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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez

@jpozsgai.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at Osaka University and founder of the Japan Network of Anti-Corruption Researchers (JANAR). Obsessed with everything about (anti-)corruption.

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Alfredo Hernandez Sanchez @alfredohs.com · 09/10/2026
New article with Elitza Katzarova in American Behavioral Scientist! Does business corrupt politics, or does politics corrupt business? We examine how these competing anti-corruption narratives shaped political agendas in Chile and the US over five decades. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0002...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
"There's gonna be a time when it's too late, and we won't have a chance of letting them survive as a nation" -- Trump makes more genocidal threats against Iran
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
WTF???
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Yeah I'm getting mixed messages here... 😅
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Iris (Fleur-de-less) @irishofle.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I love visuals that show what's actually happening. I wish our military would save us, but I'm starting to think that won't happen.
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
I wish I could someday meet this person and thank him for speaking truth to power.
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Patricia @pjs501.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A cartoon showing multiple FBI agents with cameras and notepads circled around a group of sea shells. Yellow crime scene tape circles the group. While outside the circle being ignored by the FBI are the bloody bodies of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/05/2026
BREAKING: in April 2026, *every single one* of the 1,570 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,066 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else.
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Nothing says responsible leadership like announcing you'll be sending a sovereign state to the "stone age"...
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
"Approximately 180 children have reportedly been killed and many more injured." These are the true faces of war, the casualties that Hegseth seems to care so little about. www.unicef.org/mena/press-r...
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The brutality of war measured in children’s lives as hostilities escalate in Iran
Statement by UNICEF in the Middle East and North Africa
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
He can barely stop himself from smiling while talking about a war of aggression...
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Getting really tired of this medieval-style suzerainty BS that Trump is pushing.
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Senate Dems' logic is really a sign of the times: everything about the war is illegal, but now that it has begun there's nothing that should be done about it... 🤦 They may want to rethink that "fait accompli" approach with Trump. www.bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com
US Senate vote fails to rein in Trump war powers on Iran
The measure, passed largely along party lines, would halt US military action until approved by Congress.
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Can we call things by their name? At no point does the article mention the term "lawfare" or the fact that that both the justice system and the principle of extraterritoriality are being weaponized... Yet, that's exactly what's happening here. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
reuters.com
Exclusive: US turns up heat on Venezuela with threat to indict new leader Delcy Rodriguez
The Trump administration is quietly building a legal case against Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodriguez including readying a draft criminal indictment, one of several tools it is using to stren...
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Incredible how literally everyone agrees that America's problems are domestic and systemic in nature, and yet Republican administrations keep launching wars to "protect" the country's "interests". This isn't about contradictions as much as self-delusion.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/03/2026
WELCH: Mr. Yoho is also the husband of your former spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin? NOEM: Yes WELCH: So your former assistant and her husband are the ones that got the DHS no bid contract for $143m. Any dispute about that? NOEM: No.
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
This sounds strangely familiar: "The United States of America and Israel decided to launch military operations, conducted outside international law, which we cannot approve of... [But] the Islamic Republic of Iran bears primary responsibility for this situation." www.lbcgroup.tv/news/middlee...
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Macron says US, Israel acted outside international law in Iran strikes
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
When was the last time you saw a thriving democracy governed through crony capitalism and obsessed with military expansionism? Exactly.
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
To live in a world without Khamenei, "liberal" leaders across the globe are inviting in a world without laws of war. It's the rest of us who will have to live among its ruins. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
cbc.ca
Canada supports U.S. actions in destroying Iran's nuclear program, Carney says | CBC News
As U.S. President Donald Trump charges ahead with a major attack on Iran, Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada supports at least one component of the American mission: destroying Iran's nuclear prog...
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The US, with the second largest nuclear arsenal, breaks domestic and international law to join Israel (which also possesses nuclear weapons) to attack Iran because it is Iran that represents an "existential threat"... Right... And that's just fine for Albanese... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Albanese says Australia supports US action against Iran and stands with the Iranian people’s ‘struggle against oppression’
Department of foreign affairs warns travellers of risk of reprisal attacks, further escalation and flight cancellations in Middle East
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KickBack - The Global Anticorruption Podcast @kickbackgap.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
KB – Episode 145🎙️ @csc-barrington.bsky.social speaks with @marianizzero.bsky.social about research reframing kleptocracy as a transnational criminal enterprise, and the implications for UK asset recovery and national security. 🎧 Spotify bit.ly/SpotifyKBep145 🎧 SoundCloud bit.ly/SoundCloudKB...
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Yusuke Ishikawa @yishikawa95.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
“Revelations about foreign battery makers in Hungary ignoring safety and environmental regulations and the government helping cover it up are all over the news. But how much the scandal will impact April’s election remains unclear.” (Balkan Insight) balkaninsight.com/2026/02/23/b...
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Battery Makers: A Toxic Debate in Hungary’s Election
Revelations about foreign battery makers in Hungary ignoring safety and environmental regulations and the government helping cover it up are all over the news. But how much the scandal will impact Apr...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/02/2026
Bondi is now just straight up ignoring questions from Democratic members
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
This perfectly describes the Trump regime: prohibited from recruiting anyone with previous experience. www.devex.com/news/usaid-b...
