Steve Saideman

In addition to lying about the Frank family’s legal status in the Netherlands, they repeatedly tried to get refugee status in the US, but were denied. www.theguardian.com/books/2018/j...

If not for anti-migrant sentiment in the US, it’s possible Anne Frank could still be alive today.

Indeed, everyone's response should be: where are the kidnapped kids? Have the CBP/ICE abusers been held accountable?

Let's focus on the real problem here.

It is like if someone calls you a Nazi: reflect on why that might be, rather than deflect about how offensive that is.

Nice distraction sauce. Let's focus on the folks who are kidnapping and abusing kids, shall we?

Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks

Immigrants in the US consumed about 24% fewer welfare and entitlement benefits per capita than native-born Americans in 2023, new Cato Institute research finds.

Learn more from Alex Nowrasteh and Jerome Famularo: https://ow.ly/2w4Z50Y4Bsj

Ukraine has to do what is best for its own security.

Relying on US security guarantees at this point is like relying on gambling websites to care about their clientele.

The thing is that the value of US security guarantees has completely crashed since this time last year. They're pretty darn meaningless.

Alex Pretti, MAGA, And The Public Meaning Of Masculinity If you'd rather be like them than like him, it's time to take a look in the mirror...

Alex Pretti’s most immediate legacy is galvanizing the country against tyranny. We should do what we can to see to it that his other legacy is reclaiming the public meaning of masculinity from the whiny, sadistic freaks responsible for his murder. www.offmessage.net/p/alex-prett...

Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.

His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

No, we need to abolish immigration detention.

Because “just following orders” has been such a persuasive defense historically?

He also courted new controversies. In December 2017, a pop singer, Joy Villa, accused him of slapping her twice on the buttocks at a party in Washington. Still, though, he maintained access to the president. The same month, Mr. Lewandowski was in the Oval Office, lashing out at some of Mr. Trump’s top advisers and criticizing the Republican National Committee, all in defense of the president. Then, in 2021, a Republican donor accused Mr. Lewandowski of making unwanted sexual advances and touching her inappropriately at a dinner in Las Vegas, saying he had grown aggressive and thrown a drink at her when she made clear she was rebuffing him. He was soon removed from his role overseeing a super PAC backing Mr. Trump.

I recently admitted that I have not focused enough attention on Corey Lewandowski, not least bc if you look at his multiple sexual assault allegations, the conduct of DHS goons all makes sense.

Sadly this doesn't say enough abt CLs knife wars for access to Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...

Time for their politicians to follow their citizens. The US under Trump is entirely unreliable. And, yes, this is the fourth time in the past 25 years, the US has elected a president who doesn't care what Europe wants--Bush, Bush, Trump, Trump.

“I watched him die… then I watched them maneuver his body like a rag doll— only to discover it was because they wanted to count the bullet wounds and see how many they ‘got’, like he was a deer.”

The worst thing about scientists moving the hands of the doomsday clock forward is having to adjust the time on the doomsday clock in your car.

If the US were to withdraw largely from conventional defence mission in Europe, this would also weaken the credibility of extended nuclear deterrence. To compensate, the Trump administration could offer the deployment of new nuclear weapons in Europe. (2/4)

I just want one DW reporter with a good strong German accent to ask her on camera whether she was simply following orders. Is that too much to ask

Applebaum means this literally lol it is hanging above a picture with his granddaughter

Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., rolls out his demand for supporting a DHS appropriations bill: fire Stephen Miller

I find it so disheartening to listen to politicians - minister and similar levels - who keep saying things like “we should, one might, it would be good…” AS IF IT IS NOT THEM WHO SHOULD MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Who are you talking to, this is YOUR JOB.

Even Stephen Miller is jumping on CBP for the killing of Alex Pretti The top White House adviser and hardline immigration advocate is the latest Trump official to pivot after backlash.

We’ve now reached the phase of the operation where everyone in charge pretends that they didn’t know their agents were following orders.

Miller’s lies have never been persuasive or even credible, yet a sizable portion of the fringe right will pretend they are.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Amazon employees laid off this morning can feel comforted that their savings to the company will probably go towards completing the Melania movie trilogy. Their sacrifice ensures the full story will be told

history rhymes

very fair

If they ban whistles switch to cowbells. It'll be fun for all the Gen Xers.

Because we need more cowbell.

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It's remarkable how much of this regime's policy is simply to kill and terrorize children

You can ignore science, but science will never ignore you.

Measles incidence in the United States.

Again, I simply can't imagine choosing to dedicate my entire academic career to making bad faith, historically illiterate arguments that people born in America are not citizens.

Trump’s stochastic terrorism has had its intended effect.