Amber Concepcion
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🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics.
The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
August 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🧵 Authoritarianism, Democratization, and Coalition Politics.
The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
The consensus around here is, more or less, that the United States is currently a consolidating authoritarian regime controlled by a mix of reactionary populists and fascists.
“The detentions add to a growing number of church members and Christians seeking religious protection who get picked up by ICE. Often they have no apparent criminal history. In many instances, they were in the United States lawfully, complying with orders from immigration courts.”
ICE Goes After Church Leaders and Christians Fleeing Persecution - Christianity Today
On Tuesday, Iranian asylum-seekers were detained in Los Angeles, adding to the count of church members taken despite lawful status.
www.christianitytoday.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
“The detentions add to a growing number of church members and Christians seeking religious protection who get picked up by ICE. Often they have no apparent criminal history. In many instances, they were in the United States lawfully, complying with orders from immigration courts.”
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No explanation.
None.
It’s obscene.
I keep remembering the 1679 habeas corpus act. It reacted to the king arresting people & without trial deporting them. It began: “for prevention of imprisonment beyond seas.”
Without explanation, our current SCOTUS majority is undoing centuries of justice.
None.
It’s obscene.
I keep remembering the 1679 habeas corpus act. It reacted to the king arresting people & without trial deporting them. It began: “for prevention of imprisonment beyond seas.”
Without explanation, our current SCOTUS majority is undoing centuries of justice.
Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards.
Me, via “One First”:
Me, via “One First”:
161. The Court's Disastrous Ruling in the Third-Country Removal Case
The majority did not just greenlight an especially odious immigration policy without any explanation; it did so in a case in which the government defied the district court—twice—with no consequence.
www.stevevladeck.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
No explanation.
None.
It’s obscene.
I keep remembering the 1679 habeas corpus act. It reacted to the king arresting people & without trial deporting them. It began: “for prevention of imprisonment beyond seas.”
Without explanation, our current SCOTUS majority is undoing centuries of justice.
None.
It’s obscene.
I keep remembering the 1679 habeas corpus act. It reacted to the king arresting people & without trial deporting them. It began: “for prevention of imprisonment beyond seas.”
Without explanation, our current SCOTUS majority is undoing centuries of justice.
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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Russia has kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. Putin was indicted for this crime. Yale has a unit searching for them. Musk eliminated the funding.
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
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Musk cuts the team finding Ukrainian children stolen by Russia
Trump’s federal cost-cutting - led by Elon Musk's Doge – has now hit the unit helping rescue Ukrainian children taken by Russia
inews.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Russia has kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. Putin was indicted for this crime. Yale has a unit searching for them. Musk eliminated the funding.
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
inews.co.uk/news/world/m...
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New on #USAID: First, in @foreignpolicy.com our piece on illegality of abolishing USAID. To be clear-eyed: This is neither good policy nor legal under the most basic elements of U.S. law and the Constitution.
w @abinader.bsky.social
Also see our memo 👇
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/04/u...
w @abinader.bsky.social
Also see our memo 👇
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/04/u...
Abolishing USAID Is Both Unconstitutional and Disastrous
The State Department isn’t ready to handle vital disease-prevention efforts worldwide.
foreignpolicy.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
New on #USAID: First, in @foreignpolicy.com our piece on illegality of abolishing USAID. To be clear-eyed: This is neither good policy nor legal under the most basic elements of U.S. law and the Constitution.
w @abinader.bsky.social
Also see our memo 👇
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/04/u...
w @abinader.bsky.social
Also see our memo 👇
foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/04/u...
“Every minute of every day, you have opportunities to practice standing firm. Each small choice builds the moral muscle memory you'll need for bigger challenges ahead.”
Not just democracy. Not just institutions. They are unraveling the very space where human meaning is made. The algorithms dictate what you see. The strongmen rewrite reality in real time. The systems that once mediated truth are being hollowed out, repurposed, turned against us.
The Manifesto of the Cognitive Revolution
I’m here to tell you what should already be abundantly clear: that simple truths, all around us, reveal things that are blatantly obvious.
www.notesfromthecircus.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:32 AM
“Every minute of every day, you have opportunities to practice standing firm. Each small choice builds the moral muscle memory you'll need for bigger challenges ahead.”
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This is what Trump's cut to foreign assistance mean. Millions of additional malaria infections and hundreds of thousands of new cases of polio.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid (Gift Article)
The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-blower.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:07 AM
This is what Trump's cut to foreign assistance mean. Millions of additional malaria infections and hundreds of thousands of new cases of polio.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...
