David Kaye

we're going to need a long-term plan, with broad political appeal, for ending impunity & holding the trump administration accountable for its crimes, malfeasance & cruelties. not 'tit-for-tat' but an american version of transitional justice. my take in @slate.com 👇

the P-3 cannot be trusted on this. if the UK & France want to prove they should actually remains as permanent members of the Security Council, they should move to block/veto both. otherwise what's their point of being there?

"If Cole’s claims are accurate, Kushner’s political and financial relationship with the U.A.E.’s president, Mohammed bin Zayed ...constitutes what must surely be the worst case of U.S. foreign policy being conducted outside the law and democratic oversight since the Iran-contra scandal..."

We need a public and transparent accountability process.

zampolli was just fired from the state department the week before last. seemed to involve bad behavior at state. but with this report...

Beyond disgusted by even more rape allegations against the President of the United States. "In total, more than 25 different women...have independently accused Donald Trump of rape, sexual assault, or other sexual misconduct." Report w/ new details: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Trump's bans on reporters in the WH hurts individual citizens and distorts public discourse - @knightcolumbia.org new lawsuit filed today.

NEWS --> Dems are planning novel ways to wield power of the purse against Trump's corrupt prosecutions of critics like Ilhan Omar if they win House. Reps Pramila Jayapal and Jamie Raskin tell me a range of aggressive tactics will be deployed. Details in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/2171...

A thousand times yes

this feels like trolling. and yet, imagining this goes forward, it would be essential for the UK and France to block it if they wanted to retain any shred of legitimacy as UNSC permanent members.

down with defeatism! three cheers for democracy, rule of law, & accountability! 🇷🇸 🇧🇷 . . . 🇺🇸

Dragging this into the light...in light of Brazil.

While you're here, read this piece by Gabriel Stargardter on the Trumpworld effort to return the Bolsonaro clan to power: www.reuters.com/world/us/ins...

so after a day like this, we have this projection from folha. it is guaranteed that the unusualness of the day will be hotly litigated in the coming hours/days

the disinformation and propaganda is going to be epic, be prepared

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Let's not forget that Serbia's student movement - like those in Nepal and Bangladesh - features women in key leadership roles. Serbian women students, like generations of women democracy activists before them, have demanded political rights *and* women's rights. www.lemonde.fr/en/m-le-mag/...

India’s Cockroach movement will be paying close attention.

Denver folks—I’ll be talking about my book and the current Iran war tomorrow @deborahavant.bsky.social

Brazil will get more attention either way it goes, but this is truly an incredible victory for the student protesters. We ran this in March 2025, which explained the movement's strengths but seemed overly optimist in the months that followed. 18 months later, they succeeded. Gen Z strikes again.

look, nothing is simple and i have no parsimonious explanation for anything here, but a student protest movement, focused on corruption & authoritarianism, just won a major european election. a big deal.

wow, really, vucic concedes

I admit brazilian law is far from my strong suit. If there is widespread disenfranchisement/ratfucking, can the court step in to like...re-do the vote? Extend hours yes, but if today is so tainted by this, is there any recourse?

This is seriously concerning. So much rides on this election -- the safety of the Amazon, people's rights, oversight on corruption, whether the US's expanding secret war in latin America will get a new partner -- and local far right leaders look to be trying to shut out voters and steal the election

We are being prevented from voting, airlines are canceling flights, police are stopping people without reason, and mayors are preventing buses from circulating.

100% agree with this - plus we need investigation into the trump admin side of the lawlessness here.

@davidakaye.bsky.social sketched out some of it in Slate the other day: bsky.app/profile/davi...

c'est moi

it’s easy to get distracted by these pardon stories, which are at the very least reflecting admin admission of serious wrongdoing. if they happen, we have to make them own it, and pay for it.

there will be commissions of inquiry. they should be mandated by congress and have subpoena power. failure to cooperate should involve criminal liability. they won’t get to go quietly into the night if we do this right.

another reason why having a concrete accountability plan is so important. they have to know there will be consequences, exposure, liability of some sort.

vegetarian menus also: if you ordered veg meal on a flight 30 years ago, you'd get a rice cracker. not saying airplane food has improved, but i haven't seen a rice cracker in years.