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Kenneth Manusama

@kennethmanusama.bsky.social
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Writer / America / US Constitutional Law / Public international lawyer (again) / Substack 'Amerikaanse Toestanden' / Boek 'Ongrondwettelijk' (Thomas Rap)(juni 2025) / Boek 'Democratie van het Wilde Westen (2024)(Bot Uitgevers) / manusama.com

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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mijn favoriete foto van het panel bij Forum Groningen afgelopen maandag, in debat met @garrievanp.bsky.social over de toekomst van Europa in het geweld tussen de VS en China, ook met Tim Haesebrouck, olv @eelcobvr.bsky.social
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 30/09/2026
Very unclear what this is, because the U.S. military…already has a robust chaplaincy corps? This has been true literally since the U.S. military was created 251 years ago — technically, before the U.S. even declared independence?
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A 2-year-old with a heart condition has been stuck in Guatemala for eight months because Trump banned visas from 75 countries. Rubio's lawyers asked a judge for more time. Her answer, in writing: you made this mess. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-billiona...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 30/09/2026
Andy Burnham has said he will look at the option of Britain going 'all the way' and rejoining the EU as part of a major review of European policy, after declaring in his Labour conference speech that Brexit has 'done more harm than good' ft.trib.al/Obw4GIA
Andy Burnham stands on stage gesturing during his speech at the Labour Party conference, with 'HOPE AGAIN' displayed behind him.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“.. Very good one sentence summary of the economy.” - Kyra Scanlon
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The ten-year yield blasts thru 5.25% @cnbc.com
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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Zie ik jou in Groningen vanavond? forum.nl/nl/agenda/de...
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De toekomst van Europa: Europa en de nieuwe wereldorde
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Fons Goudsmit @fogomet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“De toestand in de Wereld” Leuk: #devroegervanFons de geschiedenis herhaalt zich We luisterden er altijd naar en het was zowat het enige wat we wisten. Een influencer avant la lettre. nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.B.J._....
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G.B.J. Hiltermann - Wikipedia
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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In your face Democratic Christianity.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files
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Tom-Jan Meeus @tomjanmeeus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Rachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Jake Tapper: Trump's advisors are reportedly urging him to declare martial law before the midterms
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NPR @npr.org · 25/09/2026
The Supreme Court is allowing use of a data system that Trump officials overhauled. The system has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens and a lower court found it violated federal privacy protections. n.pr/4dRATLp
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The Supreme Court revives a controversial data system for citizenship checks
The Supreme Court is allowing use of a data system that Trump officials overhauled. The system has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens and a lower court found it violated federal privacy protections.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nu online, nieuwe aflevering van 'De Toestand in de Wereld', waarin @blogaap.bsky.social en ik niemand minder Paul Verhagen ondervragen over AI, Amerika en China nav zijn boek 'The Technoic Shift'. Wie wint de AI race? En wat is winnen? Luister, deel, abonneer, like etc! YouTube, Spotify of Apple!
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Still some 5 weeks off, but I'm honored to join Yale sociologist Philip Gorski at Tilburg University on October 29th to discuss his most recent work in a symposium on 'Religion and Power in Trump's America' and Christian civilizationalism. www.tilburguniversity.edu/campus/studi...
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Symposium: Religion and Power in Trump’s America | Tilburg University
JD Vance lectures the Pope. Trump is portrayed as Christ figure. In light of the upcoming U.S. midterms, Yale sociologist Philip S. Gorski and America expert Kenneth Manusama examine how the idea of a...
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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wat een logica..
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Fred Sengers @blogaap.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Donderdag nemen @kennethmanusama.bsky.social en ik weer een aflevering van onze podcast De Toestand in de Wereld op, dit keer met gast Paul Verhagen over AI. Vragen? Stel ze hier! #DTIDW
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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ya don't say
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Kari-Anne Fygi @kafygi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hilarisch dit. Bij Nederlandse huisartsen is paracetamol het wondermiddel. Expats noemen het The Dutch Solution (vertelde mijn fysio ooit) www.volkskrant.nl/beter-leven/...
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Bij hoofdpijn is een paracetamolletje snel gepakt. Maar is dat wel zo onschuldig?
Is het beter geen pijnstillers te nemen of kunnen ze geen kwaad?
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Happy Constitution Day. "The American Constitution is, so far as I can see, the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man." -- William Ewart Gladstone, the great British Liberal prime minister, in 1878 🥂 to liberal constitutionalism
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Euronews @euronews.com · 17/09/2026
"Europe and Canada are stronger together." Canadian PM Mark Carney urges the EU to join forces with Ottawa, saying the two share common values and "are stronger together."
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RTL Nieuws @rtl.nl · 15/09/2026
Trump schept op, maar leger VS erkent nu toch 'tekort aan munitie'
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Trump schept op, maar leger VS erkent nu toch 'tekort aan munitie'
De Amerikaanse krijgsmacht heeft door de oorlog in Iran te maken met een tekort aan munitie. Dat stelt de inspecteur-generaal van het ministerie van Defensie. Die spreekt daarmee president Donald Trump tegen, die begin deze maand nog opschepte over 'onbeperkte hoeveelheden'.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🇺🇸🇮🇷 The US spent $22.3 billion on munitions in the first four months of the war with Iran. Total expenditures as of June 29 totaled approximately $33.4 billion. Of this, $22.3 billion was spent on munitions, $3.7 billion on equipment losses, and another $7.4 billion on additional costs.
