To make sense of America's baffling foreign policy under Trump, you need to understand 'neo-royalism'
03.02.2026 10:45
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To make sense of America's baffling foreign policy under Trump, you need to understand 'neo-royalism'
I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
an ex-Republican pastor is one of the central organizers in the anti-ICE effort in Springfield OH www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
“Days later, DHS agents showed up at Jon’s door… The agents showed him a copy of the email and asked to see his side of the story. They didn’t know about the administrative subpoena but said they received orders to interview Jon by DHS headquarters in D.C.”
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As I report in this piece, a trend is developing: Some warehouse owners have decided against selling to ICE, plainly because the backlash has persuaded them that it would make them pariahs
ADC has also opened their application for the Jack Shaheen Mass Communications Scholarship for Arab American students in media, journalism or film. This one is also open to grad students! Award is $5k and deadline is April 12th: adc.org/2026-jack-sh...
Islamic Scholarship Fund is accepting applications from Muslim students in public policy, law, and media majors. Deadline is March 21st (the day after Eid!). Awards range from $3k-$10k. Apply here: islamicscholarshipfund.org/scholarship/
Peter Beinart: “The political scientists Stacie Goddard and Abraham L. Newman have dubbed Trump’s foreign policy ‘neoroyalism.’ It aims less to solve global problems, or even advance American national interests, than to enrich and empower Trump and his circle.”
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Alex Pretti was described by the govt as approaching agents with a handgun when he was shot dead. But the video released since shows Pretti with his hands empty. Fmr. NYPD Lt. Porcher says in “no way, shape, or form,” does Pretti approach officers with any sort of threat.
youtu.be/Yr8Fknv-u3o
Americans are not angry enough.
Now this regime claims Trump’s army can dispense with the 4th amendment and enter anyone’s home without a warrant. And suddenly draconian actions like this make sense. The instructions to explicitly violate our fundamental rights are coming from the top down.
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In every single major escalation by this regime, they began w disfavored groups and sure enough, extended it to the mainstream.
It began with college activists, turned into an attack on all of academia.
A war on “illegals” transformed into a full blown assault on blue communities.
So now Trump’s army is being told they don’t need a warrant to enter the most private and intimate of spaces, a person’s home. Fourth Amendment be damned. Big Brother isn’t knocking at your door, he’s in your living room.
We don’t even have the *illusion* or pretense of a democracy anymore.
“Mr. Mamdani placed his left hand on two Qurans held by his wife, raised his right hand and recited the oath of office (one Quran belonged to his grandfather, the other belonged to Arturo Schomburg, the Black historian and writer).“
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...
While Trump dismisses the affordability crisis as a “hoax,” his antitrust enforcers are busy protecting accused corporate lawbreakers, including PepsiCo and RealPage.
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Prepare for a desperate Trump to cling to Mamdani’s populist coattails. Like a bad car wreck you can’t turn away from.
Trump just wants to be like the cool kids. 🤳🏽
I’m watching an auntie on the subway scroll through mamdani posts with a polite little smile on her face.
My people are reclaiming their legacy in the heart of Times Square. ☕️
FYI the owner of Mokafe helped lead a citywide boycott of the New York post in 2019 over its Islamophobic coverage.
We are full circle.
Is NYC in its brown man era?
I’m dead.
MAGA: Trump is going to strip Mamdani of his citizenship!
Trump: I’d like to see Mamdani strip
Two fellas from Queens just vibing.
Interesting—“Under colonial agreements, particularly those signed by and put together by the British government, Egypt got the lion’s share of the Nile’s water, and other countries, including Sudan, got much, much less.”
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Seriously, how do we stop this epidemic of mass stupiding? HOW TO STOP THE STUPIDING?! It’s too much.
Americans are angry “over the loss of hope…they feel like there is no future.”
@matthewstoller.bsky.social on affordability and America’s housing crisis.
“At the time, I looked forward to serving for the rest of my life. However, I resigned Friday, relinquishing that lifetime appointment…
My reason is simple: I no longer can bear to be restrained by what judges can say publicly or do outside the courtroom.“
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
How Talking Points Memo lasted a quarter century.! 🦋
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“Ironically, however, it’s a Republican President, Donald Trump, who is busy expanding the frontiers of the state by having government agencies take sizable stakes in privately run companies.”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
