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
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?
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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?
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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.
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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
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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?
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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Now more details in the Epstein files reveal Bannon as part of a successful plot to topple Theresa May with Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees Mogg, here’s an article from the archive about Johnson and Bannon’s collaboration
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Bannon, Brexit, Johnson and Cambridge Analytica: the Daughter of Time
Peter Jukes reports on more revelations about the transatlantic right-wing network, and why the Government is withholding key information on the former Prime Minister’s role
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February 11, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Now more details in the Epstein files reveal Bannon as part of a successful plot to topple Theresa May with Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees Mogg, here’s an article from the archive about Johnson and Bannon’s collaboration
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My quick take after reading FBI's Fulton County affidavit: it's a bunch of discredited recycled BS peddled for years by election deniers and it's appalling that a judge signed off on a warrant for the raid based on the "evidence" presented here
Affidavit for Fulton County FBI raid is out & begins with massive red flag, noting that "criminal investigation originated from referral sent by Kurt Olsen, [Trump's] Director of Election Security & Integrity"
Olsen was leader of 'Stop the Steal' in 2020 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Olsen was leader of 'Stop the Steal' in 2020 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
My quick take after reading FBI's Fulton County affidavit: it's a bunch of discredited recycled BS peddled for years by election deniers and it's appalling that a judge signed off on a warrant for the raid based on the "evidence" presented here
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So a Trump attorney that aided his 2020 campaign (and wrote a memo encouraging Pence to skip counting electoral votes) was given an "election integrity" job in the administration, where he made a referral to investigate Fulton County. 1/2
February 10, 2026 at 7:58 PM
So a Trump attorney that aided his 2020 campaign (and wrote a memo encouraging Pence to skip counting electoral votes) was given an "election integrity" job in the administration, where he made a referral to investigate Fulton County. 1/2
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(CNN) - The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures perception of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople.
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February 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
(CNN) - The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures perception of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople.
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Rasmussen Polls are widely regarded as one of the most Republican-leaning, Trump-friendly major pollsters in the U.S., particularly in presidential approval ratings and election polling.
February 10, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Rasmussen Polls are widely regarded as one of the most Republican-leaning, Trump-friendly major pollsters in the U.S., particularly in presidential approval ratings and election polling.
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VAN HOLLEN: Why do the Epstein files show you coordinating a meeting and planning a visit with Jeffrey Epstein on his private island in December 2012?
LUTNICK: I barely had anything to do with that person, okay?
LUTNICK: I barely had anything to do with that person, okay?
February 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM
VAN HOLLEN: Why do the Epstein files show you coordinating a meeting and planning a visit with Jeffrey Epstein on his private island in December 2012?
LUTNICK: I barely had anything to do with that person, okay?
LUTNICK: I barely had anything to do with that person, okay?
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Van de denktank die u oa Project 2025 bracht: een 250 jaren plan om trouwen, kinderen krijgen en het gezin tussen man en vrouw te bevorderen, en daarmee het bevolkingsaantal op peil houden. Het is stap 2, na de massa deportatie van ongewenste migranten.
www.heritage.org/marriage-and...
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Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years
www.heritage.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Van de denktank die u oa Project 2025 bracht: een 250 jaren plan om trouwen, kinderen krijgen en het gezin tussen man en vrouw te bevorderen, en daarmee het bevolkingsaantal op peil houden. Het is stap 2, na de massa deportatie van ongewenste migranten.
www.heritage.org/marriage-and...
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NS besteedt ict deels uit aan Amerikaanse leverancier
NS besteedt ict deels uit aan Amerikaanse leverancier
Ondanks alle discussies over strategische autonomie kiest NS een Amerikaanse beheerder voor cruciale IT-diensten. „Als iedereen zo handelt als NS, bouwen we nooit eigen digitale infrastructuur.”
www.nrc.nl
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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Goedemorgen! ICYMI:
Er wordt veel gespeculeerd over het eerlijke verloop van de tussentijdse verkiezingen dit jaar. Gisteren schreef ik in de nieuwsbrief een uitgebreide beschouwing over de vraag of zorgen terecht zijn.
Deel, abonneer, doneer, allemaal fijn!
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Deel, abonneer, doneer, allemaal fijn!
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Angst voor de 'midterms'. Onterecht?
Zullen de midterm verkiezingen in november wel eerlijk verlopen? Zullen uislagen als legitiem worden erkend?
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February 10, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Goedemorgen! ICYMI:
Van de denktank die u oa Project 2025 bracht: een 250 jaren plan om trouwen, kinderen krijgen en het gezin tussen man en vrouw te bevorderen, en daarmee het bevolkingsaantal op peil houden. Het is stap 2, na de massa deportatie van ongewenste migranten.
www.heritage.org/marriage-and...
www.heritage.org/marriage-and...
Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years
www.heritage.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Van de denktank die u oa Project 2025 bracht: een 250 jaren plan om trouwen, kinderen krijgen en het gezin tussen man en vrouw te bevorderen, en daarmee het bevolkingsaantal op peil houden. Het is stap 2, na de massa deportatie van ongewenste migranten.
www.heritage.org/marriage-and...
www.heritage.org/marriage-and...