Juris Martins 🌹🇱🇻🇪🇺
@jurismartins.bsky.social
Interest in human rights, politics and international relations || Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree in Law and Diplomacy || Social Democrat 🌹 || Member of @progresivie.lv
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Does it not seem insane and also symbolic of the irrationality of American bigotry that Trump, who is *responsible for the last act of political violence on the Senate* is calling someone else a terrorist because he’s Muslim. The only one with a record of inciting terrorism here is the president
October 31, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Does it not seem insane and also symbolic of the irrationality of American bigotry that Trump, who is *responsible for the last act of political violence on the Senate* is calling someone else a terrorist because he’s Muslim. The only one with a record of inciting terrorism here is the president
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Important stuff here from @nberlat.bsky.social, who is rightly raising the alarm about how virulent anti-trans hate has become on the right.
New in PN: We’ve blown past mere “transphobia”
"Hitler used hatred of Jewish people to try to build power, and then he used that power to eliminate Jewish people. The Republican Party has a similar relationship to trans hate."
"Hitler used hatred of Jewish people to try to build power, and then he used that power to eliminate Jewish people. The Republican Party has a similar relationship to trans hate."
We’ve blown past mere “transphobia”
Republicans are peddling genocidal hate.
www.publicnotice.co
October 30, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Important stuff here from @nberlat.bsky.social, who is rightly raising the alarm about how virulent anti-trans hate has become on the right.
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Elon's biggest fear is that Democrats will unrig the political system when they take power.
I've never heard a better argument for why Democrats should unrig the political system when they take power.
I've never heard a better argument for why Democrats should unrig the political system when they take power.
October 30, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Elon's biggest fear is that Democrats will unrig the political system when they take power.
I've never heard a better argument for why Democrats should unrig the political system when they take power.
I've never heard a better argument for why Democrats should unrig the political system when they take power.
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Oh please. Elon Musk's biggest concerns are:
1) His illegal activities will be investigated and exposed
2) A more responsible US government will cancel contracts with his companies
3) He will see more people of color around than he'd like, and will have to interact more with people he doesn't pay
1) His illegal activities will be investigated and exposed
2) A more responsible US government will cancel contracts with his companies
3) He will see more people of color around than he'd like, and will have to interact more with people he doesn't pay
Rattled.
Musk: “My biggest concern is that if there is a clean sweep by Democrats of the House, Senate and Presidency in 2028, they will:
1. Make DC and Puerto Rico states to gain a strong majority in the Senate.
Musk: “My biggest concern is that if there is a clean sweep by Democrats of the House, Senate and Presidency in 2028, they will:
1. Make DC and Puerto Rico states to gain a strong majority in the Senate.
October 30, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Oh please. Elon Musk's biggest concerns are:
1) His illegal activities will be investigated and exposed
2) A more responsible US government will cancel contracts with his companies
3) He will see more people of color around than he'd like, and will have to interact more with people he doesn't pay
1) His illegal activities will be investigated and exposed
2) A more responsible US government will cancel contracts with his companies
3) He will see more people of color around than he'd like, and will have to interact more with people he doesn't pay
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❤️🩹 "We’re going to Ukraine."
Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets meets with local residents in temporarily occupied Oleshky.
Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets meets with local residents in temporarily occupied Oleshky.
October 30, 2026 at 12:41 PM
❤️🩹 "We’re going to Ukraine."
Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets meets with local residents in temporarily occupied Oleshky.
Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets meets with local residents in temporarily occupied Oleshky.
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If you're complaining that your history professor doesn't display "any sense of patriotism," you're telling me you don't understand in the slightest what the field of history is actually all about.
A reminder that the Department of Education is now run by a rich hack who came from pro wrestling.
A reminder that the Department of Education is now run by a rich hack who came from pro wrestling.
October 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
If you're complaining that your history professor doesn't display "any sense of patriotism," you're telling me you don't understand in the slightest what the field of history is actually all about.
A reminder that the Department of Education is now run by a rich hack who came from pro wrestling.
