Markus Horstmann

The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.

First images from those meetings

"Those rules that the state should enforce are not just those of the market however—even for conservatives who rely heavily on this rhetoric it is not all that their project is about. The extra-human order manifests in other ways." www.liberalcurrents.com/it-wasnt-fas...

"Minnesota, especially the Twin Cities, has been—and still is—under a paramilitary occupation in which the federal government is at war with the population. 'War' is the operative word here." @jvl.bsky.social on what he saw in Minneapolis: lnk.thebulwark.com/46kVMuT

Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)

Jan. 6, 2021:

This “deal” is a surrender that all congressional Democrats should reject out of hand. It’s bad policy that will raise healthcare prices and bad politics that gives the regime more power to do more harm. Make no mistake: As some Senate Democrats consider surrender, Republicans are losing this fight.

"A promise of a vote on healthcare"

🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.” That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now. Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal... Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...

Canceled!

It’s worth your while to spend some time with this piece. www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Good day today: marching with so many positive minded people gives me hope that we can overcome hate, bigotry, lies, right wing propaganda and autocracy!

More than five million Americans in over 2,100 towns and cities joined us today to say we don't do kings in this country. Thank you for making it clear that we won't be ruled by fear.

When your parents throw you what was supposed to be a really fun birthday party but only the loser kids show up.

The President’s unprecedented Executive Order yesterday targeting Messrs. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for nothing but the exercise of their First Amendment rights is the President’s most constitutionally corrupt Executive Order to date.

Hey folks I'll be talking to @maddow.msnbc.com in a few minutes about this incredible global Hands Off mobilization. Please tune in and then show up tomorrow!

Wow.

I wanna highlight this and the reference from @jerrymcm.bsky.social - by Trump's reasoning he should have slapped a 41% tariff on Russia. He did not. Why? Just remember Speaker Pelosi's words right in Trump’s face.

Here's one statistic for you: → Net jobs created under Clinton and Obama: 33.8 million. → Net jobs created under Bush, Bush, AND Trump: 1.9 million. That is not a typo.

Vorsicht.

From the USMCA: "Wage requirement that 40%-45% of auto content be made by workers earning at least $16 an hour. " If the goal were really to help US workers and manufacturing, this would have been a better criterion for determining import taxes (aka tariffs). Side effect: reduces migration.

This is what happens when people speak up.

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

There will be nonstop subpoenas. And you’re getting the first one.

I noted on @pivotpod.bsky.social that this seemed inevitable, despite all the anti Elon bile from Bannon. He’s a pragmatist at heart, even if it is the darkest of hearts www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

This is as cruel and crazed as it is anti-constitutional. Kafka + Orwell + de Sade www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

Sen. Cory Booker is putting his body on the line, refusing to let the Senate carry on like democracy isn’t under siege. 👏 Billionaires are staging a hostile takeover, & too many are asleep at the wheel. 👀 We see who’s fighting & who’s complicit. Watch LIVE now—> www.senate.gov/legislative/...

mobilize.us/s/GVjukZ

Celebrating our wedding anniversary at Bellevue Square. Stop Trump, Stop Musk, Stop Putin!

Happy birthday to @repjasmine.bsky.social from the @teslatakedown.com in Bellevue, WA!

See you there? Now at Bellevue Square.

ICYMI: The #TeslaTakedown movement is gaining momentum, and The Big Picture got the inside scoop. Find out how you can get involved in an event near you during tomorrow's national day of action.

Rubio says a database of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia that was compiled by Yale researchers is safe and will be handed over to the proper authorities. US lawmakers had feared someone had deleted the database during Trump's funding cuts. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...

It's revealing that Musk is now going on Fox to protest his firing squads are misunderstood. But it's important to focus on the core issue. Musk says they're actually using a scalpel not a hatchet. There's no gratuitous cruelty, just careful concern. They've hardly fired anyone, despite ...

Appeals court agrees with Judge Boasberg that even if deporting gang members is a good idea, it can’t be done unlawfully. My thought in @MSNBCDaily. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Update on labor activists detained by ICE in Washington state: rally tomorrow in Tacoma, please support if you can.

We are heartbroken and outraged to learn that Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez was violently detained by ICE while dropping his partner off at work. He is reportedly being held at a private detention facility in Tacoma, Washington. 🧵

Rep. Krishnamoorthi: “This text message is clearly classified information. Secretary Hegseth has disclosed military plans as well as classified information. He needs to resign immediately.”

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately.

The scheduling of a Musk meeting at the Pentagon is deemed classified information and leaks about it will be investigated. But the scheduling of a secret military strike is not classified and its disclosure on an unsecured text chat has prompted no announced investigation.

A fantastically important postscript to this piece: David Graham asks Jeffrey Goldberg about possible retaliation, and Goldberg gives a perfect answer — with perfect swipes. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Rhetoric-wise, I’d steer students away from ever arguing “we’re as ethical as a murderer”.