Keith A. Eddins
@eugeneinoregon.bsky.social
Retired American diplomat who focused on NATO, USSR/Russia, & post-1989 Central Europe. Now at the Univ. of Oregon. Political & foreign policy viewpoints are my own. Proudly anti-fascist; I will never be a collaborator. To POTUS, I’m radical leftist scum.
FWIW, I've already switched from 'Gestapo,' 'secret police,' and 'killing and kidnapping' to 'masked paramilitary units,' 'death squads,' and 'murders and executions.'
Here's the thing, Greg — free speech is still protected by the First Amendment under the Constitution.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
If you want folks to stop saying you're the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people, maybe stop acting like the secret police who are kidnapping and killing people.
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 26, 2026 at 9:19 PM
FWIW, I've already switched from 'Gestapo,' 'secret police,' and 'killing and kidnapping' to 'masked paramilitary units,' 'death squads,' and 'murders and executions.'
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⚡️ Russia is now forcing civilian passengers onto military cargo planes as its aviation industry collapses under sanctions.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:56 PM
⚡️ Russia is now forcing civilian passengers onto military cargo planes as its aviation industry collapses under sanctions.
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We've reached the point where a respected Minnesota newspaper is having to do an explainer on which gases being used by federal masked, paramilitary forces against U.S. citizens are and aren't chemical weapons...
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 9:04 PM
We've reached the point where a respected Minnesota newspaper is having to do an explainer on which gases being used by federal masked, paramilitary forces against U.S. citizens are and aren't chemical weapons...
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“As journalists, we must remember that our responsibility is not to present both sides evenly; it is to make a determination about the facts that helps audiences understand a chaotic world.” www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
‘Terrorist! Terrorist! Terrorist!’
From Minneapolis to Gaza, how does the press responsibly report killings when officials act in obvious bad faith? By looking out the window.
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January 26, 2026 at 7:52 PM
“As journalists, we must remember that our responsibility is not to present both sides evenly; it is to make a determination about the facts that helps audiences understand a chaotic world.” www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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1/ "The Trump administration must immediately cease all violent, unlawful ICE and Border Patrol actions. We call on Congress to speak up and hold this administration accountable, including calling for a transparent, credible, and just investigation of the violence and deaths in MN and elsewhere."
Violence and Gaslighting: This is What Authoritarianism Looks Like. We Must Resist.
Trump administration has escalated its violent behavior. A U.S. citizen was killed by federal law enforcement agents while exercising his constitutional right to free speech and peaceful assembly. Sta...
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January 26, 2026 at 8:11 PM
1/ "The Trump administration must immediately cease all violent, unlawful ICE and Border Patrol actions. We call on Congress to speak up and hold this administration accountable, including calling for a transparent, credible, and just investigation of the violence and deaths in MN and elsewhere."
When I was an FSO I had more contact w/NYT foreign correspondents than those from the Post, but the WP was still a major player (in U.S. terms) & their overseas staff did excellent work. I've already given up my Post subscription (over the Harris endorsement fiasco), but I nevertheless regret this.
A bloodbath at The Washington Post. What a terrible day for journalism.
January 26, 2026 at 8:11 PM
When I was an FSO I had more contact w/NYT foreign correspondents than those from the Post, but the WP was still a major player (in U.S. terms) & their overseas staff did excellent work. I've already given up my Post subscription (over the Harris endorsement fiasco), but I nevertheless regret this.
He's right...and teams shouldn't travel here, either.
January 26, 2026 at 8:02 PM
He's right...and teams shouldn't travel here, either.
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To Gregory Bovino: This is what brandishing a firearm at a protest looks like.
January 26, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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Just a reminder that the paper is owned by one of the wealthiest men in the world who recently paid $40 million to distribute a documentary about the first lady.
News: The Washington Post is preparing to slash upwards of 300 staffers, incl sports, metro and foreign desks @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports.
“The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news
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“The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news
www.status.news/p/washington...
Post Parting Depression
Looming cuts at The Washington Post threaten to decimate key coverage areas as staffers question the motives and commitment of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.
www.status.news
January 26, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Just a reminder that the paper is owned by one of the wealthiest men in the world who recently paid $40 million to distribute a documentary about the first lady.
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Hello @mnufc.com ,
This seems like a good time for you to publicly pledge that you will never hire Global X, or any of the charter airlines that also transmit abducted people for ICE, to fly your athletes anywhere for any purpose.
This seems like a good time for you to publicly pledge that you will never hire Global X, or any of the charter airlines that also transmit abducted people for ICE, to fly your athletes anywhere for any purpose.
60+ CEOs release letter on "recent challenges" creating "tragic loss."
Call for "immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions."
No mention of ICE.
Signers include Target, UnitedHealth, Cargill, General Mills, MN sport teams
Call for "immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions."
No mention of ICE.
Signers include Target, UnitedHealth, Cargill, General Mills, MN sport teams
January 25, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Hello @mnufc.com ,
This seems like a good time for you to publicly pledge that you will never hire Global X, or any of the charter airlines that also transmit abducted people for ICE, to fly your athletes anywhere for any purpose.
This seems like a good time for you to publicly pledge that you will never hire Global X, or any of the charter airlines that also transmit abducted people for ICE, to fly your athletes anywhere for any purpose.
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Now is also a good time for the league, those teams, and athletes, coaches and staff to pledge publicly that they will not ever again hire the charter airlines, like Global X, and others, who also fly abducted human beings for ICE.
thread here if you want to see for yourself, there’s another one from earlier in the day that called for them to postpone the game
people are fucking disgusted and furious
people are fucking disgusted and furious
From the nba community on Reddit: [Charania] The Timberwolves-Warriors game in Minneapolis has been postponed by the NBA, sources tell ESPN, in wake of a man shot and killed Saturday in a confrontatio...
