Paula Schaap
@redsonja.bsky.social
Writer and editor. Also lawyer. Also, I play poker. And yes, that is my actual dog in the avatar. Her name is Muppet, the name she came with; we couldn't figure out a better one. Opinions my own; usual disclaimers.
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to be clear, what he's saying is that germany needs mass deportations, which as we can see from the US in practice means an ethnic cleansing campaign. "flow" refers to rates of immigration and "stock" refers to the currently existing immigrant population
The thing about immigration is that xenophobia and racism are the elite centrist position. Here's a senior fellow at Brookings, spouse of CRFP head Maya MacGuineas, explaining the mere presence of foreigners in Germany is a "problem" that someone must solve with "speed and determination."
November 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
to be clear, what he's saying is that germany needs mass deportations, which as we can see from the US in practice means an ethnic cleansing campaign. "flow" refers to rates of immigration and "stock" refers to the currently existing immigrant population
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Still wild to me that companies got together and lied about a mass shoplifting epidemic and fundamentally changed things in all stores so that it’s worse for everyone, and then we found out they lied, and no one fucking did anything about it, and this is just life now
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Still wild to me that companies got together and lied about a mass shoplifting epidemic and fundamentally changed things in all stores so that it’s worse for everyone, and then we found out they lied, and no one fucking did anything about it, and this is just life now
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Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Everyone should read this terrifying thread about Hegseth’s published views wrt war crimes. It’s pretty fucking radical …. We needed to hear about this in his confirmation hearing.
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
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👉Softbank sells entire Nvidia position.
👉Oracle debt downgraded.
👉Meta financing games revealed.
👉OpenAI CEO @sama couldn’t explain how company would meet its $1.4 T obligations.
👉Coreweave drops 20% in a week.
You do the math.
👉Oracle debt downgraded.
👉Meta financing games revealed.
👉OpenAI CEO @sama couldn’t explain how company would meet its $1.4 T obligations.
👉Coreweave drops 20% in a week.
You do the math.
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
👉Softbank sells entire Nvidia position.
👉Oracle debt downgraded.
👉Meta financing games revealed.
👉OpenAI CEO @sama couldn’t explain how company would meet its $1.4 T obligations.
👉Coreweave drops 20% in a week.
You do the math.
👉Oracle debt downgraded.
👉Meta financing games revealed.
👉OpenAI CEO @sama couldn’t explain how company would meet its $1.4 T obligations.
👉Coreweave drops 20% in a week.
You do the math.
If there are any diehard ChatGPT proponents in my feed (doubtful, but ya never know), then you should read this: garymarcus.substack.com/p/three-year...
Three years on, ChatGPT still isn't what it was cracked up to be – and it probably never will be
A skeptic’s pre-mortem
garymarcus.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If there are any diehard ChatGPT proponents in my feed (doubtful, but ya never know), then you should read this: garymarcus.substack.com/p/three-year...
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Door knocking in a full-on 13th District snow globe. ❄️💖✌🏽
Ps did you know @katmabu.bsky.social can knit? She made me this hat! 🥰
#Caturday
Ps did you know @katmabu.bsky.social can knit? She made me this hat! 🥰
#Caturday
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Door knocking in a full-on 13th District snow globe. ❄️💖✌🏽
Ps did you know @katmabu.bsky.social can knit? She made me this hat! 🥰
#Caturday
Ps did you know @katmabu.bsky.social can knit? She made me this hat! 🥰
#Caturday
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I always love me a good Columbo meme
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I always love me a good Columbo meme
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
"We need to get back to the basics: Hitler was bad. The people who suggest otherwise are also bad," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
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Ok this is a sign
Wow: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon seems to think that companies involved with Trump's ballroom project could be criminally prosecuted. thehill.com/business/559...
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Ok this is a sign
Heya @washingtonpost.com: Your headline in your "Must Reads" newsletter: "What’s going on with Trump’s gold ‘Oval Office’ sign?" isn't going to tempt me to resubscribe. In fact, quite the opposite.
November 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Heya @washingtonpost.com: Your headline in your "Must Reads" newsletter: "What’s going on with Trump’s gold ‘Oval Office’ sign?" isn't going to tempt me to resubscribe. In fact, quite the opposite.
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Whoa.
Indiana Senate Republican Greg Walker “said he would have reported the alleged violation to federal authorities “if I thought that there was anyone of integrity in Washington that would follow through on my accusation ..”
@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
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@adamwren.bsky.social #redistrict
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November 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Whoa.
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This is my question. Why now????
Why give in now, Northwestern?
Marjorie Taylor Greene of all people recognized that Trump isn't the future, but Northwestern's leaders apparently think it's the time to get on board.
