Sarah Wagner
@sarahwagner13.bsky.social
transatlantic european | us politics & pop culture | deputy director + podcast 'Amerikas Verfassung' at @atlantakademie.bsky.social |
"Als hochverdächtig gilt ihm die 22-jährige Klimaaktivistin Greta Thunberg, die laut Thiel eine Art Ökodiktatur errichten will." Für mich ist Thiel eher als hochverdächtig einzustufen🫠 www.zeit.de/2025/48/pete...
Peter Thiel: Warum die Welt bald untergeht
An vier Abenden hat der Tech-Milliardär Peter Thiel seine Ideologie erklärt. Sehr vertraulich, vor exklusivem Publikum. Es ist ein Blick in den Abgrund.
www.zeit.de
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"Als hochverdächtig gilt ihm die 22-jährige Klimaaktivistin Greta Thunberg, die laut Thiel eine Art Ökodiktatur errichten will." Für mich ist Thiel eher als hochverdächtig einzustufen🫠 www.zeit.de/2025/48/pete...
What a deal 🤡 "tucked into the legislation was a provision that would provide a wide legal avenue for Republican senators whose phone records were seized as part of the investigation by Jack Smith ... to sue the government for at least half a million dollars each." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Senate Passes Bill to Reopen Government Amid Democratic Rift
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
What a deal 🤡 "tucked into the legislation was a provision that would provide a wide legal avenue for Republican senators whose phone records were seized as part of the investigation by Jack Smith ... to sue the government for at least half a million dollars each." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
"Like so many other bits of Times coverage, the whole of the piece is structured as an orchestrated encounter. Some people say this; however, others say this. It’s so offhand you can think you’re gazing through a pane of glass." 🔥
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"Like so many other bits of Times coverage, the whole of the piece is structured as an orchestrated encounter. Some people say this; however, others say this. It’s so offhand you can think you’re gazing through a pane of glass." 🔥
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The way you cannot even comment on IG stories anymore w/o Meta suggesting AI input ☠️
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The way you cannot even comment on IG stories anymore w/o Meta suggesting AI input ☠️
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I've tried extremely hard and i'm happy to finally be getting some credit
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I've tried extremely hard and i'm happy to finally be getting some credit
I can't bring myself to read it, that headline was already plenty.
as a thought exercise for everyone reading ross douthat's latest missive in the NYT, i want you to think about sending an email to your entire company with the subject line "Did Women Ruin the Workplace?", then think about the over/under on the number of minutes/hours you would still be employed
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I can't bring myself to read it, that headline was already plenty.
💯
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
💯
Wins in a variety of places with a variety of different candidates. PA Supreme Court retention election & GA cherry on top.
What we know, 12:10am
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
[Now in 2 parts]
—Prop 50 wins
—VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG
—Dems flip ≈13 seats in VA House
—Dems defend NJ-Gov + Assembly
—Dems win NJ+VA trifectas
—Mamdani wins
—PA Dems win supreme court
—ME vote-restricting measure loses
—GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices
—Krasner & Bragg win
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Wins in a variety of places with a variety of different candidates. PA Supreme Court retention election & GA cherry on top.
Pelosi IS/was the center, so this is just the GOP playbook, no matter the person🫠 "many in the party are fearful that ...Republicans will make Democrats ...answer for Mamdani’s every utterance, seeking to use him as a bogeyman not unlike how Nancy Pelosi was deployed" www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
As Mamdani nears victory, Democrats worry about national fallout
The progressive candidate is on the cusp of a historic mayoral win. And that's adding to unease among Democrats looking for a way back to national power.
www.msnbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Pelosi IS/was the center, so this is just the GOP playbook, no matter the person🫠 "many in the party are fearful that ...Republicans will make Democrats ...answer for Mamdani’s every utterance, seeking to use him as a bogeyman not unlike how Nancy Pelosi was deployed" www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/m...
This 👇🏼
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This 👇🏼
Immer noch etwas irritiert von diesem SZ Beitrag. Wir sehen in den USA aktuell offene Korruption/das Aushebeln vieler Kontrollen/autoritäres Abgleiten. Plus Unternehmen, die das lächelnd stützen. Aber hey, capitalism baby 🫠
October 27, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Immer noch etwas irritiert von diesem SZ Beitrag. Wir sehen in den USA aktuell offene Korruption/das Aushebeln vieler Kontrollen/autoritäres Abgleiten. Plus Unternehmen, die das lächelnd stützen. Aber hey, capitalism baby 🫠
Besonders frustrierend, wenn man sich die 2024 Wahlergebnisse genau anschaut und/oder in Kontext zu den Wahlen seit November 2024 setzt: Opposition/Mobilisierung ist da, geht aber total unter in den Medien.