A reminder that the Department of Education is now run by a rich hack who came from pro wrestling.
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Back in the 90s and 90s scholars in the social sciences and humanities developed analytical frameworks that helped explain how seemingly race neutral policies like drug laws or urban renewal were still systematically racist. I appreciate how the White House has obviated the need for such theories.
October 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Back in the 90s and 90s scholars in the social sciences and humanities developed analytical frameworks that helped explain how seemingly race neutral policies like drug laws or urban renewal were still systematically racist. I appreciate how the White House has obviated the need for such theories.
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Protests and riots in various countries over affordability are, to some extent, Iran war protests.
Food and fuel got more expensive, in very visible ways, putting strains on everything else? Wasn’t out of nowhere. And will get worse.
But the populist reaction is blame whoever’s currently in power.
Food and fuel got more expensive, in very visible ways, putting strains on everything else? Wasn’t out of nowhere. And will get worse.
But the populist reaction is blame whoever’s currently in power.
October 28, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Protests and riots in various countries over affordability are, to some extent, Iran war protests.
Food and fuel got more expensive, in very visible ways, putting strains on everything else? Wasn’t out of nowhere. And will get worse.
But the populist reaction is blame whoever’s currently in power.
Food and fuel got more expensive, in very visible ways, putting strains on everything else? Wasn’t out of nowhere. And will get worse.
But the populist reaction is blame whoever’s currently in power.
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Americans watching Brazil: You voted *against* putting fascists back in power after they attempted a coup and rioted at government buildings? And your institutions take steps to hold influential people accountable for coup-plotting, election interference, and other crimes? Huh. That sounds nice.
October 28, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Americans watching Brazil: You voted *against* putting fascists back in power after they attempted a coup and rioted at government buildings? And your institutions take steps to hold influential people accountable for coup-plotting, election interference, and other crimes? Huh. That sounds nice.
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FFS, NY Times!! He is not pursing “economic incentives” to “secure an end to the war in Ukraine!” He is giving Putin this money in exchange for gifting Lukoil to his friends, family and Middle Eastern bag men!
October 27, 2026 at 6:25 PM
FFS, NY Times!! He is not pursing “economic incentives” to “secure an end to the war in Ukraine!” He is giving Putin this money in exchange for gifting Lukoil to his friends, family and Middle Eastern bag men!
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It’s just so appalling and enraging how casual and commonplace this has become. I’m out of words.
RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."
October 27, 2026 at 1:19 AM
It’s just so appalling and enraging how casual and commonplace this has become. I’m out of words.
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Lying about being stupid to appeal to stupid people
JD Vance says of the Middle East that it's "a region of the world made up of countries whose name I couldn't even pronounce"
October 27, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Lying about being stupid to appeal to stupid people
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Major press failure: treating Jared Kushner taking foreign bribes and shaping US foreign policy as less relevant than Hunter Biden not taking bribes nor influencing policy.
Covering Kushner accurately was considered partisan, biased. Lies about Hunter or his minor actions treated as more important.
Covering Kushner accurately was considered partisan, biased. Lies about Hunter or his minor actions treated as more important.
October 27, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Major press failure: treating Jared Kushner taking foreign bribes and shaping US foreign policy as less relevant than Hunter Biden not taking bribes nor influencing policy.
Covering Kushner accurately was considered partisan, biased. Lies about Hunter or his minor actions treated as more important.
Covering Kushner accurately was considered partisan, biased. Lies about Hunter or his minor actions treated as more important.
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The biggest reason his would-be regime has basically been stillborn is that he's not capable of the long-range straegic planning necessary to do regime change.
Most of his closest subordinates are also either incompetents or fanatics. Hence the persistent overreach and obviously-doomed endeavors.
Most of his closest subordinates are also either incompetents or fanatics. Hence the persistent overreach and obviously-doomed endeavors.
October 26, 2026 at 5:07 PM
The biggest reason his would-be regime has basically been stillborn is that he's not capable of the long-range straegic planning necessary to do regime change.
Most of his closest subordinates are also either incompetents or fanatics. Hence the persistent overreach and obviously-doomed endeavors.
