Dustin Johnson 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇵🇸
@warandcoffee.bsky.social
Assistant professor (a glorified postdoc) working on child protection in 🇺🇦, 🇺🇳 peacekeeping, and my third coffee of the day. Views strictly my own, etc. 🇨🇦 is home, PhD GU 🇸🇪, from NM 🇺🇲. He/him.
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Every non-far right European government should send a similar message to Washington and then draw up a list of US extremists who will no longer be given visas. Reciprocity is the only option or the bullying and contempt will continue to proliferate.
La France dénonce avec la plus grande fermeté la restriction de visa prise par les Etats-Unis à l'encontre de Thierry Breton, ancien ministre et Commissaire européen, et quatre autres personnalités européennes.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Every non-far right European government should send a similar message to Washington and then draw up a list of US extremists who will no longer be given visas. Reciprocity is the only option or the bullying and contempt will continue to proliferate.
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The Trump administration is now barring 5 Europeans working on countering disinformation from the US — including initiating deportation proceedings against 2 of them, including a former EU commissioner. All in the name of free speech. www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The Trump administration is now barring 5 Europeans working on countering disinformation from the US — including initiating deportation proceedings against 2 of them, including a former EU commissioner. All in the name of free speech. www.state.gov/releases/off...
This aspect of the NORAD Santa tracker I had not heard of before, which implies that Rudolph's nose is of a similar temperature to ballistic missile exhaust.
www.space.com/entertainmen...
I assume @nuclearanthro.bsky.social knew of this already?
www.space.com/entertainmen...
I assume @nuclearanthro.bsky.social knew of this already?
December 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This aspect of the NORAD Santa tracker I had not heard of before, which implies that Rudolph's nose is of a similar temperature to ballistic missile exhaust.
www.space.com/entertainmen...
I assume @nuclearanthro.bsky.social knew of this already?
www.space.com/entertainmen...
I assume @nuclearanthro.bsky.social knew of this already?
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The Atlantic suggesting, without evidence, that Canada's Global TV broadcasting the '60 Minutes' segment on CECOT that CBS distributed to it may have been an act of "treachery."
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Atlantic suggesting, without evidence, that Canada's Global TV broadcasting the '60 Minutes' segment on CECOT that CBS distributed to it may have been an act of "treachery."
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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BREAKING: Huge loss for Trump administration at Supreme Court, which rules that the Trump administration had lacked authority to federalize and deploy the National Guard to execute laws in Illinois. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
BREAKING: Huge loss for Trump administration at Supreme Court, which rules that the Trump administration had lacked authority to federalize and deploy the National Guard to execute laws in Illinois. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Congrats to Trump et al for making only 1/4 of Canadians think positively about the role of the USA in the world www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Poll: Major allies see US as unreliable and destabilizing
Pluralities in Germany and France — and a majority of Canadians — say the US is a negative force globally, new POLITICO-Public First polling finds.
www.politico.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Congrats to Trump et al for making only 1/4 of Canadians think positively about the role of the USA in the world www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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“Criminal syndicates are recruiting Africans to help Russia replenish its army… [after] years of war in Ukraine. Hundreds of Kenyans, many with no military training, have been lured to Russia with false promises of jobs…to find themselves deployed in the fighting”
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Russia’s War Ensnares Unwitting African Recruits
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December 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“Criminal syndicates are recruiting Africans to help Russia replenish its army… [after] years of war in Ukraine. Hundreds of Kenyans, many with no military training, have been lured to Russia with false promises of jobs…to find themselves deployed in the fighting”
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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when some people choose between a weekly injection or daily pill to regulate their hormones so as to align their body with their desired appearance i guess it's no big deal
U.S. regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity. n.pr/4pNYnVN
U.S. regulators approve Wegovy pill for weight loss
U.S. regulators on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity.
n.pr
December 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
when some people choose between a weekly injection or daily pill to regulate their hormones so as to align their body with their desired appearance i guess it's no big deal
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Jamie Kirchik has a longish piece in Politico pointing out how the Kremlin has long used "peace" as a cover for their power grabs. The parallel with Witkoff's words is clear. Only one way he has been duped.
Whatever one may think of Kirchik, the parallel is there, and I hadn't thought of it.
