#JimmyKimmel and other comedians are the canaries in the coalmines of authoritarianism bit.ly/46ksI7f

Trump is constantly in the news, and so is the United States. But don’t mistake coverage for relevance. In less than a year, Trump has steered the United States to the margins. bit.ly/4860GOf

There are two other sets of fingerprints on the weapon that Trump has used to kill American democracy, those of Viktor Orban and Vladimir Putin bit.ly/4n6zR0m

🎙️ DISCUSSION: Hungary and Poland: The Triumph and Defeat of Trump’s European Counterparts 🎙️ 📍 Webinar 📅 Thurs, Aug 21 🕑 12:30 - 2:00 pm ET This discussion by IPS scholar @johnfeffer.bsky.social will examine lessons from Eastern Europe for the next four years of Trump 2.0. Register:

Two "great men" are meeting in Alaska to decide the fate of others. Don't expect anything good, much less great, to come of it. bit.ly/3UXco5E #Donald_Trump #VladimirPutin #UkraineRussiaWar

Trump can fire statisticians and issue doctored economic reports all he wants. But the Soviet Union—and its collapse—testify to the difficulty of maintaining such fictions, writes @johnfeffer.bsky.social: www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

Welcome to Trump's tariff tsunami. The perfect storm of rising prices, falling employment, and disappearing government assistance is on the horizon. How will Trump respond? bit.ly/4m17D73

Dirk Moldt reminisces about squatting in the early-90s and the murder of his friend, Silvio Meier, by neonazis. By John Feffer www.slowtravelberlin.com/squats-neo-n...

@johnfeffer.bsky.social on the nightmare in Gaza and whether the Palestinians will ever get a state of their own. fpif.org/is-a-state-...

It’s beyond horrible that #Palestinians must suffer a genocide for the world to take seriously their demands for a state. But it would be incomparably worse if, once again, they get nothing for their pains. bit.ly/45rGWm9

Successive crises have challenged the underlying basis of international law and the coherence of the global economic system. I asked @johnfeffer.bsky.social to help us make sense of the first six months of the second Trump administration. soundcloud.com/lastborninth...

You can listen to a 10-min preview w/ @johnfeffer.bsky.social discussing the shifting global order and what comes next. Public release forthcoming. on.soundcloud.com/rOLQj1Q9GwWj...

@johnfeffer.bsky.social offers a kind of ongoing overview of our strange world and where we may (or may not) be headed -- and the news isn't as bad (or as good) as you might imagine. fpif.org/is-the-worl...

Is the World Order Collapsing? Via @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social by Scoville Fellow '88 @johnfeffer.bsky.social. www.counterpunch.org/2025/07/25/i...

🎙️ MONDAY: The Transformation of Industrial Politics 🎙️ 📍 Zoom webinar 📆 July 28 🕐 12:00 - 1:30 pm ET This session with experts Ariel Salleh, Kennedy Manduna, and Lala Peñaranda will examine the effects of industrial politics on unions, society, and our shared future. Save your spot:

It's Trump v. World. Will the world order survive this ongoing threat or are we all heading toward some Mad Max-like future of armed anarchy? bit.ly/3UfJNsh

Trump’s about-face on #Ukraine is all about face. He wants a face-saving solution so that he doesn’t look an idiot for promising to end the war in 24 hours. #Putin, meanwhile, wants to wipe Ukraine off the face of the map. bit.ly/3IqVppH

And you thought Trump is bad? As Elon Musk is proving, there's always someone worse waiting in the political wings. bit.ly/4lk22Zf

🎙️ TOMORROW: The Future of Industrial Policy 🎙️ 📍 Zoom webinar 📆 Tuesday, July 8 🕐 10:00 - 11:30 am ET This session with experts @jayatighosh.bsky.social, Daniel Chavez, and @isabelestevez.bsky.social will examine the international surge in libertarian economic models and what comes next. Register:

Trump's attack on #Iran hasn't dissuaded countries fromgoing nuclear. Quite the contrary. bit.ly/44azdbE

Approaching the End of Liberal Internationalism Via @thewire.in by Scoville Fellow '88 @johnfeffer.bsky.social‬ thewire.in/world/approa...

In 2029, it won't be so easy for America to say that "it's back" to the international community. bit.ly/44k7156

Trump is using the #Immigration issue as a pretext to expand his control over public institutions and legitimate the unconstitutional suppression of the freedoms of speech and assembly. #NoKings bit.ly/4e9GLyz

Approaching the End of Liberal Internationalism by @johnfeffer.bsky.social tomdispatch.com/appr...