Most of his closest subordinates are also either incompetents or fanatics. Hence the persistent overreach and obviously-doomed endeavors.
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The competence of the authoritarian side isn't usually analzyed because the paradigmatic cases feature talented political minds — Orban, Chavez, Modi, Netanyahu, and (early) Erdogan.
The US case is exceptional. Trump is a savant at controlling the GOP but a total policy idiot.
The US case is exceptional. Trump is a savant at controlling the GOP but a total policy idiot.
October 26, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The competence of the authoritarian side isn't usually analzyed because the paradigmatic cases feature talented political minds — Orban, Chavez, Modi, Netanyahu, and (early) Erdogan.
The US case is exceptional. Trump is a savant at controlling the GOP but a total policy idiot.
The US case is exceptional. Trump is a savant at controlling the GOP but a total policy idiot.
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I agree with this in broad strokes, but the underlying connective tissue here is more of a character problem: this administration is simply bad at authoritarianism.
Their policy judgment and execution has been ham-handed and incompetent because *they* are ham-handed and incompetent
Their policy judgment and execution has been ham-handed and incompetent because *they* are ham-handed and incompetent
Three moments broke Trump 2.0:
1) Kimmel and other attempted censorship after Charlie Kirk. Made public see the attack on speech.
2) Minnesota anti-ICE protests, Goode and Pretti killings. Made public see the attack on rights.
3) Iran war. Made public see bad foreign policy affects them directly.
1) Kimmel and other attempted censorship after Charlie Kirk. Made public see the attack on speech.
2) Minnesota anti-ICE protests, Goode and Pretti killings. Made public see the attack on rights.
3) Iran war. Made public see bad foreign policy affects them directly.
I do think when historians look back the period the exact moment where it flipped and started going the other way won’t be anything any politician did but my Minneapolis neighbors weathering the worst of the regime in the streets, rallying together, fighting back, and winning
October 26, 2026 at 4:59 PM
I agree with this in broad strokes, but the underlying connective tissue here is more of a character problem: this administration is simply bad at authoritarianism.
Their policy judgment and execution has been ham-handed and incompetent because *they* are ham-handed and incompetent
Their policy judgment and execution has been ham-handed and incompetent because *they* are ham-handed and incompetent
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Brazil is… wow.
Nationally, regionally, hemispherically, globally important election result.
A choice against democratic backsliding.
May it be a significant point in an international trend.
Nationally, regionally, hemispherically, globally important election result.
A choice against democratic backsliding.
May it be a significant point in an international trend.
October 26, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Brazil is… wow.
Nationally, regionally, hemispherically, globally important election result.
A choice against democratic backsliding.
May it be a significant point in an international trend.
Nationally, regionally, hemispherically, globally important election result.
A choice against democratic backsliding.
May it be a significant point in an international trend.
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full throated white supremacy in the service of trump and the continuing fascist project
Rally speaker: "Mike Rogers is an American. Abdul has a birth certificate. The birth certificate says he's a citizen of America. You know what? a birth certificate doesn't make you an American."
October 26, 2026 at 3:04 AM
full throated white supremacy in the service of trump and the continuing fascist project
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Elon Musk is spending hundreds of millions to elect Republicans, an unprecedentedly huge amount from one person, and it’s a lot less than the value of contracts his companies got from this government he paid to elect and worked in.
Many reports say “his own money,” few note unprecedentedly corrupt.
Many reports say “his own money,” few note unprecedentedly corrupt.
October 24, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Elon Musk is spending hundreds of millions to elect Republicans, an unprecedentedly huge amount from one person, and it’s a lot less than the value of contracts his companies got from this government he paid to elect and worked in.
Many reports say “his own money,” few note unprecedentedly corrupt.
Many reports say “his own money,” few note unprecedentedly corrupt.
It is also very telling that in Trump's "fantasy world" Ukraine is simply a territory and Ukrainians are almost nonexistent. He keeps talking as if Russian tanks wouldn't be met with resistance in their attempt for a "quick drive" to Kyiv (they were). No wonder his affinity is with Putin.