In this piece: The New York Times did not think the No Kings protests were all that significant – which is indicative of how much mainstream institutions have bought into the idea that only Trump and his supporters represent “real America” and have a right to have their message amplified.
October 27, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Besonders frustrierend, wenn man sich die 2024 Wahlergebnisse genau anschaut und/oder in Kontext zu den Wahlen seit November 2024 setzt: Opposition/Mobilisierung ist da, geht aber total unter in den Medien.
Yes, began with refusing to check anything and now refusing to even show up.
I really think that we need to talk more about the fact that Republicans have basically quietly abolished the House of Representatives
October 26, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Yes, began with refusing to check anything and now refusing to even show up.
😂🤡
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
😂🤡
Zum Shutdown in den USA im Gespräch mit SRF News: www.srf.ch/news/interna...
US-Shutdown: «Die Demokraten in den USA gehen nahezu unter»
Politologin Wagner über die Rolle der US-Demokraten beim Shutdown, der andauert. Wann er endet, ist nach wie vor offen.
www.srf.ch
October 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Zum Shutdown in den USA im Gespräch mit SRF News: www.srf.ch/news/interna...
Once again, language matters.
This is quite a hed/subhed.
1) Start with Vance. Use strong action verb. Accept the autocratic premise that the “Marines’ Might” are Vance’s to flex.
2) Mention the protest second and absurdly describe them as in the thousands
3) Treat Trump’s strong man use of the military as a partisan scuffle.
1) Start with Vance. Use strong action verb. Accept the autocratic premise that the “Marines’ Might” are Vance’s to flex.
2) Mention the protest second and absurdly describe them as in the thousands
3) Treat Trump’s strong man use of the military as a partisan scuffle.
October 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Once again, language matters.
Did someone swap his phone and he is just being shown Sora 2 slop?
The person with the single greatest access to real and true information in the history of humanity believes in his soul that Portland is burning to the ground because the tv told him so
October 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Did someone swap his phone and he is just being shown Sora 2 slop?
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
So what has been happening with GSD? I see two press releases for 2025 total. share.google/44keDzluiA85...?
October 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
So what has been happening with GSD? I see two press releases for 2025 total. share.google/44keDzluiA85...?
"The evidence suggests that compromising on basic humanity doesn’t broaden coalitions; it hollows them out."
Kept thinking about the debate between Klein and Coates and wrote down some thoughts.
October 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
"The evidence suggests that compromising on basic humanity doesn’t broaden coalitions; it hollows them out."
Yes. And they did not include a public option and still got washed away in the backlash. There was no prize for safety & moderation.
October 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Yes. And they did not include a public option and still got washed away in the backlash. There was no prize for safety & moderation.
yes, AI at its core is a question of power infrastructure - in the worst kind of way.
"Move fast and break things" and "better to ask forgiveness than permission" get us a whole suite of "AI" literally built out of consent violation and coerced control, where human consent is not meaningful a possibility, and uses that suit to try to coerce or replace anyone who might tell them "no."
October 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
yes, AI at its core is a question of power infrastructure - in the worst kind of way.
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Nailed it.
They're aware of how little control they have of the military and can't figure out how to change that.
They're aware of how little control they have of the military and can't figure out how to change that.
October 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Nailed it.
They're aware of how little control they have of the military and can't figure out how to change that.
They're aware of how little control they have of the military and can't figure out how to change that.
These free-speech warriors tell on themselves every freaking time. Would they have any jokes left if it wasn't for the existence of women/marginalized groups? Doubt it.
October 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
These free-speech warriors tell on themselves every freaking time. Would they have any jokes left if it wasn't for the existence of women/marginalized groups? Doubt it.
Why this spectacle and what does it signal to mil leaders? Great thread by @risabrooks12.bsky.social:
It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here.
The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.
How? 1/
The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration.
How? 1/
Hegseth: "If the words I'm speaking today are making your heart sink, they you should do the honorable thing and resign."
September 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Why this spectacle and what does it signal to mil leaders? Great thread by @risabrooks12.bsky.social: