2025 is the new 1933
@tsotp.bsky.social
I prefer anonymity because I grew up in an oppressive authoritarian regime. Not revealing personal identifiable info online is part of my immune responses acquired from previous exposure.
Zero tolerance for intellectual dishonesty.
Zero tolerance for intellectual dishonesty.
Pinned
As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe.
But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵
But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵
I have nothing to add but have to pin this to my timeline.
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In a dangerous departure from democratic norms, the Trump administration escalated its effort to punish Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) by turning its review of the senator’s critiques against the president into an official Command Investigation under military law.
Trump Admin Intensifies Military Probe Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, Launches Command Investigation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In a dangerous departure from democratic norms, the Trump administration escalated its effort to punish Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) by turning its review of the senator’s critiques against the president into an official Command Investigation under military law.
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Very much reads like they are significantly reducing the influence of peer review on scientific funding, which under the current regime opens the way for more politicized funding instead.
NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)
NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities
www.science.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Very much reads like they are significantly reducing the influence of peer review on scientific funding, which under the current regime opens the way for more politicized funding instead.
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A for-profit education firm called Stride is opening a school inside a for-profit immigration prison run by CoreCivic. Stride has been accused of defrauding investors and providing substandard education to children.
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings:
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings:
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison - The American Prospect
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley.
prospect.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A for-profit education firm called Stride is opening a school inside a for-profit immigration prison run by CoreCivic. Stride has been accused of defrauding investors and providing substandard education to children.
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings:
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
@whitneycwimbish.bsky.social spotted the job listings:
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
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Breaking WSJ:
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Breaking WSJ:
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
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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 9:23 AM
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. ⬇️
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Johnson’s refusal to seat Grijalva feels like a foreshadowing of this GOP plan to stay in power post-2026 regardless of the outcome of the election. This thread is about a well connected Oregon MAGA activist who just podcasted it out.
Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.
November 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Johnson’s refusal to seat Grijalva feels like a foreshadowing of this GOP plan to stay in power post-2026 regardless of the outcome of the election. This thread is about a well connected Oregon MAGA activist who just podcasted it out.
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Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
n.pr
October 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
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Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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Israeli Forces fired upon a clearly identified Médecins Sans Frontièreswater truck while it was distributing 10000L of drinking water in Gaza City. The vehicle’s route and schedule had been communicated in advance to the Israeli authorities, as MSF does on a daily basis.
msf.org.au/article/proj...
msf.org.au/article/proj...
Gaza: MSF condemns Israeli attack on MSF water distribution site
This attack cannot be dismissed as an error. It was a deliberate attempt to sabotage water distribution to civilians who cannot leave the area, particularly the poorest, the sick, and the most vulnera...
msf.org.au
September 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Israeli Forces fired upon a clearly identified Médecins Sans Frontièreswater truck while it was distributing 10000L of drinking water in Gaza City. The vehicle’s route and schedule had been communicated in advance to the Israeli authorities, as MSF does on a daily basis.
msf.org.au/article/proj...
msf.org.au/article/proj...
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"We have to get them off the streets and we have to get them off the internet. We can’t let them communicate with each other. I’m all about free speech, but this is a virus, this is a cancer that’s spreading across this country."
Texas Congressman Says Trans People Need To Be Taken ‘Off The Streets’ After Charlie Kirk Shooting
The killing of right wing activist and influencer Charlie Kirk has prompted...
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"We have to get them off the streets and we have to get them off the internet. We can’t let them communicate with each other. I’m all about free speech, but this is a virus, this is a cancer that’s spreading across this country."
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BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.
‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’
Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities
www.thetimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.
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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.
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Trump's false claim here--about how "radical left globalists" (i.e. Soros) are the puppeteers who fund & organize civil rights protests--is the same basic story that the fascists of the 1950s and 60s told about the civil rights protests of that era. It's a familiar cocktail of racism & antisemitism.
August 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Trump's false claim here--about how "radical left globalists" (i.e. Soros) are the puppeteers who fund & organize civil rights protests--is the same basic story that the fascists of the 1950s and 60s told about the civil rights protests of that era. It's a familiar cocktail of racism & antisemitism.
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Andrew Cuomo going on Fox News to accuse Zohran Mamdani of caring about “woke issues” and talk about how much he’s scared of the subway seems like a pretty clear sign that he has abandoned the Democratic Party.
