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Teresa Eder
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Program Director Foreign & Security Policy, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Washington DC. Recovering Journalist. Passionate about 🎵🎻 🐈‍ - I am posting in English and German.
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Teresa Eder @tcobserver12.bsky.social · Sep 18
My colleague and I wrote a piece about the urgent need for Europe to partner with Canada in building a digitally sovereign ecosystem—one that can withstand the threats posed by US tech authoritarianism:
broadbent.bsky.social Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · Sep 17
"An independent, democratic digital ecosystem [will] safeguard privacy, protect freedom of expression, and ensure that technology is developed to benefit the many, [not] a handful of people in Washington and Silicon Valley."

Read more at perspectivesjournal.ca/canada-europe-tech-sovereignty/
Canada and Europe Need to Build a Firewall Against US Tech Coercion | Perspectives Journal
Europe and Canada can only protect their digital ecosystems against US interference if they start investing in tech sovereignty now.
perspectivesjournal.ca
tcobserver12.bsky.social
Resonates with my personal plans. It is time to leave.

American Violence Is Pushing Families to Think About Leaving www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...
Opinion | American Violence Is Pushing Families to Think About Leaving
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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jeremymberg.bsky.social
Powerful piece in STAT this morning from some NIH staff members who have resigned

www.statnews.com/2026/01/10/n...

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The NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left
“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH.
www.statnews.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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onestpress.onestnetwork.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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sixtus.net
In den USA ist niemand mehr sicher. Wann spricht das deutsche Außenministerium wenigstens eine Reisewarnung aus?
www.fr.de/politik/nach...
Nach tödlichen ICE-Schüssen: JD Vance erklärt USA de facto zum Polizei-Staat
Nach dem Tod einer US-Bürgerin durch ICE-Schüsse in Minneapolis sichert die Regierung dem Schützen vollständige Immunität zu. Rechtsexperten sind alarmiert.
www.fr.de
January 9, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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benlorber8.bsky.social
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org

religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening
On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that: If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...
religiondispatches.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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volberg.bsky.social
Internet shutdown has an enormous cost. Economy will shut down within days. And Irans reserves are spent.
shipwreck75.bsky.social Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 1d
Iran updates from BBC Persian:
January 9, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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fabianbaumann.bsky.social
I am no fan of cheap centrist-bashing, but the fanatical unwillingness of many liberal journalists to acknowledge what is going on – an authoritarian takeover by a megalomaniacal imbecile & his openly fascist cronies – really confirms all leftist stereotypes about "rational," "objective" liberalism.
larryglickman.bsky.social Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 1d
This fawning characterization of the meeting between Trump and 4 NY Times reporters is remarkable in either spinning every issue in Trump’s favor or in giving him the last word, even when it is a non sequitur./1
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
The Many Faces of Trump: What We Saw When We Interviewed the President
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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daveweigel.bsky.social
Think about the mindset, and the expectation of immunity, of someone who texts this to friends.
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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fridaghitis.bsky.social
#Iran government building on fire tonight in Tehran. The uprising has escalated enormously on Thursday evening.
January 9, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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leahmcelrath.bsky.social
Reuters:

