Michael Deibert
@michaeldeibert.bsky.social
Author and journalist. Writing at https://michaeldeibert.substack.com. Enemy to autocrats. Friend to all cats. Piti piti, zwazo fe nich-li
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People of the left & right both must realize that, whatever its stated goals & allegiances, autocracy/caudillismo is its own ideology.
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
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In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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It's called being a patriot. The Republicans should try it sometime: Zelensky rules out ceding land to Russia, refusing to bow to Putin or Trump www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Zelensky rules out ceding land to Russia, refusing to bow to Putin or Trump
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would not give up territory, not to hasten peace talks, not to satisfy Washington and not under pressure from Moscow.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It's called being a patriot. The Republicans should try it sometime: Zelensky rules out ceding land to Russia, refusing to bow to Putin or Trump www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
"If enacted, the amendment...would double response times for information requests, allow information to be classified without judicial review, eliminate privacy protections for information requesters & end requirements for open data formats" cpj.org/2025/12/cpj-...
CPJ, partners urge Puerto Rico to reject amendment restricting information access - Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists, International Press Institute, and Reporters Without Borders, led a coalition of eight press freedom organizations in a joint statement calling for the rejection ...
cpj.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"If enacted, the amendment...would double response times for information requests, allow information to be classified without judicial review, eliminate privacy protections for information requesters & end requirements for open data formats" cpj.org/2025/12/cpj-...
On this day in 2001, the great Kashmiri poet Agha Shahid Ali left this mortal realm. His book The Country Without A Post Office is wonderful.
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
On this day in 2001, the great Kashmiri poet Agha Shahid Ali left this mortal realm. His book The Country Without A Post Office is wonderful.
What happened to Google and how did its search function become so useless and cluttered with irrelevant crap? Does anyone know?
December 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
What happened to Google and how did its search function become so useless and cluttered with irrelevant crap? Does anyone know?
Sudan's paramilitary RSF says it took control of strategic Heglig oilfield www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Sudan's paramilitary RSF says it took control of strategic Heglig oilfield
Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said on Monday it had taken control of the strategic Heglig oilfield in the South Kordofan province.
www.reuters.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Sudan's paramilitary RSF says it took control of strategic Heglig oilfield www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Darfur-bound aid destroyed, 20 civilians dead as drones hit eastern Chad market www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/...
Darfur-bound aid destroyed, 20 civilians dead as drones hit eastern Chad market - Dabanga Radio TV Online
A drone strike on the weekly market in Adikon, near the Adré crossing at the...
www.dabangasudan.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Darfur-bound aid destroyed, 20 civilians dead as drones hit eastern Chad market www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/...
Depriving children between 3 to 15 years old - some of them U.S. citizens - of their parents & then forcing them out of the country keeps us "safe" how, exactly? www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
‘A sad, cruel moment’: 58 Florida children leave US amid parent deportations
For some, Florida is the only home they’ve ever known.
www.tampabay.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Depriving children between 3 to 15 years old - some of them U.S. citizens - of their parents & then forcing them out of the country keeps us "safe" how, exactly? www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
"These settlers act freely under the protection of the Israeli government and the army. One Friday, the army wouldn't let me get to my olive grove. In the distance, I saw that settlers had cut down my olive trees." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israeli settlers ramp up their annual onslaught on Palestinian olive growers
During the Recent Olive Harvest in the West Bank, a Surge in Settler Violence, the Most Severe Since 2006, Has Disrupted Palestinian Farmers' Access to Their Lands, Particularly in Area B, Which Is Le...
www.haaretz.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"These settlers act freely under the protection of the Israeli government and the army. One Friday, the army wouldn't let me get to my olive grove. In the distance, I saw that settlers had cut down my olive trees." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
The only Christmas album I regularly listen to at this time of year: Hot Jazz for a Cool Night : A Jazz Christmas (1992) Full Album youtu.be/os7aC70vQ9A
Hot Jazz for a Cool Night : A Jazz Christmas(1992) Full Album
YouTube video by jose Emilio Maldonado Jimenez
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December 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The only Christmas album I regularly listen to at this time of year: Hot Jazz for a Cool Night : A Jazz Christmas (1992) Full Album youtu.be/os7aC70vQ9A
Reposted by Michael Deibert
On today's episode of @notesfromtheworld.bsky.social, we look at jihadists, juntas & Russian mercenaries in Africa's Sahel region michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Inside the Maelstrom: Jihadists, Juntas & Russian mercenaries in the Sahel
Since 2020, the Sahel region of Africa has been buffeted by a series of coups that upended the democratically-elected governments of the region and replaced them with military rulers.
michaeldeibert.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
On today's episode of @notesfromtheworld.bsky.social, we look at jihadists, juntas & Russian mercenaries in Africa's Sahel region michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/inside-the...
