Convincing. A must-read. However, as someone who worked for a long time trying to convince governments to do things they didn't want to do, I'm not sure humanity's leaders will address the issue before it's too late.
Andrew Stroehlein
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You can love your country and despise its political leadership - because of how the latter is wrecking the former.
“As people fall back on a smaller pool of like-minded friends and family, they’re also increasingly exposed to television pundits offering simplistic answers to their problems, like scapegoating immigrants, a regular far-right talking point.”
Andrew Stroehlein@andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 6mo ago“When there is no longer any place to talk to each other, politics becomes a face-off between the isolated individual and the grand narratives of the media – and in this face-off, discourses that offer simple answers have a structural advantage,” the study adds. f24.my/Bixk
While this research focuses on France, the closure of the local watering holes and the correlating rise in isolation, leading to less critical media consumption and folks finding comfort in far right rhetoric vilifying the other as cause of their abandonment, is something that resonates globally
Andrew Stroehlein@andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 6mo ago“When there is no longer any place to talk to each other, politics becomes a face-off between the isolated individual and the grand narratives of the media – and in this face-off, discourses that offer simple answers have a structural advantage,” the study adds. f24.my/Bixk
“When there is no longer any place to talk to each other, politics becomes a face-off between the isolated individual and the grand narratives of the media – and in this face-off, discourses that offer simple answers have a structural advantage,” the study adds. f24.my/Bixk
The demise of the French ‘tabac’: How bar closures are fuelling Le Pen’s far right
France’s iconic bars-tabacs are closing in droves, stripping communities of a key social lifeline and influencing their politics, according to a study that links the decline of neighbourhood bars with...
f24.my
They’ve been following all the rules. The cruelty is the point
MPR News@mprnews.org · 6mo agoBREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
Probably a good thing. I'd rather see it gone than replaced by Trumpist propaganda.
Peter Ungphakorn@coppetainpu.bsky.social · 6mo agoCancelled www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
Rough translation: "Too many powerful people are suspects - including my bosses - so, we're not going to investigate. To hell with the victims. To hell with justice." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Todd Blanche says review of Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case ‘is over’
Deputy US attorney general says victims ‘want to be made whole’ but that doesn’t mean ‘we can just create evidence’
theguardian.com
ICE and Border Patrol have come to resemble militias that answer to the president and operate with seeming impunity. That is a liability for America
Immigration agents have become Donald Trump’s personal posse
That is a liability for America and, increasingly, for him
econ.st
On October 14, the Trump administration murdered six people when they bombed a civilian boat in the Caribbean. We’re suing on behalf of two of the victims’ families because the government must be held accountable.
Families of Boat Strike Victims Sue U.S. for “Manifestly Unlawful” Killings
A lawsuit aims to hold the Trump administration accountable for killing two Trinidadian men in an airstrike in the Caribbean.
theintercept.com
Ousted from Hollywood because at least 6 young women credibly accused him of sexual assault and rape. But i guess okay at Mar aLago
USA TODAY@usatoday.com · 6mo agoBrett Ratner returns from Hollywood exile with new documentary "Melania." But is it a comeback or just "a paycheck" for the once powerhouse director?
So this administration has charged an independent Black journalist reporting in Minnesota but not two white agents who murdered two citizens
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
This is a direct assault on the First Amendment by the Trump administration www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
nytimes.com
I was told ice was only in minnesota to apprehend the worst of the worst the story notes that the woman was a lawful u.s. resident, btw
MPR News@mprnews.org · 6mo ago“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
ICE’s job is immigration enforcement so why is it using facial recognition to surveil U.S. citizens? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/t...
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
nytimes.com
By the actual president, who is also an actual insurrectionist.
Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe USA, where the summary execution of an unarmed man can now be justified by the actual president, because on a separate occasion he kicked the tail light of a "very expensive government vehicle."
BREAKING: The Senate just blocked a bill that would have renewed ICE's budget without real, enforceable changes. This is a direct result of hundreds of thousands of people across the nation demanding that our Senators vote no.
Trump hasn't just insulted the troops of our allies. He's insulted the Black service members who fought bravely for a country that wasn't even giving them the full measure of equality. Great piece by Pulitzer winner Matt Desmond: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Celebrating Black military service is not “DEI shit.” It’s essential to America’s defense.
The Trump administration has sullied the legacy of soldiers our nation relies on.
motherjones.com
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor. ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
We invaded France and no one will sell us a croissant. It’s very hard on the men.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6mo agoQ: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state? HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
The attorney general has begun sharing names and photos of Minneapolis protesters—in violation of DOJ rules. These protesters have only been arrested, not convicted. Yet somehow, the public still hasn’t been told the names of the federal agents involved in Alex Pretti's killing. trib.al/QuihD66
"Slovakia's prime minister told EU leaders … a meeting with Trump left him shocked by [Trump's] state of mind... Robert Fico, one of the few EU leaders to frequently support Trump’s stance on Europe’s weaknesses, was concerned about [Trump's] 'psychological state'" www.politico.eu/article/dona...
European leader spoke of shock at Trump’s state of mind after Mar-a-Lago meeting
The Slovak PM, a Trump ally, told leaders at last week’s EU summit he was concerned about the way the U.S. president spoke to him, European diplomats said.
politico.eu
Indeed, Anne Frank was a teenager who was culturally Dutch, having moved here at age 4, but was not a citizen. For Americans asking what they would do for a non-citizen child facing deportation to an unsafe country they never knew, there is a lot to think about here.