Genwil 🍁
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Genwil 🍁
@genwil.bsky.social
· Sep 11
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Check out @policyalternatives.ca, www.taxfairness.ca/en, and @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social for writings on this.
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Mm-hm. And it’s on Dems to fix that, because electing Republicans has proven repeatedly lethal to people — in Iraq, in countries where USAID worked — who have no way of making the U.S. system deliver more democratic outcomes.
Could Trump ever win a majority of votes in a nation where everyone knows that their vote has an equal probability of deciding the election? The system that was ostensibly designed to prevent tyranny is actually solely responsible for delivering tyranny. Parts of the constitution are very bad!
January 21, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Mm-hm. And it’s on Dems to fix that, because electing Republicans has proven repeatedly lethal to people — in Iraq, in countries where USAID worked — who have no way of making the U.S. system deliver more democratic outcomes.
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Hakeem Jeffries is the House Democratic Follower. You can't name a single policy issue in the last year he's actually led on.
When forming a position, he follows polls, public sentiment and his own caucus members. But he never, ever gets out front to persuade or lead.
When forming a position, he follows polls, public sentiment and his own caucus members. But he never, ever gets out front to persuade or lead.
Scoop: House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries opposes bill funding DHS and ICE
Democrats are lining up against the bill.
www.axios.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Hakeem Jeffries is the House Democratic Follower. You can't name a single policy issue in the last year he's actually led on.
When forming a position, he follows polls, public sentiment and his own caucus members. But he never, ever gets out front to persuade or lead.
When forming a position, he follows polls, public sentiment and his own caucus members. But he never, ever gets out front to persuade or lead.
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'Why aren't they in the streets' is answered almost every day in my small town by people in the streets! Rather than asking 'why aren't they in the streets' it's worth asking 'why isn't your media showing them in the streets' and 'who is served by downplaying resistane in its myriad forms.'
The idea that there are no protests in the US and no one is standing up to Trump is proving incredibly hard to kill over here in Germany. It’s become dogma, utterly detached from empirical reality.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
I wonder if the people who keep talking like that understand they’re perpetuating regime propaganda.
January 21, 2026 at 3:48 PM
'Why aren't they in the streets' is answered almost every day in my small town by people in the streets! Rather than asking 'why aren't they in the streets' it's worth asking 'why isn't your media showing them in the streets' and 'who is served by downplaying resistane in its myriad forms.'
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And respectfully, RESPECTUFLLY, pretending "idiots vote against their own best interests because Eek, Brown People, and now everything sucks measurably more" is some uniquely American phenomenon is INSANE, to me.
ESPECIALLY in the UK. Brexit was SIX YEARS AGO.
ESPECIALLY in the UK. Brexit was SIX YEARS AGO.
Honestly, as a Brit, it's a very weird situation to be in right now. There's a certain sense of watching another country being lead by entitled lunatics trying to fuck over every other country and going "we know this is bad because... uh... reasons that may be pertinent to being British"
January 21, 2026 at 5:55 PM
And respectfully, RESPECTUFLLY, pretending "idiots vote against their own best interests because Eek, Brown People, and now everything sucks measurably more" is some uniquely American phenomenon is INSANE, to me.
ESPECIALLY in the UK. Brexit was SIX YEARS AGO.
ESPECIALLY in the UK. Brexit was SIX YEARS AGO.
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Trump is a convenient deus ex machina for people who support his politics but are too embarrassed to admit so, would be my simplified theory here.
This is why I always emphasize that "the media just likes Trump for clicks and ratings" is not accurate. The Jeffrey Epstein scandal is the worst in political history and instead of sensationalizing it, they repeatedly minimize it and downplay it despite massive public interest
public perception says mainstream media is sensationalist, lusts for scandal, will make anything up to sell papers and get clicks etc.,
and then this particular president does like 10 scandals a day and mainstream media insists on describing his actions in the most uninteresting way possible
and then this particular president does like 10 scandals a day and mainstream media insists on describing his actions in the most uninteresting way possible
January 21, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Trump is a convenient deus ex machina for people who support his politics but are too embarrassed to admit so, would be my simplified theory here.