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NEW: When the Trump Admin abruptly cancelled almost all USAID programs, it also refused to pay $2bln the U.S. govt owes **for work that’s been done.**
One of the cut-off programs in Syria couldn’t afford security and was robbed by masked men.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
One of the cut-off programs in Syria couldn’t afford security and was robbed by masked men.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
March 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
NEW: When the Trump Admin abruptly cancelled almost all USAID programs, it also refused to pay $2bln the U.S. govt owes **for work that’s been done.**
One of the cut-off programs in Syria couldn’t afford security and was robbed by masked men.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
One of the cut-off programs in Syria couldn’t afford security and was robbed by masked men.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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"NOAA is taxpayer-funded, so it is a public good – its services provide safety and security for everyone, not just those who can pay for it." CIRES' @cwiedinm.bsky.social and Kari Bowen explain @noaa.gov's role in U.S. weather forecasts. @us.theconversation.com @colorado.edu
NOAA’s vast public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV – a private company alone couldn’t match it
NOAA operates fleets of satellites, sensors on airplanes and ocean-going buoys, as well as radar, providing the data used by weather forecasters nationwide – and freely available to anyone.
buff.ly
February 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"NOAA is taxpayer-funded, so it is a public good – its services provide safety and security for everyone, not just those who can pay for it." CIRES' @cwiedinm.bsky.social and Kari Bowen explain @noaa.gov's role in U.S. weather forecasts. @us.theconversation.com @colorado.edu
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You don’t impeach judges because you disagree with their decisions; you appeal the decisions.
February 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
You don’t impeach judges because you disagree with their decisions; you appeal the decisions.
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80 years ago today: Marines raise the flag on Iwo Jima.
We in the pro-democracy camp fight for the America that won World War II, and for the America that after the war worked to further advance the American idea. We know what side we would have been on 80 years ago, and what side we're on today.
We in the pro-democracy camp fight for the America that won World War II, and for the America that after the war worked to further advance the American idea. We know what side we would have been on 80 years ago, and what side we're on today.
February 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
80 years ago today: Marines raise the flag on Iwo Jima.
We in the pro-democracy camp fight for the America that won World War II, and for the America that after the war worked to further advance the American idea. We know what side we would have been on 80 years ago, and what side we're on today.
We in the pro-democracy camp fight for the America that won World War II, and for the America that after the war worked to further advance the American idea. We know what side we would have been on 80 years ago, and what side we're on today.
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Deep and thoughtful reporting on the crises of the NIH funding and review blocks. Share locally, share widely. And make sure your reps know!
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Scientists warn of long-term damage as Trump’s orders slow research
By blocking announcements in the Federal Register, the administration is keeping experts from meeting to evaluate funding proposals.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Deep and thoughtful reporting on the crises of the NIH funding and review blocks. Share locally, share widely. And make sure your reps know!
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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Forget Bonhoeffer. This is the Niemöller Moment.
Change your mind. Get others to change their minds. Stand up. Speak out.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Change your mind. Get others to change their minds. Stand up. Speak out.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Forget Bonhoeffer. This is the Niemöller Moment
Change your mind. Get others to change their minds. Stand up. Speak out.
open.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Forget Bonhoeffer. This is the Niemöller Moment.
Change your mind. Get others to change their minds. Stand up. Speak out.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
Change your mind. Get others to change their minds. Stand up. Speak out.
open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
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Stand with Ukrainians as Trump prepares to sell them out
(Location: Russian embassy, London, Feb ‘23)
(Location: Russian embassy, London, Feb ‘23)
February 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Stand with Ukrainians as Trump prepares to sell them out
(Location: Russian embassy, London, Feb ‘23)
(Location: Russian embassy, London, Feb ‘23)
“Worn down by harassment and threats, many of Trump’s critics will be tempted to retreat to the sidelines. Such a retreat would be perilous. When fear, exhaustion, or resignation crowds out citizens’ commitment to democracy, emergent authoritarianism begins to take root.”
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
“Worn down by harassment and threats, many of Trump’s critics will be tempted to retreat to the sidelines. Such a retreat would be perilous. When fear, exhaustion, or resignation crowds out citizens’ commitment to democracy, emergent authoritarianism begins to take root.”
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December 13, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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I know I'm missing folks, so hit me up with recs!
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I know I'm missing folks, so hit me up with recs!