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Elisabeth Vallet
@elisabethvallet.bsky.social
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Border scholar
Prof. International studies/ Études internationales @CMR-SJ 🇨🇦
Dir. of #TeamGeopo 💡@ChaireRaoulDandurand
@UQAM.ca @BIGlobalization @big-lab.bsky.social
Chroni. @LeDevoir.com
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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · Mar 5
No, borders are NOT wide open. Period. #stopthelie

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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 3h
La contagion d'un mouvement qui a peur de la pensée.
On se souviendra que poussé à son terme, cela mène le Texas à prohiber l'enseignement de Platon au niveau universitaire
Entre le monde politique et les universités françaises, une défiance qui monte
Suspectées de véhiculer des travaux idéologiques, les universités ont le sentiment de servir désormais de boucs émissaires à une partie des responsables politiques, à droite ou à l’extrême droite.
www.lemonde.fr

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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 3h
Ice on fire. Unleashed. Unchecked.
brainnotonyet.bsky.social Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 3h
People really do not understand how out of control Minneapolis is right now. I spent almost 8 hours today on the street in different parts of the city and saw everything from tear gas and pepper balls being used to fully marked ice vehicles roaming and pointing out people to camera crews onboard.
out5p0ken.bsky.social Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 7h
ICE is now ramming civilian cars through red lights in Minnesota. — they are tax payer agitators ‼️

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 3h
People really do not understand how out of control Minneapolis is right now. I spent almost 8 hours today on the street in different parts of the city and saw everything from tear gas and pepper balls being used to fully marked ice vehicles roaming and pointing out people to camera crews onboard.
out5p0ken.bsky.social Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 7h
ICE is now ramming civilian cars through red lights in Minnesota. — they are tax payer agitators ‼️

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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 10h
Le #minnesota et les #silvershirts
Retour dans l'Histoire
www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2...
acampusdivided.umn.edu/tag/silver-s...
workdaymagazine.org/three-times-...

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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 11h
@klausdodds.bsky.social strikes again. and hits the mark:
The president suddenly discovered foreign policy and turned it into his latest toy, a new plaything—one that indulges his ego way more than it serves any strategic purpose.
#geopolitics #egopolitics
Trump is playing geopolitical Monopoly with Greenland
While the term du jour is geopolitics, perhaps the most plausible reason for why Trump is gunning for Greenland is ego-politics.
spectator.com

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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 11h
This 9-month-old piece is still (too) accurate:

“If the United States invaded Greenland, how would other NATO states respond? (...) The Swede stared at the ceiling. The Finn checked his phone. The Norwegian looked ready to deport me."

#arctic #greenland #imperialism
by @michael-byers.bsky.social
Opinion: It’s not too late to prevent a U.S. invasion of Greenland
If Donald Trump plans to acquire Greenland ‘one way or another,’ he should feel the ire of the international community
www.theglobeandmail.com

Reposted by Élisabeth Vallet

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Reveal @revealnews.org · 11h
Former Yale professor Jason Stanley has been taking a lot of heat for moving to Canada. Why?

Because he studies fascism—and he believes it’s already arrived in the US.
I study fascism. I’ve already fled America.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administration’s takeover of the US government a “coup.”
revealnews.org

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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 11h
that being said, it is a very well written and articulated piece, c'est vraiment juste un débat d'idées at this stage.

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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 11h
Since my views differ from this, but I am ready to learn, paging my history & polisci colleagues (paper in French, but easy to google translate)
#fascism #ornot
Mieux diagnostiquer la dérive américaine pour mieux y résister
Ici, on ne détruit pas les institutions, on les instrumentalise pour vider la démocratie de son sens.
www.ledevoir.com

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Reiss Center on Law and Security @rcls-nyu.bsky.social · 13h
"In our view, the constitutionality of the War Powers Resolution is on firm ground...both the text and historical and modern practice make the statute’s constitutionality clear."
[email protected] fellows @tessbridgeman.bsky.social & @bcfinucane.bsky.social:
www.justsecurity.org/128517/war-p...
War Powers, Venezuela, Drug Boats, and Congress
Trump's unauthorized military interventions should spur Congress to reassert its constitutional prerogatives over the use of force.
www.justsecurity.org

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13h
Ask yourself. If ICE is going door to door, what’s next?

Armed federal agents took a man away in handcuffs. A woman came out of the house and said the man was her husband. It also appears ICE used an administrative warrant, not a judicial warrant.

That matters….

