Kenneth Manusama
@kennethmanusama.bsky.social
Writer / America / US Constitutional Law / recovering international lawyer / Substack 'Amerikaanse Toestanden' / Boek 'Ongrondwettelijk' (Thomas Rap)(juni 2025) / Boek 'Democratie van het Wilde Westen (2024)(Bot Uitgevers) / manusama.com
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Ik word een beetje zenuwachtig van het relatief explosief stijgende aantal abonnees op mijn nieuwsbrief 'Amerikaanse Toestanden'.
Het onderwerp deze vrijdag: Zijn er nog wel eerlijke verkiezingen in november?
Abonneren kan alvast hier:
amerikaanstetoestanden.substack.com
Het onderwerp deze vrijdag: Zijn er nog wel eerlijke verkiezingen in november?
Abonneren kan alvast hier:
amerikaanstetoestanden.substack.com
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Het onderwerp van de derde aflevering van onze podcast De Toestand in de Wereld is goed getimed: Een nieuwe kernwapenwedloop. #DTIDW www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ud...
De Toestand in de Wereld afl. 3: Een nieuwe kernwapenwedloop - 13 februari 2026
YouTube video by De Toestand in de Wereld
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February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Het onderwerp van de derde aflevering van onze podcast De Toestand in de Wereld is goed getimed: Een nieuwe kernwapenwedloop. #DTIDW www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ud...
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hi, judge expert here, judges only do this when they're in extreme distress!
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February 14, 2026 at 6:24 AM
hi, judge expert here, judges only do this when they're in extreme distress!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
n.pr
February 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
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Het is om razend van te worden. Van politici snap ik nog dat ze om het Oranje Kind in het Witte Huis niet boos te maken, hun woorden zorgvuldig kiezen. Maar dat media dat gewoon nakakelen... Illustreert opnieuw dat het daar vaak ontbreekt, niet aan integriteit maar aan kaliber.
Joris, ben ík nu gek of zijn politici en journalisten nu helemaal gek geworden met koppen zoals: "Amerikaanse minister Rubio reikt EU de hand in München". Er komen allemaal termen in me op: trauma bonding, self-blame, gaslighting, stockholmsyndroom, Halo-effect, moral licensing, recency bias.
February 14, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Het is om razend van te worden. Van politici snap ik nog dat ze om het Oranje Kind in het Witte Huis niet boos te maken, hun woorden zorgvuldig kiezen. Maar dat media dat gewoon nakakelen... Illustreert opnieuw dat het daar vaak ontbreekt, niet aan integriteit maar aan kaliber.
Keuze tussen twee versies van de 'Westerse beschaving' nl 1 van etniciteit, en 1 van waarden zoals de liberale democratische rechtstaat.
Free piece just released. Marco Rubio called on tolerant, democratic, liberal Europe to destroy itself and embrace a Trump-like future. He received a standing ovation and we are told some people are reassured. If so, Europe will deserve everything coming its way. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Rubio Calls For The End Of A Tolerant, Democratic Europe And The Crowd Goes Wild
Just over an hour ago, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for the end of a tolerant, democratic Europe and its break-up into a disparate group of smaller, Trumpist states, and the Europeans in t...
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Keuze tussen twee versies van de 'Westerse beschaving' nl 1 van etniciteit, en 1 van waarden zoals de liberale democratische rechtstaat.
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The *public* universities are absent from this list
On the military blacklist for education benefits:
1/N
American University
Boston College
Boston University
Brown University
Camegie Mellon University
Case Wester Reserve University
Columbia University
College of William and Mary
Cornell University
Duke University
Emory University
1/N
American University
Boston College
Boston University
Brown University
Camegie Mellon University
Case Wester Reserve University
Columbia University
College of William and Mary
Cornell University
Duke University
Emory University
The US DOD has just blacklisted military personnel from taking courses at most of America's top universities and specialist tech and medicine schools, including Harvard, Yale, MIT and Johns Hopkins. Somehow I don't see the PLA making this kind of unforced error.
February 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The *public* universities are absent from this list
ICYMI!
Afl. 3 van 'De Toestand in de Wereld' met @blogaap.bsky.social over de mogelijke wapendwedloop sinds het verlopen van het New START verdrag. Hoe zit het met het Chinese kernwapenarsenaal? Gaat Amerika weer meer produceren? Wordt Europa een kernmacht op zich?
bit.ly/4kwHgpA
bit.ly/4axFPD1
bit.ly/4kwHgpA
bit.ly/4axFPD1
De Toestand in de Wereld afl. 3: Een nieuwe kernwapenwedloop - 13 februari 2026
Vorige week verliep het New Start-verdrag waarin de verenigde Staten en Rusland in 2011 afspraken het aantal gereedstaande kernkoppen tot 1.550 te beperken. Betekent dit dat de VS zich opmaken hun arsenaal atoomwapens weer uit te breiden? En hoe ziet het Chinese kernwapenprogramma er eigenlijk uit, waarom breidt China het aantal kernkoppen sterk uit en hoe waarschijnlijk is het dat zij afspraken willen maken over wapenbeperking? Kenneth en Fred bespreken vanuit Amerikaans en Chinees perspectief hun kijk op een nieuwe kernwapenwedloop. Interessant? Abonneer je dan op dit kanaal.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 7:25 PM
ICYMI!
