Nailed it. They're aware of how little control they have of the military and can't figure out how to change that.

These free-speech warriors tell on themselves every freaking time. Would they have any jokes left if it wasn't for the existence of women/marginalized groups? Doubt it.

Why this spectacle and what does it signal to mil leaders? Great thread by @risabrooks12.bsky.social:

Performative politics served with a massive side of cruelty.

This - no checks, no balances, no expertise.

Hegseth's words seem especially chilling in light of his whitewashing of the Wounded Knee Massacre as a heroic "battle" only a few days ago. The message would seem to be that the Trump Administration is willing to forgive any atrocity US troops may commit as an "earnest mistake."

Absolutely wild that leadership had to attend this in person. The IG issue is very worrisome.

Yes! An infrastructure upheld by disregard for the value of labor, the environment and equality.

Weird & worrisome. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Louder for the people in the back 🔥

Eben live auf der @bpb.de Fortbildung zum Thema KI erlebt und jetzt absolute Empfehlung an alle, ihren Text zu lesen. Besten Dank an @hannahruschemeier.bsky.social für diese klugen Inputs! www.forschung-und-lehre.de/recht/kuenst...

🤡s as far as the eye can see (and probably beyond).

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Recommended reading & the administration in a nutshell: "“I absolutely think I’m qualified for the job,” she told me. “Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?”" nymag.com/intelligence...

Langes Gespräch mit @davidsirakov.bsky.social über die Lage im Land - wir freuen uns, wenn ihr reinhört!

Best part of the story is the big companies claiming they are a victim of gatekeeping & saying this decision will cause transatlantic tension. Please look in the mirror on both fronts. 🤡

Don't tell the Dems the actual coup is already underway, they might vote for that too. 🙄 "some in the party fear that anything short of a unanimous vote for the resolution could be a messaging coup for Republicans" share.google/nunZ3yO5ZTwa...

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Langes Gespräch mit @davidsirakov.bsky.social über die Lage im Land - wir freuen uns, wenn ihr reinhört!

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Has he long sought to employ 'nonpartisan' ideas? When, which, exactly? And further in the article "Mr. Trump has yet to clearly define his views on civics or patriotism in education". What are we even doing here, NYT (once again)? 🤯

Happening in a little over one hour:

Exactly, klare Linie & Unterstützung für Theveßen, hoffentlich nicht nur durch das ZDF.

'Free speech' cocktail with a McCarthy cherry on top.

Guter Ausgangspunkt für Leute, die Kirk als Vertreter 'guter Debattenkultur' etc. einordnen. Hier wurde mit Hass Clickbait generiert und an die Massen verteilt - nix mit Habermas und gemeinsamer Erörterung.

Kirk und TPUSA haben die Spaltung in den USA gezielt vorangetrieben durch ihre rechtsextreme Rhetorik & Arbeit, dazu kurze Gedanken bei DLF Nova: www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/ohne...

Guter Ausgangspunkt für Leute, die Kirk als Vertreter 'guter Debattenkultur' etc. einordnen. Hier wurde mit Hass Clickbait generiert und an die Massen verteilt - nix mit Habermas und gemeinsamer Erörterung.

Signed. Please consider doing the same

Newsom und der Kampf gegen Trump - was bedeutet die neue social media Strategie? 🔥 Darüber habe ich mit dem SRF gesprochen: www.srf.ch/news/interna...

"Her presence in the Senate would strip Republicans of a two-thirds supermajority that had allowed lawmakers to confirm the governor’s appointees without any Democratic support." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

"Wie drückt man das alles in einem Wort aus? Richtig: Bullshit" Yes. www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/trum...

Where things are standing seven months after the inauguration. The pace is still overwhelming. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...

Thanks to @dcinbox.bsky.social for this 🔥

Must read. If Dems take the House in '26, there better be hearings/consequences for each time someone from DOGE opened their mouth. The cruelty truly is the point for them.

Excellent article on AI, highly recommend.

Jobs numbers, weather data, vaccine info, human rights, crime - what data collections will be left that are credible & factual?

You can't have both, a healthy democracy and deploying the military to your states and cities without any real (!) reason.

It’s been a while! Nach einer längeren Pause sind @sarahwagner13.bsky.social und ich zur Aufnahme der Folge 36 unseres Podcast „Amerikas Verfassung“ gekommen. Wir kommentieren die Ereignisse in der US-Politik der letzten Monate. Viel Spaß! www.atlantische-akademie.de/aa-av-3

What's next? Eine Einschätzung bei SRF News zu den Demokraten und der Causa Epstein: www.srf.ch/news/interna...

And it sounds more desperate with each attempt.

Wait until they find out where you buy your alcohol in Iceland etc.

Waking up this morning and wondering how primaries became factional contests between ideologically-distinct candidates, and whether these primaries have transformed parties? Well do I have just the book for you… tinyurl.com/4w6tfvjx

NYT, civ-mil EXPERTS are ringing alarm bells, it's not just "his critics" 🫠 "His critics see it as a worrying step toward politicizing the armed forces and creeping authoritarianism" www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

"blurring the long-standing and sacrosanct line between the military and partisan politics" the line was shredded with glee, we are long past blurring. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Absolutely, civ-mil relations were already strained and the divide within will only deepen.

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It was only a matter of time.

"The posts have not been deleted." Vile stuff from the Press Sec, yet they don't even feel the need to delete their racist conspiracy tweets anymore.They are the ticket to entry now. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...

Entire thread. Wild how successful Elon's spin is, he leaves nothing but literally death and destruction in his wake.

"the department’s alignment with the far-right European vision for migration and uses overt white supremacist language to make the point" @marisakabas.bsky.social on the trajectory of the State Dept and it's right-wing transatlantic crossover. www.thehandbasket.co/p/state-depa...