One year ago, the despot Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, ending a murderous 53-year family dictatorship. It took 13 long years of struggle for Syrians to rid themselves of the monster. May the citizens of Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, Venezuela & elsewhere one day rid themselves of their tyrants, too.
December 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
One year ago, the despot Bashar al-Assad fled Syria, ending a murderous 53-year family dictatorship. It took 13 long years of struggle for Syrians to rid themselves of the monster. May the citizens of Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, Venezuela & elsewhere one day rid themselves of their tyrants, too.
I used to be wild, but now…
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I used to be wild, but now…
"I can't close completely, because it's my only source of income. Imagine, I'm the mother of three children. I have to work." www.nola.com/news/politic...
Protests mark a less visible day for U.S. Border Patrol sweeps in New Orleans
Agents continued immigration sweeps in metro New Orleans, though at a lower public profile than before.
www.nola.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"I can't close completely, because it's my only source of income. Imagine, I'm the mother of three children. I have to work." www.nola.com/news/politic...
There was no "peace deal," just a squalid scramble for loot: US follows up on Congo-Rwanda peace deal with plan to secure minerals www.reuters.com/world/africa...
US follows up on Congo-Rwanda peace deal with plan to secure minerals
The United States' development lender announced plans on Friday to take a stake in a new partnership to market Congo's minerals which could give U.S. end users the right of first refusal on copper and...
www.reuters.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
There was no "peace deal," just a squalid scramble for loot: US follows up on Congo-Rwanda peace deal with plan to secure minerals www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Reposted by Michael Deibert
Remember this the next time someone tells you about the "moderate" face of the Caracas regime: Venezuelan opposition leader Alfredo Díaz & former governor of Nueva Esparta state Alfredo Díaz dies after a year of being held in Venezuela's El Helicoide torture prison elpais.com/america/2025...
Fallece en la cárcel Alfredo Díaz, dirigente de la oposición en Venezuela y exgobernador
El político murió de un infarto luego de un año preso, acusado de conspirar contra el Gobierno, y sin la atención médica necesaria, según su partido
elpais.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Remember this the next time someone tells you about the "moderate" face of the Caracas regime: Venezuelan opposition leader Alfredo Díaz & former governor of Nueva Esparta state Alfredo Díaz dies after a year of being held in Venezuela's El Helicoide torture prison elpais.com/america/2025...
On today's episode of @notesfromtheworld.bsky.social, we look at jihadists, juntas & Russian mercenaries in Africa's Sahel region michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Inside the Maelstrom: Jihadists, Juntas & Russian mercenaries in the Sahel
Since 2020, the Sahel region of Africa has been buffeted by a series of coups that upended the democratically-elected governments of the region and replaced them with military rulers.
michaeldeibert.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
On today's episode of @notesfromtheworld.bsky.social, we look at jihadists, juntas & Russian mercenaries in Africa's Sahel region michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Remember this the next time someone tells you about the "moderate" face of the Caracas regime: Venezuelan opposition leader Alfredo Díaz & former governor of Nueva Esparta state Alfredo Díaz dies after a year of being held in Venezuela's El Helicoide torture prison elpais.com/america/2025...
Fallece en la cárcel Alfredo Díaz, dirigente de la oposición en Venezuela y exgobernador
El político murió de un infarto luego de un año preso, acusado de conspirar contra el Gobierno, y sin la atención médica necesaria, según su partido
elpais.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Remember this the next time someone tells you about the "moderate" face of the Caracas regime: Venezuelan opposition leader Alfredo Díaz & former governor of Nueva Esparta state Alfredo Díaz dies after a year of being held in Venezuela's El Helicoide torture prison elpais.com/america/2025...
Brought to you courtesy of the United Arab Emirates: Sudanese paramilitary drone attack kills 50, including 33 children in Kordofan, doctor group says www.nbcnews.com/world/africa...