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USAID bars its own experts from agency closeout jobs
“The investment in training new contract staff ensures that the final closeout of taxpayer-funded obligations is handled by a team with no prior experience in the matters being settled,” reads an inte...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Nailed it
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Well, sure, why embezzle when you can just sue your own administration... Or, does this count as extortion? www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
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Trump sues IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over leaked tax information
President Trump is suing the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion, accusing them of failing to prevent a leak of his tax information to news outlets.
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Funny to hear EVERYONE agree that Amazon didn't expect to make its money back, but still not call this for what it is: a big fat #bribe! www.npr.org/2026/01/29/n...
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Big-budget Melania Trump documentary premieres with splashy rollout
A film about first lady Melania Trump premieres this week, with big presidential promotion.
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Anti-corruption scholar here. The Trump regime is weakening the global anti-corruption architecture while trying to weaponize the elements that suits them "We firmly reject the notion [of passing] judgment upon the elected Government of the United States. www.opengovpartnership.org/wp-content/u...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Trump: You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. It's a very unfortunate thing.
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Even more proof that Trump sees ICE as his private secret police. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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US to send ICE agents to Winter Olympics, prompting Italian anger
The US federal agency says it will not play an immigration role at February's event in Milan-Cortina.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Reporter: You received a letter from AG Pam Bondi making several demands…. Walz: I would just give a pro tip to the AG. There's 2 million documents in the Epstein files we're still waiting on. Go ahead and work on those
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I'm sure this has nothing to do with the fact that the miner in question works with a firm chaired by the son of U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick. No, nothing to do at all. www.cnbc.com/2026/01/24/u...
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U.S. to inject $1.6 billion into rare earths miner for 10% stake, FT reports
The miner has brought in Cantor Fitzgerald, chaired by Brandon Lutnick, son of Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, to lead efforts to raise over $1 billion.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 22/01/2026
I just thought everyone should see this
Dr Kareem Carr
man: i wish to publish
@kareem_carr
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reviewer 2: your paper is no good
man: i'll do anything to improve
reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini
man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini
Andre Pagliarini
@apagliar
Jan 21
a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini
Jan 21, 2026 • 3:47 PM UTC
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/01/2026
Wow -- Fanone coughs "go fuck yourself" to Trey Nehls as Nehls blames Capitol Police leadership for January 6
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
- No country in the top 50 - Highest score is Argentina (85/100) - Average score is 41/100 - Average rank is 130/208 - 12/26 members are classified as Not Free - 9/26 members are classified as Partially Free - Only 5 countries are classified as Free: Argentina, Bulgaria, Israel, Mongolia, and USA
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Truly a distinguished Board of Peace.
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Trump's distinguished Board of Peace: Bahrain Morocco Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan Bulgaria Hungary Indonesia Jordan Kazakhstan Kosovo Pakistan Paraguay Qatar Saudi Arabia Turkey US envoy to UAE Uzbekistan Mongolia
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Biden left a stronger NATO that had gained Finland and Sweden. Trump is pushing Canada closer to China and threatening to break up NATO. Let's not fool ourselves thinking this has anything to do with American national security.
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Fascinating to see so many IR analysts who spent so much of their careers focused on the very real threats posed by a revisionist and assertive China struggle now to incorporate the very real threats of a revisionist and expansionist America.
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Looking forward to the next round of "Japan experts" arguing for strengthening ties with the US even as the Trump regime actively tries to annex the territory of a NATO ally. As we say in Latin America, there is no worse blind man than the one who doesn’t want to see.
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
He's going to wield a power he doesn't constitutionally have to enforce his takeover of a territory he doesn't legally control. Truly the leader of the free world. apnews.com/article/denm...
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Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland
U.S. President Donald Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the U.S. controlling Greenland. Trump didn't provide details Friday.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
These people have the worst cases of Stockholm Syndrome! The answer to this should be, "You're a public servant. I expect you to answer my question civilly and without insults. If you can't, find me someone who can." What would happen? He'd get barred from these sham events? And lose what, exactly?
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Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The latest expression of Trump's aggressive racism is his suspending of visa processing indefinitely from 75 countries from January 21. This list is worth studying carefully. It is truly atrocious. /1 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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The full list of 75 countries where Trump is suspending visa processing
The Trump administration indefinitely suspended immigrant visa processing from 75 countries – see which nations have been affected
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Corruption, plain and simple: "The main account, according to a second senior administration official, is located in Qatar." www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
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Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen: "If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU." "Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 08/01/2026
We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I can hear Orwell's narration in my head: "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
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January 6: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Discover the real January 6 story: peaceful protest turned tragedy, Deep State entrapment, media deception, and President Trump's triumphant pardons restoring justice to patriotic Americans.
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Joseph Pozsgai-Alvarez @jpozsgai.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Let this set in. White House homeland security advisor, Stephen Miller, asks "by what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland" and adds that "the United States is the power of NATO." youtube.com/shorts/tidej...
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Miller says Greenland should 'obviously' be a part of US
YouTube video by CNN
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