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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 1d
Non sur le principe qu’il leur faut encore 4ans pour avoir les moyens de compenser le retrait américain

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 1d
Congratulations to all the bankers, hedge-fund managers, private-equity honchos, tech titans, corporate executives and op-ed writers for backing the man who will do more to undermine the system that made them insanely wealthy than any other presidential candidate in their lifetimes.
timobrien.bsky.social Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 1d
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment, a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s attacks on the Fed.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fed Served With DOJ Subpoenas, Powell Vows to Stand Firm
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment, a dramatic escalation of the Trump admi...
www.bloomberg.com

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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 1d
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment, a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s attacks on the Fed.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fed Served With DOJ Subpoenas, Powell Vows to Stand Firm
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank had been served grand jury subpoenas from the Justice Department threatening a criminal indictment, a dramatic escalation of the Trump admi...
www.bloomberg.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d
Q: "Do you believe that deadly force was necessary?"

Trump: "It was highly disrespectful of law enforcement. The woman and her friend were highly disrespectful of law enforcement…Law enforcement should not be in a position where they have to put up with this stuff."

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🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷 @msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 1d
They’re escalating. Not sure what it’s going to take for folks to understand we are mirroring the past, the difference is it’s us—the US, and the targets are everyone that isn’t a white man.

Trump’s Gestapo has now blocked of an entire neighborhood and is going door to door in St. Paul, MN.

F ICE

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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 1d
Lower. Lower. And lower.
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d
NEWS: The NY Times reports that the Trump regime has opened a criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell, escalating Trump’s effort to punish an independent central bank for refusing to bend to his political demands. The probe was approved by Trump stooge Jeanine Pirro.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d
NEWS: The NY Times reports that the Trump regime has opened a criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell, escalating Trump’s effort to punish an independent central bank for refusing to bend to his political demands. The probe was approved by Trump stooge Jeanine Pirro.

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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 1d
And if he does, strategically Europe won’t react, they can’t afford the loss of us assets within NATO without opening the door to the east… at least in the next 4 years.
chrischirp.bsky.social Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d
seems like a good time to repost my substack (quoted post) given latest reports

www.lbc.co.uk/article/trum...

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d
What rights do people have as ICE continues to grow, and as the president deploys the National Guard domestically? @anneapplebaum.bsky.social explores this in the new season of “Autocracy in America.” Listen here:
Federal Agents Are Violating the Rights of Americans
ICE and the National Guard are acting with impunity.
bit.ly

Reposted by Elizabeth Stokoe, Melanie O’Brien, Élisabeth Vallet

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d
seems like a good time to repost my substack (quoted post) given latest reports

www.lbc.co.uk/article/trum...

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 1d
In the original draft of this essay, I had a subheading of:

"First They Came for the (Alleged) Narcos"

The administration has asserted a license to kill outside the law those it labels "terrorists."

It seems prepared to use it inside the United States.

www.foreignaffairs.com/central-amer...
America Unbound in the Caribbean
The real costs of Washington’s use of force.
www.foreignaffairs.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d
“For decades now, officers have been trained that they can avoid being run over if they just don’t position themselves in a vehicle’s path of travel. “
Cops are taught not to shoot into cars. ICE keeps doing it anyway.
Immigration agents have shot at least nine people since September. All of them have been in cars.
www.motherjones.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Someone sent me this video of Trump’s goons in action today in the Twin Cities. The audio is disturbing.

Reposted by Adam Bonica, Élisabeth Vallet

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 1d
Some rare days everyone is circulating the same piece urging you all to read. It's this piece by @adambonica.bsky.social underscoring one of the reasons knowledge of history is valuable. Because w/o it, we treat contingencies as certainties.

data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-wall-l...
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls
On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.
data4democracy.substack.com

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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 1d
Hey là là, on va être dûes pour un update.

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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 1d
Opioid deaths decline.
1) Because fentanyl overdoses declined in both Canada and the U.S.=>point to a disruption in the supply of precursors from China
2) Venezuela is not involved in the fentanyl supply chain + the declines began in late 2023 — well before the current administration took office.
Opinion | What’s behind the stunning decline in American opioid deaths
One major contributor is a decline in the supply of fentanyl.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com

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Elisabeth Vallet @elisabethvallet.bsky.social · 2d
Les réalités alternatives, prise 2345: l'opéra décide de partir, le KC annonce alors que c'était sa décision.
#extoxique
Washington National Opera is moving out of the Kennedy Center
The Washington National Opera decided Friday to leave its longtime home at the Kennedy Center. The center said it ended the relationship.
www.washingtonpost.com

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d
"As a Venezuelan human rights lawyer and one of millions forced to leave my homeland, watching videos of the operation felt surreal. At first it seemed to mark an end. But more recent developments shattered that illusion: The system that sustained his rule remains." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Venezuela’s Post-Maduro Future Is Still Up for Grabs
The alternative to a democratic transition is a calcified autocracy.
open.substack.com