Internet blackout in Iran
Parisa Hafezi @PHREUTERS X.com INTERNET MONITORING GROUP NETBLOCKS SAYS NATIONWIDE INTERNET BLACKOUT IN IRAN -Reuters News 11:25 AM • 1/8/26 • 85 Views
January 8, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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margogontar.bsky.social
Hi from Kyiv hallway. It’s 2:03 and Russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles . Loud explosions heard just now . Russia is trying to destroy yet another power station , this time in Kyiv . It’s about -11 outside tonight, so yes Russia is trying to freeze us
January 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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newrepublic.com
The Minneapolis pastor had observed "ICE agents circling a young woman who appeared to be Hispanic" and insisted they take him instead of harassing her. An agent then “came, got in my face, pointed a gun at me, and said, ‘Are you afraid now?’” trib.al/k06XIZQ
January 8, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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brodnig.bsky.social
Ich weiß, das wird auf dieser Seite hier eh permanent diskutiert. Aber: Als offizielle Einrichtung, als Politiker:in, als Unternehmen sollte man sich schon die Frage stellen, weshalb man noch auf X ist - und ob man diese Plattform indirekt durch die eigene Aktivität wirklich unterstützen möchte
eliothiggins.bsky.social Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 2d
Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.
January 8, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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factpostnews.bsky.social
Host: We have a breaking development on the investigation into the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. The FBI is now taking sole control of this investigation, banning the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension from having any access to the case materials. This is very, very unusual.
January 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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clarajeffery.bsky.social
Hearing from friends in Minneapolis that the schools have decided to close for next two days.
January 8, 2026 at 3:08 AM
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gabrielagreilinger.com
Ich versuche ernsthaft nachzuvollziehen, welche Qualifikation Herr Mölzer wieder mal mit sich bringt, um über dieses Thema zu sprechen. Die einzige Erklärung, die mir einfällt, ist, dass er wohl grad Zeit hatte und man eine "false Balance" herstellen will.
January 7, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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atrupar.com
Trump: "I have determined that, for the Good of our Country, especially in these very troubled and dangerous times, our Military Budget for the year 2027 should not be $1 Trillion Dollars, but rather $1.5 Trillion. This will allow us to build the 'Dream Military' that we have long been entitled to."
After long and difficult negotiations with Senators, Congressmen, Secretaries, and other Political Representatives, I have determined that, for the Good of our Country, especially in these very troubled and dangerous times, our Military Budget for the year 2027 should not be $1 Trillion Dollars, but rather $1.5 Trillion Dollars. This will allow us to build the “Dream Military” that we have long been entitled to and, more importantly, that will keep us SAFE and SECURE, regardless of foe. If it weren’t for the tremendous numbers being produced by Tariffs from other Countries, many of which, in the past, have “ripped off” the United States at levels never seen before, I would stay at the $1 Trillion Dollar number but, because of Tariffs, and the tremendous Income that they bring, amounts being generated, that would have been unthinkable in the past (especially just one year ago during the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration, the Worst President in the History of our Country!), we are able to easily hit the $1.5 Trillion Dollar number while, at the same time, producing an unparalleled Military Force, and having the ability to, at the same time, pay down Debt, and likewise, pay a substantial Dividend to moderate income Patriots within our Country!
January 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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tcobserver12.bsky.social Teresa Eder @tcobserver12.bsky.social · Feb 3
Danke für Ihren Pushback - die Einschätzungen, die Claudia Franziska Brühwiler verbreitet hat, haben absolut gar nichts mit der Realität hier in den USA/DC zu tun. Es macht mich fassungslos, dass es auch jetzt noch Kommentatoren gibt, die Trump/MAGA verharmlosen.
January 7, 2026 at 9:23 PM
tcobserver12.bsky.social
Warum wird jemand wie Brühwiler weiterhin als USA-Expertin eingeladen?! @orfdrei.bsky.social nicht euer ernst? Andreas Mölzer? Was hat das mit öffentlich-rechtlichem Auftrag noch zu tun?
orfdrei.bsky.social ORF III @orfdrei.bsky.social · 3d
Trump: Friedensstifter oder Zerstörer?
In #zurSACHE um 22:30 Uhr diskutiert @wolfganggeier.bsky.social​ mit seinen Gästen: @hbrandstaetter.bsky.social​ (NEOS), Andreas Mölzer (FPÖ), Claudia Brühwiler, (USA-Expertin), @weissmartin.bsky.social​ (ehem. Botschafter in den USA)

Gleich nach der #ZIB2
January 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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nicolefoy.bsky.social
"Meanwhile, witnesses said a doctor was at the scene and tried to help the woman who had been shot, but the ICE agents refused to let the doctor in to help. Up to 15 minutes later, an ambulance arrived but was blocked by ICE vehicles that had occupied the street."
www.fox9.com/news/minneap...
Minneapolis ICE shooting: Eyewitness accounts contradict ICE statement
A woman was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis Wednesday morning, but witness accounts contradict what federal officials say happened. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey calls the claim the shoot...
www.fox9.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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whstancil.bsky.social
If the news can’t call this a lie, we’re cooked. The shooter walked away casually. You do not have have to pretend this is a good-faith effort to describe the video or perspectives differ. Trump is lying and he knows he’s lying and you know he’s lying and everyone knows WHY he’s lying.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting, who then violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer, who seems to have shot her in self defense. Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital. The situation is being studied, in its entirety, but the reason these incidents are happening is because the Radical Left is threatening, assaulting, and targeting our Law Enforcement Officers and ICE Agents on a daily basis. They are just trying to do the job of MAKING AMERICA SAFE. We need to stand by and protect our Law Enforcement Officers from this Radical Left Movement of Violence and Hate!
January 7, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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pompey333.bsky.social
@moderation.bsky.app Y'all are actively hindering people's ability to witness what occurred today in Minneapolis and form their own opinions. Most people moved to this platform to avoid censorship and shadow banning. The video shows no blood or gore of any kind. Do you know what you're doing?
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
In functioning democracies, ministers resign all the time, under threat of a no confidence vote in the parliament. We have a system where legislative confirmation totally fails ex ante to screen out wildly unqualified people, & ex post accountability depends on a toothless extraordinary measure.
profsaunders.bsky.social Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 3d
Impeach Kristi Noem.
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3d
As you evaluate this from Kristi Noem, remember that when a federal agent shot a woman in Chicago last year, DHS's initial version of events was full of lies that fell apart under subsequent scrutiny:

newrepublic.com/article/2019...
January 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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peterjelinek.bsky.social
"Der dänische Ex-Außenminister Villy Søvndal schlägt vor, Grönland in die EU aufzunehmen."

Ja, bitte! Europa muss genau so auf die Aggressionen der Trump-Regierung reagieren.
January 7, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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davmicrot.bsky.social
I have seen multiple videos, there is no questions that this ICE officer committed cold-blooded murder. DHS already released a statement *lying* about the cold-blooded murder, praising the murder. Corporate Media (eg NYT) amplifying their lies. The videos are widely available to refute their lies.
January 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM