The facts suggest two interpretive frameworks for Iran: a foreign war as a mechanism to destroy democracy at home; and a foreign war as an element of personal corruption by the president of the U.S.
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in 1983, 90% of U.S. media was spread across 50 companies. in 2012, it's these six Comcast, Newscorp, Disney, Viacom, Time Warner, CBS
in 2012, it was six. now it's four.
Eine höhere #Mehrwertsteuer scheint für Schwarz-Rot der leichteste Weg, um das Haushaltsloch zu stopfen. Aber er wäre ökonomisch, sozial und politisch fatal.
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Meine neue Kolumne für Die Zeit:
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The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
Sometimes I remember Reagan removing Jimmy Carter’s solar panels and I think we’ve been enduring this shit for way too many years.
Every American needs to watch this:
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
KARE 11: Minnesota DOC launches new website to 'address ongoing misinformation by DHS' The DOC names Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino directly in a statement.
Minnesota Department of Corrections Statement on Minneapolis Shooting and Federal Claims January 24, 2026 The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) extends its condolences to the family and loved ones of Alex Pretti, who was shot and killed by federal agents this morning in Minneapolis. The loss of life is tragic, and Minnesotans deserve transparency, accountability, and facts. In the hours following the shooting, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino held a press conference asserting that the operation was targeting an individual named Jose Huerta-Chuma and characterized him as having a significant criminal history. Because federal statements have repeatedly included inaccurate information about Minnesota custody and criminal records, the DOC reviewed available records to determine whether the individual referenced had any connection to Minnesota state prison custody.
ased on DOC records and publicly available Minnesota court data: The individual identified by federal officials has never been in Minnesota DOC custody. DOC and court records show no felony commitments associated with this Public Minnesota court records reflect only misdemeanor-level traffic offenses from more than a decade ago. The individual is not currently under DOC supervision. DOC records further indicate that an individual by this name was previously held in federal immigration custody in a local Minnesota jail in 2018, during President Trump’s first administration. Any decisions regarding release from federal custody at that time would have been made by federal authorities. DOC has no information explaining why this individual was released.
Things are so bad that the Minnesota prison system has had to launch a website specifically to combat DHS lies. The first major release from DOC officials suggests Gregory Bovino outright lied about the target of the Border Patrol operation during which agents shot and killed Alex Pretti.
🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
Nå er det ganske nøyaktig ett år siden mange norske medier gjorde all mulig mental gymnastikk for å slippe å slå fast, uten hvis og at og eufemismer, at Elon Musk gjorde en fascisthilsen. Det siste årets hendelser viser med all tydelighet hva som er så viktig med å bruke et ærlig og tydelig språk.
Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
The guy that runs the Reddit where people post about patting their cat on the butt like bongos has put his foot down
“.. People take part in a rally on the day of a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
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Measuring long-run wealth inequality. Empirical results for Norway 1912-2019: Edda Solbakken
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
Three coffins wrapped in Danish flags are carried by 4-6 soldiers each; a cargo aircraft is in the background
I think a good strategy for your non-leftist social media presence (ie everywhere but here) is to give this photo - the remains of Danish soldiers returning in coffins after being killed in America's war in Afghanistan - as wide an audience as possible. Remind people who we're betraying
4 frame comic. In the first frame, a portrait of Knut Hamsun. In the second, Hamsun is seen shaking hands with Goebbels. In the third, he looks at something Hitler is showing him. In the third, Machado presents Trump with her Nobel prize. Text reads : The last Nobel prize laureate to gift their medal to someone was The influential Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun*. Source : *the Nobel prize committee, the Nobel prize and the laureate are inseparable, JANUARY 16th 2026 he won the Nobel prize of Literature in 1920, and in 1943, decided to give it to Joseph Goebbels, the nazi head of propaganda. Days later, Hamsun was awarded a rare audience with Hitler, to complain about the German administrator of Norway and to plead for the release of Norwegian prisoners. nothing came out of it. sometimes, it feels like history is making fun of us.
History is making fun of us
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The agent, Jonathan Ross, was dragged by a vehicle and injured during a June operation in the Twin Cities, court records show.
🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )
1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism.
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It was bad enough when Ukraine only had to worry about Putin delegitimizing their government. Now they have to worry about Trump, too.
På julemarkedene (95% fest, 5 % marked) i Hamburg går bartenderne i norske ullgensere. Ingen har fortalt dem at vi ikke har julemarkedstradisjon
chart of child mortality in history, roughly 48% for all societies across the globe…until the 20th century, where it plummets to 4%
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
De eneste feltene i Oslo det er diskusjon å åpne, er sykkelfelt
I like that sports is blessed with more and more data visualizations these days. This football chart is mad! Good old Haaland has a goal scoring rate TWICE as good as Mbappe on international level.
I tillegg er det ikke nødvendigvis sant at halvparten er under gjennomsnittet. Det kommer helt an på fordelingen av disse tallene på folk etter én tilfeldig rangering man ikke kan sette. I inntektsfordelinger er snitter høyere enn medianen fordi det er et fåtall som tjener veldig mye trekker opp.
Demagogic president seizes money to pay standing army, arrogating to himself legislative power, while his cronies keep Congress out of session is honestly more or less exactly how the Founders thought this would end
