trump News and Live Updates: Zelensky Arrives for Meeting of European Leaders on Ukraine
Britain’s prime minister announced the move ahead of a meeting with European leaders as the region reeled from President Trump’s confrontation with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Zelensky, in an act of supreme courage, called Trump’s bluff. Great Britain, the EU and Ukraine are now able to play their cards and, finally, they are not being intimidated . Let’s hope it lasts. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...
It’s up to Europe now, if the world is not to be divided up by monsters.
February 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It’s up to Europe now, if the world is not to be divided up by monsters.
Make no mistake: RFKjr is responsible for this child’s death. How many more are going to die?
February 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Make no mistake: RFKjr is responsible for this child’s death. How many more are going to die?
More good news. It looks like the other far right populist German party, Sahra Wagenknecht’s BSW, will not gain the 5% necessary to gain seats in parliament.
February 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
More good news. It looks like the other far right populist German party, Sahra Wagenknecht’s BSW, will not gain the 5% necessary to gain seats in parliament.
Alice Weidel is not happy, which is good news for the world.
February 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Alice Weidel is not happy, which is good news for the world.
I am in Berlin watching the election returns. Happy to say that Musk’s interference did not help the far right.
February 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I am in Berlin watching the election returns. Happy to say that Musk’s interference did not help the far right.
Reposted by Steven Reisner
Trump became the most powerful man in the world in part because he learns from his mistakes. This time the military will not save us from Trumpism. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Flurry of Dismissals at Pentagon
The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a four-star fighter pilot, upends a tradition in which the Joint Chiefs chairman traditionally remains in place as administrations change.
www.nytimes.com
February 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Trump became the most powerful man in the world in part because he learns from his mistakes. This time the military will not save us from Trumpism. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
Just in case anyone missed Trump’s Truth Social post, the White House has now sent it out on X, with an illustration making the message absolutely clear. Trump has, in effect, established a monarchy, an American counter-revolution.
February 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Just in case anyone missed Trump’s Truth Social post, the White House has now sent it out on X, with an illustration making the message absolutely clear. Trump has, in effect, established a monarchy, an American counter-revolution.
In case there is still anyone who doesn’t get that Democracy is a thing of the past in America, here is Trump’s post on “Truth Social.”
February 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
In case there is still anyone who doesn’t get that Democracy is a thing of the past in America, here is Trump’s post on “Truth Social.”
I didn’t realize the scope of this man’s power. He is now in charge of 20% of the Federal budget. And Hegseth is overseeing another 15%. That’s 1/3’of Federal spending in the hands of these two men.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Update from Talya Minsberg
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I didn’t realize the scope of this man’s power. He is now in charge of 20% of the Federal budget. And Hegseth is overseeing another 15%. That’s 1/3’of Federal spending in the hands of these two men.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Trump said “no” so quickly, not because he doesn’t support Vance, but rather because he doesn’t believe he will have a successor. He expects to remain President himself.
February 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Trump said “no” so quickly, not because he doesn’t support Vance, but rather because he doesn’t believe he will have a successor. He expects to remain President himself.
Not paying workers for work done has always been part of Trump’s brand. Why are we “shocked” that he is doing this to those working “for him” today? The only question is why aren’t the workers organizing? Where are the picket lines? Where are the mass street protests? eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
USA TODAY exclusive: Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills
Among those who say billionaire didn't pay: dishwashers, painters, waiters
eu.usatoday.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Not paying workers for work done has always been part of Trump’s brand. Why are we “shocked” that he is doing this to those working “for him” today? The only question is why aren’t the workers organizing? Where are the picket lines? Where are the mass street protests? eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump’s strategy, lifted from the authoritarian playbook, is to terrorize first, then offer targeted relief. Psychoanalysts understand the aim: to induce confusion and fearful dependency, and, then grateful support when the target turns out to be someone else.
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Breaking news: The Trump administration says federal spending freeze was meant to be limited, but order has spurred confusion and fund disruptions.
