Themistocles Wall
@themistocleswall.bsky.social
Resisting dictatorship is the disciplined thing to do (e.g. Angela Jurdak (Lebanon), Fryderyka Kalinowski (Poland), Bodgil Begtrup (Denmark), Minerva Bernardino (Dominican Rep.), Hansa Mehta (India) and Eleanor Roosevelt (US)).
Pinned
Over 50% of nonviolent movements to overthrow governments are successful within one year of their peak.
The key is to engage over 3.5% of the country, a cross-section of society—clergy, kids, grandmas, teachers) using DIVERSE & CREATIVE tactics, with women in leadership.
We can do this.
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The key is to engage over 3.5% of the country, a cross-section of society—clergy, kids, grandmas, teachers) using DIVERSE & CREATIVE tactics, with women in leadership.
We can do this.
More:
On Organizing
time to level up / an early draft of a playbook
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
those are the best damn wars to win
in 1776 a few small colonies w/no army or navy took on the greatest empire in history
in 1939 the US army was smaller than Romania’s
let’s roll👇🏼
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in 1776 a few small colonies w/no army or navy took on the greatest empire in history
in 1939 the US army was smaller than Romania’s
let’s roll👇🏼
bsky.app/profile/ther...
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My new piece - on the meaning of what is happening in Minneapolis.
The Trumpists will continue to escalate. But they lack an effective strategy to consolidate authoritarian rule.
Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.
The Trumpists will continue to escalate. But they lack an effective strategy to consolidate authoritarian rule.
Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.
Der Minneapolis-Moment offenbart die Schwächen der Trumpisten. Und er zeigt, wo der Widerstand gegen den US-Präsidenten in Zukunft erfolgreich ansetzen kann.
US-Regierung: Wie der Widerstand gegen Maga eine Chance hat
Der Minneapolis-Moment offenbart die Schwächen der Trumpisten. Und er zeigt, wo der Widerstand gegen den US-Präsidenten in Zukunft erfolgreich ansetzen kann.
www.zeit.de
January 31, 2026 at 9:35 AM
My new piece - on the meaning of what is happening in Minneapolis.
The Trumpists will continue to escalate. But they lack an effective strategy to consolidate authoritarian rule.
Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.
The Trumpists will continue to escalate. But they lack an effective strategy to consolidate authoritarian rule.
Trump’s authoritarian desires are limitless. But his ability to impose them on America is not.
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"He predicts that in as little as ten years, the world financial system – currently dominated by the US – will be split much more evenly between the US, China and Europe."
Kenneth Rogoff on the decline of the dollar, with @willdunn.bsky.social
Kenneth Rogoff on the decline of the dollar, with @willdunn.bsky.social
Kenneth Rogoff on the decline of the dollar
The Our Dollar, Your Problem author argues that America has over-used the dollar's power to apply sanctions for leverage
www.newstatesman.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:37 AM
"He predicts that in as little as ten years, the world financial system – currently dominated by the US – will be split much more evenly between the US, China and Europe."
Kenneth Rogoff on the decline of the dollar, with @willdunn.bsky.social
Kenneth Rogoff on the decline of the dollar, with @willdunn.bsky.social
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Children were among at least 12 Palestinians killed overnight in Israeli strikes in Gaza, which have continued despite a US-brokered ceasefire that came into force in October.
January 31, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Children were among at least 12 Palestinians killed overnight in Israeli strikes in Gaza, which have continued despite a US-brokered ceasefire that came into force in October.
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“Do we have a Constitution? That is the pressing question.”
Independent journalist Georgia Fort, arrested by the Feds yesterday for *checks notes* covering a significant news event.
www.cjr.org/news/astonis...
Independent journalist Georgia Fort, arrested by the Feds yesterday for *checks notes* covering a significant news event.
www.cjr.org/news/astonis...
The astonishing arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort.
In an interview, Fort described a challenge in her work documenting news in the Twin Cities: “Every independent journalist is kind of every person for themselves.” Two days later, officers came to her...
www.cjr.org
January 31, 2026 at 9:47 AM
“Do we have a Constitution? That is the pressing question.”
Independent journalist Georgia Fort, arrested by the Feds yesterday for *checks notes* covering a significant news event.
www.cjr.org/news/astonis...
Independent journalist Georgia Fort, arrested by the Feds yesterday for *checks notes* covering a significant news event.
www.cjr.org/news/astonis...
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Soft power is real power.
Musicians, athletes, artists, and celebrities can bring American citizens together.
Justice bends towards the people when we stand together.
Musicians, athletes, artists, and celebrities can bring American citizens together.
Justice bends towards the people when we stand together.
January 31, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Soft power is real power.
Musicians, athletes, artists, and celebrities can bring American citizens together.
