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).
Yup.
(So be prepared to defend our elections. It's what No Kings demonstrations are preparing us to do.)
(So be prepared to defend our elections. It's what No Kings demonstrations are preparing us to do.)
The thing about Johnson not swearing in Grijalva is that’s it a test for 2026.
If you think they will accept an outcome they don’t like, they will just Grijalva it.
So what’s the plan when the GOP says “we ain’t leaving, fuck you, make us.”
Because that IS what they are going to say.
If you think they will accept an outcome they don’t like, they will just Grijalva it.
So what’s the plan when the GOP says “we ain’t leaving, fuck you, make us.”
Because that IS what they are going to say.
November 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Yup.
(So be prepared to defend our elections. It's what No Kings demonstrations are preparing us to do.)
(So be prepared to defend our elections. It's what No Kings demonstrations are preparing us to do.)
Alert: Authoritarians do what they need to stay in power. In Turkey, there are few guardrails left for Erdogan to climb over. In the U.S., keep defending those we still have.
The present and the future, in #Turkey and beyond.
“Seizing one of the few remaining critical broadcasters in Turkey and arraigning journalist Merdan Yanardağ over vague accusations of espionage is a tremendous blow to the country’s press freedom record.” -Özgür Öğret, CPJ.
cpj.org/2025/10/turk...
“Seizing one of the few remaining critical broadcasters in Turkey and arraigning journalist Merdan Yanardağ over vague accusations of espionage is a tremendous blow to the country’s press freedom record.” -Özgür Öğret, CPJ.
cpj.org/2025/10/turk...
Turkey seizes control of critical broadcaster TELE1, arrests editor-in-chief - Committee to Protect Journalists
Istanbul, October 27, 2025—Turkish authorities should release TELE1 editor-in-chief Merdan Yanardağ and withdraw the order to assign a trustee to seize control of the outlet, the Committee to Protect ...
cpj.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Alert: Authoritarians do what they need to stay in power. In Turkey, there are few guardrails left for Erdogan to climb over. In the U.S., keep defending those we still have.
Yes, they do.
Corporate media newsroom leaders are refusing to communicate that
#TrumpIsUnfit
The Founders weep.
Dereliction of duty by the Fourth Estate.
#TrumpIsUnfit
The Founders weep.
Dereliction of duty by the Fourth Estate.
October 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Yes, they do.
Yes, it is.
October 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Yes, it is.
It was clear from his 1st Act: pardoning & commuting all J6ers. Authoritarians can't accept losing elections. In his mind, the 2020 election thus can't be valid. He also believes he can't lose power again. We must plan on ensuring all who wish to vote can do so in 2026 & so weaken his power.
October 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It was clear from his 1st Act: pardoning & commuting all J6ers. Authoritarians can't accept losing elections. In his mind, the 2020 election thus can't be valid. He also believes he can't lose power again. We must plan on ensuring all who wish to vote can do so in 2026 & so weaken his power.
True.
October 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
True.
Understand that Russia is constantly at work with active measures operations. This instance (see below) appears nuts. It is nuts. But all of this does effectively influence American politics to ensure the US abandonment of Ukraine & reorient the Republican Party towards support of Russian interests.
"All the intricacies and the elaborate schemes that the Soviets cooked up to snare people, to to dupe people, to inveigle and influence people. And now all of this stuff is literally being tweeted in real time."
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social talks Anna Paulina Luna and JFK with @timmiller.bsky.social:
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social talks Anna Paulina Luna and JFK with @timmiller.bsky.social:
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Understand that Russia is constantly at work with active measures operations. This instance (see below) appears nuts. It is nuts. But all of this does effectively influence American politics to ensure the US abandonment of Ukraine & reorient the Republican Party towards support of Russian interests.
This should be front-page news (as it is in The Netherlands).
BTW, the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) was the agency that infiltrated Cozy Bear (APT 29) and gave crucial info to FBI (and relied on by Mueller investigation and SSCI).