Sudanese paramilitary drone attack kills 50, including 33 children in Kordofan, doctor group says
Hundreds of civilians were killed throughout the Kordofan states in the last few weeks as intensified fighting shifted from Darfur.
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Brought to you courtesy of the United Arab Emirates: Sudanese paramilitary drone attack kills 50, including 33 children in Kordofan, doctor group says www.nbcnews.com/world/africa...
The immigrant laborers being targeted have a much greater work ethic than the slovenly masked ICE/CBP cowards and kidnappers: Federal agents took 2 roofers at a Metairie restaurant, then let them go. They went back to work. www.nola.com/news/roofers...
Federal agents took 2 roofers at a Metairie restaurant, then let them go. They went back to work.
"You see it on TV, and it doesn’t hit you as close until they're in your front yard."
www.nola.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The immigrant laborers being targeted have a much greater work ethic than the slovenly masked ICE/CBP cowards and kidnappers: Federal agents took 2 roofers at a Metairie restaurant, then let them go. They went back to work. www.nola.com/news/roofers...
ICE & CBP are nothing more than mad dogs that need to be brought to heel: Rep. Adelita Grijalva says ICE pepper-sprayed her during Tucson protests www.azfamily.com/2025/12/05/r...
Rep. Adelita Grijalva says ICE pepper-sprayed her during Tucson protests
Rep. Adelita Grijalva said she was pepper-sprayed by immigration agents during protests in Tucson on Friday morning as dozens were arrested.
www.azfamily.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
ICE & CBP are nothing more than mad dogs that need to be brought to heel: Rep. Adelita Grijalva says ICE pepper-sprayed her during Tucson protests www.azfamily.com/2025/12/05/r...
In a rare display of unity, all 28 of Florida’s U.S. House members and both U.S. senators joined in a bipartisan letter Thursday urging President Donald Trump to keep offshore oil drilling away from the state’s coastline. www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
Every Florida Congress member to Trump: Keep oil drilling away from our coast
The entire congressional delegation said expanding offshore oil would threaten military training and harm Florida’s coastal economy.
www.tampabay.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In a rare display of unity, all 28 of Florida’s U.S. House members and both U.S. senators joined in a bipartisan letter Thursday urging President Donald Trump to keep offshore oil drilling away from the state’s coastline. www.tampabay.com/news/environ...
"Pont-Sondé & L'Estère in the Artibonite are in flames & bloodshed. Gangs are hunting a defenseless population like wild animals. Communes in the West Department - Arcahaie & Kenscoff - continue to suffer gang attacks...The government's response is slow in coming" lenouvelliste.com/article/2622...
Le silence inquiétant de nos autorités
Pont-Sondé et l'Estère dans l'Artibonite sont à feu et à sang.
lenouvelliste.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"Pont-Sondé & L'Estère in the Artibonite are in flames & bloodshed. Gangs are hunting a defenseless population like wild animals. Communes in the West Department - Arcahaie & Kenscoff - continue to suffer gang attacks...The government's response is slow in coming" lenouvelliste.com/article/2622...
Anyone subject to UN Security Council sanctions cannot compete as candidate for president, parliament, mayor or member of administrative councils in forthcoming Haiti elections. [This still leaves a very wide berth for very, very bad actors to be able to compete.] lenouvelliste.com/article/2623...
Seuls les Haïtiens sanctionnés par l’ONU ne pourront pas être élus aux prochaines élections
Quelqu’un qui fait l'objet de sanctions du Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies ne peut être candidat à la présidence, ni candidat à un poste législatif, ni candidat à la mairie, ni même au Conseil d...
lenouvelliste.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Anyone subject to UN Security Council sanctions cannot compete as candidate for president, parliament, mayor or member of administrative councils in forthcoming Haiti elections. [This still leaves a very wide berth for very, very bad actors to be able to compete.] lenouvelliste.com/article/2623...
Cuba police raid popular Havana market www.14ymedio.com/cuba/mercado...
Un mercado bajo sitio: la 'candonga' de 100 y Boyeros se repliega ante la razia policial
La militarización de la feria comercial deja tarimas vacías, tensiones y un comercio paralizado tras un operativo que persigue especialmente medicamentos y divisas
www.14ymedio.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Cuba police raid popular Havana market www.14ymedio.com/cuba/mercado...