August 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Andrew Cuomo going on Fox News to accuse Zohran Mamdani of caring about “woke issues” and talk about how much he’s scared of the subway seems like a pretty clear sign that he has abandoned the Democratic Party.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio: The International Criminal Court “is a national security threat”.
August 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio: The International Criminal Court “is a national security threat”.
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A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
August 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A terrorist targeted federal workers last week. There wasn’t much reporting on it. But I’m not finished thinking about it! 🧵
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
An anti-vaxxer fired more than 500 gunshots into CDC Atlanta, shattering 150 “blast-proof” windows on 6 buildings. Employees were pinned down in terror.
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These were the trucks I saw rolling onto the freeway earlier, so they’re leaving their large military base in majority Black Anacostia to go shoot intimidation propaganda in front of the Lincoln Memorial…
Multiple National Guard vehicles at the Lincoln Memorial which is not a problem area for crime
August 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
These were the trucks I saw rolling onto the freeway earlier, so they’re leaving their large military base in majority Black Anacostia to go shoot intimidation propaganda in front of the Lincoln Memorial…
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Five Al Jazeera journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike near Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital. Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa were in a tent for journalists at the hospital's main gate when it was struck.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Al-Shifa hospital
The broadcaster condemns the "blatant attack on press freedom", while the IDF alleges one of the journalists was part of Hamas.
www.bbc.com
August 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Five Al Jazeera journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike near Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital. Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa were in a tent for journalists at the hospital's main gate when it was struck.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Last week I analyzed 1033.5 minutes of Fox News including Fox & Friends, The Five, The Ingraham Angle, Jesse Watters Primetime and Hannity. This montage contains the ONLY references to Jeffrey Epstein on the shows I covered. The network largely ignored the scandal.
August 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Last week I analyzed 1033.5 minutes of Fox News including Fox & Friends, The Five, The Ingraham Angle, Jesse Watters Primetime and Hannity. This montage contains the ONLY references to Jeffrey Epstein on the shows I covered. The network largely ignored the scandal.
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I fondly remember the good ol' days, when we blogged about the harm to the rule of law from the Bush 43 firing of Republican U.S. Attorneys. That's a distant memory now. This campaign is far more corrosive. And congressional majorities are fully complicit.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump’s DOJ has fired dozens of prosecutors, upending decades-old norm
The dismissals often came without warning and have affected more than 40 prosecutors, based on reporting by The Washington Post and a tally of public information.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I fondly remember the good ol' days, when we blogged about the harm to the rule of law from the Bush 43 firing of Republican U.S. Attorneys. That's a distant memory now. This campaign is far more corrosive. And congressional majorities are fully complicit.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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CBS claims that its decision to cancel Stephen Colbert’s show is “financial,” but “the network that once made Cronkite the most trusted man in America no longer gets the benefit of the doubt,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues:
Is Colbert’s Ouster Really Just a ‘Financial Decision’?
CBS no longer deserves the benefit of the doubt.
bit.ly
July 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
CBS claims that its decision to cancel Stephen Colbert’s show is “financial,” but “the network that once made Cronkite the most trusted man in America no longer gets the benefit of the doubt,” @dgraham.bsky.social argues:
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Poynter - Foreign journalists in the US are self-censoring to protect themselves from the Trump administration.
Foreign journalists in the U.S. are self-censoring to protect themselves from the Trump administration - Poynter
Non-citizen journalists working in the U.S. report wiping their social media accounts, canceling travel plans and pulling bylines.
www.poynter.org
July 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Poynter - Foreign journalists in the US are self-censoring to protect themselves from the Trump administration.
"How could it be done to you and your ancestors and you turn around and do it to someone else!" Well said Mr Patinkin, well said.
Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.
July 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"How could it be done to you and your ancestors and you turn around and do it to someone else!" Well said Mr Patinkin, well said.
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This is illegal: these are civil servants who cannot be fired except for cause. The Trump administration is claiming powers here it does not have, assuming the Supreme Court will continue to let it act with impunity.
Bondi fires 20 Justice Dept. employees involved in Trump prosecutions wapo.st/3U85CK1
Bondi fires 20 Justice Dept. employees involved in Trump prosecutions
Those fired from the department include two prosecutors who worked under former special counsel Jack Smith.
wapo.st
July 13, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This is illegal: these are civil servants who cannot be fired except for cause. The Trump administration is claiming powers here it does not have, assuming the Supreme Court will continue to let it act with impunity.