Whatever one may think of Kirchik, the parallel is there, and I hadn't thought of it.
December 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Jamie Kirchik has a longish piece in Politico pointing out how the Kremlin has long used "peace" as a cover for their power grabs. The parallel with Witkoff's words is clear. Only one way he has been duped.
Whatever one may think of Kirchik, the parallel is there, and I hadn't thought of it.
Whatever one may think of Kirchik, the parallel is there, and I hadn't thought of it.
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A disturbing update to this story: Despite the fact that he was about to be released from a US prison after completing a sentence here, when Kelvin Membreño was deported to El Salvador he was sent to CECOT prison and remains there. The family has not heard from him since.
NEW — Kelvin Membreño will be deported to El Salvador by ICE tomorrow. He’s the birth father of three US citizen daughters and has become an important part of their lives.
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
A mother's urgent plea to stop ICE from deporting her daughters’ birth father tomorrow
He served his time in the US. He deserves to heal here, too.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A disturbing update to this story: Despite the fact that he was about to be released from a US prison after completing a sentence here, when Kelvin Membreño was deported to El Salvador he was sent to CECOT prison and remains there. The family has not heard from him since.
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"Trumpism is going to win forever and ever" buddy he's 6 points underwater WITH WHITE PEOPLE while the economy is good numbers and the dumbest shit of his signature bill hasn't hit the population yet
It’s remarkable every time this dumb site gets in a doom loop that amounts to “Trump is going to outflank the feckless Dems with bread and circuses!” Because lol lmao
god imagine if they had gone through with the "reapply for SNAP" gambit
they're so ideologically committed to ending welfare that they. don't realize welfare chauvinism was their best shot at keeping the House (and why Trump won 2024)
they're so ideologically committed to ending welfare that they. don't realize welfare chauvinism was their best shot at keeping the House (and why Trump won 2024)
December 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Trumpism is going to win forever and ever" buddy he's 6 points underwater WITH WHITE PEOPLE while the economy is good numbers and the dumbest shit of his signature bill hasn't hit the population yet
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The attacks on our homes are revenge? Was the attack on children’s oncology revenge? Was the attack on a working kindergarten revenge?
What was the invasion revenge for, existing?
What was the invasion revenge for, existing?
December 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The attacks on our homes are revenge? Was the attack on children’s oncology revenge? Was the attack on a working kindergarten revenge?
What was the invasion revenge for, existing?
What was the invasion revenge for, existing?
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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Sounds like the Trump admin deported an American citizen with no criminal record basically because of her ethnicity, over the ruling of a judge. She is 22
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Sounds like the Trump admin deported an American citizen with no criminal record basically because of her ethnicity, over the ruling of a judge. She is 22
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Trans instructor: “you didn’t do this assignment”
Supervising professor: “she didn’t do the assignment”
Student: “I didn’t do the assignment”
University: “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask”
some days I just want to scream and scream
Supervising professor: “she didn’t do the assignment”
Student: “I didn’t do the assignment”
University: “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask”
some days I just want to scream and scream
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Trans instructor: “you didn’t do this assignment”
Supervising professor: “she didn’t do the assignment”
Student: “I didn’t do the assignment”
University: “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask”
some days I just want to scream and scream
Supervising professor: “she didn’t do the assignment”
Student: “I didn’t do the assignment”
University: “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask”
some days I just want to scream and scream
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everything I hear from the charity world is apocalyptic at the moment.
Most Americans aren’t making end-of-year charitable giving plans, according to the results of a new AP-NORC poll, despite the many fundraising appeals made by nonprofits that rely on donation surges in the calendar’s final month to reach budget targets. https://to.pbs.org/4prpLIt
Most Americans aren't making year-end charitable contributions, poll finds
Most Americans aren’t making end-of-year charitable giving plans, despite the many fundraising appeals made by nonprofits that rely on donation surges in the calendar’s final month to reach next year’...
www.pbs.org
December 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
everything I hear from the charity world is apocalyptic at the moment.
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The Kremlin deliberately recruits from poor minority regions while protecting urban Russians with political influence, UK intel reports. The result: over 400,000 KIA and WIA in 2025 alone, yet less than 1% of Russian officials have family serving in Ukraine.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/23/l...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/23/l...
