Elisabeth Gehrke
@elisabethgehrke.bsky.social
Former EU policy wonk and activist, turned graduate student in comparative literature. Endlessly curious about the world.
American/Swede living in Copenhagen, Denmark.
American/Swede living in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Efter att ha försvarat nazisterna i aktivklubb tycker henrik jönsson att det är dags att försvara alex jones från att kallas konspirationsteoretiker. Alex jones är bl.a känd för att ha stalkat föräldrar till mördade skolbarn och uppmuntrat sina följare att ringa upp dem och fråga hur deras barn dog
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Efter att ha försvarat nazisterna i aktivklubb tycker henrik jönsson att det är dags att försvara alex jones från att kallas konspirationsteoretiker. Alex jones är bl.a känd för att ha stalkat föräldrar till mördade skolbarn och uppmuntrat sina följare att ringa upp dem och fråga hur deras barn dog
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Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
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For years, MAGA influencers demanded the release of the Epstein files. Now that 20,000 documents have been released, many raising questions about Donald Trump, they're shrugging.
All MAGA Wanted Was the Epstein Files. Now They're Ignoring Them
For years, MAGA influencers demanded the release of the Epstein files. Now that 20,000 documents have been released, many raising questions about Donald Trump, they're shrugging.
wrd.cm
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 AM
For years, MAGA influencers demanded the release of the Epstein files. Now that 20,000 documents have been released, many raising questions about Donald Trump, they're shrugging.
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Pope Leo met with Ukrainian officials, victims of Russia’s war and a U.S. senator to discuss the Vatican’s role in facilitating the release of prisoners and children held by Russia.
Ukraine delegation meets Pope Leo to discuss children held in Russia
Ukraine hopes to capitalize on Pope Leo’s calls for peace to coax the Vatican into helping secure the release of children and other prisoners held by Russia.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Pope Leo met with Ukrainian officials, victims of Russia’s war and a U.S. senator to discuss the Vatican’s role in facilitating the release of prisoners and children held by Russia.
Most current elected democrats need to be replaced. They are complicit and corrupt.
November 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Most current elected democrats need to be replaced. They are complicit and corrupt.
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Again, I don’t want to get too personal but the most tepidly political, structurally vulnerable people in my life were protesting ICE all week. The juxtaposition here is just wild.
The degree to which the Democratic Party is failing to meet this moment is staggering. And INFURIATING, when contrasted with the courage on display from ordinary people with far, far less power & protection.
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Again, I don’t want to get too personal but the most tepidly political, structurally vulnerable people in my life were protesting ICE all week. The juxtaposition here is just wild.
Is anyone going to primary @bera.house.gov? Between this, his support for big tech and AIPAC we really need new representation.
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Is anyone going to primary @bera.house.gov? Between this, his support for big tech and AIPAC we really need new representation.
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Authoritarians are openly buying up major social networks (X, TikTok), and what's left of our broken mainstream media (CBS, CNN), then tasking Carr with bullying any stragglers into being feckless echoes of serious journalism.
Carr is a joke, but the broader mission is still deadly serious.
Carr is a joke, but the broader mission is still deadly serious.
media coverage of this is already as pathetic as you might expect, usually failing to mention:
the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC
the scandal was created by right wing media
the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law
PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC
the scandal was created by right wing media
the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law
PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
Trump's censor in chief at the FCC, Brendan Carr, just sent a letter to the heads of BBC, NPR and PBS informing them he's launching a "news distortion" probe into the BBC's editing of a documentary on Trump's Jan. 6 activities.
Here it is:
Here it is:
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Authoritarians are openly buying up major social networks (X, TikTok), and what's left of our broken mainstream media (CBS, CNN), then tasking Carr with bullying any stragglers into being feckless echoes of serious journalism.
Carr is a joke, but the broader mission is still deadly serious.
Carr is a joke, but the broader mission is still deadly serious.
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The American people are just an ATM to the oligarchs at this point.
Withdrawals only.
Withdrawals only.
"The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant has been awarded a $1 billion federal loan guarantee that will enable it to shift onto taxpayers some of the risk of its plan to restart the Pennsylvania facility and sell the electricity to Microsoft for its data centers."
Trump officials give $1 billion loan to restart Three Mile Island
The plan to reopen Three Mile Island to supply Microsoft with power wins a federal loan guarantee, shifting some of the risk onto taxpayers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The American people are just an ATM to the oligarchs at this point.
Withdrawals only.
Withdrawals only.