Ik roep dit al een paar maanden.
Must read (geen betaalmuur) www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Opinie | We zijn in acuut gevaar, maar blijven wensdenken over de VS
Geopolitiek: Amerika heeft zich niet alleen van ons af, maar tégen ons gekeerd, ziet Joris Luyendijk. Maar om hem heen doen de meesten alsof er uiteindelijk niets aan de hand is.
www.nrc.nl
February 14, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Ik roep dit al een paar maanden.
Lego = therapie
Van labubu's tot lego: volwassenen gaan massaal aan het speelgoed
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/econo...
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/econo...
February 14, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Lego = therapie
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NEW: Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found.
The government keeps doing it nonetheless.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
The government keeps doing it nonetheless.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
February 14, 2026 at 12:14 PM
NEW: Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump’s administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found.
The government keeps doing it nonetheless.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
The government keeps doing it nonetheless.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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SCOOP: ICE is asking Social Security for peoples' in-person appointment dates and times, and SSA staff are being told to give it to them. From me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social + @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @wired.com
wired.com/story/social...
wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE
The recent request goes against decades of precedent, and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
wired.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:19 PM
SCOOP: ICE is asking Social Security for peoples' in-person appointment dates and times, and SSA staff are being told to give it to them. From me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social + @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @wired.com
wired.com/story/social...
wired.com/story/social...
Afl. 3 van 'De Toestand in de Wereld' met @blogaap.bsky.social over de mogelijke wapendwedloop sinds het verlopen van het New START verdrag. Hoe zit het met het Chinese kernwapenarsenaal? Gaat Amerika weer meer produceren? Wordt Europa een kernmacht op zich?
bit.ly/4kwHgpA
bit.ly/4axFPD1
bit.ly/4kwHgpA
bit.ly/4axFPD1
De Toestand in de Wereld afl. 3: Een nieuwe kernwapenwedloop - 13 februari 2026
Vorige week verliep het New Start-verdrag waarin de verenigde Staten en Rusland in 2011 afspraken het aantal gereedstaande kernkoppen tot 1.550 te beperken. Betekent dit dat de VS zich opmaken hun arsenaal atoomwapens weer uit te breiden? En hoe ziet het Chinese kernwapenprogramma er eigenlijk uit, waarom breidt China het aantal kernkoppen sterk uit en hoe waarschijnlijk is het dat zij afspraken willen maken over wapenbeperking? Kenneth en Fred bespreken vanuit Amerikaans en Chinees perspectief hun kijk op een nieuwe kernwapenwedloop. Interessant? Abonneer je dan op dit kanaal.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Afl. 3 van 'De Toestand in de Wereld' met @blogaap.bsky.social over de mogelijke wapendwedloop sinds het verlopen van het New START verdrag. Hoe zit het met het Chinese kernwapenarsenaal? Gaat Amerika weer meer produceren? Wordt Europa een kernmacht op zich?
bit.ly/4kwHgpA
bit.ly/4axFPD1
bit.ly/4kwHgpA
bit.ly/4axFPD1
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Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
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Trump scraps legal basis underpinning US climate regulation ft.trib.al/OZsWBRE
Trump scraps legal basis underpinning US climate regulation
Environmental Protection Agency repeals ‘endangerment finding’ that has been in place since 2009
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February 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Trump scraps legal basis underpinning US climate regulation ft.trib.al/OZsWBRE
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"Epstein had pitched [art school dept chair] on a potential art exhibit titled 'Statutory' that would showcase underage models dressed to look older than they were."
He was really just upfront with it.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
He was really just upfront with it.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Professors in the Epstein Files Begin to Face Consequences
Several faculty members who spoke regularly with Epstein have been stripped of their titles or teaching duties.
www.insidehighered.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
"Epstein had pitched [art school dept chair] on a potential art exhibit titled 'Statutory' that would showcase underage models dressed to look older than they were."
He was really just upfront with it.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
He was really just upfront with it.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Trump is trying to get a Claremont guy, Jeremy Carl, into the state department. The position requires Senate confirmation.