Either they think this is forever, or they have no principles and concluded there's no downside to collaborating now.
Marjorie Taylor Greene of all people recognized that Trump isn't the future, but Northwestern's leaders apparently think it's the time to get on board.
Either they think this is forever, or they have no principles and concluded there's no downside to collaborating now.
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This is my question. Why now????
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This. Exactly
The "immigrants using taxis and hotels" bullshit is driving me insane - everything about the press and political framing is an absolute lie.
Asylum seekers are only staying in hotels and using taxis because we're apparently incapable of processing applications and providing nearby healthcare!
Asylum seekers are only staying in hotels and using taxis because we're apparently incapable of processing applications and providing nearby healthcare!
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This. Exactly
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Roger Wicker standing up
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Roger Wicker standing up
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WE ARE IN THE HOMESTRETCH! Let's get out the vote for Aftyn!
OUR GOAL IS 20+ CALLERS A SESSION. Current counts:
Friday (7-9p et): 10
Saturday (12-2p et): 10 *CONGRESSMAN MCGOVERN*
Sunday: (12-2p et) 27 🥳
Monday (7-9p et): 13
wkday: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
wkdn: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
OUR GOAL IS 20+ CALLERS A SESSION. Current counts:
Friday (7-9p et): 10
Saturday (12-2p et): 10 *CONGRESSMAN MCGOVERN*
Sunday: (12-2p et) 27 🥳
Monday (7-9p et): 13
wkday: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
wkdn: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
WE ARE IN THE HOMESTRETCH! Let's get out the vote for Aftyn!
OUR GOAL IS 20+ CALLERS A SESSION. Current counts:
Friday (7-9p et): 10
Saturday (12-2p et): 10 *CONGRESSMAN MCGOVERN*
Sunday: (12-2p et) 27 🥳
Monday (7-9p et): 13
wkday: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
wkdn: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
OUR GOAL IS 20+ CALLERS A SESSION. Current counts:
Friday (7-9p et): 10
Saturday (12-2p et): 10 *CONGRESSMAN MCGOVERN*
Sunday: (12-2p et) 27 🥳
Monday (7-9p et): 13
wkday: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
wkdn: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Precious metals are back to going through the roof. This highlights two points: (i) the debasement trade and the underlying fear of debt monetization are strong and ongoing; (ii) this clearly isn't central banks (they're not buying palladium after all) but about retail money looking for safe havens.
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Precious metals are back to going through the roof. This highlights two points: (i) the debasement trade and the underlying fear of debt monetization are strong and ongoing; (ii) this clearly isn't central banks (they're not buying palladium after all) but about retail money looking for safe havens.
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Happy Kissinger is still in Hell day to those who celebrate.
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Happy Kissinger is still in Hell day to those who celebrate.
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I am deeply ashamed of my alma mater. Northwestern, you are dead to me. I am headed to the basement to find my diploma and rip it in two.
Northwestern strikes deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/28/c...
Northwestern strikes deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/28/c...
Northwestern strikes $75 million funding deal with Trump admin
This is a developing story and will be updated as new information becomes available. Last updated on Nov. 28 at 8:25 p.m. Northwestern reached a deal with the Trump administration to restore at least...
dailynorthwestern.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I am deeply ashamed of my alma mater. Northwestern, you are dead to me. I am headed to the basement to find my diploma and rip it in two.
Northwestern strikes deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/28/c...
Northwestern strikes deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/28/c...
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you can literally just flip these things over. noone can stop you.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
you can literally just flip these things over. noone can stop you.
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WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
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From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From Frederick Douglass's 1867 "Composite Nation" speech, a defense of Chinese migration to the United States at a time when anti-Chinese sentiment was intensifying.
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
teachingamericanhistory.org/document/our...
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Trump entered the Mar-a-Lago ballroom for his Thanksgiving feast to the song “We Are the World,” a song used to raise money to help starving children.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Trump entered the Mar-a-Lago ballroom for his Thanksgiving feast to the song “We Are the World,” a song used to raise money to help starving children.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
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So this may seem obvious to you and me, but it's important to repeat and underscore to every normie we can: Trump's goal was always to end *legal* immigration for anyone he deems not white.
A *lot* of Trump voters believed the lie that only "illegal" immigrants would be targeted.
A *lot* of Trump voters believed the lie that only "illegal" immigrants would be targeted.
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 5:25 PM
So this may seem obvious to you and me, but it's important to repeat and underscore to every normie we can: Trump's goal was always to end *legal* immigration for anyone he deems not white.
A *lot* of Trump voters believed the lie that only "illegal" immigrants would be targeted.
A *lot* of Trump voters believed the lie that only "illegal" immigrants would be targeted.