Eric Chenoweth
@ericdchenoweth.bsky.social
Director, Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe. Principal author, Democracy Web. Posts my own. For time being at Twitter (to counter propaganda).
This is a good slogan.
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 4:27 AM
This is a good slogan.
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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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February 4, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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Notwithstanding the Trump-aligned editorials, the @washingtonpost.com's unionized journalists and other union workers are the ones keeping this a real newspaper (as the @wsj.com). It's worth fighting for. Show solidarity for @postguild.bsky.social. Join the protest if you can. #SaveThePost
Jeff Bezos, one of the richest people on Earth, just eliminated hundreds of union jobs at the Washington Post.
Solidarity with @postguild.bsky.social. Join them tomorrow, February 5 at 12:00 p.m. for a rally to #SaveThePost.
Solidarity with @postguild.bsky.social. Join them tomorrow, February 5 at 12:00 p.m. for a rally to #SaveThePost.
February 4, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Notwithstanding the Trump-aligned editorials, the @washingtonpost.com's unionized journalists and other union workers are the ones keeping this a real newspaper (as the @wsj.com). It's worth fighting for. Show solidarity for @postguild.bsky.social. Join the protest if you can. #SaveThePost
Reposted by Eric Chenoweth
What really got to me in this essay, other than the horrible particulars and the inspiring details about the community response, was when she first looked into the protests, on October first, and learned it had already been going for 119 days
audrey was curious about how the stories about the Portland ICE occupation compared to reality. once she got to know the people on the ground, she was determined to stick with them. what she saw, felt and learned over the last four months is summarized here:
www.liberalcurrents.com/what-its-rea...
www.liberalcurrents.com/what-its-rea...
What It's Really Like: A First-Hand Account of the Portland ICE Facility Occupation
In Portland, members of the community have been standing up to ICE for most of Trump's second term so far.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:03 PM
What really got to me in this essay, other than the horrible particulars and the inspiring details about the community response, was when she first looked into the protests, on October first, and learned it had already been going for 119 days
Keep reposting. We need to know. And we need to resist (staying committed to strategic nonviolence).
"She sustained a torn rotator cuff, concussion and bruised ribs during the incident and received medical treatment at a hospital..."
www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
www.salemreporter.com/2026/01/31/u...
February 2, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Keep reposting. We need to know. And we need to resist (staying committed to strategic nonviolence).
@maddow.bsky.social is posting the reports we generally aren't seeing. Keep reposting. We all need to know the extent of ICE and administration lawlessness.
"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..."
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
apnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:19 AM
@maddow.bsky.social is posting the reports we generally aren't seeing. Keep reposting. We all need to know the extent of ICE and administration lawlessness.
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social is correct. It is the right analogy.
ICE and CBP agents seem to enjoy gratuitously breaking glass—from car windows to store fronts to homes. It’s an expression of unchecked power and dominance: “We’re in charge. We break and shatter what we want.”
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
January 31, 2026 at 11:04 PM
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social is correct. It is the right analogy.
More media need to be reporting the full story. Thanks @stephenrodrick.bsky.social for doing it. (See below.)
Also thanks to @polgreen.bsky.social for her full-page Sunday Opinion article in @nytimes.com. Please read.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...).
Also thanks to @polgreen.bsky.social for her full-page Sunday Opinion article in @nytimes.com. Please read.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...).
January 31, 2026 at 10:53 PM
More media need to be reporting the full story. Thanks @stephenrodrick.bsky.social for doing it. (See below.)
Also thanks to @polgreen.bsky.social for her full-page Sunday Opinion article in @nytimes.com. Please read.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...).
Also thanks to @polgreen.bsky.social for her full-page Sunday Opinion article in @nytimes.com. Please read.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...).
Glad to have been outside support for today's protest inside Trump Tower bringing attention to dozens who have died in detention centers or at the hands of ICE. Passers-by on posh 5th Ave. were largely supportive & many joined in chants "Abolish ICE." Rise & Resist is right. We can't just stand by.
📆 January 31, 2025
📣 Say Their Names
📍 Trump Tower, NYC
Today, Rise and Resist shut down Trump Tower today. We read aloud, all of the names of the people killed by I.C.E., or who died while in I.C.E. custody since January, 2026.