Trump spending freeze upends Washington, triggering legal threats and delays
The federal government fell into chaos Tuesday as officials braced for potential interruptions to programs that range from protecting food safety to responding to natural disasters.
wapo.st
January 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Trump’s strategy, lifted from the authoritarian playbook, is to terrorize first, then offer targeted relief. Psychoanalysts understand the aim: to induce confusion and fearful dependency, and, then grateful support when the target turns out to be someone else.
bsky.app/profile/wash...
bsky.app/profile/wash...
Democracies of the world, please take note. As with climate change, the timeline is shorter than you think. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/wealth-...
Wealth inequality risks triggering 'societal collapse' within next decade, report finds
The warning comes from an expert roundtable led by researchers from King's and the Fairness Foundation
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Democracies of the world, please take note. As with climate change, the timeline is shorter than you think. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/wealth-...
Eleven men, imprisoned at Guantanamo for 20 years & never charged with a crime, have been released. Biden has 13 days left to free 4 others cleared for release, transfer those found guilty of crimes to legitimate prisons, and close Guantanamo once and for all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/u...
U.S. Sends 11 Guantánamo Prisoners to Oman to Start New Lives
The secret mission left the smallest number of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay since the day the detention center opened in 2002.
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Eleven men, imprisoned at Guantanamo for 20 years & never charged with a crime, have been released. Biden has 13 days left to free 4 others cleared for release, transfer those found guilty of crimes to legitimate prisons, and close Guantanamo once and for all.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/u...
Reposted by Steven Reisner
Investigation Into Forced Adoptions From Ukraine Points Finger at Putin
Yale researchers traced hundreds of children taken to Russia in the war, finding what they described as “a higher level of crime than first understood.”
@nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/w...
Yale researchers traced hundreds of children taken to Russia in the war, finding what they described as “a higher level of crime than first understood.”
@nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/w...
Investigation Into Forced Adoptions From Ukraine Points Finger at Putin
Yale researchers traced hundreds of children taken to Russia in the war, finding what they described as “a higher level of crime than first understood.”
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Investigation Into Forced Adoptions From Ukraine Points Finger at Putin
Yale researchers traced hundreds of children taken to Russia in the war, finding what they described as “a higher level of crime than first understood.”
@nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/w...
Yale researchers traced hundreds of children taken to Russia in the war, finding what they described as “a higher level of crime than first understood.”
@nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/w...
“For me, life is a process whereby Thanatos has to be put in the service of Eros. The task is not to get rid of our aggression, but for our aggression to be subjugated to the purposes of Eros.”
From my interview, out today, on psychoanalysis and political change.
tapmagazine.org/all-articles...?
From my interview, out today, on psychoanalysis and political change.
tapmagazine.org/all-articles...?
Psychoanalysis and Human Rights — Tap Magazine
Steven Reisner on politics, theater, and ending psychologists’ complicity in torture
tapmagazine.org
November 21, 2024 at 7:30 PM
“For me, life is a process whereby Thanatos has to be put in the service of Eros. The task is not to get rid of our aggression, but for our aggression to be subjugated to the purposes of Eros.”
From my interview, out today, on psychoanalysis and political change.
tapmagazine.org/all-articles...?
From my interview, out today, on psychoanalysis and political change.
tapmagazine.org/all-articles...?
This is likely true and perhaps even more frightening than the idea that Trump is Putin’s puppet. Trump is now in the stronger position. What will he do with it?
Having worked as a diplomat in Moscow in Soviet times & knowing how Trump behaves, I am convinced that the FSB has a sex tape with Trump, but does it matter any longer? Trump has won & his reputation is awful in any case.
Russian state TV showed nude pictures of Melania. So what?
Russian state TV showed nude pictures of Melania. So what?
November 12, 2024 at 11:06 AM
This is likely true and perhaps even more frightening than the idea that Trump is Putin’s puppet. Trump is now in the stronger position. What will he do with it?