Matt Steinglass
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Europe correspondent for The Economist. Please don’t kill me
Pinned
Thomas Pynchon, the greatest Californian novelist, wrote in his first novel “V.” of a mad society that built its city at the lip of a volcano which annihilated it every hundred years, but always rebuilt immediately in the same place
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A little piece of good news. There will have to be more like this: institutions of civil society, academia, and expertise separating from the state.
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Dismantled by DOGE, a Foreign Policy Center Finds New Life
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November 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A little piece of good news. There will have to be more like this: institutions of civil society, academia, and expertise separating from the state.
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Dutch coalition formation still stalled by the refusal of Dilan Yesilgoz (not pictured), head of the #3 Liberals, to join a govt with #4 GreenLeft-Labor. The “scout”, Wouter Koolmees, is starting with a “motorblock” of #1 D66 and #5 Christian Dems and will work out from there.
Verkenner Koolmees lijkt te neigen naar het ‘motorblok’, met of zonder VVD
Verkenner Koolmees proefde de nieren van de partijen en gaat voorstellen doen voor een vervolg van de formatie. Wordt het doorpraten met een 'motorblok' van D66-CDA?
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November 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Dutch coalition formation still stalled by the refusal of Dilan Yesilgoz (not pictured), head of the #3 Liberals, to join a govt with #4 GreenLeft-Labor. The “scout”, Wouter Koolmees, is starting with a “motorblock” of #1 D66 and #5 Christian Dems and will work out from there.
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for God’s sake
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
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Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
for God’s sake
To fight communism, America bombed Laos more heavily than any country ever in history. It lost. It took in the refugees who managed to make it out. Now it has changed its mind and is shipping them back. What kind of government does this
A longtime Tucson physical therapist has been deported to Laos, the country he fled with family at age 6 in the 1970s. Vone Phrommany, 53, said he's arrived at a distant relative's home following five days of exhausting travel, while shackled at the wrists and ankles. tucson.com/news/local/s...
Tucson physical therapist deported to Laos after multiple, 'chaotic' flights
For Star subscribers: A longtime Tucson physical therapist has been deported to Laos after spending three months at the Eloy Detention Center.
tucson.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
To fight communism, America bombed Laos more heavily than any country ever in history. It lost. It took in the refugees who managed to make it out. Now it has changed its mind and is shipping them back. What kind of government does this
Bad news from Georgia where Georgian Dream is banning the opposition and charging its main leaders with plotting a coup.
Georgia is dousing the last embers of democracy
An oligarchic party outlaws the opposition and turns towards Russia
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November 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Bad news from Georgia where Georgian Dream is banning the opposition and charging its main leaders with plotting a coup.
Blatant anti-Turkish prejudice
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Blatant anti-Turkish prejudice
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Eleven of the parties in the provincial parliament of Limburg have now requested the Limburg government to look into the possibility of creating a (temporary) memorial for our Black American liberators in cooperation with Eijsden-Margraten (where the cemetery is located).
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Limburgse Statenleden willen tijdelijke herdenkingsplek voor zwarte bevrijders
Statenleden willen een gedenkteken voor zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders nu hun informatiepanelen in Margraten zijn verwijderd
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November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Eleven of the parties in the provincial parliament of Limburg have now requested the Limburg government to look into the possibility of creating a (temporary) memorial for our Black American liberators in cooperation with Eijsden-Margraten (where the cemetery is located).
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Trump has pardoned Troy Lake, according to Senator Lummis.
Lake, who owned a diesel servicing company, had pleaded guilty to disabling emissions controls on hundreds of heavy-duty commercial trucks.
A study showed that it caused increases in carbon monoxide & pollutants known to cause lung cancer.
Lake, who owned a diesel servicing company, had pleaded guilty to disabling emissions controls on hundreds of heavy-duty commercial trucks.
A study showed that it caused increases in carbon monoxide & pollutants known to cause lung cancer.
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Trump has pardoned Troy Lake, according to Senator Lummis.
Lake, who owned a diesel servicing company, had pleaded guilty to disabling emissions controls on hundreds of heavy-duty commercial trucks.
A study showed that it caused increases in carbon monoxide & pollutants known to cause lung cancer.
Lake, who owned a diesel servicing company, had pleaded guilty to disabling emissions controls on hundreds of heavy-duty commercial trucks.
A study showed that it caused increases in carbon monoxide & pollutants known to cause lung cancer.
Guess which other minority US soldiers are prominently featured at the cemetery in Margraten? I wonder how long till they come for them
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Guess which other minority US soldiers are prominently featured at the cemetery in Margraten? I wonder how long till they come for them
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Former Chair of the Republican House Freedom Caucus.
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Former Chair of the Republican House Freedom Caucus.
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
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November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
This is pure 100% Protocols-style antisemitism and she is the most popular and most powerful antisemite in America. And the ADL has unilaterally disarmed against the most virulent threat to Jewish well-being.
There’s no daylight between what Candace says here about “the Jews” & what Nazi propagandists & Father Coughlin said about the Jews in the 1930s. Her show is one of the top 5 “conservative” podcasts in the US. She has 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.3 million followers on X.