Justice bends towards the people when we stand together.
Musicians, athletes, artists, and celebrities can bring American citizens together.
Justice bends towards the people when we stand together.
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Wall Street analysts weigh Warsh
[FREE TO READ] High stakes; hot takes; no breaks
as.ft.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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if they pick Warsh, its because they think he has a better chance of delivering lower rates. The "hawk" thing is actually helpful
January 30, 2026 at 9:52 AM
if they pick Warsh, its because they think he has a better chance of delivering lower rates. The "hawk" thing is actually helpful
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Said elsewhere, Trump might be wrong about Warsh, but Trump's track record this time around has been more consistent in picking people who will do what he wants. So the assumption should be that if Warsh gets the job he's going to try and lower rates.
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Said elsewhere, Trump might be wrong about Warsh, but Trump's track record this time around has been more consistent in picking people who will do what he wants. So the assumption should be that if Warsh gets the job he's going to try and lower rates.
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The FOMC is now in great hands. It just has to vote the opposite way to its new chair on all the big calls, and it will have a 100% track record 🤣
January 30, 2026 at 12:17 PM
The FOMC is now in great hands. It just has to vote the opposite way to its new chair on all the big calls, and it will have a 100% track record 🤣
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Sure sounds like Kevin Warsh is Trump's Fed Chair choice
His views mostly change based on which master he intends to serve, and general partisan convenience.
Thought rates were too low until...November 2024. What a shocker
Tired: Data-dependence
Wired: Presidential-dependence
His views mostly change based on which master he intends to serve, and general partisan convenience.
Thought rates were too low until...November 2024. What a shocker
Tired: Data-dependence
Wired: Presidential-dependence
January 30, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Sure sounds like Kevin Warsh is Trump's Fed Chair choice
His views mostly change based on which master he intends to serve, and general partisan convenience.
Thought rates were too low until...November 2024. What a shocker
Tired: Data-dependence
Wired: Presidential-dependence
His views mostly change based on which master he intends to serve, and general partisan convenience.
Thought rates were too low until...November 2024. What a shocker
Tired: Data-dependence
Wired: Presidential-dependence
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The long-term borrowing costs that American businesses, families, and Uncle Sam face...those are based on more than one election cycle
If you're going to cut rates to please the current President, there's some additional inflation or future rate hikes that also get priced in...
If you're going to cut rates to please the current President, there's some additional inflation or future rate hikes that also get priced in...
What you can expect from Warsh as Fed Chair
-More emphasis on what suits POTUS if it's a Republican
-Sudden concerns about inflation and fiscal deficits the moment it's not an R in the WH.
Don't expect the Fed to be a good-faith broker if govt is divided in the next crisis
-More emphasis on what suits POTUS if it's a Republican
-Sudden concerns about inflation and fiscal deficits the moment it's not an R in the WH.
Don't expect the Fed to be a good-faith broker if govt is divided in the next crisis
Sure sounds like Kevin Warsh is Trump's Fed Chair choice
His views mostly change based on which master he intends to serve, and general partisan convenience.
Thought rates were too low until...November 2024. What a shocker
Tired: Data-dependence
Wired: Presidential-dependence
His views mostly change based on which master he intends to serve, and general partisan convenience.
Thought rates were too low until...November 2024. What a shocker
Tired: Data-dependence
Wired: Presidential-dependence
January 30, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The long-term borrowing costs that American businesses, families, and Uncle Sam face...those are based on more than one election cycle
If you're going to cut rates to please the current President, there's some additional inflation or future rate hikes that also get priced in...
If you're going to cut rates to please the current President, there's some additional inflation or future rate hikes that also get priced in...
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Trump wanted low rates but when you pick the most partisan guy on the basis of obsequiousness, he may not get what he wants...
Also doesn't help when the dollar has shown persistent weakening for the first time in a while.
Also doesn't help when the dollar has shown persistent weakening for the first time in a while.
January 30, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Trump wanted low rates but when you pick the most partisan guy on the basis of obsequiousness, he may not get what he wants...
Also doesn't help when the dollar has shown persistent weakening for the first time in a while.
Also doesn't help when the dollar has shown persistent weakening for the first time in a while.
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A Bad Heir Day at the Fed
No, Kevin Warsh isn’t qualified
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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OUR COUNTRY IS LITERALLY DOING A FASCISM RIGHT NOW. This is the most delusional cope I've seen in a long time. Everyone is vulnerable to being groomed for a cult, every nation is vulnerable to fascism. It's foolish to believe otherwise. Republicans are fascists. We have them, they're doing fascism.
