James Kanter
@jameskanter.bsky.social
award-winning journalist | euscream.com politics podcast | formers @nytimes @iht @dowjones-wsje @cambodiadaily
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Nation building??
January 5, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Nation building??
MAGA and Trump are pushing a white supremacist vision for Europe. But EU leaders aren't properly challenging the racist logic: "Those who do not subscribe to this toxic fiction must have the courage to say so publicly" writes @simplyshada.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The awkward truth about some of Trump’s views on Europe? European leaders agree with him | Shada Islam
The US president’s fears about ‘woke’ Europe are laughable. He would feel right at home in today’s EU, says Brussels-based writer Shada Islam
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:50 PM
MAGA and Trump are pushing a white supremacist vision for Europe. But EU leaders aren't properly challenging the racist logic: "Those who do not subscribe to this toxic fiction must have the courage to say so publicly" writes @simplyshada.bsky.social.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What's coming out of Musk's AI chatbot Grok is "disgusting" says European Commission spokesperson @thomasregnier.ec.europa.eu in response to child porn scandal on X.
January 5, 2026 at 12:46 PM
What's coming out of Musk's AI chatbot Grok is "disgusting" says European Commission spokesperson @thomasregnier.ec.europa.eu in response to child porn scandal on X.
Trump says US will run Venezula until transition but without giving exit date and jumps without a blink to returning Venezuelans and to sending in US oil companies to start pumping oil. Pretty surreal.
January 3, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Trump says US will run Venezula until transition but without giving exit date and jumps without a blink to returning Venezuelans and to sending in US oil companies to start pumping oil. Pretty surreal.
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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And… TRO granted!
A sweet Christmas present for @imranahmed.bsky.social, @counterhate.com--& for their mission of fighting antisemitism & protecting kids online. Also nice for our all-star legal team.
A lump of coal in the stockings of authoritarians & the merchants of disinformation
A sweet Christmas present for @imranahmed.bsky.social, @counterhate.com--& for their mission of fighting antisemitism & protecting kids online. Also nice for our all-star legal team.
A lump of coal in the stockings of authoritarians & the merchants of disinformation
December 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
And… TRO granted!
A sweet Christmas present for @imranahmed.bsky.social, @counterhate.com--& for their mission of fighting antisemitism & protecting kids online. Also nice for our all-star legal team.
A lump of coal in the stockings of authoritarians & the merchants of disinformation
A sweet Christmas present for @imranahmed.bsky.social, @counterhate.com--& for their mission of fighting antisemitism & protecting kids online. Also nice for our all-star legal team.
A lump of coal in the stockings of authoritarians & the merchants of disinformation
Bulgarian man dies in private prison in Michigan after ICE roundup. He'd been in Chicago for three decades and was diabetic. Wife says "they treated him like an animal."
abc7chicago.com/post/bulgari...
abc7chicago.com/post/bulgari...
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian business owner who lived in Chicago for decades and was arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of ICE at a private prison in Michigan, the ABC7 I-...
abc7chicago.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Bulgarian man dies in private prison in Michigan after ICE roundup. He'd been in Chicago for three decades and was diabetic. Wife says "they treated him like an animal."
abc7chicago.com/post/bulgari...
abc7chicago.com/post/bulgari...
The regime for processing personal data of Europeans in the US is unstable at the best of times.
Now throw in the Trump administration's mounting attacks on the US legal order.
Time for @maxschrems.bsky.social to step in.
Now throw in the Trump administration's mounting attacks on the US legal order.
Time for @maxschrems.bsky.social to step in.
EU-US Data Transfers: Time to prepare for more trouble to come
As instability in the US legal system becomes undeniable and the US shows open signs of hostility towards the EU, it is time to reconsider where our data is flowing
noyb.eu
December 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The regime for processing personal data of Europeans in the US is unstable at the best of times.
Now throw in the Trump administration's mounting attacks on the US legal order.
Time for @maxschrems.bsky.social to step in.
Now throw in the Trump administration's mounting attacks on the US legal order.
Time for @maxschrems.bsky.social to step in.
The alt-reality of Trump-watching.
Fred Kempe at the @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social makes not a single reference to how the National Security Strategy's prescriptions for Europe rest explicitly on cultivating the far right to entrench white supremacy.
Beggars belief tbh.
Fred Kempe at the @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social makes not a single reference to how the National Security Strategy's prescriptions for Europe rest explicitly on cultivating the far right to entrench white supremacy.
Beggars belief tbh.
Dispatch from Doha: A tale of two Trumps (constrained vs. unleashed)
The Trump administration's recently released National Security Strategy is a stark departure from its predecessor during Trump's first term.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The alt-reality of Trump-watching.
