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James Kanter

@jameskanter.bsky.social
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award-winning journalist | euscream.com politics podcast | formers @nytimes @iht @dowjones-wsje @cambodiadaily

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA faculty
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Some great story selections for this year's Daphne Caruana Galizia journalism prize @europarl.europa.eu
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2026 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism: ten finalists shortlisted | News | European Parliament
The jury of the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism has shortlisted ten investigations for the sixth edition of the award.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
WaPo reports that Trump is stealing money again, this time money appropriated for (among others) Eastern Europe and sending it to Latin America. But I think stealing $$ from Iraq is just as important. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Late Wednesday, the administration quietly notified Congress it was defying the hold and moving ahead, diverting to Panama, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia $52 million that had been approved for Slovakia, North Macedonia, Tunisia and Iraq, the officials said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss security matters.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I know what you mean about a general worsening of interpersonal relations from the get-go. But the more I talk to experts (like you) the more likely it seems that this trend serves the interests of anti-system wreckers. Whether it's a plan? That's ofc another thing.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When online ads feel like incitements to violence. What are the lizard people preparing?!
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The ultimate lowering of the bar on norms would be using a nuke in a war of choice. It feels closer than ever. #Trump
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office.
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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The entire interior U.S. should be alarmed as Canada fast tracks a new crude oil pipeline from Alberta to Canada's West Coast that will push more of Canada's oil away from U.S. refineries that rely on it, and could negatively impact U.S. refineries.
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
EC never addressed the atrocity-based content on X that more/less began the DSA investigation, then only fined pennies in corporate terms for blue ticks (and long after the damage was done) and EC still is facing legal action from the US government despite going softly softly. I feel ill-served.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ursula has the Turnberry surrender 🏳️‍ Meanwhile the Carney glowups continue: "Carney’s international profile has been driven by his standing up to Trump, unlike the Europeans and Asians who rushed to make deals with him." apnews.com/article/carn...
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Mark Carney's stand against Trump leads to Nobel Peace Prize and Time Person of the Year buzz
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has built a global profile by standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
IPO zooms ahead despite imminent end to all life on earth.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Irish Presidency of the EU brought to you by Google. Sigh. rsvp.withgoogle.com/events/irish...
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Uh yeah, not only am I proud to be associated with a cosplay fascist like Musk but I aspire to his monument to an armored masculine ego. Depressing to see in the EU Quarter of Brussels.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Would be a fine thing if von der Leyen interacts with media too. An Achilles' heel of this @ec.europa.eu president is her chronic press shyness. commission.europa.eu/get-involved...
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
More evidence were it needed that the EU's unwillingness to throw the real force of the Digital Services Act at Musk. is a world historic failure. youtu.be/eY_8SyndC10
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
António Costa who shepherds EU heads of state and government tells Trump to lay off the ICC. "It is unacceptable to threaten or attack the International Criminal Court, its officials and its staff. Accountability cannot depend on political convenience." www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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Speech by President António Costa at the 81st United Nations General Assembly
European Council President António Costa addressed the 81st United Nations General Assembly on behalf of the European Union.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Let's all trust OpenAI, xAI, Anthropic, and Gemini as they've already proved so trustworthy. Like what does it take to get regulated these days?
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
thanks! i get the newsletter. will follow
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gee would that be the same German party promoted by US Vice President JD Vance? Yes it would be. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/w...
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German Leaders Prepare to Deny Far Right Access to Secret War Plan (Gift Article)
With the Alternative for Germany party close to power in a German state, federal officials are planning to limit the group’s access to classified intelligence.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Deranged screeching about supposed Islamo-gauchisme, this time à l'américaine.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Newsletter editors assuming their readers are astonishingly uninformed and equipped with the political radar of a 10-year-old, @foreignpolicy.com edition. 🤦
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Musk's X is a trampstamp. It's the platform to avoid, if you can. Clearly that's difficult when so many leaders who apparently care more about themselves than fascism remain there. Fwiw the go-to in Brussels-EU is LinkedIN. H/t @znconsulting.com znconsulting.com/articles/eui...
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#EUinfluencer 2026: all the winners - ZN Consulting
The results are in. After months of deep research and data analysis, we’re proud to unveil the #EUinfluencer 2026 rankings, and this year, the unveiling carries ten years of history behind it. This is...
