Reposted by Adam KeithGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 23hthe president demanding that one of the primary engines of the country’s economy — thousands of companies, trillions of dollars — rename their core products to suit his whim is tinpot dictatorship shit, and the only reason it doesn’t feel like it is because no one is listening to him 20806113
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"But that time is over, and we need to stop automatically following the State Department, knowing also what kind of policies are currently being developed in that place.” 000
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Banks in Europe automatically apply American sanctions, no questions asked. ... This automaticity stems from the time when we thought that the Americans were still our friends. Of course we take over sanctions from the Americans. They liberated our continent. But that time is over..."politico.euBlock US sanctions on ICC, EU lawmakers tell CommissionAutomatically applying U.S. sanctions “stems from the time when we thought that the Americans were still our friends,” said Dutch lawmaker Dirk Gotink. 110
Reposted by Adam KeithChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should. 525101852230
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“We can’t lose the ability to spot a crime when we see it. ... By spotting it and calling it out for what it is, we remain tethered to reality, no matter how hard the state tries to gaslight us. To quote my favorite line in the entire Star Trek canon: “There are four lights.” Not five.” 020
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Rogers was following a precedent set back in July 2025, when State was so desperate to be seen hitting a top Brazilian judge with *something* for his role in the trial of Jair Bolsonaro (but hadn't yet made a Treasury sanctions case) that they named names in announcing a visa ban against him.state.govAnnouncement of Visa Restrictions on Brazilian Judicial Officials and their Immediate Family Members - United States Department of StatePresident Trump made clear that his administration will hold accountable foreign nationals who are responsible for censorship of protected expression in the United States. Brazilian Supreme Federal C... 001
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's sometimes an irritating feature of the law for State's purposes, but it's still the law (INA section 212a3c, not the 7031c program). When I raised this with State officials last year after Sarah Rogers engaged in this particular form of law-breaking, they just ignored the question.pbs.orgU.S. bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints onlineSecretary of State Marco Rubio characterized them as "radical" activists and "weaponized" nongovernmental organizations. 100
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is among the lowest-stakes illegality the Trump administration is engaged in, but it's so brazen. Every State Department official who has ever touched sanctions or visa bans knows it's against the law to publicly name names when revoking or denying a visa using this provision. Not any more.state.govVisa Restrictions for Foreign Nationals Undermining Democratically-Elected Governments in Western Hemisphere Countries - United States Department of StateUnder the Trump Administration, corrupt foreign officials can no longer freely enter the United States. Today the Department of State is taking actions to fulfill the commitments to defend democratic ... 100
Reposted by Adam KeithDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026it's evidently too much to ask the rw justices to consider the irreparable harm to individuals treated to such inhumanity. they are complicit in this criminality. shame on all six of them. and shame on us for having a system that allows this illegality. 12417133
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“It looks as if the Saudis believed that a corrupt U.S. government was in their interest, that they could get competence and relative stability without any of that pesky integrity, ethics, law, or human rights. But in reality, bribable usually means selfish and weak.”foreignpolicy.comSaudi Arabia Bribed the Wrong PeopleRiyadh’s bet on Trumpism has failed. 010
Reposted by Adam KeithSergey Vasiliev @sevslv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Hands off the ICC, and all those other institutions that protect the international legal order." Finally. The words I've been waiting to hear from the Prime Minister of the ICC's Host State for a long time. Great speech, @robjetten.bsky.social #UNGA81 www.rijksoverheid.nl... 11312
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Trump can't conceive of ANY rule being a good idea, not just the Geneva Conventions but even the fire code, because there is no such thing in his mind as the public good, only impediments to his will -- even if the carrying out of his will here means that he or his guests might burn to death. 011
