A judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from detaining Imran Ahmed. He’s a British-born researcher who focuses on countering online hate and misinformation, but the administration accuses him of trying to censor viewpoints he doesn’t agree with. https://to.pbs.org/4qmlC9m

This has nothing to do with faith or observance btw. It’s just about establishing an official hierarchy of citizenship where they are on top. bsky.app/profile/mark...

Christ on a bike, this is brilliant. And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10

Die #USA belegen die Geschäftsführerinnen von @hateaid.org mit Einreisesperren – und parteiübergreifend stellen sich Politiker*innen von Brüssel bis Berlin klar vor sie und kritisieren den Schritt scharf. Nur Friedrich Merz schweigt bislang. www.zeit.de/politik/deut...

This is not a “duel,” which suggests both sides are equally culpable, but the latest salvo in the Trump administration’s ideological war on Harvard and higher education. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...

Journalists and politicians who discuss Trump’s involvement in the Epstein Files should focus on whether Trump directly participated in crimes with Epstein. The cover-up is important too—but what is Trump covering up for? It’s not just embarrassing, it’s criminal.

I’ve heard most journalists and politicians say that Trump hasn’t been directly accused of wrongdoing or implicated in the Epstein Files. But, there are repeated instances of Trump being directly named as a perpetrator—by victims and by Epstein. It’s not circumstantial, it’s direct.

"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."

Die US-Sanktionen gegen Anna-Lena von Hodenberg und Josephine Ballon von HateAid sind inakzeptabel. Hier geht es nicht nur um zwei Kämpferinnen gegen Hass im Netz, sondern um einen Angriff auf Europas Recht im digitalen Raum. Wir müssen die Demokratie im Netz mit dem DSA verteidigen. Mehr denn je!

the vice president is a klansman

Maybe it's in the paper, but the financial crisis and the GOP's response to Obama's election seem like obvious factors that might make 2008 an inflection point.

Sunday reading: I wrote about how the regime’s latest racist hate campaign is tied to the Right’s broader attempt to redefine citizenship and national identity in service of an exclusionary white nationalist vision. A deep dive into the Right’s visions of blood-and-soil nationalism:

A society banning scholarship and creating government-mandated youth organizations

The worst, most dystopian stuff has already started happening in America's immigration gulag

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings. “It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale. This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading: www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...

people like Sabrina Carpenter saying essentially "decent people don't want the stench of ICE or this White House anywhere near them" to an audience of millions that includes a lot of young people helps empower them against ICE while reminding ICE agents that everyone hates them, both big wins

It’s giving Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah’s couch

This remains one of the most disturbing stories of the year. A 1st trimester fetus incubated in a dead woman's body against the will of her family until a very early term birth when the corpse could no longer sustain life. www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...

The new National Security Strategy of the U.S. contains some pretty explicit white nationalism: “We want to support our allies in preserving the freedom and security of Europe, while restoring Europe’s civilizational self-confidence and Western identity.”

I spent months talking to many, many people for this long post-mortem of the Inflation Reduction Act: What forces were responsible for creating it, and how could it be gutted so unceremoniously? What might come next? No easy answers ofc but hopefully a bit of clarity newrepublic.com/article/2027...

Out now — die Ergebnisse des Justiz-Projekts.💥 Ein Jahr Arbeit, rund 70 Gespräche mit Expertinnen und Experten, in denen wir der Frage nachgegangen sind: Wie verwundbar ist die deutsche Justiz? Ab sofort Open Access verfügbar: verfassungsblog.de/book/das-jus... 🔗 Antizipation beginnt jetzt.

In D gründet sich eine rechtsextreme Jugendorganisation, mehr als jede*r 4. gibt an, Rechtsextreme wählen zu wollen, die politisch motivierte Gewalt an Migrant*innen, Queers, Frauen und anderen steigt rasant. Da sitzen 3 kompetente Personen aus Ostdeutschland in der BPK vor fast leerem Saal…

The Myth of a Rightward Realignment   Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment. As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts: 🧵

ICE has just under four years to spend $29.9 billion, they are going to outsource AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE to contractors because money is essentially not a problem anymore for the agency.

This is so funny because recipes can literally already be copied and reposted with no attribution or copyright. All AI does here is add statistical noise and make the stolen content useless. AI can’t even steal content without fucking it up.

NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.

I think these numbers remind us that we need to grapple with whether Twitter gets the amount of attention it does because people use it or because journalists still use it as their assignment editor and as the laziest, most inaccurate “Here’s the word on the street” source on earth.

Die womöglich wichtigste Analyse zum Rückhalt Trumps in der amerikanischen Bevölkerung und zum Mythos eines Rechtsrucks. www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...

What is really going on in this society that elected Donald Trump president a second time?   I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.   My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:

In CNN’s latest poll, just 20% of Latinos approved of his job performance, down from 41% in February. This 21-point drop far outpaces the 4- and 9-point drops among Black and White Americans and the 10-point drop in his approval rating overall. www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/p...

So sind sie, wenn die "Meinungsfreiheit" ihnen gefährlich wird. Typisch. "Ich werde nicht schweigen. Für ein mögliches Gerichtsverfahren bin ich vorbereitet." Danke, @andreasaudretsch.de !

The billionaire owner of Politico asked people to pray for Trump's return. Pray for the return of the pedo sex trafficker. Pray for the child predator. Is his name in the files?

Eine exklusive Forsa-Umfrage für Table.Briefings zeigt: Auch unter CDU/CSU- und SPD-Wählern fordern viele mehr #Klimaschutz. Und selbst in der wirtschaftlich schwierigen Lage soll das deutsche Klimaziel nicht aufgeweicht werden, so die Befragten. 1/3 table.media/climate/them...

They really should just call this the Bezos Post now rather than continue to trade on the legacy of actual publishers like the Graham family

How’s it going on the right, you ask? Well a Trump supporter was arrested a few days back for threatening to kill Trump and a bunch of other people because Candace Owens has been saying that Trump conspired with the Jews to assassinate Charlie Kirk.

He started using ChatGPT for help with homework and eventually it ended up helping him to commit suicide... "thank you for letting me ride with you to the end" "may your next save file be somewhere warm" "see you on the other side" #NihilismAndTechnology

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

The human misery and massive death toll that came from ending USAID was entirely predictable. Elon Musk relied on conspiracy nuts rather than employees and development specialists. Rubio, who previously defended the agency knew what would happen. They chose this. open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

Bluesky rn

Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger. Gen Z women aren't playing around.

Young men too 😮😮

PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE DONALD TRUMP AND THEY ARE DESPERATE FOR AN OUTLET TO EXPRESS THAT GIVE IT TO THEM

they're calling it the worst take of all time

People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.

if there was a rich person with the will, you could build the most incredible news organization that has ever existed just from the wreckage of this year alone.