📣 Say Their Names
📍 Trump Tower, NYC
Today, Rise and Resist shut down Trump Tower today. We read aloud, all of the names of the people killed by I.C.E., or who died while in I.C.E. custody since January, 2026.
January 31, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Glad to have been outside support for today's protest inside Trump Tower bringing attention to dozens who have died in detention centers or at the hands of ICE. Passers-by on posh 5th Ave. were largely supportive & many joined in chants "Abolish ICE." Rise & Resist is right. We can't just stand by.
We have seen the whole gamut of authoritarian abuse of power being unleashed at a greater level this past month. It requires an increasing level of resistance at all levels to prevent Trump's consolidation of greater power.
🚨 CPJ strongly condemns the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for their reporting on a protest in Minnesota, arrests which mark a serious escalation of attacks on the press in the United States.
Read more: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
Read more: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
January 30, 2026 at 11:56 PM
We have seen the whole gamut of authoritarian abuse of power being unleashed at a greater level this past month. It requires an increasing level of resistance at all levels to prevent Trump's consolidation of greater power.
Reposted by Eric Chenoweth
So many NYers out in the cold at a vigil for Alex Pretti, standing in solidarity with the unions who organized it and with our siblings in MN 💙
January 29, 2026 at 11:33 PM
So many NYers out in the cold at a vigil for Alex Pretti, standing in solidarity with the unions who organized it and with our siblings in MN 💙
Reposted by Eric Chenoweth
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Depends on how one defines Europe, but the un-democratic actions & human rights violations in Georgia *are* at a new level. Worth the read. And @terjehelland.bsky.social is correct: GD does it because it can act with impunity. Unfortunately, the US won't act. Up to the #EU. @kajakallas.bsky.social
🇬🇪Georgian Dream is Europe’s most un-democratic and human rights-violating force currently in power.
Today, they announced new amendments to the "Law on Grants" that criminalize receiving foreign support, restrict political participation, and outlaw core democratic activity
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Today, they announced new amendments to the "Law on Grants" that criminalize receiving foreign support, restrict political participation, and outlaw core democratic activity
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January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Depends on how one defines Europe, but the un-democratic actions & human rights violations in Georgia *are* at a new level. Worth the read. And @terjehelland.bsky.social is correct: GD does it because it can act with impunity. Unfortunately, the US won't act. Up to the #EU. @kajakallas.bsky.social
There's a reason the right to petition the Government for redress of grievances is part of the First Amendment. Use it. Pressure works.
Keep signing. Keep emailing. Keep calling: 202-224-3121 (and ask for your Senator/Rep).
Keep signing. Keep emailing. Keep calling: 202-224-3121 (and ask for your Senator/Rep).
@indivisible.org groups from all 5 boroughs just delivered 1300+ NYers' letters to @schumer.senate.gov's staff, thanking him for uniting the Dems & urging specific demands to curb ICE
@bkindivisible.bsky.social
@nwbronxindiv.bsky.social
@siactioncoalition.bsky.social
@foresthillsqueens.bsky.social
@bkindivisible.bsky.social
@nwbronxindiv.bsky.social
@siactioncoalition.bsky.social
@foresthillsqueens.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 10:09 PM
There's a reason the right to petition the Government for redress of grievances is part of the First Amendment. Use it. Pressure works.
Keep signing. Keep emailing. Keep calling: 202-224-3121 (and ask for your Senator/Rep).
Keep signing. Keep emailing. Keep calling: 202-224-3121 (and ask for your Senator/Rep).
Trump is succeeding in taking over mainstream American media with sycophants and supporters more efficiently even than Viktor Orban. He's doing it without any new law on media.
This does not sound good: "Bari Weiss to cut staff, add commentators at CBS News." By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Trump is succeeding in taking over mainstream American media with sycophants and supporters more efficiently even than Viktor Orban. He's doing it without any new law on media.
Correct. If a former R comms person sees it, Dem Senators should, too. This is about the entire authoritarian architecture built for '26 midterms. Dems need to hold the line until ICE is taken off the field (so it stops intimidating voters). Also deny DOJ voter rolls. Protect free & fair elections.
Don’t be fooled.
The policy architecture that the administration has built to exploit immigration concerns, deploy federal agents, sideline critics, and tilt the electoral playing field in its favor is still fully intact. Especially in Minnesota.
From me. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/personnel-...