Reposted by Adam KeithThe Onion @theonion.com · 23/09/2026Mr. Autumn Man Walking Down Street With Cup Of Coffee, Wearing Sweater Over Plaid Collared Shirt theonion.com/mr-autumn-man-walking-… 892934433
Reposted by Adam KeithMolly Quell @mollyquell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026International Criminal Court judges convicted rebel commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kani on Wednesday of crimes against humanity, for abusing and torturing prisoners at a detention facility in the Central African Republic.apnews.comICC convicts former Central African Republic militia commander of tortureJudges at the International Criminal Court have convicted former Seleka rebel commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kani of persecution and torture as crimes against humanity committed while he ran a prison in... 012
Reposted by Adam KeithBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I found watching Trump’s UN speech today deeply depressing. It is a matter of national shame and humiliation that he is our president. Every country in the world, friend and foe alike, sees we are governed by a vainglorious fool. 2114152901
Reposted by Adam KeithAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026this stood out in a speech full of threats and lies not just for its venom, but because most leaders know not to get up to that rostrum and threaten grave crimes. their staff know not to do it; the leader might repercussions from it. Trump's staff embraces it & he expects no punishment for doing it 1698
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 21/09/2026New @mollyquell.bsky.social report on the appalling U.S. plans for escalating sanctions against the ICC. Hard to imagine being assigned a more absurd task as a U.S. diplomat than urging the Netherlands, global home of international justice, to withdraw from the ICC. 020
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026"The thing is, what went wrong is still going wrong, just in a different form. ... Will anyone be held accountable? Will any of the victims see remedies? Has the United States learned anything from its legacy of torture?" 000
Reposted by Adam KeithAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Equatorial Guinea is a dictatorship run by the same man since 1978, with his children running large portions of the state now. We paid this dictatorship millions of dollars to let us deport random people there. Our money was used for this inhumanity. 191383648
Reposted by Adam KeithHuman Rights First @humanrightsfirst.org · 08/09/2026Today @humanrights1st.bsky.social and @rwchr.bsky.social urged the Canadian govt to impose sanctions on President Bukele and Salvadoran officials involved in torture, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, and other gross human rights violations over the past four years.humanrightsfirst.orgHuman Rights First and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights Urge Sanctions Against President Bukele and Top Salvadoran Officials for Abuses Committed During State of ExceptionToday, Human Rights First (HRF) and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR) recommended the Canadian government impose sanctions against El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and other sen... 142
Reposted by Adam KeithOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026applying "Make ___ Great Again" to Germany really does kinda give the game away 723887719
Reposted by Adam KeithJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Think of it as a pop up monument. It's only going to have a two year run. 5546565
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"Washington clearly has the sovereign authority to regulate...the U.S. financial system. The harder question is whether that authority should, in practice, determine what Japanese, French, British, or German firms may do when their own governments have made the sovereign choice to support the ICC."foreignpolicy.comHow U.S. Allies Can Resist Washington’s BullyingThe attack on the ICC offers a chance for solidarity on shared values. 000
Reposted by Adam KeithTjaša Feher @tjasafeher.bsky.social · 02/09/2026My latest 📰 for @istinomer.bsky.social The 🇭🇺 lesson for 🇷🇸 it’s not that Orbán was finally defeated. It is that the hope and protests that get ppl to the streets has to become an org: local networks, volunteers, voter contact and election-day capacity. Its org turns that hope into electoral power.english.istinomer.rsFrom the Streets to the Ballot Box: What Hungary Can Teach SerbiaAs Serbia gears up for what many already describe as a historic election (even though we still don’t know the date yet), the challenge is not simply whether an entrenched government can be defeated, b... 042
Reposted by Adam KeithAlex Whiting @alexgwhiting.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Why the Trump Administration is Pushing States to Quit the ICC, and How Member States Can Push Back at www.justsecurity.org/153955/rubio...justsecurity.orgOther Countries Should Not Help Rubio Dismantle the ICCThe United States’ bid for support in its fight against the ICC creates an opportunity to push back on its attempt to dismantle the Court. 011