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Military Times @militarytimes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink revealed that the service deployed on-orbit space control weapons but did not offer details on the type of weapon. 🔗Link to article in comments ⬇️
US Air Force secretary reveals deployment of on-orbit space control weapons
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Note: In the Sunday night USPS mail rule injunction (DSCC) before Nichols, DOJ has *still* not even filed a notice of appeal, let alone sought to get a stay from Nichols, the DC Circuit, or SCOTUS.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 13/09/2026
On Lawfare Daily, @tylermcbrien.com talked to Nina Hachigian about her recent piece in Foreign Affairs, entitled "The Autocrat’s Worst Enemy: Why Despots Hate Cities and the Mayors Who Run Them.” youtu.be/2CIm_03HoAM?...
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 13/09/2026
The president named Marco Rubio, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick and even JD Vance to step up to the plate.
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Trump Wants The Job Of Press Secretary Done By … The Rest Of His Secretaries
Trump Wants The Job Of Press Secretary Done By … The Rest Of His Secretaries
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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Zou Amerika klaar zijn - ipv een vrouw als president - voor dit gezin als Eerste Familie in het Witte Huis?
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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
wtf
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 12/09/2026
🔺 BREAKING: Reform UK has announced it has received a second £36m donation in an unprecedented injection of money into Nigel Farage’s party
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Reform UK receives second donation of £36m
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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wat mij betreft een miskarakterisering van Piker als zijnde een boegbeel van de linkse beweging en gaat voorbij aan zijn radicaliteit, zelfs extremisme. In de val gelopen van de rechtsconservatieve framing van deze meneer.
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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Aflevering 20 van 'De Toestand in de Wereld' waarin @blogaap.bsky.social en ik @heleenmees.bsky.social ontvangen om te praten over bergen staatsschuld en de impact op de wereld! Te beluisteren op Youtube, Spotify en Apple podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/4tVR...
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Moeten we ons zorgen maken over Amerikaanse en Chinese staatsschuld? | Afl. 20 De Toestand in de Wereld
De Toestand in de Wereld · Episode
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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Extreem-links.
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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Wacht, @debroervanroos.bsky.social interviewt hier Hasan Piker, de extreem-linkse Twitch streamer met disproportionele invloed op het Amerikaanse politieke debat dezer dagen?? De favoriete boogeyman van de Republikeinen, the gift that keeps on giving? Left Laser is er niks bij.
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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Een extra nieuwsbrief op een speciale dag: Een uitgebreidere versie van het jaarlijkse verhaal over hoe ik 9/11 beleefde, nu aangevuld met gedachten over de generatie die het voortbracht. amerikaansetoestanden.substack.com/p/bonus-mijn...
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BONUS: Mijn 9/11 - en verder
Hoe ik 9/11 beleefde, en de generatie die 9/11 voortbracht.
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
@willbunch.bsky.social on how Central PA cops are carrying out massive ICE raids that are getitng no attention
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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Het was vanochtend Vroeg! Ik sprak over de Republikeinse conventie, Trump en ook wat de Democraten bezighoudt. Luister op @nporadio1.bsky.social terug, of hier als podcast bij Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6P7O...
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De toekomst van Trump en 'zijn' Republikeinen
Vroeg! · Episode
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/09/2026
NEW: Mayor Mamdani has released 170,000 documents that suggest New Yorkers were misled about the safety of the air quality following the 9/11 attacks. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...
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After 9/11, Documents Suggest, New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality
The Mamdani administration released more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NEW: The U.S. Postal Service’s new mail voting rules overstep the authority granted to it by Congress, pro-voting groups argued in a brief asking a federal appeals court to keep the rule frozen before the upcoming elections www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Postal Service overstepped its powers with mail voting rules, pro-voter groups tell appeals court
The U.S. Postal Service’s new mail voting rules overstep the authority granted to it by Congress, pro-voting groups argued in a brief asking a federal appeals court to keep the rule frozen before the ...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 08/09/2026
A Post analysis of campaign finance disclosures found that 39 congressional candidates reported paying for an OpenAI subscription this election cycle. Two had used the subscription for advertising, even though the company’s policies prohibit it.
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ChatGPT bans campaigns from using AI to make ads. They’re doing it anyway.
A Washington Post review found 39 campaigns that disclosed payments to AI companies, but consultants say many more do it and don’t disclose it.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 08/09/2026
Now 25 years after 9/11, can American politics again find the kind of unity that was felt immediately afterward?
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How the Unity of 9/11 Sowed the Seeds of America’s Deep Political Division
A quarter-century after terrorists struck the nation, a look back reveals how the aftermath fractured public trust and fueled today’s era of partisanship.
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is what living next door to a 30 megawatt data center sounds like.
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RTL Nieuws @rtl.nl · 07/09/2026
Wapens in plaats van cabrio's: fabriek Volkswagen wordt omgebouwd
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Wapens in plaats van cabrio's: fabriek Volkswagen wordt omgebouwd
De Volkswagen-fabriek in Osnabrück lijkt gered, en daarmee de werkgelegenheid van veel werknemers. De fabriek wordt namelijk omgebouwd om defensie-apparatuur te gaan maken. Daarvoor nemen de Israëlische investeerder Aurelius en de Duitse deelstaat Nedersaksen de fabriek over.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“Redistricting is construction, not sales,” Kincaid said in an interview Friday. “The other thing I tell people all the time is ‘politics is not the Field of Dreams.’ Just because you build it doesn’t mean they’re going to come.” @politico.com #redistrict www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Strait of Hormuz is still closed.
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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
De nieuwsbrief die gisteren uitkwam geeft achtergrond bij de Amerikaanse sanctie verhalen in de kranten, vooral het waarom en hoe verschillende beleidslijnen hier bij elkaar komen. Lees, deel, abonneer, doneer! amerikaansetoestanden.substack.com/p/amerikaans...
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Amerikaans financieel imperialisme?
Financiële macht en de dollar als mondiaal wapen in de strijd tegen Rusland, Iran en ‘far-left terrorism’.
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