Carl touts "great replacement" theories and wrote that he thought the military should just shoot immigrants crossing the border
www.salon.com/2026/02/12/w...
Carl touts "great replacement" theories and wrote that he thought the military should just shoot immigrants crossing the border
www.salon.com/2026/02/12/w...
With a history of bigotry and racism, Trump nominee Jeremy Carl gets a Senate hearing - Salon.com
Carl has tried to gloss over his comments about anti-white racism and Great Replacement theory
www.salon.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Trump is trying to get a Claremont guy, Jeremy Carl, into the state department. The position requires Senate confirmation.
Carl touts "great replacement" theories and wrote that he thought the military should just shoot immigrants crossing the border
www.salon.com/2026/02/12/w...
Carl touts "great replacement" theories and wrote that he thought the military should just shoot immigrants crossing the border
www.salon.com/2026/02/12/w...
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ICE winds down Minneapolis, but takes their shitshow elsewhere paydayreport.com/ice-withdraw...
ICE "Withdrawing" from Minnesota, but Intensifying in Pittsburgh & Elsewhere
Immigrants’ rights activists are also concerned that the withdrawal of thousands of federal agents from Minneapolis could simply lead to a transfer of these agents to intensify ICE operations in other...
paydayreport.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:47 PM
ICE winds down Minneapolis, but takes their shitshow elsewhere paydayreport.com/ice-withdraw...
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PRRI President and Founder @robertpjones.bsky.social announces a new name for his newsletter - Redeeming Democracy - where he will continue to write about the toxic mix of white supremacy and Christian dominionism that has coalesced in the contemporary Christian nationalist movement.
Big announcement. A new name for my newsletter: Redeeming Democracy. Still bringing breaking research on religion and racial justice—coupled with a broader focus on the moral work of democracy, both in the US and Europe. Details in the initial post below.
www.redeemingdemocracy.net/p/big-announ...
www.redeemingdemocracy.net/p/big-announ...
Big Announcement: Redeeming Democracy
A new name for my newsletter and a broadened focus on religion, racial justice, and the moral work of democracy
www.redeemingdemocracy.net
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 PM
PRRI President and Founder @robertpjones.bsky.social announces a new name for his newsletter - Redeeming Democracy - where he will continue to write about the toxic mix of white supremacy and Christian dominionism that has coalesced in the contemporary Christian nationalist movement.
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I’ve watched a lot of congressional hearings over the last 40 years. This performance by Bondi is the single most unprofessional, non-responsive, reprehensible and obnoxious I have ever seen from any witness who has testified before any committee of either chamber.
February 11, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I’ve watched a lot of congressional hearings over the last 40 years. This performance by Bondi is the single most unprofessional, non-responsive, reprehensible and obnoxious I have ever seen from any witness who has testified before any committee of either chamber.
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Moskou reageert als gestoken op nieuwe Navo-missie in Arctisch gebied
Moskou reageert als gestoken op nieuwe Navo-missie in Arctisch gebied
De Navo gaat intensiever patrouilleren in de wateren en in de lucht rondom Groenland. Volgens Navo-baas Mark Rutte komen nu alle operaties in de Arctische wateren onder één gezamenlijk commando.
www.trouw.nl
February 11, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Moskou reageert als gestoken op nieuwe Navo-missie in Arctisch gebied
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Political scientists, lol, on many levels
Microsoft released a study showing the 40 jobs most at risk by AI:
February 11, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Political scientists, lol, on many levels
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Pete Hegseth’s attacks on Harvard aren’t really about what’s being taught there, but rather “to express the generic social anxiety and status-based resentment that drives much of the MAGA movement,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:
Pete Hegseth’s Attack on Harvard
The anger at the Ivy League is about status envy, not war-fighting.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Pete Hegseth’s attacks on Harvard aren’t really about what’s being taught there, but rather “to express the generic social anxiety and status-based resentment that drives much of the MAGA movement,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:
Al die framing rond de nieuwe werkgelegenheid cijfers uit Amerika doet je duizelen…..
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Al die framing rond de nieuwe werkgelegenheid cijfers uit Amerika doet je duizelen…..
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UK steps up troops in Norway to deter Putin trib.al/HnWQvxF
UK steps up troops in Norway to deter Putin
trib.al
February 11, 2026 at 8:36 AM
UK steps up troops in Norway to deter Putin trib.al/HnWQvxF
Is de EU zelf wel goed bezig in het vasthouden van migranten?
On the hellish detention and deportation system built by EU countries. With quotes from the current and the former German chancellors expressing their commitment to the inhumane cruelty of this apparatus, described here in forensic detail.
Inside a Detention Site at the Heart of Europe’s Harsh New Approach to Immigration
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Is de EU zelf wel goed bezig in het vasthouden van migranten?