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Targeted individuals received hundreds of angry or threatening messages; one got calls every minute for a day. At least two now plan to sell their homes. Read the full investigation via @specialreports ➡️ reut.rs/4pb4T8g
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Targeted individuals received hundreds of angry or threatening messages; one got calls every minute for a day. At least two now plan to sell their homes. Read the full investigation via @specialreports ➡️ reut.rs/4pb4T8g
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How it works: public shaming, pressure on employers, threats by officials to pull funding from schools. Reuters mapped how the punishments fit into a broader pro-Trump retaliation campaign reshaping US politics. reut.rs/4pb4T8g
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
How it works: public shaming, pressure on employers, threats by officials to pull funding from schools. Reuters mapped how the punishments fit into a broader pro-Trump retaliation campaign reshaping US politics. reut.rs/4pb4T8g
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Two months after Charlie Kirk's assassination, a government-backed campaign — blessed by top Republicans and driven by right‑wing influencers — has led to firings, suspensions and investigations of more than 600 people reut.rs/4pb4T8g
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Two months after Charlie Kirk's assassination, a government-backed campaign — blessed by top Republicans and driven by right‑wing influencers — has led to firings, suspensions and investigations of more than 600 people reut.rs/4pb4T8g
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I lost a job for calling Charlie Kirk a Nazi, but this is cool.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I lost a job for calling Charlie Kirk a Nazi, but this is cool.
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Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
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Journalists shouldn't be murdered, and their murderers should be embarrassed at every possible opportunity
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Journalists shouldn't be murdered, and their murderers should be embarrassed at every possible opportunity
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an important message to elite society in general:
this is an unpopular, weak and failing lame duck president and you can just tell him no
this is an unpopular, weak and failing lame duck president and you can just tell him no
can we appreciate just how badly Johnson and Trump played this Epstein vote? total failure of a pressure campaign, delayed for months to ensure it stays in the news and immediately swamps "the Dems caved" as soon as the shutdown ends, and now it passes 427-1
couldn't have gone worse if they tried
couldn't have gone worse if they tried
November 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
an important message to elite society in general:
this is an unpopular, weak and failing lame duck president and you can just tell him no
this is an unpopular, weak and failing lame duck president and you can just tell him no
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Yeah and some of us had these babies during Covid with little or no access to vaccines for these kids and a raging anti vax movement and an increase in fucking measles and and and.
People having babies right now are braver than the troops. My kids are teens and I'm not sure what I'd do if I was facing the prospect of having to give birth and raise young children amid the dismantling of the medical system *and* the department of education *at the same time.*
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Yeah and some of us had these babies during Covid with little or no access to vaccines for these kids and a raging anti vax movement and an increase in fucking measles and and and.
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Cuomo is a useful analogue here: a lot of the NY Democratic establishment--particularly labor--lined up to endorse him at the beginning of the mayor race because he's vindictive as hell and they were afraid of retaliation if he won. But once it became clear he was flopping, he hemorrhaged support!
It's a key tell that Trump propagandists are now claiming not just that he wants the Epstein files released, but also that they're getting released ONLY BECAUSE HE ORDERED IT TO HAPPEN. For Trump, the *perception* of his mastery over the GOP is what matters most.
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
November 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Cuomo is a useful analogue here: a lot of the NY Democratic establishment--particularly labor--lined up to endorse him at the beginning of the mayor race because he's vindictive as hell and they were afraid of retaliation if he won. But once it became clear he was flopping, he hemorrhaged support!
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Sverige beskrivs som en klimathjälte.
Men nettoutsläppen från Sverige har ökat med 500 procent de senaste tio åren, visar Aftonbladets sammanställning.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Jb...
Men nettoutsläppen från Sverige har ökat med 500 procent de senaste tio åren, visar Aftonbladets sammanställning.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Jb...
Klimatkurvan chockar – ”Extremt oroande”
Sverige beskrivs som en klimathjälte. Men nettoutsläppen från Sverige har ökat med 500 procent de senaste tio åren, visar Aftonbladets sammanställning. – Väldig
www.aftonbladet.se
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Sverige beskrivs som en klimathjälte.
Men nettoutsläppen från Sverige har ökat med 500 procent de senaste tio åren, visar Aftonbladets sammanställning.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Jb...
Men nettoutsläppen från Sverige har ökat med 500 procent de senaste tio åren, visar Aftonbladets sammanställning.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Jb...
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A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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Fascinating read about Russian bankers snapping up real estate in the US and then frantically trying to figure out how to avoid seizures in the wake of sanctions.
Sanctioned Russian bankers plowed millions into this South Carolina resort
Russian bankers hit by U.S. sanctions bought multimillion-dollar homes in South Carolina’s Palmetto Bluff neighborhood and retail centers in Atlanta, Georgia.
www.postandcourier.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Fascinating read about Russian bankers snapping up real estate in the US and then frantically trying to figure out how to avoid seizures in the wake of sanctions.
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So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
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Lager 157 har en skyddskommitté för arbetsmiljöfrågor, enligt företaget. Falskt, hävdar Handels, som fruktar att regionala skyddsombud kan stängas ute. Medan ord står mot ord, har ett ärende hos Arbetsmiljöverket väntat ett och ett halvt år på avgörande.
Facket anklagar Lager 157 för fejkmetoder
Skyddsombud kan stoppas. Facket: ”Förödande.”
arbetet.se
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Lager 157 har en skyddskommitté för arbetsmiljöfrågor, enligt företaget. Falskt, hävdar Handels, som fruktar att regionala skyddsombud kan stängas ute. Medan ord står mot ord, har ett ärende hos Arbetsmiljöverket väntat ett och ett halvt år på avgörande.