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Kenneth Manusama

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Writer / America / US Constitutional Law / recovering international lawyer / Nieuwsbrief 'Amerikaanse Toestanden' / Boek 'Ongrondwettelijk' (Thomas Rap)(juni 2025) / Boek 'Democratie van het Wilde Westen (2024)(Bot Uitgevers) / manusama.com

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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 4d

Gisteren schreef ik de nieuwsbrief over wat er zo al op de rol staat van het Hooggerechtshof dat net weer is begonnen.

Delen, abonneren, reageren, allemaal goed!

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Op de rol van het Hooggerechtshof

Concentratie van macht, gerrymandering en meer...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 7h

Here's one of the posts that State listed as foreigners whose visa they stripped. Ask yourself, how they found this? Unlike the others, it doesn't mention Kirk, nor anything in English.

It likely came from this Facebook post.

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„Wenn Faschisten sterben, jammern Demokraten nicht.“
Dieses widerwärtige Zitat des ZDF-Drehbuchautors und Publizisten Mario Sixtus, veröffentlicht nur Stunden nach dem Attentat auf Charlie Kirk, markiert einen moralischen Tiefpunkt.
Wer so spricht, entlarvt sich selbst: nicht als Demokrat, sondern als Zyniker, der das Fundament unserer freiheitlichen Ordnung mit Füßen tritt. Wer den Tod eines politischen Gegners feiert, beweist nicht Haltung, sondern bestätigt, dass er in Wahrheit keinerlei Respekt vor der Demokratie hat – denn Demokratie lebt vom Wort, von der Debatte, vom Streit der Argumente, nicht vom Hass auf Menschenleben.
Ja, Charlie Kirk hat radikale Positionen vertreten, ja, er war streitbar und unbequem. Aber er hat die Debatte gesucht. Und solange Debatte, Rede, Diskurs möglich ist, gibt es einen zivilisierten, legitimen Rahmen. Gewalt, Häme über den Tod und Entmenschlichung gehören nicht dazu.
Darum sage ich es klar: Jeder, der sich über den Tod eines Menschen freut, disqualifiziert sich selbst als Demokrat. Wer vorgibt, gegen Unmenschlichkeit zu kämpfen, dabei aber selbst unmenschlich handelt, ist ein Heuchler.
Der Fall zeigt erneut, wie tief die Risse in unserer Gesellschaft sind – und wie groß die Gefahr, dass die selbsternannte „moralische Elite“ in Wahrheit jede moralische Orientierung verloren hat.

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CNN @cnn.com · 9h

Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have flared in recent days with the exchange of deadly gunfire between the neighbors that has stoked fears of a wider conflict. https://cnn.it/42GXK71

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 1d

Janet Mills is 77 and Democrats need to knock it off with the gerontocracy.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: Janet Mills, the Democratic governor of Maine, is running for Senate, aiming to unseat Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.

Gov. Janet Mills of Maine to Run for Senate, Aiming at Senator Susan Collins

A two-term Democratic governor, Ms. Mills called herself “battle tested” in an interview. But she faces a Democratic primary before she can challenge the Republican incumbent.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 21h

Freedom of Press...

Trump refuses to take questions from ABC News in "retribution for George Stephanopoulos’ interview with JD Vance".

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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 10h

De uitdagingen voor het federalisme - de verhouding tussen de staten en de federale overheid - stapelen zich op.
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JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 10h

Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...

Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 10h

Goedemorgen! Heerlijk dit soort korte video's....

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UMBERTO ECO: WHY YOUR UNREAD BOOKS DEFINE YOU

YouTube video by Vashik Armenikus

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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 22h

Do we have a better understanding of the timing or content of the OLC memo that supposedly offers the opinion that this is legal - thereby giving rise to a public authority defense?

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22h

Trump is no longer even pretending to have any kind of argument that his murdering of people in the Caribbean Sea has any kind of statutory validity. Just straight up declaring that he has quasi-unlimited power to execute people based on (nominal) suspicion.

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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · 22h

Latest: ICE has sent more migrants down to Guantanamo Bay, repopulating the holding site for detainees designated for deportation for the first time in nearly two weeks.

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ICE Sends More Migrants to Guantánamo Bay, Resumes Operations

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 22h

Remember, this is protected speech on College Campuses, and, as with Amy Wax, I expect vigorous Free Speech defense and outrage.

Unlike when a professor is teaching a class but has woke but legal materials in it and everyone is all quiet about it.

#Satire

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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Yahoo Finance @yahoofinance.com · 1d

Powell says 'downside risks to employment appear to have risen,' implying more Fed cuts are possible

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the outlook for employment and inflation has not changed much since the central bank’s September meeting but emphasized that 'the downside risks to employment appear to have risen.'