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Relatedly, Tony Soprano does not think this is a real nice store or that it would be a shame if something happened to it.
January 21, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Relatedly, Tony Soprano does not think this is a real nice store or that it would be a shame if something happened to it.
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Europeans losing their shit about Trump. Everybody is starting to understand how bad this is. But we're still trying to blame random people instead of agreeing to face the real problem. Unchecked white supremacy.
Over 35% of people didn't bother to vote. They were happy to see Trump win.
Of the 64% that bothered, half voted Trump. They were happy to see him win.
So pretty much 70% of Americans were happy to see Trump win. That's the vast majority.
Uncomfortable facts are no less factual.
Of the 64% that bothered, half voted Trump. They were happy to see him win.
So pretty much 70% of Americans were happy to see Trump win. That's the vast majority.
Uncomfortable facts are no less factual.
January 21, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Europeans losing their shit about Trump. Everybody is starting to understand how bad this is. But we're still trying to blame random people instead of agreeing to face the real problem. Unchecked white supremacy.
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Just like many Black Americans, I'm one-quarter "British Isles" without a single post-1865 white ancestor. Black Americans are bidialectal English and AAVE speakers. What our ancestral tongues were, we will never know.
The British Empire did that, and the United States is her rogue daughter.
The British Empire did that, and the United States is her rogue daughter.
January 21, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Just like many Black Americans, I'm one-quarter "British Isles" without a single post-1865 white ancestor. Black Americans are bidialectal English and AAVE speakers. What our ancestral tongues were, we will never know.
The British Empire did that, and the United States is her rogue daughter.
The British Empire did that, and the United States is her rogue daughter.
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“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.
Everyone understands that countering lies with (obvious) truth matters...until it's Black people speaking with clarity about the US and their experience of it.
Then it's cringe.
Then it's cringe.
January 21, 2026 at 6:01 PM
“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoyed it.
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It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
US trade secretary Howard Lutnick really not mincing his words here at Davos: "We are here to make a v clear point: globalisation has failed the West and the USA. It's a failed policy. It's what the WEF has stood for, which is, export, offshore, find the cheapest labour in the world."
January 20, 2026 at 3:47 PM
It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.
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Thought-provoking piece by @lewisgoodall.com. He argues that the US under Trump is no longer from the UK perspective a
- military ally (Greenland)
- strategic ally (Russia/Ukraine)
- political ally (NSS calling for empowering far-right in Europe)
- economic ally (tariffs)
- military ally (Greenland)
- strategic ally (Russia/Ukraine)
- political ally (NSS calling for empowering far-right in Europe)
- economic ally (tariffs)
The Valueless Presidency
America is no longer Europe's ally. Stop bleating about NATO. It's already gone.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Thought-provoking piece by @lewisgoodall.com. He argues that the US under Trump is no longer from the UK perspective a
- military ally (Greenland)
- strategic ally (Russia/Ukraine)
- political ally (NSS calling for empowering far-right in Europe)
- economic ally (tariffs)
- military ally (Greenland)
- strategic ally (Russia/Ukraine)
- political ally (NSS calling for empowering far-right in Europe)
- economic ally (tariffs)
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Brian Lilley can go live in the United States if he’s so unhappy about Canada.
Brian Lilley: “That was a truly awful speech in Davos.” 🤡
January 21, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Brian Lilley can go live in the United States if he’s so unhappy about Canada.
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A law-and-order platform which credibly promised to punish crimes committed by members of DOGE would be widly popular, I think.
DOGE employees may have improperly accessed social security data, DOJ says
It's a stunning admission from the Trump administration, after it battled in court over DOGE's rights to access and use Social Security data .
www.axios.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:56 AM
A law-and-order platform which credibly promised to punish crimes committed by members of DOGE would be widly popular, I think.
