Todd Stein
@toddstein.bsky.social
Full of hate. Anti-exemptionalist. Functionary of the Human Rights Industrial Complex (Congress-State-NGO). Personal account. @SFGiants @washcaps @everton @WashSpirit
44 Palestinian Christians have been killed in the conflict in Gaza. But rather than pushing the people doing it The USG is arming and supporting them.
This ain’t about protecting Christians, folks.
This ain’t about protecting Christians, folks.
December 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
44 Palestinian Christians have been killed in the conflict in Gaza. But rather than pushing the people doing it The USG is arming and supporting them.
This ain’t about protecting Christians, folks.
This ain’t about protecting Christians, folks.
fEDeRaLIsM
Here's the deal, says USDOJ to states: we're going to send you lists of voters we think are ineligible, and you're going to take them off the rolls. That "would hand the federal govt a major role in election admin, a responsibility that belongs to the states under the U.S. Constitution." [Stateline]
Trump’s DOJ offers states confidential deal to remove voters flagged by feds • Stateline
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent confidential draft agreements on voter data sharing to more than a dozen states, part of the Trump administration’s effort to obtain unredacted voter rolls, wit...
stateline.org
December 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
fEDeRaLIsM
Make a Bond movie academic
The Man with the Golden Syllabus
The Man with the Golden Syllabus
Make a Bond movie academic
Diamonds Are Forever and So is this Department Meeting
Diamonds Are Forever and So is this Department Meeting
Make a Bond movie academic
Professor No
Professor No
December 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Make a Bond movie academic
The Man with the Golden Syllabus
The Man with the Golden Syllabus
Just dawned on me that “our Savior” means Trump.
December 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Just dawned on me that “our Savior” means Trump.
GOP: America First means no longer fighting other people’s wars for them
Also GOP:
Also GOP:
December 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
GOP: America First means no longer fighting other people’s wars for them
Also GOP:
Also GOP:
Words … and deeds.
December 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Words … and deeds.
Sorry, but if you’re stupid enough to think that the Republican Party’s antisemitism platform promotes an American society in which Jews can feel safe with genuine respect for their equality and rights, that’s on you, dumbass.
December 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Sorry, but if you’re stupid enough to think that the Republican Party’s antisemitism platform promotes an American society in which Jews can feel safe with genuine respect for their equality and rights, that’s on you, dumbass.
So two paths for Weiss: 1. Never run the story, confirming her intent to spike it., 2. Modifying the story and running it, likely with pro-Administration content, confirming her motivation for pulling it in the first place.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
So two paths for Weiss: 1. Never run the story, confirming her intent to spike it., 2. Modifying the story and running it, likely with pro-Administration content, confirming her motivation for pulling it in the first place.
but not the United States
“We call on Israel to reverse this decision, as well as the expansion of settlements,” said the joint statement released by Britain, which also included Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway and Spain.
Israel condemned for approval of 19 settlements in occupied West Bank
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
but not the United States
Quiz: in what other period in American history were human beings treated as commodities?
“.. We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said .. as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Quiz: in what other period in American history were human beings treated as commodities?
One answer to this question is the evaporation of public bipartisan advocacy for Uyghurs because Republicans decline to speak of publicly for fear of appearing to confront Trump. Thus the decrease in noise from Capitol Hill leads to this impression. www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
Does anyone still want to help the Uyghurs?
Chinese pressure and migration backlashes may result in many being sent back to China
www.economist.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
One answer to this question is the evaporation of public bipartisan advocacy for Uyghurs because Republicans decline to speak of publicly for fear of appearing to confront Trump. Thus the decrease in noise from Capitol Hill leads to this impression. www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
Reposted by Todd Stein
For years, TNR experts like @nateschenkkan.bsky.social have long warned that immigration policy is key to confronting transnational repression. This piece shows how host states are now contributing to the repression of Uyghur exiles and diaspora communities. #TNR
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
Does anyone still want to help the Uyghurs?
Chinese pressure and migration backlashes may result in many being sent back to China
www.economist.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
For years, TNR experts like @nateschenkkan.bsky.social have long warned that immigration policy is key to confronting transnational repression. This piece shows how host states are now contributing to the repression of Uyghur exiles and diaspora communities. #TNR
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
Reposted by Todd Stein
Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
“Chilling and unconstitutional” — @attorneynora.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
One party wants to wipe away student debt. The other party wants to garish workers’ wages to pay off lenders. It is unclear which would help borrowers more.