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Finfluencers. Super gross. Stuff that seemed inevitable once you see details. Manipulative and addictive design and influencers without credentials. via @financewatch.bsky.social www.finance-watch.org/policy-porta...
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Report – Dark patterns, addictive design and misleading influencer marketing | Finance Watch
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“The response to Trump’s attacks on these outlets should be for every news outlet to boycott the Trump White House. They don’t need to stand there to do their reporting. See how Trump likes it when no legitimate news outlet shows up for his tantrums and lies.” www.americaamerica.news/p/is-trump-c...
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Is Trump Collapsing?
A Saturday Prompt
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The butterfly flaps its wings ... there's influence in that bigtime.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Good panel. @kbolongaro.bsky.social on how niche social media drives EU chat, and accuracy still is valued; also not all new media will make it. @meabhmcmahon.bsky.social on the tech shock, how lone vid-reporters replaced TV crews; also should influencers access von der Leyen before reporters?
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I sent them one with a great looking dog!
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
More seriously you're doing marvellous work publicizing positive change in mobility.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Next one in a nightrail carriage!
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Super well scrambled I'd say!
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fascinating to watch Canada's Carney and the European Parliament's Metsola push themselves to speak French to smooth domestic sensitivities regarding any tieup. It's also making me feel rather better about my French.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Canada's Carney on the EU "associate member" proposal: the "precise nomenclature is a question for Europe" and the substance is what counts. Takeaway: Ottawa under Carney seems very serious about negotiating formal ties with Europe.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Carney opens Strasbourg presser with appeal against doomerism in face of authoritarians. "The future is ours to write," he says. The idea is to "combine some of our forces" he says of the EU partnership, which would eventually be approved by votes in Canada and the EU. @europarl.europa.eu #trump
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Loudest applause for this Carney line: "We do not seek power to dominate others. On the contrary, we are pursuing resilience so that no one can control our open markets, impair our sovereignty, threaten our territorial integrity, or undermine our freedoms, our democracies, our rule of law." #trump
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Mark Carney on Donald Trump's boorishness: "I am not proposing a third bloc in order to become a great-power rival - only with better manners." #Canada
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Carney sees Erasmus+ as sustaining Canada-EU "alliance for the future" and he lauds Horizon membership. As to the associate membership of the EU mooted by von der Leyen, Carney says "Canada welcomes this ambition".
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Both Mark Carney and Roberta Metsola are framing the Canada-EU rapprochement as defense of democracy and freedom though neither mentions Trump and Musk directly. A single tree might fall but "a forest will not" says Carney; a "canopy" is being created through a "deeper partnership".
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EP President Metsola introduces Canadian PM Mark Carney with a recollection about Canada helping liberate Europe from fascism and given fascism is back on the march what she said is apropos and well played. #canada
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Mark Carney and Greens co-leader Terry Reintke, sporting a Canadian hockey shirt, mug for the cameras. #canada @greens-efa.eu
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maple mania at the European Parliament in Strasbourg ahead of Mark Carney speech. @terryreintke.bsky.social #HeatedRivalry
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thank you Helga, that's excellent on Weber the Enabler. It had slipped my mind how cravenly he behaved.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wondering if extremist MEP Sarah Knafo bypassed rules against advertising by waving a copy of her new book on the podium during a session of the European Parliament. Maybe it's OK. But never seen anyone else do it. @europarl.europa.eu #soteu
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It might as well be! But I think it's your bog-standard lion.
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Greens co-chair Terry Reintke suggests a probe into U-turn by von der Leyen on climate/environment. Her group will "ask for an enquiry committee into the shortcoming of executing what we had already decided in the European Union in the Green Deal". #soteu #climate
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Oliver Grimm @grimmse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Taking off my snarky hat: inviting a little Ukrainian girl who lost a leg in a Russian bombardement to her key political speech is a very important choice by @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to make the horror and criminality of Russia's war palpable for ordinary Europeans. #SOTEU
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We really need Derek Guy on the choice of suits by far-right leaders at the European Parliament. @dieworkwear.bsky.social
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You have shown "great courage" in confronting Trump, Iratxe García Pérez tells Canada's Mark Carney. The target of García Pérez's remark is of course von der Leyen, who bent the knee to Trump at his Scottish golf course and called Trump's tariff a good deal. #soteu #turnberrry
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
100pct
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James Kanter @jameskanter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
100pct and she then fails to ding Vucic ministers for attending Mladic funeral. It's really sad.
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