"In South Korea, martial law was undone by public protest. In the United States, Trump will reverse the equation and use martial law to overcome public protest," John Feffer writes in his latest column.

The Musk-Trump break-up reveals the inner workings of the administration's brazen corruption. Will it also be the first serious chip in Trump's teflon? bit.ly/4mULpEC

By a very narrow margin, Poles supported the far-right, MAGA-backed presidential candidate. The Polish right has stolen much of the left's economic program and made it a winning strategy. When will liberals learn from this example? bit.ly/4kKAiwR

What Other Countries Can Teach Us About Defending a Democracy in Crisis Via @commondreams.org by Scoville Fellow '88 John Feffer. www.commondreams.org/opinion/how-...

Greenland and Ukraine couldn't be more different. But a key connection for Trump is that both contain minerals critical to building new high-tech weaponry — and both are in vulnerable positions ripe for strong-arming. IPS scholar @johnfeffer.bsky.social:

Trump's worldview: Keep America in, China out, everyone else down, and the minerals flowing into the Pentagon's supply chain. bit.ly/3FuAikX

In May, Trump froze all grants issued by the National Science Foundation. New rules will determine if proposals align with “administration priorities” (proving that the world is flat, the 2020 election was stolen, and fluoride in water causes Marxism). bit.ly/4kucYmc

DOGE has been renamed the Department of Government Chaos, Revenge, and Patronage. It's goal: to turn the US into a sh*thole country. bit.ly/4kucYmc

Trump's tariffs, erratic policies, and undermining of alliances have all put his conservative supporters in many countries in untenable positions. bit.ly/3ZgmGAo

Bombing of schools, large-scale starvation of the population, toddlers shot in the head, hospitals destroyed: will Israel's collective punishment of Gazans only end with mass expulsion? bit.ly/4dqe7sZ

In the best of all possible worlds, #Russia loses its war in #Ukraine and #Putin goes to The Hague. But this isn't the best of all possible worlds. So, what's the best peace deal that could emerge from the various proposals on the table? bit.ly/3Yo9Obj

A decade of Trump? That’s a sobering prospect. A 100-year-old president-for-life presiding over the dying embers of American society? A horror story indeed, writes @johnfeffer.bsky.social. www.commondreams.org/opinion/how-...

How to stop an autocrat. @johnfeffer.bsky.social on lessons from Brazil, Poland, and South Korea. fpif.org/how-to-stop-...

Autocrats have been defeated in #Brazil, #Poland, and #SouthKorea. What can we learn from the brave people who stood up to the dragon and saved their villages? bit.ly/4iNUQ5P

Like a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Trump sees North America as a model that needs disruption. But usually such entrepreneurs have an alternative in their back pockets. Trump's got nothing. bit.ly/4jAfYgj

Trump treats the Constitution like a Google Doc that he can edit, rewrite, and erase at will. bit.ly/42BT6r8

NEW: While long-term strategies to fight the right are good, those standing up to the bullies also need to act fast and forcefully. The EU must unite with all like-minded countries against those challenging international law. IPS scholar @johnfeffer.bsky.social in @thenation.com:

Can #Europe sustain the fragile plant of #liberalism during this harsh winter of right-wing populism? Much depends on some risky bets. bit.ly/4i35YeC

We cannot allow our rich “to sit on their billions while the planet burns.” What we so desperately need: “more butterflies, fewer billionaires.” #inequality @ips-dc.org @johnfeffer.bsky.social @basavsen.bsky.social‬ www.resilience.org/stories/2025...

While long-term strategies to fight the right are good, those standing up to the bullies also need to act fast and forcefully, writes @johnfeffer.bsky.social: www.commondreams.org/opinion/euro...

Surviving a Political Dark Age: Fortress Europe Versus Beacon Europe by @johnfeffer.bsky.social tomdispatch.com/surv...

Can Fortress Europe survive Trump, Putin and the new Political Dark Age?

Netanyahu sees ceasefires as a sign of weakness. So does Putin. And Trump sees them as ways to reward the aggressors. #GazaCeasefire #UkraineRussiaWar bit.ly/4l8BeM0

@johnfeffer.bsky.social to the world: "Don’t come here, don’t invest here, don’t buy from Tesla or Amazon or any of the other corporations that have kissed Trump’s ring." www.commondreams.org/opinion/worl...

Trump is effectively boycotting the world by withdrawing from international institutions and violating international norms. The world should return the favor. bit.ly/4bDK0gG

Back in 2021, Donald Trump called cryptocurrency “a disaster waiting to happen” and a “scam.” Now, he and his billionaire friends can't get enough of it. @johnfeffer.bsky.social breaks down why: