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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ATTN: @drewmagary.bsky.social a local realtor stealing your tagline now that the Distraction pod is gone
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Prof. Robert Pape: "I have studied every air campaign since WWI... I've modelled the bombing of Fordow and regime change in Iran for 20 years... We are now in the grip of the escalation trap... This has never worked in over 100 years... Trump is up against the weight of history".
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Russ The Tedious Ghost @russ41.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
You can help build billionaire-free local news. Repost this -> I give $1 Follow @51st.news -> I give $1 Follow me -> I give $1 Donate -> I match your gift Let's fight misinformation, help good journalists to make a decent living, and stick a big ol' finger in Jeff Bezos' eye.
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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
“Critics fear this could reproduce yet another hybrid regime—an electoral authoritarian order with a different geopolitical alignment (closer to the U.S. and Israel rather than Russia and China) and a more explicit ethnonationalist discourse rather than Islamist ideology.”
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Blowing up a Russian sub in its own port while simultaneously hacking into Russian surveillance cameras to watch it is quite the flex!
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Gerard DiPippo @gdp1985.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Over the past few years, Beijing has been mirroring the U.S. economic-security toolkit. China is developing its own architecture to manage risk, preserve chokepoints, and respond in kind. It's also learning from the United States.
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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
A quiet bombshell in Europe’s tech world The Dutch government seems to have effectively frozen operations of Nexperia, the Chinese-owned chipmaker, citing national security, according to corporate filing today - via @zichenwanghere
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Dutch govt accused of freezing operations of Chinese semiconductor giant's chipmaker Nexperia
Wingtech, the Shanghai-listed parent, denounces what it essentially calls a boardroom coup involving the Dutch government and local executives
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy” V-Dem data
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When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...
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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?" Turns out, mom was right.
Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime

Feb. 4, 1939

February 4, 1939, Page 1

BERLIN, Feb. 3.—Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels today ended the professional careers of five "Aryan" actors and cabaret announcers by expelling them from the Reich's Chamber of Culture on the grounds that “in their public appearances they displayed a lack of any positive attitude toward National Socialism and therewith caused grave annoyance in public and especially to party comrades.” The five include perhaps the best known German stage comedians who survived previous Chamber of Culture purges and still dared to indulge in political witticisms—namely, Werner Finck, Peter Sachse and “The Three Rulands,” represented by Helmuth Buth, Wilhelm Meissner and Manfred Dlugi. Their expulsion means that they are henceforth forbidden to appear before the public in Germany.

Besides motivating this action in an official communiqué, Dr. Goebbels also publishes a long article in the Voelkischer Beobachter in which he denounces them as “brazen, impertinent, arrogant and tactless" and generally imitators and successors to Jews. Simultaneously he denounces the "society rabble that followed them with thundering applause—parasitic scum, inhabiting our luxury streets, that seems to have only the task of proving with how little brains people can get along and even acquire money and prominence."

As regards the details of the "crimes" of which the five are accused, Dr. Goebbels mentions that they made political witticisms about the colonial problem, the Four-Year Plan and Chancellor Hitler's monumental building program and one of them even raised the question of whether there was any humor left in Germany today.

What amused the public most, however, and presumably roiled the National Socialist authorities most—although Dr. Goebbels does not mention it—is that they deftly, but unmistakably, caricatured some gestures, poses and physical characteristics of Nat…
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Teri Kanefield @terikanefield.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
I add new research, new conclusions, and venture into new territory including existence pain and the role of the artist. terikanefield.com/heres-why/ Special thanks to @karenstenner.bsky.social and @leorzmigrod.bsky.social who helped me understand how to pull this all together. 2/
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- Teri Kanefield
Part I: Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen Introduction In September 2024, I visited Chile for the national independence festivities and a reunion for my husband and his siblings. I learned that an ...
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Is your global security architecture crumbling? Have you considered listening to synthpop?
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Terrified by the russian shelling, the dog jumped into the river in Kharkiv and couldn’t get out on his own. First responders arrived by boat to rescue him. For us in Ukraine, every life matters.
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
A Pope from Villanova?! Knicks in Four.
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Jonathan Heaps @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Hegel is right on this one: cynicism is indistinguishable from conservatism in practice. Nothing can change and nothing should change are the same position.
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Christopher Woody @chrstphrwdy.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
China is more overtly pursuing a security role in Southeast Asia, using military exchanges and policing. It’s a challenge the US’s traditional sway in that realm, but it also threaten the region’s ability to balance between the superpowers. New story from me: open.substack.com/pub/thedatel...
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China’s muscle follows its money into Southeast Asia
China is Southeast Asia's leading trade partner, and it's being "very, very bold" about expanding its security presence there.
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Orpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.com · 01/04/2025
Nice people made the best Nazis. My mother spent her childhood in Nazi Germany surrounded by nice people who refused to make waves, chose not to focus on politics... They were lovely, kind people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away. Naomi Shulman www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
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No Time To Be Nice: Now Is Not The Moment To Remain Silent
Naomi Shulman makes the post-election case for speaking out.
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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
This is the way
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Maca Iglesias @rotterdamvvg.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
People like this fiery veteran are why MAGA Republicans have stopped having town halls. Last night, he continued to shred Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) as police officers were dragging him out. The MAGAs are not so fond of free speech now. Never stop speaking up, America; this is our right!
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The 51st @51st.news · 11/03/2025
Keep sending em to overheards@51st.news 👂
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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
As @timothysnyder.bsky.social said, “The fact that someone wants to ban protests does not mean that they oppose antisemitism. History would suggest rather the contrary.”
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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
When will the Dems figure this out? “Appeals to legalism and procedure are a waste of time; once the other side has demonstrated that they can break the rules and get away with it, invoking the rules is no longer useful.” www.damemagazine.com/2025/03/06/a...
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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Some of the antisemitic conspiracy theories and associations the Pentagon’s new deputy press secretary, Kingsley Wilson, has amplified online: 🔎 Long-debunked lies about Leo Frank 🔎 Great Replacement theory 🔎 Celebrating Christian nationalism 🔎 Praising Germany's far-right AfD party
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Pentagon deputy press secretary Kingsley Wilson is a prolific purveyor of antisemitic conspiracy theories
The Trump appointee compared the slaughter of Israeli babies by Hamas to abortion shortly after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks
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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Some useful insight re: practical effects of Treasury’s Outbound Invest Security Program (not actually a reverse CFIUS):
Quote from private equity international saying outbound investment screening questions are not going over well
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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
You could shuffle all those descriptors into every different permutation and it would still be correct
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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
If the US proceeds, it will be another major transatlantic issue, with the EU/UK likely to maintain sanctions, causing massive compliance headaches from everyone caught in between.
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Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com · 26/02/2025
As Trump and Putin consider meeting, it's useful to ponder why Moscow now appears inclined to end the war in Ukraine - for @politico.eu I outline why Russia could soon struggle to finance the war, meaning fiscal breathing room could be what Putin is really looking for www.politico.eu/article/vlad...
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Why Putin is finally negotiating
Moscow could soon struggle to finance the war, and fiscal breathing room may well be what the Russian leader’s looking for.
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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Mini NATO about to drop
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The 51st @51st.news · 21/02/2025
We’re creating a list of deals and special offers for District residents impacted by the recent federal layoffs — from discounted drinks to free headshots and career coaching. Help us build this community resource by adding to the list, here: airtable.com/appl7lWf605d...
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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
“Flooding the ether with bad ideas [is] standard autocratic fare…they make our conversations, our media and our society dumber…they plunge us into an anxious state…That kind of anxiety is key to totalitarian control.” @mashagessen.bsky.social on the money www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/o...
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Opinion | The Barrage of Trump’s Awful Ideas Is Doing Exactly What It’s Supposed To
Amid an onslaught of bad ideas, Democrats need to muster a better vision for the future.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
There are two people in Congress-the chairs of the Senate & House Appropriations Committees-who have enormous power over the illegal impoundment of funds appropriated by Congress, which is sowing chaos across the US. They need to be relentlessly contacted at their offices, in person and by phone. 1/
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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Hard to say Dems don’t “get” it, when Raskin is clearly up on the Republicanism with Yarvin Characteristics that is currently poisoning this town.
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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
“The true guarantee against ideologically-based extermination is not military power and sovereignty . . . [but in the] eradication of ideologies which remove any human group from the family of humanity.” defector.com/the-judgment...
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The Judgment Of Magneto | Defector
Somewhere beyond death, in a realm of judgment and pain, a concrete labyrinth filled by countless names, a man walks. He is Jewish, and has been made hard and cruel by his experiences in the Nazi deat...
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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
“The goal isn’t just to change who runs government agencies—it’s to fundamentally transform how power operates, shifting it from democratic institutions to technical systems controlled by a small elite.” www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
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The Plot Against America
How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I’m not a “repost if you agree” guy but I kindly ask that you repost this until we’re confident elected officials have seen it
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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Boom times for James Bond villainy www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Japanese yakuza leader pleads guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar
US authorities charged Takeshi Ebisawa with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar for expected use by Iran in nuclear weapons
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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
“Once people gain a bit of comfort, the desire to punish people for not ‘knowing their place’ … can become their sole political instinct. The Trump movement is about reinstating or reenforcing structures that allow them to do so.” @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
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A Disease of Affluence
Trump's supporters are not motivated by economic anxiety, but by its opposite.
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Christopher Woody @chrstphrwdy.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
"Japanese private-sector companies will be reading the outcome of this [US Steel deal] very closely, and they will see in it risk ... there's a significant number of companies who will watch to see just how political this is going to get in terms of govt decision-making." www.cfr.org/podcasts/tpi...
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PODCAST | The President's Inbox: Japan Reacts to Trump’s Victory
Sheila Smith, the John E. Merow senior fellow for Asia-Pacific studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how Trump’s victory is being viewed in Japan and what his presidency will mea…
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Christopher Woody @chrstphrwdy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I was on the @chinagsproject.bsky.social a few weeks ago to talk about what appears to be China's newest overseas military base, how it got there, what kind of activity it may support, and what it says about Beijing's military ambitions chinaglobalsouth.com/podcasts/is-...
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Is China Building a New Military Base in Cambodia? Maybe. Probably.
Chinese contractors have been renovating the Ream Naval Base in Cambodia for the past two years, leading to widespread suspicion that the upgraded facility could eventually serve as a future outpost f...
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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
“The culture wars are only the means by which moneyed interests make use of our societal vulnerabilities to preserve their power.”
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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 16/07/2024
@drewmagary.bsky.social can you help spread the news? You almost live in DC, after all: givebutter.com/The51st
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Help Launch The 51st: Local Worker-Led Newsroom in D.C.
Donate to support a new worker-led nonprofit newsroom launch in D.C.!
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ابن يعقوبي @jjstitches.bsky.social · 03/03/2024
@terikanefield.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social … hoping you would be willing to use your platforms to more widely broadcast this warning (or even better, give an assessment of its potential): hartmannreport.com/p/the-new-ov...
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