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This really is the purest example I can imagine of a terminal case of pundit brain. This is the end point of American exceptionalism: we will dig our own grave while explaining how we are a people uniquely incapable of digging a grave and this is a garden, actually
This really is the purest example I can imagine of a terminal case of pundit brain. This is the end point of American exceptionalism: we will dig our own grave while explaining how we are a people uniquely incapable of digging a grave and this is a garden, actually
January 31, 2026 at 3:23 AM
OUR COUNTRY IS LITERALLY DOING A FASCISM RIGHT NOW. This is the most delusional cope I've seen in a long time. Everyone is vulnerable to being groomed for a cult, every nation is vulnerable to fascism. It's foolish to believe otherwise. Republicans are fascists. We have them, they're doing fascism.
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so six months after epstein expressed concern about patricia kluge’s real estate problem in charlottesville, donald trump swoops in and gets a sweetheart deal on the property?
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jeevacation@gmail.com[jeevacation@gmail.com]
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I'll be in NY Sat and Sun. I could come by Sat or Sun later afternoon say after 3) if you're around.
On Sanford, the trustee-judge ordered a new appraisal due this week so he can accept a lowerprice. Word is it will be around $1.8-1.9M. The offer will have to meet minimum two-thirds of appraisal requirement. There is at least one other person interested so I assume it will take an offer of $1.4M+. I think this is the "best buy" out there in that range.
McCann tells me that Swanson (within his ego borders) is pushing him to get you to make an offer on 1220 S.Ocean. He is now two weeks beyonf the date he extended the $22.7M mortgage loans (Sept 28, 2010).
The Maddock lot on N Lake way closed (as 2 parcels) for $15M and Madoff closes Oct 15 for $5.6M.
I just heard that someone is quietly marketing his oceanfront described as "a one bedroom with other bedrooms within guest houses" on the ocean for $70M. I will look into this but the obvious suspects are Thornton, Vargas and Ryboblev.
We should revisit John's property and I should tell you about Patricia Kluge who is in dire straits in Charlottesville with cross collateralized loans on Albemarle House and the winery. See link:
http://www.sothebysrealty.com/en/PropertyDetails.aspx?R=104206342
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January 31, 2026 at 3:22 AM
so six months after epstein expressed concern about patricia kluge’s real estate problem in charlottesville, donald trump swoops in and gets a sweetheart deal on the property?
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i think we've just got to seal off the bridge to palm beach and turn it into some sort of "Escape from New York" deal
January 31, 2026 at 3:24 AM
i think we've just got to seal off the bridge to palm beach and turn it into some sort of "Escape from New York" deal
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With all the arrests, re-upping my piece on how the church protesters are in the right — and this church is worse than you imagine.
I looked into Cities Church, which was protested for having an ICE agent as a pastor.
You already thought they were right-wing. But they're far worse than you thought.
They're ground zero for the "empathy is a sin" idea, among others.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
You already thought they were right-wing. But they're far worse than you thought.
They're ground zero for the "empathy is a sin" idea, among others.
www.salon.com/2026/01/26/p...
The pro-ICE church is worse than you think
Cities Church in St. Paul is the persecutor, not the persecuted
www.salon.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:38 PM
With all the arrests, re-upping my piece on how the church protesters are in the right — and this church is worse than you imagine.
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Elon Musk, Jeffrey Epstein and Woody Allen on a Carribean island at Christmastime?
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
January 30, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Elon Musk, Jeffrey Epstein and Woody Allen on a Carribean island at Christmastime?
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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From just north of me:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
They left a toddler in the car alone for 40 minutes.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
They left a toddler in the car alone for 40 minutes.
Federal agents arrest man in front of 2-year-old son in Shoreline
The two-year-old son sat alone in the back seat for about 40 minutes, eyewitnesses said.
www.seattletimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:25 AM
From just north of me:
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
They left a toddler in the car alone for 40 minutes.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
They left a toddler in the car alone for 40 minutes.
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Hit the streets with us TOMORROW to speak up for those who have been silenced. Let’s bring the noise to their doorstep and make sure we’re heard.
Tomorrow, stand in solidarity with Minnesota by finding a local protest near you through the ICE Out of Everywhere link in our bio.
Tomorrow, stand in solidarity with Minnesota by finding a local protest near you through the ICE Out of Everywhere link in our bio.
January 31, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Hit the streets with us TOMORROW to speak up for those who have been silenced. Let’s bring the noise to their doorstep and make sure we’re heard.
Tomorrow, stand in solidarity with Minnesota by finding a local protest near you through the ICE Out of Everywhere link in our bio.
Tomorrow, stand in solidarity with Minnesota by finding a local protest near you through the ICE Out of Everywhere link in our bio.
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big balloons go
January 31, 2026 at 2:44 AM
big balloons go
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Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp:
www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
January 30, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp:
www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...