Fred Kempe at the @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social makes not a single reference to how the National Security Strategy's prescriptions for Europe rest explicitly on cultivating the far right to entrench white supremacy.
Beggars belief tbh.
Fred Kempe at the @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social makes not a single reference to how the National Security Strategy's prescriptions for Europe rest explicitly on cultivating the far right to entrench white supremacy.
Beggars belief tbh.
By Jeffrey Epstein's pool, a statue channeling a colonial-era trope from Belgium. "Epstein was, after all, someone who saw people as objects.” H/t @leocendro.bsky.social
Revealed: Belgium's controversial Congo sculpture is hiding in plain sight on Jeffrey Epstein’s island – and no one noticed until now. www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/1869...
Revealed: Belgium's controversial Congo statue spotted on Epstein's island
“In a way, it’s fitting to see the statue on his property. Epstein was, after all, someone who saw people as objects.”
www.brusselstimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
By Jeffrey Epstein's pool, a statue channeling a colonial-era trope from Belgium. "Epstein was, after all, someone who saw people as objects.” H/t @leocendro.bsky.social
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So what's the outcome?
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
December 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
So what's the outcome?
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
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Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
So what's the outcome?
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
The European Commission has just said it will keep posting its news to X even after Musk compared the EU to the Fourth Reich. Musk has "freedom of speech" to make "the craziest statements" says @ec.europa.eu. What are we even doing here.
h/t @diegoinbxl.bsky.social
h/t @diegoinbxl.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The European Commission has just said it will keep posting its news to X even after Musk compared the EU to the Fourth Reich. Musk has "freedom of speech" to make "the craziest statements" says @ec.europa.eu. What are we even doing here.
h/t @diegoinbxl.bsky.social
h/t @diegoinbxl.bsky.social
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America’s betrayal of Europe is by now official policy. And yet European national leaders pledge allegiance to the United States.
December 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
America’s betrayal of Europe is by now official policy. And yet European national leaders pledge allegiance to the United States.
December 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
You gotta love this for the neofascist AfD because a Hitler imitator addressing their youth conference embarrasses them to their very core.
www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/ak...
www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/ak...
Satire oder Wahnsinn? Rätselraten um Alexander Eichwald bei der „Generation Deutschland“
Das Informationsmagazin im WDR Fernsehen.
www1.wdr.de
December 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
You gotta love this for the neofascist AfD because a Hitler imitator addressing their youth conference embarrasses them to their very core.
www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/ak...
www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/ak...
X as "a Russian nesting doll of bullshit" with "fake people yelling at fake people for being fake" enabling a "nothing is true everything is possible moment" is the best burn for long time in crowded field. Kudos @cwarzel.bsky.social @micahloewinger.bsky.social and NPR.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
X as "a Russian nesting doll of bullshit" with "fake people yelling at fake people for being fake" enabling a "nothing is true everything is possible moment" is the best burn for long time in crowded field. Kudos @cwarzel.bsky.social @micahloewinger.bsky.social and NPR.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
I just got a nearly 45% bill hike from @microsoft.com which is one of the world's top three richest corporations for an annual subscription to its standard suite of apps. If anyone else is grabbing pitchforks I'll happily join you. Surely only monopolies can pull this shit. Paging @ec.europa.eu.
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I just got a nearly 45% bill hike from @microsoft.com which is one of the world's top three richest corporations for an annual subscription to its standard suite of apps. If anyone else is grabbing pitchforks I'll happily join you. Surely only monopolies can pull this shit. Paging @ec.europa.eu.
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Imagine turning on the TV or radio and knowing what you’re about to see isn’t engineered to drive outrage, clicks, or profit, but to inform, educate, connect. That’s the role of public broadcasters like BBC, NPR, PBS, NOS, RTP, and it´s under attack.
open.substack.com/pu...
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Public media is under attack
We should be outraged
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Imagine turning on the TV or radio and knowing what you’re about to see isn’t engineered to drive outrage, clicks, or profit, but to inform, educate, connect. That’s the role of public broadcasters like BBC, NPR, PBS, NOS, RTP, and it´s under attack.
open.substack.com/pu...
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open.substack.com/pu...
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Historic. Commentators making parallels with early 1930s accommodation with Nazis. Long story short: conservatives combine with far right and neofascists to pass legislation. The vote was about business supply chains but will be remembered as another waypoint on the EU's lurch rightwards.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Historic. Commentators making parallels with early 1930s accommodation with Nazis. Long story short: conservatives combine with far right and neofascists to pass legislation. The vote was about business supply chains but will be remembered as another waypoint on the EU's lurch rightwards.