David Kaye
@davidakaye.bsky.social
californian. human rights, free expression, tech, international law. uc irvine. fulbright. article 19. prior: UN special rapporteur, GNI chair.
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David Kaye
@davidakaye.bsky.social
· Sep 3
👀 Jim Jordan held a House Judiciary Committee hearing on . . . how Europe censors Americans. Nigel Farage came along! Let's just say I have a slightly different view than them. My written and oral testimony are here: ijclinic.law.uci.edu/2025/09/03/h...
Here are my concluding paras:
Here are my concluding paras:
there is a way in which this is perfectly consistent with trump's (and maga's) refusal to hear -- let alone consider -- any criticism. they can stick their fingers in their ears & they can skip out on meetings, but that doesn't change the reality of abuses they are perpetrating.
The Trump administration is setting a dangerous precedent.
The world is watching this administration's attempts to limit our constitutional and human rights.
The world is watching this administration's attempts to limit our constitutional and human rights.
US skips human rights review by UN body as countries appeal for its return next year
The United States on Friday snubbed a U.N. body charged with keeping tabs on the human rights records of all its member countries, on orders of the Trump administration — which has turned its back on the Human Rights Council.
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
there is a way in which this is perfectly consistent with trump's (and maga's) refusal to hear -- let alone consider -- any criticism. they can stick their fingers in their ears & they can skip out on meetings, but that doesn't change the reality of abuses they are perpetrating.
spoken like a true nobel laureate
Trump: "I stopped 8 wars in the last 9 months. I don't want to be in wars. If I am in a war, we're gonna win the thing fast and it'll be violent."
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
spoken like a true nobel laureate
there is no separation at all between trump admin governance & donald trump's personal/family greed & ambitions. this is in part why all discussion of admin "policy" that neglects this baseline fact is so hollow & naive, & mystifying that ppl still write about policy without this framing.
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
there is no separation at all between trump admin governance & donald trump's personal/family greed & ambitions. this is in part why all discussion of admin "policy" that neglects this baseline fact is so hollow & naive, & mystifying that ppl still write about policy without this framing.
highly recommend @qjurecic.bsky.social's piece in the atlantic. i think it's crucial to understand, as she notes, how overtly political trump admin repression is. it's not abt some bipartisan sense of threat. it's censorship to squash debate, civic space, criticism. the extremes of authoritarianism.
The Third Red Scare
The Trump administration is cracking down on Americans’ freedom of speech with a new viciousness, but the First Amendment won’t go down without a fight.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
highly recommend @qjurecic.bsky.social's piece in the atlantic. i think it's crucial to understand, as she notes, how overtly political trump admin repression is. it's not abt some bipartisan sense of threat. it's censorship to squash debate, civic space, criticism. the extremes of authoritarianism.
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Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
those who cave, if they do, will never have a quiet lunch in public again. shame and shun.
2/ The Senators who want to vote yes on basically any terms appear to be shaheen, Hassan, king and Fetterman. Slightly less clear but I think pushing that way are Peters and Durbin. You’ll note that four of these six are retiring. Others who seem on the fence include the two sens from Georgia and …
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
those who cave, if they do, will never have a quiet lunch in public again. shame and shun.
this is a big and extremely dangerous deal. pegasus has been a tool of repression around the world.
is this the pivot to attacking american journalists, lawyers, civil society activists?
is this the pivot to attacking american journalists, lawyers, civil society activists?
UPDATE: NSO just hired former Trump ambassador to Israel.
They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America.
Your rights and freedoms are in danger.
NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/
They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America.
Your rights and freedoms are in danger.
NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
this is a big and extremely dangerous deal. pegasus has been a tool of repression around the world.
is this the pivot to attacking american journalists, lawyers, civil society activists?
is this the pivot to attacking american journalists, lawyers, civil society activists?
last time i had a flight like this it was on aeroflot from fergana uzbekistan to moscow, 1992. and it was unnerving to say the least.
Looks like this is real. About 40% of the flight at 8k feet, then bumped up to 10k, and then finally went up higher, but only to 20k feet. Much slower than normal flight and likely burned a lot more fuel. But the view out the window was probably impressive.
www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...
www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
last time i had a flight like this it was on aeroflot from fergana uzbekistan to moscow, 1992. and it was unnerving to say the least.