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 2d

Crackdowns on lawyers, judges, prosecutors are part of a longstanding authoritarian playbook used globally to silence dissent.

Jasmine Cameron, Fernanda Nicola, and Natalie Landau examine the responses in a half dozen countries and possible lessons for the US legal community:

Attacks on U.S. Legal Profession Reflect Global Slide in Countries It Once Aided

Political pressures like those used to silence legal professionals and undermine rule of law in Europe and Eurasia echo autocratic patterns.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 1d

⚡️ US defense manufacturer reveals new Tomahawk launcher — just what Ukraine would need to hit Russia.

The Tomahawk's range would open up great swathes of Russia to Ukrainian long-range missile strikes, most notably Moscow and St. Petersburg.

US defense manufacturer reveals new Tomahawk launcher — just what Ukraine would need to hit Russia

The Tomahawk's range would open up great swathes of Russia to Ukrainian long-range missile strikes, most notably Moscow and St. Petersburg.

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 1d

I've never heard of this law, and I was an "alien" for a decade.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

"Under federal law, registered foreign nationals must carry proof of registration with them at all times. But prior to a second Trump administration, it was rarely enforced." www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...

(e) PERSONAL POSSESSION OF REGISTRATION OR RECEIPT CARD; PENALTIES
Every alien, eighteen years of age and over, shall at all times carry with him and have in his personal possession any certificate of alien registration or alien registration receipt card issued to him pursuant to subsection (d). Any alien who fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction for each offense be fined not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

You need to see this:

“The show of force is the point. They want these images to be out…The Department of Homeland Security is walking around Chicago with a film crew.” @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Mexico has deployed some 10,000 troops in addition to civilian rescue teams. Helicopters have ferried food and water to the 200 some communities that remained cut off by ground. n.pr/3KM7may

Death toll from torrential rains in Mexico rises to 64 as search expands

Mexico has deployed some 10,000 troops in addition to civilian rescue teams. Helicopters have ferried food and water to the 200 some communities that remained cut off by ground.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Kavanaugh stop

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?

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De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · 1d

Actueel | Na twee jaar oorlog zwijgen in Gaza de wapens. Donald Trump, Tony Blair en investeerders werken aan een blauwdruk waarin conflicten om ideologieën en grenzen plaatsmaken voor rendement. De Golfstaten dienen als voorbeeld. buff.ly/fr8SRsJ

Donald Trump en Tony Blair zien Gaza als een laboratorium, waar economische ontwikkeling tot vrede moet leiden

Na twee jaar oorlog zwijgen in Gaza de wapens. Donald Trump, Tony Blair en investeerders werken aan een blauwdruk waarin conflicten om ideologieën en grenzen plaatsmaken voor rendement. De Golfstaten…

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

Chris Christie: “Thie is no longer, the Department of Justice, is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America. What it is now is a capo regime who goes out and executes hits when directed by the Don to do so. That’s what it is.”

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

A notice from @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social.

Will run in newspapers across the nation.

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NewsGuard @newsguard.bsky.social · 1d

Nearly one third of Americans believe at least one of September’s top false claims about President Trump and the Charlie Kirk assassination.

Read the latest Reality Gap Index in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/nearly-one...

Nearly One Third of Americans Believe at Least One of September’s Top False Claims

NewsGuard’s Reality Gap Index Drops by Over Half

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d

Trump: I sent Witkoff to meet with Putin thinking it would be 15-20 minute meeting.
He had no idea about Russia or Putin. He did not know much about politics. His meeting with Putin lasted 5 hours. I said "what the hell did you talk about for 5 hours?"

Embarrassing level of “politics”.

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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 2d

Dit is mede waarom Trump nu president is.

Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 2d

Are you fucking kidding me, CNN

This is the absolute tippity top of propaganda about this genocide

Biden and Trump both supplied the weapons Israel needed for their genocide.

Biden helped Israel sell 12 oil licenses for land they didn’t have before 10/7.

They’re both evil fucks

When Biden visited Israel, wounds were fresh and tension was mounting. Two years later, Trump arrives with prospect of peace | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump’s brief visit to Israel this week to preside over the Gaza truce he helped broker will nonetheless be a valedictory one, and a moment he’s been envisioning for months.

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Kenneth Manusama @kennethmanusama.bsky.social · 2d

That's a pretty good explanation.

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Healthcare cuts are a funding mechanism for Trump to reward tech oligarchs and other billionaires

YouTube video by The Bulwark

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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