Reposted by Adam KeithPEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 31/08/2026PEN America's co-CEO @selopez.bsky.social joined Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber for a wide-ranging conversation that introduced transfer and first-year students to the University’s expansive commitment to academic freedom and free expression. More at: www.princeton.edu/news/2026/08... 084
Reposted by Adam KeithDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 29/08/2026it’s useful to remember every so often that the george w bush admin, led by its immoral lawyers, broke such a fundamental rule of law, torturing those in its custody, that after 25 years justice for the victims of 9/11 remains out of reach. 113759
Reposted by Adam KeithAdam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 27/08/2026New post with @ninamorpol.bsky.social on the abhorrent and frankly odd U.S. effort to get countries to quit the ICC. We see it as an effort to diffuse the backlash for when Rubio sanctions the whole court. States need to make clear no posse of juntas & ideological allies can justify such an attack.justsecurity.orgOther Countries Should Not Help Rubio Dismantle the ICCThe United States’ bid for support in its fight against the ICC creates an opportunity to push back on its attempt to dismantle the Court. 021
Reposted by Adam KeithNina Moraitou-Politzi @ninamorpol.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Today in @justsecurity.org, @adamofkeith.bsky.social & I unpack the Trump admin's campaign to get states to quit the ICC. We see it as a bid for diplomatic cover for when Rubio sanctions the Court itself. ICC member states must push back - and offer a vocal & practical defense of the Court.justsecurity.orgOther Countries Should Not Help Rubio Dismantle the ICCThe United States’ bid for support in its fight against the ICC creates an opportunity to push back on its attempt to dismantle the Court. 063
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 27/08/2026They're saying no one has ever buffooned this hard before. 010
Reposted by Adam KeithJust Security @justsecurity.org · 27/08/2026The United States is trying to gain support in its fight against the International Criminal Court. This diplomatic bid creates an opportunity to push back on the United States' attempt to dismantle the Court, write @adamofkeith.bsky.social and @ninamorpol.bsky.social.justsecurity.orgOther Countries Should Not Help Rubio Dismantle the ICCThe United States’ bid for support in its fight against the ICC creates an opportunity to push back on its attempt to dismantle the Court. 65529
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 27/08/2026New post with @ninamorpol.bsky.social on the abhorrent and frankly odd U.S. effort to get countries to quit the ICC. We see it as an effort to diffuse the backlash for when Rubio sanctions the whole court. States need to make clear no posse of juntas & ideological allies can justify such an attack.justsecurity.orgOther Countries Should Not Help Rubio Dismantle the ICCThe United States’ bid for support in its fight against the ICC creates an opportunity to push back on its attempt to dismantle the Court. 021
Reposted by Adam KeithBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Let me get this straight. Sometimes a famous person dies and everyone is nice about it? Merely because of their deeds during life? 51157412526
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 24/08/2026"Canada’s position is probably much stronger than it looks. But that will be at the cost of immense pain we’re inflicting for no reason or justification. And it won’t be forgotten for a long, long time."talkingpointsmemo.comTrump’s Wars of Whim, And How He Loses ThemThere’s been a blizzard of commentary about the breakdown of U.S.-Canadian trade... 000
Reposted by Adam KeithJeff Colgan @jeffcolgan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026🇺🇸 has stabbed 🇨🇦 in the back. The consequences to fear are not what comes immediately afterwards from the person who was knifed. (Canada's tariffs will hurt 🇺🇸 only so much.) The reason not to do it is that you've become a gangster. No one trusts you. You're alone. And eventually a moment comes. 12711
Reposted by Adam KeithJust Security @justsecurity.org · 20/08/2026The latest effort in the U.S. campaign to "dismantle" the International Criminal Court includes sanctions against ICC President Tomoko Akane, a Japanese judge. Mietek Pawel Boduszynski and @clamont.bsky.social on what Japan's response will mean for the Court's future and Tokyo's U.S. ties:justsecurity.orgThe Road to Dismantling the ICC Runs Through TokyoThe ICC's ability to function will depend significantly on Japan's response to the U.S. sanctions against the Court's Japanese president. 03030