The policy architecture that the administration has built to exploit immigration concerns, deploy federal agents, sideline critics, and tilt the electoral playing field in its favor is still fully intact. Especially in Minnesota.
From me. www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/personnel-...
Personnel shuffles, not policy shifts in Minnesota
Trump’s not ditching the authoritarian playbook
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
January 27, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Correct. If a former R comms person sees it, Dem Senators should, too. This is about the entire authoritarian architecture built for '26 midterms. Dems need to hold the line until ICE is taken off the field (so it stops intimidating voters). Also deny DOJ voter rolls. Protect free & fair elections.
Nor am I. @nytimes.com states that clear evidence only "appears" to contradict (if no video, then there isn't even the appearance). Note, however, the @wsj.com was much clearer stating the video evidence did in fact contradict. Absent Joe Kahn, it seems some journalists/editors may put 2+2 together.
What happens the next time Homeland Security murders someone and there's no video of it? Will mainstream media take the Trump regime's word as gospel even though they know they lie all the time? I'd like to think the answer is no. But I'm not at all sure.
January 27, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Nor am I. @nytimes.com states that clear evidence only "appears" to contradict (if no video, then there isn't even the appearance). Note, however, the @wsj.com was much clearer stating the video evidence did in fact contradict. Absent Joe Kahn, it seems some journalists/editors may put 2+2 together.
Admitting moral error in his vote is a good thing. Now let's get the 6 other Vichy Dems to do the same (and so @tomsuozzi.bsky.social should do more than just email his campaign list and convince his colleagues to make a common public statement).
January 26, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Admitting moral error in his vote is a good thing. Now let's get the 6 other Vichy Dems to do the same (and so @tomsuozzi.bsky.social should do more than just email his campaign list and convince his colleagues to make a common public statement).
Watch and listen.
Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔
January 26, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Watch and listen.
As much as media (rightly) has covered the resistance to tyranny in Minnesota, they have downplayed the national solidarity that has been demonstrated all over the country (with Rs/former Rs like @govwhitman.bsky.social also standing up).
January 26, 2026 at 6:58 PM
As much as media (rightly) has covered the resistance to tyranny in Minnesota, they have downplayed the national solidarity that has been demonstrated all over the country (with Rs/former Rs like @govwhitman.bsky.social also standing up).
We should say it more: Teacher unions are central to defending democracy.
President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten explaining why teachers are standing with Minnesota students as the Trump surges paramilitary ICE agents terrifying students, parents and teachers.
January 26, 2026 at 6:42 PM
We should say it more: Teacher unions are central to defending democracy.
No better way to show our 💙for MN than a blizzard rally outside @schumer.senate.gov (7th day in a row!) We are so thankful that ni Dems are voting for DHS$, but we also know that this is just a 1st step in stopping ICE terror! Hold the Line, Chuck!
@indivisible.org @siactioncoalition.bsky.social
@indivisible.org @siactioncoalition.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 7:57 PM
If @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social can say it, so can (and so should) @schumer.senate.gov. #WhipTheVote
On the execution in Minnesota: Obviously, the individuals involved should be held accountable. But responsibility goes to the top of ICE and CBP, and DHS. Their appropriations come up next week in the senate. Not a cent for DHS without pulling ICE and CBP off the streets, in MN and everywhere else.
January 25, 2026 at 12:12 AM
If @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social can say it, so can (and so should) @schumer.senate.gov. #WhipTheVote
The supposed "open borders" policy of Joe Biden was in fact aimed at protecting the right of asylum in the U.S. Most who came in 2021-24 were escaping repressive regimes and war. The right of asylum deserved to be protected. This administration has ended it through repression and terror.
A little girl can’t go to the park with her parents. A mother trembles while taking out the trash. A father peeks through the blinds to see if anyone is watching.
Years earlier, this family faced persecution in Venezuela, but now they’re living in terror in the United States.
Years earlier, this family faced persecution in Venezuela, but now they’re living in terror in the United States.
They fled Venezuela to escape a regime of fear, only to relive it in Trump’s America
"I am so scared to go outside.”
www.motherjones.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:03 AM
The supposed "open borders" policy of Joe Biden was in fact aimed at protecting the right of asylum in the U.S. Most who came in 2021-24 were escaping repressive regimes and war. The right of asylum deserved to be protected. This administration has ended it through repression and terror.