BTW, the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) was the agency that infiltrated Cozy Bear (APT 29) and gave crucial info to FBI (and relied on by Mueller investigation and SSCI).
The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service has stopped sharing certain information with the United States: “Sometimes we no longer share things,” officials say, because the information has been finding its way into Kremlin hands. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This should be front-page news (as it is in The Netherlands).
BTW, the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) was the agency that infiltrated Cozy Bear (APT 29) and gave crucial info to FBI (and relied on by Mueller investigation and SSCI).
BTW, the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) was the agency that infiltrated Cozy Bear (APT 29) and gave crucial info to FBI (and relied on by Mueller investigation and SSCI).
Yes, it most certainly is.
The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
October 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Yes, it most certainly is.
What a strange formulation by the @economist.com, as if Putin were coming up with "fresh" ideas before. Has Russia ever had a "fresh idea" aside from the right to imperialist dominion?
Despite relentless attacks, and huge losses, Russian forces have achieved no major objectives in their summer campaign against Ukraine. Our data analysis suggests that Vladimir Putin will struggle to win on the battlefield
Russia's latest big Ukraine offensive gains next to nothing, again
Hundreds of thousands of Vladimir Putin's troops are losing their lives for barely any land
econ.st
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What a strange formulation by the @economist.com, as if Putin were coming up with "fresh" ideas before. Has Russia ever had a "fresh idea" aside from the right to imperialist dominion?
No one should have had doubts. But if you needed more evidence....
(For those who don't know, Kiril Dmitriev is the head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund and a key Putin intermediary for Trumpists.)
(For those who don't know, Kiril Dmitriev is the head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund and a key Putin intermediary for Trumpists.)
QAnon slogan:
"Where we go one, we go all" (WWG1WGA)
Does anyone still have doubts? 1/2
"Where we go one, we go all" (WWG1WGA)
Does anyone still have doubts? 1/2
October 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
No one should have had doubts. But if you needed more evidence....
(For those who don't know, Kiril Dmitriev is the head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund and a key Putin intermediary for Trumpists.)
(For those who don't know, Kiril Dmitriev is the head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund and a key Putin intermediary for Trumpists.)
Take note of this.
A message to Dem leaders: Do not amplify the far right's agenda by legitimizing its ideas. Do the opposite.
A message to Dem leaders: Do not amplify the far right's agenda by legitimizing its ideas. Do the opposite.
October 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Take note of this.
A message to Dem leaders: Do not amplify the far right's agenda by legitimizing its ideas. Do the opposite.
A message to Dem leaders: Do not amplify the far right's agenda by legitimizing its ideas. Do the opposite.
"Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it." --- Bayard Rustin
They want you to lose your temper so you’ll lose your power. But not every fight needs fire.
I’m learning to sharpen my tools, to be an effective activist. To lead with focus, not fury.
Stay calm. Stay sharp.
Rage burns out fast but strategy wins the war.
I’m learning to sharpen my tools, to be an effective activist. To lead with focus, not fury.
Stay calm. Stay sharp.
Rage burns out fast but strategy wins the war.
October 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it." --- Bayard Rustin
One can know the order of colors of the Russian flag, wear the tie with Russian flag colors as a purposeful sign of disrespect, *and* be an idiot. Still, Colby suggesting such a purposeful sign also makes sense.
October 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
One can know the order of colors of the Russian flag, wear the tie with Russian flag colors as a purposeful sign of disrespect, *and* be an idiot. Still, Colby suggesting such a purposeful sign also makes sense.
This is more proof that it isn't just immigrants they're after. And it is intended to strike fear in all of us. Stand with all those being snatched from the street from their families. Show fearlessness and joy. #October18.
www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
October 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is more proof that it isn't just immigrants they're after. And it is intended to strike fear in all of us. Stand with all those being snatched from the street from their families. Show fearlessness and joy. #October18.
www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Indeed. Pay attention and act.
I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.
Pay attention and act!
Pay attention and act!
October 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Indeed. Pay attention and act.
Yes, you do.
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
“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
October 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Yes, you do.