Reposted by Adam KeithJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 19/08/2026It’ll come down even faster. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/u...nytimes.comTrump’s Ballroom Is Rising at Breakneck Speed: 20 Hours a Day, 7 Days a WeekAlthough the fate of the ballroom is tied up in court, the Trump administration argues that the project is too far along to be stopped now. 4557395
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Makes the omission of any Israel/Palestine references from Rubio's campaign over the last month quite striking. 181
Reposted by Adam KeithBec Hamilton @bechamilton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026If you read one thing today, make it this stunning essay in @theatlantic.com by @juliacurlee.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comThe Wrong Kind of AmericanThe Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public. 02812
Reposted by Adam KeithHuman Rights Watch @hrw.org · 11/08/2026We're taking the Trump administration to court. Today, Human Rights Watch, @afsc-org.bsky.social, @ccrjustice.org, and the Open Society Institute (part of @open-society.bsky.social) filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's Executive Order 14203 and ICC-related sanctions. 36631
Reposted by Adam KeithHuman Rights Watch @hrw.org · 11/08/2026BREAKING: HRW, together with @afsc-org.bsky.social, @ccrjustice.org, and Open Society Institute (part of @open-society.bsky.social) filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump admin’s sanctions against #ICC prosecutors and judges, a UN human rights expert, and three Palestinian human rights groups. 17242
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 31/07/2026"The odds that another government, or the relatives of America’s victims, will try to force an international reckoning could also increase if Trump succeeds in gutting domestic methods of holding him and his administration accountable."politico.comWhy Trump Is Afraid of International LawThe administration worries “woke” institutions will go after its officials for alleged human rights abuses. 010
Reposted by Adam KeithAdam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 26/07/2026This statement praising Venezuela's decision to withdraw from the ICC, and welcoming "the new Venezuelan government’s partnership on American-led efforts to dismantle the corrupt and worthless ICC," is a deeply pathetic document.state.govVenezuela Withdraws from the ICC - United States Department of StateThe United States welcomes the decision by interim President Delcy Rodriguez and Venezuela to withdraw from the ICC and the new Venezuelan government’s partnership on American-led efforts to dismantle... 101
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I am sure Rubio has some slightly more impressive targets than this lined up to join his posse of ICC leavers. Touting this one with its own laudatory press release is an interesting choice. 000
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Are we impressed that Rubio got a government that he controls to do his bidding? Or that the Maduro-less rump of a dictatorship that committed torture and other crimes within the ICC's jurisdiction has embraced this opportunity to quit the court and say that it's bad? x.com/plasenciafel...x.comFélix Plasencia González (@plasenciafelixr) on XPor instrucciones de la presidenta encargada @delcyrodriguezv, Venezuela comunicó al secretario general de la ONU,@antonioguterres, su decisión firme e irrevocable de denunciar el Estatuto de Roma e iniciar su retiro definitivo de la CPI, conforme al Artículo 127. Venezuela 100
Adam Keith @adamofkeith.bsky.social · 26/07/2026This statement praising Venezuela's decision to withdraw from the ICC, and welcoming "the new Venezuelan government’s partnership on American-led efforts to dismantle the corrupt and worthless ICC," is a deeply pathetic document.state.govVenezuela Withdraws from the ICC - United States Department of StateThe United States welcomes the decision by interim President Delcy Rodriguez and Venezuela to withdraw from the ICC and the new Venezuelan government’s partnership on American-led efforts to dismantle... 101
Reposted by Adam KeithHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 23/07/2026Fuck this guy forever. Hundreds of thousands of the world's poorest people have already died because of his casual cuts and so many more are doomed. He is one of mankind's most evil figures. 483214716
Reposted by Adam Keith🍏 Vladimir Kara-Murza @vkaramurza.bsky.social · 21/07/2026OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative on Political Prisoners @repcohen.bsky.social issues a statement urging the leaders of democratic nations to prioritise the release of all civilian captives as part of any ceasefire in Ukraine. Time to put #PeopleFirst www.csce.gov/statements/i... 1195
Reposted by Adam KeithAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026why 50% tariffs on Canada? Greedy, not very bright, emotionally unregulated. 1323