Less than 1% of Russian officials have relatives fighting in Ukraine — UK intelligence
Moscow deliberately targets economically desperate communities for recruitment while shielding cities where people have political influence, per the report.
euromaidanpress.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Kremlin deliberately recruits from poor minority regions while protecting urban Russians with political influence, UK intel reports. The result: over 400,000 KIA and WIA in 2025 alone, yet less than 1% of Russian officials have family serving in Ukraine.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/23/l...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/23/l...
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New: Months before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, her outlet The Free Press was joking about the megaprison Trump has lawlessly deported people to.
"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
Bari Weiss Praised El Salvador’s Dictator Before Spiking '60 Minutes' Story on His Torture Prison
Weiss touted El Salvador’s brutal leader while her blog published jokes about Trump sending immigrants to the CECOT prison.
zeteo.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
New: Months before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, her outlet The Free Press was joking about the megaprison Trump has lawlessly deported people to.
"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
Less than a year since the inauguration and Trump is underwater with everyone except for his cultists
![Gallup poll | 12/1-12/15
President Trump approval crosstabs (%)
🟥Overall (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥Democratic (93/3 disapprove) [-90]
🟩Republican (89/8 approve) [+81]
🟥Independent (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥18-34 (68/25 disapprove) [-43]
🟥35-54 (59/36 disapprove) [-23]
🟥55+ (53/43 disapprove) [-10]
🟥No college (55/37 disapprove) [-18]
🟥College graduate (59/37 disapprove) [-22]
🟥Male (53/42 disapprove) [-11]
🟥Female (64/30 disapprove) [-34]
🟥White (52/46 disapprove) [-6]
🟥Non-white (71/21 disapprove) [-50]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreifnv6vxufu6icjvsd5toirz3lmqkzertdpdnlqh7q44momevhfjqq@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Less than a year since the inauguration and Trump is underwater with everyone except for his cultists
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Same with the protests in Bulgaria-- they were anti-budget/anti-corruption/pro-EU and twitter was flooded w claims they were anti-euro adoption and anti-EU. Despite the EU flags protestors waved in support of the euro. The amount of anti-EU propaganda by Ru bots and MAGA on twitter is massive.
The protests in Lithuania were against a media law, that would have given the Lithuanian government more influence over public broadcasting. Kinda like what Trump did. Yet all of MAGA social media posts clips of these protests claiming they were "Anti-EU"
December 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Same with the protests in Bulgaria-- they were anti-budget/anti-corruption/pro-EU and twitter was flooded w claims they were anti-euro adoption and anti-EU. Despite the EU flags protestors waved in support of the euro. The amount of anti-EU propaganda by Ru bots and MAGA on twitter is massive.
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When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.
Read this thread describing the abuse in CECOT covered by the CBS report Weiss is trying to bury, and then remember that El Salvador is a state party to the Rome Treaty, which to my reading quite clearly covers the torture and sexual abuse described.
This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment.
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process
December 23, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Read this thread describing the abuse in CECOT covered by the CBS report Weiss is trying to bury, and then remember that El Salvador is a state party to the Rome Treaty, which to my reading quite clearly covers the torture and sexual abuse described.
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He’s gilded the entire White House, slapped his name on both the Kennedy Center and Institute for Peace, installed a new Trump Gold Card, and now proposing a new “Trump class” of naval vessels.
I know we keep saying this is insane but this is seriously fucking insane.
I know we keep saying this is insane but this is seriously fucking insane.
oh my god its literally Long Beach's wario
December 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
He’s gilded the entire White House, slapped his name on both the Kennedy Center and Institute for Peace, installed a new Trump Gold Card, and now proposing a new “Trump class” of naval vessels.
I know we keep saying this is insane but this is seriously fucking insane.
I know we keep saying this is insane but this is seriously fucking insane.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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This segment had been fully prepped and vetted, and at the last minute was canceled after Bari Weiss requested numerous revisions, per NYT. Would absolutely love to see what the revisions were.
December 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This segment had been fully prepped and vetted, and at the last minute was canceled after Bari Weiss requested numerous revisions, per NYT. Would absolutely love to see what the revisions were.