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The US government is trying as hard as it can to ensure that Americans starve. The USG is threatening states that are trying to help.
Here's the unbelievable "undo" letter USDA sent: www.fns.usda.gov/snap/updated...
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The US government is trying as hard as it can to ensure that Americans starve. The USG is threatening states that are trying to help.
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"Please let us do things that facially violate the Constitution. This other judge dared to forbid us, so you need to fix that."
JUST IN: The Justice Department formally appeals U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis' preliminary injunction, which restricts the use of force against protesters and journalists.
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"Please let us do things that facially violate the Constitution. This other judge dared to forbid us, so you need to fix that."
if you are in NYC and have any interest in diplomacy, climate change, int'l negotiations, & america's role in the world (and the perception of it), i urge you to catch kyoto. unusually perceptive, makes negotiations over bracketed text seem exciting!
In ‘Kyoto,’ Seeking to Save the Earth but Veering Off Course
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
if you are in NYC and have any interest in diplomacy, climate change, int'l negotiations, & america's role in the world (and the perception of it), i urge you to catch kyoto. unusually perceptive, makes negotiations over bracketed text seem exciting!
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YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Trump and Orban will meet at the White House today.
David Pressman, former US Ambassador to the UN Security Council and Hungary, explains what Orban is doing in Washington, and offers a very strong take on what Trump and Orban really have in common.
time.com/7332003/vikt...
David Pressman, former US Ambassador to the UN Security Council and Hungary, explains what Orban is doing in Washington, and offers a very strong take on what Trump and Orban really have in common.
time.com/7332003/vikt...
Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump’s Attacks on Independence
Independence is "fundamental to the health of any democracy—and it has been systematically dismantled in Hungary."
time.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Trump and Orban will meet at the White House today.
David Pressman, former US Ambassador to the UN Security Council and Hungary, explains what Orban is doing in Washington, and offers a very strong take on what Trump and Orban really have in common.
time.com/7332003/vikt...
David Pressman, former US Ambassador to the UN Security Council and Hungary, explains what Orban is doing in Washington, and offers a very strong take on what Trump and Orban really have in common.
time.com/7332003/vikt...
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I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
“the weaponization of doubt”
"How we choose to act now will determine whether our shared basis for reality — what we see and hear — remains trustworthy."
Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai
www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...
Generative video's threat to visual truth and what we can do about it, and why concerted action matters now, in @transformernews.ai
www.transformernews.ai/p/sora-is-he...
Sora Is Here. The window to save visual truth is closing
Opinion: Sam Gregory argues that generative video is undermining the notion of a shared reality, and that we need to act before it’s lost forever
www.transformernews.ai
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
“the weaponization of doubt”
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ARTICLE 19 joins partners in calling on the UN Human Rights Council to urgently convene a special session on Sudan.
Atrocities being committed in and around El Fasher must be documented, Sudanese voices must be heard, and accountability is essential.
defenddefenders.org/sudan-call-f...
Atrocities being committed in and around El Fasher must be documented, Sudanese voices must be heard, and accountability is essential.
defenddefenders.org/sudan-call-f...
Sudan: civil society calls for a UN Human Rights Council special session on El Fasher - DefendDefenders
In a letter released today, civil society calls on the UN Human Rights Council to convene a special session on Sudan to address the situation in and around El Fasher, North Darfur, and ensure urgent i...
defenddefenders.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
ARTICLE 19 joins partners in calling on the UN Human Rights Council to urgently convene a special session on Sudan.
Atrocities being committed in and around El Fasher must be documented, Sudanese voices must be heard, and accountability is essential.
defenddefenders.org/sudan-call-f...
Atrocities being committed in and around El Fasher must be documented, Sudanese voices must be heard, and accountability is essential.
defenddefenders.org/sudan-call-f...
