Daniel Röper
@droeper.bsky.social
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Deterrence is not just about material capabilities and military power, it is about the credible threat to use force in the event of an attack to retaliate. With the comments and social media posts by Trump, the remarks by Hegseth and the speech by JD Vance in Munich, there is no
February 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Deterrence is not just about material capabilities and military power, it is about the credible threat to use force in the event of an attack to retaliate. With the comments and social media posts by Trump, the remarks by Hegseth and the speech by JD Vance in Munich, there is no
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"It's none of your business, JD Vance." – Das muss man so klar sagen, nach der Rede, die der angedrohte Abschied der Amerikaner aus dem Wertebündnis mit Europa war. Aber Europa kann stark sein und bestehen im internationalen Mächtekonzert – wenn es mit einer Stimme spricht.
youtu.be/ksiUTBPvFpw
youtu.be/ksiUTBPvFpw
Am Rande der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz | #MSC | Robert Habeck
YouTube video by Robert Habeck
youtu.be
February 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"It's none of your business, JD Vance." – Das muss man so klar sagen, nach der Rede, die der angedrohte Abschied der Amerikaner aus dem Wertebündnis mit Europa war. Aber Europa kann stark sein und bestehen im internationalen Mächtekonzert – wenn es mit einer Stimme spricht.
youtu.be/ksiUTBPvFpw
youtu.be/ksiUTBPvFpw
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Es ist ein existenzieller Moment für #Europa. Wir werden unsere Demokratie & Freiheit verteidigen. Und Europas Verteidigung groß denken, mit nie dagewesenen Investitionen. Jeder muss entscheiden, ob er auf der Seite der #FreienWelt oder auf der Seite ihrer Angreifer steht. #MSC
February 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Es ist ein existenzieller Moment für #Europa. Wir werden unsere Demokratie & Freiheit verteidigen. Und Europas Verteidigung groß denken, mit nie dagewesenen Investitionen. Jeder muss entscheiden, ob er auf der Seite der #FreienWelt oder auf der Seite ihrer Angreifer steht. #MSC
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
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(1/X) The media spent ten years ignoring Trump's obvious personality disorder. We were told "he's a pragmatist, a businessman".
Now they are doing the same thing with Elon Musk....
Now they are doing the same thing with Elon Musk....
February 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
(1/X) The media spent ten years ignoring Trump's obvious personality disorder. We were told "he's a pragmatist, a businessman".
Now they are doing the same thing with Elon Musk....
Now they are doing the same thing with Elon Musk....
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Behold: My unified Terminator Theory of parenting through the Trump Era into the apocalypse he has created for our children.
...I'm serious you guys, I wrote a whole thing on parenting through this nightmare.
My latest in @thenation.com
...I'm serious you guys, I wrote a whole thing on parenting through this nightmare.
My latest in @thenation.com
Parenting In the Age of Trump
Like Sarah Connor, the heroine of the Terminator movies, Elie Mystal is trying to figure out how to prepare his children for the dystopian future.
www.thenation.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Behold: My unified Terminator Theory of parenting through the Trump Era into the apocalypse he has created for our children.
...I'm serious you guys, I wrote a whole thing on parenting through this nightmare.
My latest in @thenation.com
...I'm serious you guys, I wrote a whole thing on parenting through this nightmare.
My latest in @thenation.com
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Trump & Musk führen einen administrativen Staatsstreich durch, brechen ein Gesetz nach dem anderen - die USA sind mitten in einer Verfassungskrise. Mein Text für @volksverpetzer.de ist jetzt online. Dank an @mjsdc.bsky.social für die juristischen Einordnungen! www.volksverpetzer.de/aktuelles/tr...
Trump & Musk: Staatsstreich in den USA & keiner kriegt es hier mit?
Musk und Trump führen in den USA gerade einen administrativen Staatsstreich durch. Deutsche Medien berichten größtenteils, als laufe alles wie immer.
www.volksverpetzer.de
February 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Trump & Musk führen einen administrativen Staatsstreich durch, brechen ein Gesetz nach dem anderen - die USA sind mitten in einer Verfassungskrise. Mein Text für @volksverpetzer.de ist jetzt online. Dank an @mjsdc.bsky.social für die juristischen Einordnungen! www.volksverpetzer.de/aktuelles/tr...
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Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
February 2, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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I do not recall a 24 hour or one week news cycle with more disturbing news about the state of the presidency and the US government in it than those of today and the past seven days. January 6 was nothing compared to this. But make no mistake, this too is the gov't being torn apart by a mob of thugs.
February 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I do not recall a 24 hour or one week news cycle with more disturbing news about the state of the presidency and the US government in it than those of today and the past seven days. January 6 was nothing compared to this. But make no mistake, this too is the gov't being torn apart by a mob of thugs.
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No. The “CIA” doesn’t favor it, Trump appointee John Ratcliffe does.
And, buried 14 paragraphs in:
“The agency made its new assessment with “low confidence,” which means the intelligence behind it is fragmentary and incomplete.”
And, buried 14 paragraphs in:
“The agency made its new assessment with “low confidence,” which means the intelligence behind it is fragmentary and incomplete.”
C.I.A. Now Favors Lab Leak Theory to Explain Covid’s Origins (Gift Article)
A new analysis that began under the Biden administration is released by the C.I.A.’s new director, John Ratcliffe, who wants the agency to get “off the sidelines” in the debate.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
No. The “CIA” doesn’t favor it, Trump appointee John Ratcliffe does.
And, buried 14 paragraphs in:
“The agency made its new assessment with “low confidence,” which means the intelligence behind it is fragmentary and incomplete.”
And, buried 14 paragraphs in:
“The agency made its new assessment with “low confidence,” which means the intelligence behind it is fragmentary and incomplete.”
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Forget the division of Left and Right. We are entering the age of the New Obscurantism: politics fused with magical solutions, superstition, an aura of spirituality and the cultivation of fear
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The New Rasputins
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Forget the division of Left and Right. We are entering the age of the New Obscurantism: politics fused with magical solutions, superstition, an aura of spirituality and the cultivation of fear
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Die Ankündigungen Zuckerbergs, seine Plattformen Facebook, Instagram und Threads künftig massiv nach dem Vorbild von X umzubauen, beschreiben ein Kipppunkt in der digitalen politischen Kommunikation. Er selbst spricht in seinem geteilten Video von einer „new era“ 🧵
Meta beendet in den USA die Zusammenarbeit mit Faktenprüfern
Nutzer von Facebook und Instagram in den USA sollen Online-Inhalte künftig selbst moderieren. Das neue Modell lehnt sich an Elon Musks Plattform X an - und könnte mit der bevorstehenden Amtszeit von D...
www.tagesschau.de
January 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Die Ankündigungen Zuckerbergs, seine Plattformen Facebook, Instagram und Threads künftig massiv nach dem Vorbild von X umzubauen, beschreiben ein Kipppunkt in der digitalen politischen Kommunikation. Er selbst spricht in seinem geteilten Video von einer „new era“ 🧵