Trump laments that Russia's generals were too incompetent to end Putin's war of aggression against Ukraine on the first day
October 21, 2026 at 12:07 PM
It is also very telling that in Trump's "fantasy world" Ukraine is simply a territory and Ukrainians are almost nonexistent. He keeps talking as if Russian tanks wouldn't be met with resistance in their attempt for a "quick drive" to Kyiv (they were). No wonder his affinity is with Putin.
As he so shamelessly sucks up to Putin, Putin is literally rejecting proposals for a humanitarian ceasefire and a safe corridor for civilians in Russian-occupied Olehsky.
Disgusting.
Disgusting.
Steve Witkoff to Putin:
"You are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that, I commend you, and I thank you again."
"You are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that, I commend you, and I thank you again."
October 21, 2026 at 11:46 AM
As he so shamelessly sucks up to Putin, Putin is literally rejecting proposals for a humanitarian ceasefire and a safe corridor for civilians in Russian-occupied Olehsky.
Disgusting.
Disgusting.
As he so shamelessly sucks up to Putin, Putin is literally rejecting proposals for a humanitarian ceasefire and a safe corridor for civilians in Russian-occupied Olehsky.
Disgusting.
Disgusting.
Steve Witkoff to Putin:
"You are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that, I commend you, and I thank you again."
"You are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that, I commend you, and I thank you again."
October 21, 2026 at 11:46 AM
As he so shamelessly sucks up to Putin, Putin is literally rejecting proposals for a humanitarian ceasefire and a safe corridor for civilians in Russian-occupied Olehsky.
Disgusting.
Disgusting.
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They both did it, it was a joint effort, it’s one of the crazier things to happen in the national security space (which is really saying something) and every government should be scrambling to reduce dependence on—and as soon as possible get off—Starlink/shield or any Musk product, including the US.
BREAKING WSJ:
Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of the military-grade version of Starlink that Ukraine relied on.
Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of the military-grade version of Starlink that Ukraine relied on.
Exclusive | Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine
The SpaceX founder authorized the move and has been discussing Ukraine with Trump, but the president has denied ordering the restrictions.
www.wsj.com
October 20, 2026 at 9:56 PM
They both did it, it was a joint effort, it’s one of the crazier things to happen in the national security space (which is really saying something) and every government should be scrambling to reduce dependence on—and as soon as possible get off—Starlink/shield or any Musk product, including the US.
One of the underreported stories of the last years is that since Trump took office and he started his so-called "peace effort" Russia has intensified its mass murder against Ukrainian civilians.
While U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Russia "has been fine on Ukraine," civilian casualties rose 85% in September 2026, with U.N. officials warning that October is among the deadliest periods in years.
Things Russia has done to Ukraine that Trump thinks are 'fine'
From the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, Russian forces have inflicted countless atrocities against Ukraine.
kyivindependent.com
October 20, 2026 at 6:24 PM
One of the underreported stories of the last years is that since Trump took office and he started his so-called "peace effort" Russia has intensified its mass murder against Ukrainian civilians.
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Trump openly siding with Russian aggression, not just rhetorically but now with US policy intervention that boosts the Russian economy and facilitates Russian attacks in Ukraine, appears to have broken a dam.
Leaders who held back in an attempt to keep Trump on side are admitting that didn't work.
Leaders who held back in an attempt to keep Trump on side are admitting that didn't work.
This seems like the most direct statement so far from European leadership that Trump is siding with Russia www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...
EU's chief diplomat: US negotiators have been pushing Ukraine towards surrender for almost two years
Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, states that Europe's support prevented Ukraine from surrendering under US pressure.
www.pravda.com.ua
October 20, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Trump openly siding with Russian aggression, not just rhetorically but now with US policy intervention that boosts the Russian economy and facilitates Russian attacks in Ukraine, appears to have broken a dam.
Leaders who held back in an attempt to keep Trump on side are admitting that didn't work.
Leaders who held back in an attempt to keep Trump on side are admitting that didn't work.