— The New York Times
— The New York Times
Trump administration to start seizing pay of defaulted student loan borrowers in January
The Trump administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default in early January.
www.cnbc.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
One party wants to wipe away student debt. The other party wants to garish workers’ wages to pay off lenders. It is unclear which would help borrowers more.
— The New York Times
— The New York Times
GOP: the Chinese Communist Party is evil because they impose social control over even the most intimate aspects of people’s lives.
Also GOP: youtu.be/b8rxZ03J5Bs?...
Also GOP: youtu.be/b8rxZ03J5Bs?...
Paxton's office launches bathroom tip line
YouTube video by KTSM 9 NEWS
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
GOP: the Chinese Communist Party is evil because they impose social control over even the most intimate aspects of people’s lives.
Also GOP: youtu.be/b8rxZ03J5Bs?...
Also GOP: youtu.be/b8rxZ03J5Bs?...
Reposted by Todd Stein
Just a reminder that Rubio promised to deport immigrants and visa holders who criticized Charlie Kirk.
"The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose."
They don't name the individuals.
They don't name the individuals.
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Just a reminder that Rubio promised to deport immigrants and visa holders who criticized Charlie Kirk.
Dissolution and liquidation of Heritage would in no way compensate or provide justice for its role in the dissolution and liquidation of USAID and the multitude of other agencies through Project 2025. But it would provide a bit of solace.
The dissolution of the Heritage Foundation and liquidation of its assets will be bloodless if the few remaining fascist swine allow it to be.
"More than a dozen Heritage Foundation staffers departed the [MAGA septic] tank and are set to join Advancing American Freedom, a conservative advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence." www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
December 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Dissolution and liquidation of Heritage would in no way compensate or provide justice for its role in the dissolution and liquidation of USAID and the multitude of other agencies through Project 2025. But it would provide a bit of solace.
"Uyghurs who fled are losing protections as China pressures other countries to hand them over, and as America and Europe have grown more hostile towards refugees."
Chinese pressure and migration backlashes may result in many being sent back to China
Does anyone still want to help the Uyghurs?
Chinese pressure and migration backlashes may result in many being sent back to China
econ.st
December 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"Uyghurs who fled are losing protections as China pressures other countries to hand them over, and as America and Europe have grown more hostile towards refugees."
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DHS has dropped its plan to deport a Guan Heng after his plight raised public concerns that if deported he would be punished by Beijing for helping to expose human rights abuses.
US drops plan to deport Chinese man who helped expose abuse of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, say activists
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
DHS has dropped its plan to deport a Guan Heng after his plight raised public concerns that if deported he would be punished by Beijing for helping to expose human rights abuses.
Invoking Reagan's "welfare queens" trope to convey Trump's anti-immigrant message really does show the enduring if not requisite role of racism in GOP political thought.
Rep. Comer: "The early numbers that I'm getting in on the Somalis in Minnesota is 75% of the Somalis in Minnesota are on full government assistance. That's full welfare."
December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Invoking Reagan's "welfare queens" trope to convey Trump's anti-immigrant message really does show the enduring if not requisite role of racism in GOP political thought.
It’s been years since I was a shipbuilding-knower, but I am quite confident in saying that, in the age of drone (air and undersea) warfare, naval strategists assess large surface platforms as a really stupid idea.
President Trump will announce on Monday a new type of large warship he is calling “battleships,” marking a step toward achieving the president’s vision for a new “Golden Fleet.”
Trump To Announce Navy Will Buy New ‘Battleship’
The new warship will be the latest in what the White House envisions as a “Golden Fleet.”
on.wsj.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It’s been years since I was a shipbuilding-knower, but I am quite confident in saying that, in the age of drone (air and undersea) warfare, naval strategists assess large surface platforms as a really stupid idea.
Republicans objected to naming a ship after Lewis because it departed from ship naming traditions.
Will they object to Trump departing from such tradition to name a ship after himself.
What could possibly be the difference? 🤔
Will they object to Trump departing from such tradition to name a ship after himself.
What could possibly be the difference? 🤔
House GOP stalls measure that would strip Rep. John Lewis of Navy ship naming
The naming of ships or other government facilities after lawmakers has been controversial at times in recent years. Lewis' status as a civil rights icon, which the Navy cited in its announcement, coul...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Republicans objected to naming a ship after Lewis because it departed from ship naming traditions.
Will they object to Trump departing from such tradition to name a ship after himself.
What could possibly be the difference? 🤔
Will they object to Trump departing from such tradition to name a ship after himself.
What could possibly be the difference? 🤔
These are on the same page (A3) of today’s Washington Post.
December 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
These are on the same page (A3) of today’s Washington Post.
