Thomas Nelson
@thomasknelson.bsky.social
Master of International Affairs Student @ UC San Diego
Reposted by Thomas Nelson
It is outrageous that DHS would forcibly remove and detain @padilla.senate.gov - a sitting U.S. Senator - from a public press event for asking a question on behalf of the people of California. This is what we’d expect of Russia or another authoritarian country. Disgraceful.
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It is outrageous that DHS would forcibly remove and detain @padilla.senate.gov - a sitting U.S. Senator - from a public press event for asking a question on behalf of the people of California. This is what we’d expect of Russia or another authoritarian country. Disgraceful.
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“Rather than empowering individuals and bolstering democracy as early Internet visionaries once hoped, technology may instead be enabling more effective forms of hypercentralized, unaccountable control,” writes @ianbremmer.com.
The Technopolar Paradox
The frightening fusion of tech power and state power.
www.foreignaffairs.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
“Rather than empowering individuals and bolstering democracy as early Internet visionaries once hoped, technology may instead be enabling more effective forms of hypercentralized, unaccountable control,” writes @ianbremmer.com.