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This is pure 100% Protocols-style antisemitism and she is the most popular and most powerful antisemite in America. And the ADL has unilaterally disarmed against the most virulent threat to Jewish well-being.
This entire discourse is mindbogglingly stupid. But it’s closer to true that the rebellious maverick form of masculinity that took over the US after the 1960s, attacking responsible conscientious masculinity, is what has “destroyed the West” whatever that means. Hence women, Asians doing better.
I've had a lot of people over the years (especially in interfaith contexts) talk about how David French is a model of the kind of person we can have reasonable disagreements with, but still respect as a moral, principled person and... I just can't with this jabroni.
ICYMI: The New York Times is done with women
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This entire discourse is mindbogglingly stupid. But it’s closer to true that the rebellious maverick form of masculinity that took over the US after the 1960s, attacking responsible conscientious masculinity, is what has “destroyed the West” whatever that means. Hence women, Asians doing better.
The resurgent nationalists have spent decades arguing that international law is whiny globalist bs. This is the result. We are all going to regret allowing the bombing of civilians to be completely normalized again.
In Dnipro, a Russian drone strike hit a 9-story residential building overnight, killing one person and injuring 10, including two children. Apartments from the 4th to 6th floors were destroyed. A fire broke out but was extinguished. Emergency crews rescued 28 people from the scene.
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The resurgent nationalists have spent decades arguing that international law is whiny globalist bs. This is the result. We are all going to regret allowing the bombing of civilians to be completely normalized again.
Also ultra-relevant for the Netherlands and, frankly, every other country especially but not limited to Europe and North America
This is what is happening. It is cynical. It is strategic. It is organised. It is well funded.
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
And we need to pay attention.
The far right - and their cheerleaders, mimics, tribute acts, and handmaidens have identified two presentational frameworks that give them cut-through and traction. 1/7
November 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Also ultra-relevant for the Netherlands and, frankly, every other country especially but not limited to Europe and North America
Can’t believe the British think it is bad to be earnest
Ah, I see the earnest quote reposters have arrived/America has woken up.
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Can’t believe the British think it is bad to be earnest
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
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November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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About an hour after Ellis entered this injunction, a group of agents, including Bovino, drove away from a Southwest Side gas station where they were confronted by protestors, and fired a round of pepper balls at a sedan that pulled up alongside their vehicle, reports @chicagotribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
About an hour after Ellis entered this injunction, a group of agents, including Bovino, drove away from a Southwest Side gas station where they were confronted by protestors, and fired a round of pepper balls at a sedan that pulled up alongside their vehicle, reports @chicagotribune.com
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Republican politicians can commit all the crimes they want and victimize as many people as they want because right after they are convicted Trump pardons every single one of them. Every Republican politician is above the law and can do whatever they want. Total immunity.
November 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Republican politicians can commit all the crimes they want and victimize as many people as they want because right after they are convicted Trump pardons every single one of them. Every Republican politician is above the law and can do whatever they want. Total immunity.
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““For a state that claims to be a Jewish state for all Jews,” said Strober, “if you just show up one day and stand in support of Palestinians by doing something as basic as picking olives together, actually, then your Jewishness is irrelevant.””
We are so moved by the words of Rabbi Sarah Reines, who visited the West Bank with T'ruah and witnessed the settler attack: "The rising danger only increases my resolve to represent the highest Jewish values of respect, lovingkindness, peace and preservation of life in the land Jews call home.”
US teen deported, Israeli rabbi wounded as tensions mount for Jewish activists in the West Bank - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
In a second incident, a settler who was a soldier fired a gun near rabbis and Jewish leaders from the United States.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
““For a state that claims to be a Jewish state for all Jews,” said Strober, “if you just show up one day and stand in support of Palestinians by doing something as basic as picking olives together, actually, then your Jewishness is irrelevant.””
Now we get to see whether the rule of law holds in America, again, prob will do it again very soon
Ellis is on the bench.
Good morning from Chicago's Dirksen Federal Courthouse.
We're waiting for District Judge Sara Ellis to take the bench in the federal class action urging an injunction against federal immigration agents' violent behavior in Chicagoland.
Ellis will issue an oral ruling on the injuction this morning.
We're waiting for District Judge Sara Ellis to take the bench in the federal class action urging an injunction against federal immigration agents' violent behavior in Chicagoland.
Ellis will issue an oral ruling on the injuction this morning.
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Now we get to see whether the rule of law holds in America, again, prob will do it again very soon
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Never been a better time for journalists and politicians to get off of X.
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Never been a better time for journalists and politicians to get off of X.
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Can I tell my NYC mayor story again today? Ok, fine.
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Can I tell my NYC mayor story again today? Ok, fine.
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I was on a German panel last night, where *every speaker* had strong French links (study etc).
And every speaker expressed massive dismay over the state of Franco-German defence-industrial cooperation. How can we not get this right?!
And every speaker expressed massive dismay over the state of Franco-German defence-industrial cooperation. How can we not get this right?!
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I was on a German panel last night, where *every speaker* had strong French links (study etc).
And every speaker expressed massive dismay over the state of Franco-German defence-industrial cooperation. How can we not get this right?!
And every speaker expressed massive dismay over the state of Franco-German defence-industrial cooperation. How can we not get this right?!