Eric Chenoweth
@ericdchenoweth.bsky.social
Director, Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe. Principal author, Democracy Web. Posts my own. For time being at Twitter (to counter propaganda).
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February 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM
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Correct. When faced with the fork in the road between liberalism (broadly speaking) and fascism, these GOP leaders took the fascist road. There is only darkness in their minds.
"Look at the behavior of some of the individuals who are best-positioned to lead the Republican Party in a post-Trump world, and you’ll see figures like Vance, Rubio, Cotton, and Lee offering full-throated defenses of Trumpism on everything from the murder of Renee Good to taking Greenland."
After Trump, the Flood
On the ending of things and the need for post-diluvian politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Correct. When faced with the fork in the road between liberalism (broadly speaking) and fascism, these GOP leaders took the fascist road. There is only darkness in their minds.
February 16, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This is how to message. Not to propagandize (that's what the other side does). Message.
Here is your daily reminder that Trump made $5 billion on corrupt crypto schemes while kicking 17 million Americans off their health care.
Trump gets rich. His friends get richer.
Working people get screwed.
Trump gets rich. His friends get richer.
Working people get screwed.
February 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
This is how to message. Not to propagandize (that's what the other side does). Message.
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Remarkable: Majority of working class voters oppose deportations of undocumented immigrants with jobs/no criminal records, per new Marquette data.
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
February 14, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Remarkable: Majority of working class voters oppose deportations of undocumented immigrants with jobs/no criminal records, per new Marquette data.
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
This is a key discussion needing to be had exactly at the Munich Security Conference. @aoc.bsky.social is on target.
(There actually used to be political consensus around the idea of sharing wealth equitably across society. It's when that consensus broke down that democracies stopped delivering.)
(There actually used to be political consensus around the idea of sharing wealth equitably across society. It's when that consensus broke down that democracies stopped delivering.)
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 14, 2026 at 1:18 AM
This is a key discussion needing to be had exactly at the Munich Security Conference. @aoc.bsky.social is on target.
(There actually used to be political consensus around the idea of sharing wealth equitably across society. It's when that consensus broke down that democracies stopped delivering.)
(There actually used to be political consensus around the idea of sharing wealth equitably across society. It's when that consensus broke down that democracies stopped delivering.)
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"Eliminate presidential immunity" needs to become as common a refrain as "eliminate Citizens United"
this case is maybe the single best example of one of the most destructive tendencies of this court: the tendency to treat their job as a collegiate legal seminar where they operate in hypotheticals rather than deal with the real world as it exists
February 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
"Eliminate presidential immunity" needs to become as common a refrain as "eliminate Citizens United"
Take this stat with you while canvassing for the 2026 mid-terms.
The heads of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla all joined Trump at his inauguration.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Since then, largely thanks to Trump's Big Ugly Bill, their companies have reaped $51B in federal tax breaks — paid for by huge cuts to our social safety net.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
February 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Take this stat with you while canvassing for the 2026 mid-terms.
This is how to message. And listen to the whole clip. @ossoff.senate.gov is connecting all the dots. (Note: racism and plutocracy were always intertwined.)
Ossoff: "You're seeing what I'm seeing, right? The president posting about the Obamas like a Klansman."
February 9, 2026 at 8:24 PM
This is how to message. And listen to the whole clip. @ossoff.senate.gov is connecting all the dots. (Note: racism and plutocracy were always intertwined.)
Indeed, the Epstein files (and Epstein-Mandelson relationship, Epstein's links to Russian leaders & coordinated Epstein-Russian investments in Silicon Valley, etc.) show how urgently the *U.S.* needs a proper reckoning with Russian interference in its politics.
If the Mandelson-Epstein affair shows anything, it is how urgently Britain still needs a proper reckoning with Russian interference in its politics 👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/p/palantir-p...
Palantir, Peter Thiel and the Epstein files
The files have pushed a powerful surveillance contractor back under the spotlight
citizensreunited.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Indeed, the Epstein files (and Epstein-Mandelson relationship, Epstein's links to Russian leaders & coordinated Epstein-Russian investments in Silicon Valley, etc.) show how urgently the *U.S.* needs a proper reckoning with Russian interference in its politics.
Please open to find ways to help Ukrainians in this dark winter. Trump & Congress abandoned---betrayed---Ukraine. As a result, Ukraine lacks adequate air defenses & Russia is able to commit war crime after war crime targeting civilian facilities & civilians. Americans can fill some of this void.
Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...
The Long Ukrainian Winter
How You Can Help
snyder.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Please open to find ways to help Ukrainians in this dark winter. Trump & Congress abandoned---betrayed---Ukraine. As a result, Ukraine lacks adequate air defenses & Russia is able to commit war crime after war crime targeting civilian facilities & civilians. Americans can fill some of this void.
Self-censorship is obeying in advance. Shielding Americans from what this administration has done to the US's reputation and standing abroad is a profound disservice to NBC's viewers, who should know long-standing allies & friends now boo leaders of the United States.
Wow, NBC edited out the audience booing JD Vance at the Olympics. And this is one of the few remaining news outlets NOT owned by right-wing billionaire Trump sycophants
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast
The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Self-censorship is obeying in advance. Shielding Americans from what this administration has done to the US's reputation and standing abroad is a profound disservice to NBC's viewers, who should know long-standing allies & friends now boo leaders of the United States.
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With a few exceptions, the items in this list are already the law. Republicans are saying it’s unrealistic for Trump’s goons to follow the law.
