Trump's "art of the deal" has always been about "negotiating for the right to save face after losing catastrophically on a dumb gamble, followed by furiously jumping into another investment so as to erase the memory of the last loss". That's his career. Nothing has changed.
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Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...
The Constitution and a court order both say that the Everglades detention facility must allow people access to their attorneys.
Instead of complying, guards are cutting off people’s phone access and beating people who speak up.
Orban's system was rigged to give plurality winners with widespread support in the countryside super-majorities in the parliament - so Peter Magyar generated widespread support in the countryside and has been rewarded with 69% of the parliamentary seats. Now he can undo Orban's constitution!
Hungary's blue wave . . .
How come no one is talking about this?
🧵Missed diagnoses, delayed treatment and poor medical care are driving record deaths in ICE custody.
@kolyncheang.bsky.social and I spent months investigating the deaths of ICE detainees across the US. Over and over again, we found lapses in treatment that proved fatal.
For your citing purposes, U.S. law incorporation of the prohibition against genocide: 18 U.S.C § 1091; U.S. law incorporation of the prohibition against wantonly destroying infrastructure 18 U.S.C § 2441 which incorporates by reference Geneva Convention IV art. 147.
Very timely insights about the parallels between rise of authoritarianism in Hungary and in the US in this conversation with Professor Kim Lane Scheppele and Joyce Vance.
A longer version of this argument with more historical detail is on my substack under the title “The Next Coup Attempt.” (17/17)
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Yiiiikes. Really important thread from a leading authoritarianism expert.
Pleased to speak to @ewong.bsky.social for this article about my concerns on the current Pentagon’s compliance with the law, including the law of war.
Reminder: Todd Blanche, Trump’s former lawyer turned acting AG, flew down to “meet” with Ghislaine Maxwell… and suddenly she’s in a minimum-security camp where she gets puppy playtime and custom meals.
Revenge of the mediocre white man.
Hegseth himself, meanwhile, is easily the least qualified SecDef in U.S. history
The mass deportation effort and this are all part of an effort to change the ethnic makeup of the United States. It has nothing to do with crime or national security.
Yes. And -
Let’s see the rest of them.
As a former employment lawyer I can tell you that this is what happens in organizations when there is a widespread leadership level resistance to something absolutely bonkers being ordered from the top.
He is specifically making ideological decisions about who is allowed to serve and advance in the military. Intervening at a granular level completely outside the norm. Because of race, gender, or perceived political beliefs.
Never thought I’d see the President of the United States threatening to commit blatant war crimes on social media, but here we are.
It’s disgusting to think the signature from Epstein’s birthday card would be on our currency.
Epstein Receipts! Women at No Kings in Nashville understood the assignment!
Silver clicker counter showing 1,673 people counted.
Protesters standing in the center of a downtown square with a Confederate soldier statue in the background.
Sign: "The revolution called. You're embarrassing it." Confederate soldier statue in the background.
Protesters with signs. One reads, "I'M SO SICK OF OLD WHITE MEN DESTROYING A FUTURE THEY WILL 'NEVER HAVE TO FACE"
I counted nearly 1700 protesters in Franklin, TN. Which is, uh, not exactly a hotbed of left-wing progressivism. #NoKings
Massive No Kings rally in Washington, D.C.
Philly says No Kings!!!
Heather Cox Richardson and her friend standing behind a sign that reads”See You In The Hague.”
Besties since the 1960s. Did not expect to be protesting our government together sixty years later. #NoKings
Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings
A Dutch court has ruled Grok must stop generating non-consensual undressing images of Dutch residents worldwide and child sexual abuse material in the Netherlands, with €100,000-a-day fines for non-compliance, reports Ramsha Jahangir.
genuinely shocking evidence of misconduct in ways that should guarantee disbarment of the lawyers responsible. i've never seen anything like the longer para on page 2.
