Niels Petersen

Remember when Rubio criticised Hungary's democratic backsliding?

What changed? Certainly not Hungary's democratic backsliding

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The Oligarchs Pushing for Conquest in Greenland Trump’s fixation on filching the island territory from Denmark may seem like the demented ravings of a mad king. But to a cohort of plutocrat weirdos, it makes perfect sense.

Casey Michel, on the oligarchs who want Greenland

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Omlidt er vi over 1/4 inde i det 21. århundrede og selvom verden virker mørk er det imponerende hvad danskerne har opnået de første 25 år. Bl.a.:

- De lever 5 år længere
- De har 2/3 mindre sandsynlighed for at dø i trafikken
- De bruger halvt så meget CO2
- PPP er over fordoblet

Godt nytår!

Motherfucking wind farms…

This!

Trump and Musk are building a new spoils system When ideological targeting becomes cronyism

New, from me: Trump and Musk are engaged in a broad-based downsizing of government, using that downsizing to selectively target their enemies, while expanding their political power by trading exceptions to the downsizing.

It's a new spoils systems. 🧵
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NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.

The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).

My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...

A brilliant Banksy.

Lampeskærmen til en lang, ensom aften.

Autogolpe What’s really happening beneath the Musk/Trump chaos

Don't just ask how Musk/Trump actions serve their supposed purposes. Ask how they aid the attempt to seize power paulkrugman.substack.com/p/autogolpe

More on DOGE activities: Some career employees across various agencies say they've seen their govt personnel file disappear only to be re-added.

"I don’t know whether any have been doctored—more likely that they’re running all the documents through AI" by @ElonMusk @DOGE team, one employee told me

Musk associates sought to use critical Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending, emails show | CNN Politics Four days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting secretary, a career civil servant, to immediately shut off all USAID payments using...

CNN with an absolutely gigantic story:

"Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting secretary, a career civil servant, to immediately shut off all USAID payments using the department’s own ultra-sensitive payment processing system."

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Opinion | There Is No Going Back (Gift Article) The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.

Read this chilling article from @jamellebouie.net

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

What the Musk is Happening? It’s a catastrophe, but what kind of catastrophe?

Like the typical bully, Trump turned tail on tariffs when confronted. But the domestic assault on rule of law continues. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/what-the-m...

Opinion | Don’t Believe Him (Gift Article) Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

The Logic of Destruction And how to resist it

The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
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