Here's what Republicans think is "unrealistic"
1) Need a judicial warrant to enter private property
2) Require verification that someone is not a US citizen before sending them to immigration detention
3) No masks
4) No secret police: Officers must have ID
5) Keep enforcement away from
1) Need a judicial warrant to enter private property
2) Require verification that someone is not a US citizen before sending them to immigration detention
3) No masks
4) No secret police: Officers must have ID
5) Keep enforcement away from
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
February 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
With a few exceptions, the items in this list are already the law. Republicans are saying it’s unrealistic for Trump’s goons to follow the law.
This is a good slogan.
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 4:27 AM
This is a good slogan.
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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February 4, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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Notwithstanding the Trump-aligned editorials, the @washingtonpost.com's unionized journalists and other union workers are the ones keeping this a real newspaper (as the @wsj.com). It's worth fighting for. Show solidarity for @postguild.bsky.social. Join the protest if you can. #SaveThePost
Jeff Bezos, one of the richest people on Earth, just eliminated hundreds of union jobs at the Washington Post.
Solidarity with @postguild.bsky.social. Join them tomorrow, February 5 at 12:00 p.m. for a rally to #SaveThePost.
Solidarity with @postguild.bsky.social. Join them tomorrow, February 5 at 12:00 p.m. for a rally to #SaveThePost.
February 4, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Notwithstanding the Trump-aligned editorials, the @washingtonpost.com's unionized journalists and other union workers are the ones keeping this a real newspaper (as the @wsj.com). It's worth fighting for. Show solidarity for @postguild.bsky.social. Join the protest if you can. #SaveThePost
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What really got to me in this essay, other than the horrible particulars and the inspiring details about the community response, was when she first looked into the protests, on October first, and learned it had already been going for 119 days
audrey was curious about how the stories about the Portland ICE occupation compared to reality. once she got to know the people on the ground, she was determined to stick with them. what she saw, felt and learned over the last four months is summarized here:
www.liberalcurrents.com/what-its-rea...
www.liberalcurrents.com/what-its-rea...
What It's Really Like: A First-Hand Account of the Portland ICE Facility Occupation
In Portland, members of the community have been standing up to ICE for most of Trump's second term so far.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:03 PM
What really got to me in this essay, other than the horrible particulars and the inspiring details about the community response, was when she first looked into the protests, on October first, and learned it had already been going for 119 days
Keep reposting. We need to know. And we need to resist (staying committed to strategic nonviolence).
"She sustained a torn rotator cuff, concussion and bruised ribs during the incident and received medical treatment at a hospital..."
www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
February 2, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Keep reposting. We need to know. And we need to resist (staying committed to strategic nonviolence).
@maddow.bsky.social is posting the reports we generally aren't seeing. Keep reposting. We all need to know the extent of ICE and administration lawlessness.
"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..."
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
apnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:19 AM
@maddow.bsky.social is posting the reports we generally aren't seeing. Keep reposting. We all need to know the extent of ICE and administration lawlessness.
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social is correct. It is the right analogy.
ICE and CBP agents seem to enjoy gratuitously breaking glass—from car windows to store fronts to homes. It’s an expression of unchecked power and dominance: “We’re in charge. We break and shatter what we want.”
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
January 31, 2026 at 11:04 PM
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social is correct. It is the right analogy.
More media need to be reporting the full story. Thanks @stephenrodrick.bsky.social for doing it. (See below.)
Also thanks to @polgreen.bsky.social for her full-page Sunday Opinion article in @nytimes.com. Please read.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...).
Also thanks to @polgreen.bsky.social for her full-page Sunday Opinion article in @nytimes.com. Please read.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...).
January 31, 2026 at 10:53 PM
More media need to be reporting the full story. Thanks @stephenrodrick.bsky.social for doing it. (See below.)
Also thanks to @polgreen.bsky.social for her full-page Sunday Opinion article in @nytimes.com. Please read.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...).
Also thanks to @polgreen.bsky.social for her full-page Sunday Opinion article in @nytimes.com. Please read.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...).
Glad to have been outside support for today's protest inside Trump Tower bringing attention to dozens who have died in detention centers or at the hands of ICE. Passers-by on posh 5th Ave. were largely supportive & many joined in chants "Abolish ICE." Rise & Resist is right. We can't just stand by.
📆 January 31, 2025
📣 Say Their Names
📍 Trump Tower, NYC
Today, Rise and Resist shut down Trump Tower today. We read aloud, all of the names of the people killed by I.C.E., or who died while in I.C.E. custody since January, 2026.
📣 Say Their Names
📍 Trump Tower, NYC
Today, Rise and Resist shut down Trump Tower today. We read aloud, all of the names of the people killed by I.C.E., or who died while in I.C.E. custody since January, 2026.
January 31, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Glad to have been outside support for today's protest inside Trump Tower bringing attention to dozens who have died in detention centers or at the hands of ICE. Passers-by on posh 5th Ave. were largely supportive & many joined in chants "Abolish ICE." Rise & Resist is right. We can't just stand by.
We have seen the whole gamut of authoritarian abuse of power being unleashed at a greater level this past month. It requires an increasing level of resistance at all levels to prevent Trump's consolidation of greater power.
🚨 CPJ strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for their reporting on a protest in Minnesota, arrests which mark a serious escalation of attacks on the press in the United States.
Read more: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
Read more: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
January 30, 2026 at 11:56 PM
We have seen the whole gamut of authoritarian abuse of power being unleashed at a greater level this past month. It requires an increasing level of resistance at all levels to prevent Trump's consolidation of greater power.
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So many NYers out in the cold at a vigil for Alex Pretti, standing in solidarity with the unions who organized it and with our siblings in MN 💙
January 29, 2026 at 11:33 PM
So many NYers out in the cold at a vigil for Alex Pretti, standing in solidarity with the unions who organized it and with our siblings in MN 💙