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Big story from Sky news. It is a mistake to think the DSA alone is going to fix this. This requires more, including and most particularly enforcement of GDPR Art 9 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Big story from Sky news. It is a mistake to think the DSA alone is going to fix this. This requires more, including and most particularly enforcement of GDPR Art 9 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
i could not be more disgusted (particularly since i am loooong past disappointed)
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
i could not be more disgusted (particularly since i am loooong past disappointed)
independent media + vibrant public broadcasting is critical for democracy. check out the full panel at the Council of Europe's Forum for Democracy: www.coe.int/en/web/world...
i hadn't been to a conference with a cartoonist doing real-time work for a while. love it. today's got a little punchy
i hadn't been to a conference with a cartoonist doing real-time work for a while. love it. today's got a little punchy
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
independent media + vibrant public broadcasting is critical for democracy. check out the full panel at the Council of Europe's Forum for Democracy: www.coe.int/en/web/world...
i hadn't been to a conference with a cartoonist doing real-time work for a while. love it. today's got a little punchy
i hadn't been to a conference with a cartoonist doing real-time work for a while. love it. today's got a little punchy
good lord this is the ADL’s move? of course but still.
On this morning of all mornings, Morning Joe books Greenblatt to announce his "Mamdani monitor" and stir coals. At least Joe does press him, hard.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
good lord this is the ADL’s move? of course but still.
i often tell people, new york is different. let’s not get ahead of ourselves. etc etc.
but honestly? this is resonant. i hope ppl pick up on it, contextualize it for their own communities, and run with this message.
but honestly? this is resonant. i hope ppl pick up on it, contextualize it for their own communities, and run with this message.
this is some emotionally and politically powerful stuff. watch the whole thing. ✊
Watch Zohran Mamdani’s full speech after NYC Mayor win | CNN Politics
Democratic State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani delivered a speech to a roarous crowd in NYC after a historic win.
edition.cnn.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 AM
i often tell people, new york is different. let’s not get ahead of ourselves. etc etc.
but honestly? this is resonant. i hope ppl pick up on it, contextualize it for their own communities, and run with this message.
but honestly? this is resonant. i hope ppl pick up on it, contextualize it for their own communities, and run with this message.
this is some emotionally and politically powerful stuff. watch the whole thing. ✊
Watch Zohran Mamdani’s full speech after NYC Mayor win | CNN Politics
Democratic State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani delivered a speech to a roarous crowd in NYC after a historic win.
edition.cnn.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
this is some emotionally and politically powerful stuff. watch the whole thing. ✊
i’m at a democracy forum in europe today and you bet i’m going to celebrate america’s democratic victories. it may be one of the lesser points but seeing americans reject trumpism will be a great shot in the arm for europeans fighting the very same battle.
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
i’m at a democracy forum in europe today and you bet i’m going to celebrate america’s democratic victories. it may be one of the lesser points but seeing americans reject trumpism will be a great shot in the arm for europeans fighting the very same battle.
soon they’ll be wearing specially designed glasses (by meta? google? whoever) to log everyone they see.
New from 404 Media: CBP has quietly launched a facial recognition app for local cops to do immigration enforcement. Scans their face, tells cops whether to contact ICE about this person or not. A truly rapid expansion of ICE's facial recognition app to local cops
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
www.404media.co/cbp-quietly-...
CBP Quietly Launches Face Scanning App for Local Cops To Do Immigration Enforcement
The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
soon they’ll be wearing specially designed glasses (by meta? google? whoever) to log everyone they see.
i really appreciate jameel's post.
cheney's vice presidency was a study in ignoring long-held norms & rules. he put us at risk. we knew it in the legal advisor's office at the state dept. but so did professionals in the joint staff, office of sec of defense, intel analysts, & many many others.
cheney's vice presidency was a study in ignoring long-held norms & rules. he put us at risk. we knew it in the legal advisor's office at the state dept. but so did professionals in the joint staff, office of sec of defense, intel analysts, & many many others.
Fourteen years later, I *still* think one of the best ways for us to repudiate Cheney's legacy of torture would be to recognize and honor the courageous soldiers and public servants who exposed the torture policies and tried to end them. www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/o...
November 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
i really appreciate jameel's post.
cheney's vice presidency was a study in ignoring long-held norms & rules. he put us at risk. we knew it in the legal advisor's office at the state dept. but so did professionals in the joint staff, office of sec of defense, intel analysts, & many many others.
cheney's vice presidency was a study in ignoring long-held norms & rules. he put us at risk. we knew it in the legal advisor's office at the state dept. but so did professionals in the joint staff, office of sec of defense, intel analysts, & many many others.