Helen Lindberg
@cloudbuster01.bsky.social
Researcher, lecturer in political science, global politics, and Human Rights. Columnist. Freelance writer. Lover of all things dog. Twitter is my abusive x. Yes, still working on that book. Following the green light.
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Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
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Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
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"Fractured Facts: How Generative AI Fuels Anti-Immigrant Misinformation" socialmedialab.ca/2025/11/25/f...
Fractured Facts: How Generative AI Fuels Anti-Immigrant Misinformation - Social Media Lab
Most conversations about AI focus on convenience, like how it drafts emails or speeds up everyday tasks, but the real story runs deeper. As Philip Mai shared at the Pathways to Prosperity Conference i...
socialmedialab.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"Fractured Facts: How Generative AI Fuels Anti-Immigrant Misinformation" socialmedialab.ca/2025/11/25/f...
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Opinion: Rich are getting richer, poor are getting poorer and the middle class is disappearing
Opinion: Rich are getting richer, poor are getting poorer and the middle class is disappearing
Reality of accelerating inequality across the globe is striking
www.irishtimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Opinion: Rich are getting richer, poor are getting poorer and the middle class is disappearing
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Here are a few negative impacts of GenAI and misinformation on immigrants and settlement services, along with mitigation strategies for building resilience.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Here are a few negative impacts of GenAI and misinformation on immigrants and settlement services, along with mitigation strategies for building resilience.
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At some point Europe will need to realize that Russia is at war.
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
At some point Europe will need to realize that Russia is at war.
Kommer inte förlika mig med att tidsandan är farlig dumdryg idioti. Det är otroligt illa att vår minister för civilt försvar deltar i detta krabbträsk av desinformation, islamofobiskt invandrarhat och rysk propaganda. www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
Riks-profil deltog i rysk statspropaganda – ”En väldigt dum grej”
Hon kallar sig Scarlett Karoleva, medverkar i ryska statliga RT, får en kyss av Ungerns Rysslandsvänlige ledare Viktor Orban, attackerar Ukraina och EU i sociala medier – och är profil på Riks Europe,...
www.svt.se
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Kommer inte förlika mig med att tidsandan är farlig dumdryg idioti. Det är otroligt illa att vår minister för civilt försvar deltar i detta krabbträsk av desinformation, islamofobiskt invandrarhat och rysk propaganda. www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...
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Trump envoy reportedly told Kremlin official that Ukraine must cede land for peace deal
Trump envoy reportedly told Kremlin official that Ukraine must cede land for peace deal
Steve Witkoff told Yuri Ushakov in October phone call that peace would require Russia gaining control of Donetsk
Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff told a senior Kremlin official last month that achieving peace in Ukraine would require Russia gaining control of Donetsk and potentially a separate territorial exchange, according to a recording of their conversation obtained by Bloomberg.
In the 14 October phone call with Yuri Ushakov, the top foreign policy aide to Russian president Vladimir Putin, Witkoff said he believed the land concessions were necessary all while advising Ushakov to congratulate Trump and frame discussions more optimistically. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Trump envoy reportedly told Kremlin official that Ukraine must cede land for peace deal
Oj så bra av Hanna Déak. Läs och gråt. www.expressen.se/kultur/kultu...
HANNA DEÁK: Jag borde lämnat partiet efter Pourmokhtaris ord
I dag går Liberalerna till landsmöte under valparollen ”Bilda dig. Bete dig. Bry dig.” Hanna Deák lämnade partiet för S och skriver hur liberalerna lärde henne att politik inte handlar om idéer.
www.expressen.se
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Oj så bra av Hanna Déak. Läs och gråt. www.expressen.se/kultur/kultu...
The beginning of the end
November 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The beginning of the end
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To review:
Email #1: Jeff Epstein says he "gave" a 20-year old girl to Trump
Email #2: Epstein says Trump "knew about the girls" he was recruiting at Mara Lago for his pedophile ring and Trump never reported it.
Email #3: Epstein says an underage victim "spent hours" at Epstein's house with Trump
Email #1: Jeff Epstein says he "gave" a 20-year old girl to Trump
Email #2: Epstein says Trump "knew about the girls" he was recruiting at Mara Lago for his pedophile ring and Trump never reported it.