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This midterm election is our Battle of Gettysburg! We MUST win. Our Republic will not survive three more years of Trump with a complicit GOP Congress and corrupt GOP Supreme Court. My new article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/this-midte...
This midterm election is our Battle of Gettysburg!
This is the "Battle of the 2026 Midterms"
deanobeidallah.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
This midterm election is our Battle of Gettysburg! We MUST win. Our Republic will not survive three more years of Trump with a complicit GOP Congress and corrupt GOP Supreme Court. My new article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/this-midte...
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If Trump's crimes and corruption are not the basis for impeachment then we should no longer have a US Constitution because it is meaningless.
January 21, 2026 at 12:03 PM
If Trump's crimes and corruption are not the basis for impeachment then we should no longer have a US Constitution because it is meaningless.
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Carney’s AI strategy pretends that you can still work with Microsoft and Palantir(!) and call it a sovereign cloud. You simply can’t.
The CFIA knows that the US gutting of their regulatory agencies means it’ll be more work for them to keep Canadians safe. They can’t do that under austerity.
The CFIA knows that the US gutting of their regulatory agencies means it’ll be more work for them to keep Canadians safe. They can’t do that under austerity.
Microsoft’s AI deal promises Canada digital sovereignty, but is that a pledge it can keep?
As the U.S. government becomes increasingly authoritarian and issues threats to other countries, can Canadians trust U.S. tech companies with their data?
theconversation.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Carney’s AI strategy pretends that you can still work with Microsoft and Palantir(!) and call it a sovereign cloud. You simply can’t.
The CFIA knows that the US gutting of their regulatory agencies means it’ll be more work for them to keep Canadians safe. They can’t do that under austerity.
The CFIA knows that the US gutting of their regulatory agencies means it’ll be more work for them to keep Canadians safe. They can’t do that under austerity.
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This just in: You can NOT appease FASCISTS!
January 21, 2026 at 12:08 PM
This just in: You can NOT appease FASCISTS!
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Unless Europe stands up to Trump NOW, they will be complicit in creating the Putin of the West.
January 21, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Unless Europe stands up to Trump NOW, they will be complicit in creating the Putin of the West.
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Maple MAGA are traitors to Canada. Full stop.
January 21, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Maple MAGA are traitors to Canada. Full stop.
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“We must also recognize Canada’s own role in weakening international human rights, accelerating planetary destruction thru fossil fuel investment & ceding democratic power to the interests of the few by allowing extreme wealth & influence 2 accumulate unchecked” canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
What Mark Carney gets wrong about the end of the rules-based order
To re-establish power, defend sovereignty, and strengthen democratic values, Canada and its allies must do more than challenge the American state. We must also confront the influence of US corporate p...
canadiandimension.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:07 PM
“We must also recognize Canada’s own role in weakening international human rights, accelerating planetary destruction thru fossil fuel investment & ceding democratic power to the interests of the few by allowing extreme wealth & influence 2 accumulate unchecked” canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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Whatever is in the Epstein files about Donald Trump is so horrible that he is willing to go to war with NATO to distract us from it. Release ALL the Epstein files now!!
January 21, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Whatever is in the Epstein files about Donald Trump is so horrible that he is willing to go to war with NATO to distract us from it. Release ALL the Epstein files now!!
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Sounds like Trump plans to rebrand Bush’s “Axis of Evil” as the “Board of Peace.”
Times sure have changed here in Bizarro world.
www.reuters.com/world/lukash...
Times sure have changed here in Bizarro world.
www.reuters.com/world/lukash...
Lukashenko joins Trump's 'Board of Peace' as US eases his isolation
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed an agreement on Tuesday to join U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, the latest step in a rapprochement with Washington after years of interna...
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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The National Socialist German Workers' Party were not socialist.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is not democratic.
Trump's Board of Peace is not about peace.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is not democratic.
Trump's Board of Peace is not about peace.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
January 20, 2026 at 12:37 PM