The major story is not Zelensky meets Trump on Friday to "discuss" Tomahawks. The major story is not even that Europe can't fill the gap with purchases of US weapons. The major story is "U.S. Under Trump & Republican Congress Abandon Ukraine."
Europe has to ramp up its military aid again. Ukraine is starting to regain territory and that progress needs to be accelerated.
kyivindependent.com/military-aid...
kyivindependent.com/military-aid...
Military aid to Ukraine declines sharply in recent months, report says
In July and August, total military aid to Ukraine fell 43% lower than the amount received in the first half of the year, a report by the Kiel Institute finds.
kyivindependent.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The major story is not Zelensky meets Trump on Friday to "discuss" Tomahawks. The major story is not even that Europe can't fill the gap with purchases of US weapons. The major story is "U.S. Under Trump & Republican Congress Abandon Ukraine."
Extrajudicial killing is the term used in international law. It generally is applied to practices of authoritarian governments.
That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
October 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Extrajudicial killing is the term used in international law. It generally is applied to practices of authoritarian governments.
One did encounter such attitudes hidden among some of the Young Republican/College Republican faithful back in my day---but their ego & superego knew never to express them in public or written form. With Telegraph chats, you get the whole id expressed, now for all to see.
Holy f*ck: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat. Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders gleefully about gas chambers, slavery and rape. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
One did encounter such attitudes hidden among some of the Young Republican/College Republican faithful back in my day---but their ego & superego knew never to express them in public or written form. With Telegraph chats, you get the whole id expressed, now for all to see.
This is the opinion page supposedly focused on "personal liberties and free markets." Truly, there are issues one might focus on in such categories (denial of due process, govt. taking stakes in companies, etc.). Simply, one can't believe billionaires promising to return the public's trust in media.
behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol
October 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is the opinion page supposedly focused on "personal liberties and free markets." Truly, there are issues one might focus on in such categories (denial of due process, govt. taking stakes in companies, etc.). Simply, one can't believe billionaires promising to return the public's trust in media.
Reposted by Eric Chenoweth
For those who don’t intimately understand how news works and why Bari Weiss’s unearned elevation to head of CBS News matters, I’d recommend watching this in entirety. Also, will forever point out irony of how an admitted DEI hire thinks her hire was meritorious while Black people’s aren’t.
Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
For those who don’t intimately understand how news works and why Bari Weiss’s unearned elevation to head of CBS News matters, I’d recommend watching this in entirety. Also, will forever point out irony of how an admitted DEI hire thinks her hire was meritorious while Black people’s aren’t.
Germany's head of BND is doing what the head of America's CIA/DNI should be doing---alerting Western nations to Russian & Chinese intentions & capabilities. But that's not what Trump's CIA or DNI chief are doing. Instead, Ratcliffe & Gabbard concoct conspiracies of "enemies from within." Ask "Why?"
Russia is determined to test European borders&could turn a "frosty peace" in Europe into a "hot confrontation",Martin Jäger,head of the Germany's BND intelligence service,said
He said that Moscow believes it has a realistic chance of expanding its sphere of influence westward
He said that Moscow believes it has a realistic chance of expanding its sphere of influence westward
October 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Germany's head of BND is doing what the head of America's CIA/DNI should be doing---alerting Western nations to Russian & Chinese intentions & capabilities. But that's not what Trump's CIA or DNI chief are doing. Instead, Ratcliffe & Gabbard concoct conspiracies of "enemies from within." Ask "Why?"
A remarkable coalition mobilized against Trump's authoritarian threat to deploy troops to New York & against ICE's ramp up of militarized attacks on immigrants.
October 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A remarkable coalition mobilized against Trump's authoritarian threat to deploy troops to New York & against ICE's ramp up of militarized attacks on immigrants.
Relatedly, be informed and know your rights. Pass this easy guide from the Bread and Puppet Theater from Vermont.
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October 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Relatedly, be informed and know your rights. Pass this easy guide from the Bread and Puppet Theater from Vermont.
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