Email #3: Epstein says an underage victim "spent hours" at Epstein's house with Trump
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
To review:
Email #1: Jeff Epstein says he "gave" a 20-year old girl to Trump
Email #2: Epstein says Trump "knew about the girls" he was recruiting at Mara Lago for his pedophile ring and Trump never reported it.
Email #3: Epstein says an underage victim "spent hours" at Epstein's house with Trump
Email #1: Jeff Epstein says he "gave" a 20-year old girl to Trump
Email #2: Epstein says Trump "knew about the girls" he was recruiting at Mara Lago for his pedophile ring and Trump never reported it.
Email #3: Epstein says an underage victim "spent hours" at Epstein's house with Trump
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Curious to see what will happen if countries turn the same policies back on Americans www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
U.S. visas can be denied for obesity, cancer and diabetes, Rubio says
The Trump administration has directed visa officers to consider obesity and other chronic health conditions when deciding whether to grant visas to immigrants.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Curious to see what will happen if countries turn the same policies back on Americans www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Dismantling all govt agencies designed to protect us . . . here goes another one. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump administration declares CFPB funding illegal
The decision, disclosed in a court filing, puts the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on track to shut down in ‘early 2026’ when its remaining cash runs out.
www.politico.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Dismantling all govt agencies designed to protect us . . . here goes another one. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Utterly chilling reporting from the Prospect and NY times on trumps war in the Caribbean
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/w...
October 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Utterly chilling reporting from the Prospect and NY times on trumps war in the Caribbean
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/w...
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it would be soooo sexy if committing perjury got people in trouble again
November 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
it would be soooo sexy if committing perjury got people in trouble again
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To adapt a Nixon quote, people have got to know whether or not their president is a pedophile
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
To adapt a Nixon quote, people have got to know whether or not their president is a pedophile
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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Whats so unnerving, among many other aspects of the whole sordid Epstein miasma, is how incestuous the world of these elites are. Everyone knows everyone. The personal, social, and professional spheres all overlap.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Whats so unnerving, among many other aspects of the whole sordid Epstein miasma, is how incestuous the world of these elites are. Everyone knows everyone. The personal, social, and professional spheres all overlap.
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Imagine what a piece of shit person you have to be for Jeffrey Epstein to say you’re the worst person he ever knew.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Imagine what a piece of shit person you have to be for Jeffrey Epstein to say you’re the worst person he ever knew.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
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“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
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"It is illegal for a coin to be issued with 'the image of a living former or current President, or of any deceased former President during the 2-year period following the date of the death...," per a law on currency designs." buff.ly/OueHVHp
It is ILLEGAL
Dictator Trump cares not at all
It is ILLEGAL
Dictator Trump cares not at all
Donald Trump Is Putting His Face on Both Sides of a New Coin. U.S. Treasury Reveals 'First Drafts'
The U.S. Treasury revealed the draft of a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump on both sides.
people.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"It is illegal for a coin to be issued with 'the image of a living former or current President, or of any deceased former President during the 2-year period following the date of the death...," per a law on currency designs." buff.ly/OueHVHp
It is ILLEGAL
Dictator Trump cares not at all
It is ILLEGAL
Dictator Trump cares not at all
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Zohran Mamdani’s writer on crafting a historic victory speech: ‘In New York, inspiration is everywhere’
Zohran Mamdani’s writer on crafting a historic victory speech: ‘In New York, inspiration is everywhere’
The mayor-elect’s address pulled from Socialist titans, Astoria’s uncles and his rival’s father. Julian Gerson explains how the two collaborated on the ‘love letter to New York’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s writer on crafting a historic victory speech: ‘In New York, inspiration is everywhere’
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I wrote about the "Appeasement Eight" Senate Democrats getting the party to fold to Trump in the government shutdown, and why it shows that pro-democracy Americans badly need a real opposition party, full of leaders who recognize the United States isn't a normal rule of law democracy anymore.
Democrats Have to Get Out of a Normal Democracy Mindset
By folding in the government shutdown in exchange for virtually nothing, eight Democratic senators aid Trump's authoritarian takeover rather than oppose it
www.arcdigital.media
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I wrote about the "Appeasement Eight" Senate Democrats getting the party to fold to Trump in the government shutdown, and why it shows that pro-democracy Americans badly need a real opposition party, full of leaders who recognize the United States isn't a normal rule of law democracy anymore.