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January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Now is also a good time for the league, those teams, and athletes, coaches and staff to pledge publicly that they will not ever again hire the charter airlines, like Global X, and others, who also fly abducted human beings for ICE.
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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this is right. you don't have to work out every detail. start with no. go from there.
Senate Dems needn’t come to agreement on everything right now. That’s a path to the lowest common denominator. They simply have to agree to filibuster DHS approps. As to which of a host of anti-brutality and anti-authoritarian proposals to advance, let a thousand flowers bloom.
January 25, 2026 at 6:21 PM
this is right. you don't have to work out every detail. start with no. go from there.
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Looks like dozens of people are in the hospital now. Absolutely nuts www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-n...
January 25, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Looks like dozens of people are in the hospital now. Absolutely nuts www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-n...
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Realists who advocate compromise w Ru always claim/assume that all Ru wants from Ukr is to control its foreign policy. As Ru keeps partitioning Ukr and working to absorb each chunk through genocidal Russification, the realists’ stubborn denial of Ru’s attempt to destroy Ukr nation discredits them.
January 25, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Realists who advocate compromise w Ru always claim/assume that all Ru wants from Ukr is to control its foreign policy. As Ru keeps partitioning Ukr and working to absorb each chunk through genocidal Russification, the realists’ stubborn denial of Ru’s attempt to destroy Ukr nation discredits them.
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From my colleague Steve Cash at @thesteadystate.org
“The Department of Homeland Security has, in effect, become a tool of a dictator, our Ministry of Interior…
[..Its creation] was always a risk. We are living with the consequences of refusing to believe that it could ever happen here.”
“The Department of Homeland Security has, in effect, become a tool of a dictator, our Ministry of Interior…
[..Its creation] was always a risk. We are living with the consequences of refusing to believe that it could ever happen here.”
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
"We now have our own version of the Soviet KGB, Russian FSB without the name, an East German Stasi, a Serbian MUP without the uniform:...Centralize authority. Blur legal boundaries. Normalize force. Declare opponents dangerous. Treat dissent as disorder."
"We now have our own version of the Soviet KGB, Russian FSB without the name, an East German Stasi, a Serbian MUP without the uniform:...Centralize authority. Blur legal boundaries. Normalize force. Declare opponents dangerous. Treat dissent as disorder."
The Department of Homeland Security becomes our own Ministry of Interior.
The Steady State | by Steven A. Cash
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January 25, 2026 at 6:16 PM
From my colleague Steve Cash at @thesteadystate.org
“The Department of Homeland Security has, in effect, become a tool of a dictator, our Ministry of Interior…
[..Its creation] was always a risk. We are living with the consequences of refusing to believe that it could ever happen here.”
“The Department of Homeland Security has, in effect, become a tool of a dictator, our Ministry of Interior…
[..Its creation] was always a risk. We are living with the consequences of refusing to believe that it could ever happen here.”
Moving forward, I’m good with this new rule, provided it’s applied to everyone and everywhere. But I presume he only wants to apply it to anti-Trump demonstrators.
"You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple." - Trump's FBI Director Kash Patel bluevirginia.us/2026/01/sund... h/t @atrupar.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Moving forward, I’m good with this new rule, provided it’s applied to everyone and everywhere. But I presume he only wants to apply it to anti-Trump demonstrators.
As we learned last March, it’s not enough to vote ‘no’ on the bill; Dems must commit to vote ‘no’ on cloture. Otherwise, Schumer will snooker us again.
It's simple: the DHS bill isn't going to pass if its lawlessness isn't reined in.
Democrats sought common sense reforms in the Department of Homeland Security spending bill, but because of Republicans’ refusal to stand up to President Trump, the DHS bill is woefully inadequate to rein in the abuses of ICE. I will vote no.
January 25, 2026 at 3:37 AM
As we learned last March, it’s not enough to vote ‘no’ on the bill; Dems must commit to vote ‘no’ on cloture. Otherwise, Schumer will snooker us again.
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Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty."
January 25, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Beyond helping establish DHS itself in 2003, Mr. Mitnick was a senate-confirmed Trump choice for General Counsel for DHS in his first term. I've talked with him a few times, and he's not a man for hyperbole. So bear that in mind when you see him calling out DHS's "lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty."
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This is a white supremacist paramilitary operation. Their goal—their stated goal!—is to force America to submit to the President's racist domineering vision for the country.
The sooner everybody starts confronting it on the terms that they themselves have stated, the better.
The sooner everybody starts confronting it on the terms that they themselves have stated, the better.
January 24, 2026 at 6:22 PM
This is a white supremacist paramilitary operation. Their goal—their stated goal!—is to force America to submit to the President's racist domineering vision for the country.
The sooner everybody starts confronting it on the terms that they themselves have stated, the better.
The sooner everybody starts confronting it on the terms that they themselves have stated, the better.
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“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
RIP Alex Pretti
January 25, 2026 at 2:06 AM
RIP Alex Pretti
Need to make sure this includes a ‘no’ vote on cloture, as well…
Sen. Dick Durbin, another one of the 8 Democratic YES votes on Nov funding bill, is a NO on this DHS measure: “I will not vote to fund the illegal DHS and ICE operations that terrorize Chicago, Minneapolis, and many other communities.”
This bill doesn’t have the votes.
This bill doesn’t have the votes.
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Need to make sure this includes a ‘no’ vote on cloture, as well…