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Happy to see the publication of this volume on the legal dimension of European sovereignty, which I co-edited with Peter-Christian Müller-Graff, Jean-Philippe Rageade and Viktor Vadász, in addition to contributing a chapter of my own on EU fiscal policy. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

This election cycle, just 40 of the biggest donors gave $2.5 billion through mid-October, a record high for this point in the midterms since the Supreme Court decided Citizens United in 2010. bit.ly/4BsIIS9

All Trump's ranting against letting foreigners into the country because they may be criminals ... and Trump is letting a corrupt leader breeze into the U.S. to avoid being held criminally accountable in his own country.

Imagine my surprise when I found out that Elon Musk wants to send me to prison. I assure you I’m not going to be intimidated. My response. ⬇️ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/musk-wants-me-imprisoned

The US has reason to be grateful that its constitutional safeguards have held up against several of the assaults the Trump administration is putting the rule of law under - so far.

NEW: The DOGE operative who gutted USAID -- firing thousands of employees and canceling lifesaving programs -- never actually signed the paperwork that's legally required for him to be employed by the agency.

The Trump administration is exploring a new concession to Russia: lifting sanctions on the country’s flagship government investment fund, long viewed by U.S. officials as one of the Kremlin’s most powerful tools of international influence. - NYT

Trump just threatened to withhold federal disaster relief from North Carolina if the state votes Democratic in the midterms. Let me remind you again: no president in history has politicized and weaponized natural disasters the way Trump has.

Revealed: New data shows Big Tech lobbying pushing EU towards sweeping data-protection rollback

"The Cuban regime has stifled any viable domestic opposition. But the withering of the state—a process that has been under way for decades—has accelerated, and is shocking to see up close" From Robert Worth, @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Elon Musk can whine and threaten me all he wants, but I'm still going to call out his bullying and abuse of power.

A Commission spokesperson said the EU and its member states accounted for 80 per cent of pledged Ukraine support for 2027, adding: “Europe cannot meet Ukraine’s financing needs alone . . . International partners must also step up, including Nato allies.” FT www.ft.com/content/8aba... via @FT

Tough business, politics.

Can we restore morality to world politics? ft.trib.al/JkC3vhZ | opinion

The Trump administration has brought a third criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, this time accusing the longtime target of President Donald Trump of unlawfully transmitting national defense information to the press a decade ago. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

60 people have now died in ICE custody since Trump's return to office. Our country is set to spend $268 BILLION on mass deportations and detentions through the end of Trump's term. Instead of death and cruelty, imagine what we could have invested that money in instead?

Amid the brouhaha over allegations of limits on intelligence sharing and the proved throttling of Ukraine's Starshield, a 3rd way Trump is aiding Putin hasn't had much press - the blocking of supplies of paid-for Patriot interceptors. This delay is costing Ukrainian lives.

According to Zelenskyy, for nearly a month Pete Hegseth has not been signing off on the delivery of vital Patriot and NASAMS interceptor missiles for Ukraine that European allies have already paid for. Here is a video of Hegseth cynically wishing Ukraine “success” a week ago:

The good news is that we are winning in court. The bad news is that we have to win every case. Trump only needs to subvert one election to break democracy.

Burnham appeared to set down “red lines” in the event a future Labour government applied to rejoin the EU, saying: “I can’t see myself ever recommending anything that would involve joining the euro or Schengen.” www.ft.com/content/ef27... via @FT

Trump has only allowed the transfer of 24 patriot missiles to Ukraine over the last 3 months. That is only 2 interceptors a week. Rather than ending patriot deliveries, Trump is sending a tiny amount so people can't complain he stopped while 95% of Russia's missiles still get to hit their targets.

When the next US Congress investigates corruption, Trump's oil-deal-of-the-century with Alejandro Betancourt, the face of Venezuelan corruption, should be top of its list. Two kleptocracies working together. Brilliant essay by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

He destroyed his country, maybe they want him to destroy the UN as well?

Good. The government is finally catching up with where voters have long been on freedom of movement. Our polling repeatedly shows clear support for the advantages it would bring. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-uk-eu-free-movement-andy-burnham-b3073929.html

“1,431 people, including at least 300 children and 130 women, have been killed since the US-brokered ceasefire deal began in October 2025 and Israel is aiming to "destroy, in whole or in part, the Palestinians in Gaza". news.sky.com/story/un-rep...

Enrico Letta, former Italian PM & author of report on how to improve the bloc’s internal market- -the proposals -are “a game-changer" but the bar should not be lowered “A watered-down proposal would send the wrong signal & undermine the ambition behind this initiative www.ft.com/content/0db7...

Another story impossible to imagine in any other administration: the president's son goes hunting with a Russian criminal who is part of Putin's security entourage

🚨BREAKING: We have moved for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction enjoining Trump from continuing to unconstitutionally impose themselves upon election administration procedures that the Constitution and federal law assign to the States.

Europeans have not experienced war for so long that they don’t recognize it anymore, and don’t see it coming. That was also the case just before the outbreak of the First World War.

Brazil: defeated Flávio Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passports Far-right senator banned from leaving country as supreme court judge’s ruling makes reference to money-laundering case www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Spectacularly misleading of Trump, spectacularly naïve of the Catholic bishops involved. Why on earth did they think someone like Trump would organise an event like this? www.ft.com/content/d8e6...

The owners of Elvis Presley’s music sued Anthropic, saying it trained its AI models on more than 200 of Presley’s songs without permission, accusing it of copyright infringement. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/a...

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won reelection Sunday, defeating Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of US President Donald Trump, in a razor-thin race that capped a deeply polarized presidential race. www.cnn.com/2026/10/25/a...

NEW from the @financialtimes.com: 70% of voters are very or somewhat concerned about self-dealing and other corruption in the Trump Admin, including 1/2 of Trump voters. This echoes our polling, which shows that corruption and affordability are linked in voters’ minds www.ft.com/content/2770...

Multiple polls show Trump’s approval at record lows, but I think what’s happening runs deeper than this. Something very dramatic is occurring. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/exposed

Blanche lies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump admin arrests Colorado priest. Incarcerates him for over a year. Judge orders him released without charges. They release him without the wheelchair he needs -- other prisoners have to bodily carry him out. He's now being tested for latent TB: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/colo...

It’s all about corruption in this final push before the midterms. The striking findings from the @financialtimes.com’s survey echo @cnbc.com’s final All-America Economic Survey, too, where voters pointed to corruption as one of the top issues facing the country right now www.cnbc.com/2026/10/23/c...

First Serbia, now Brazil. Another victory for democracy.

Anthropic's Claude accessed publicly available Georgia voter data without human authorization, a disclosure sure to add to growing concerns about AI security ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. www.axios.com/2026/10/25/a...

A Serbian nationalist leader who courted MAGA just lost in a landslide

❗️Serbia’s student-led movement has defeated Aleksandar Vučić, ending his long grip on power. For Ukraine, this removes a leader who recognized its territorial integrity but repeatedly refused sanctions on Russia, resisted stronger pressure on Moscow and maintained ties with the Kremlin. #Ukraine

A carefully planned Russian propaganda operation is underway. Having starved people in Oleshky for months, Russia, with the 'intervention' of Melania, will allow people to leave and pretend Ukraine was at fault. Read @zarinazabrisky.bsky.social www.kyivpost.com/analysis/88041

Court opinions against the administration in election-related cases have sent a clear message: The president has no authority over who can vote or how they participate in elections. Read what courts have said so far: bit.ly/3W1WwTp

Here is the TLDR of the 9th Circuit hearing: DOJ will lose. It will be either 2-1 or 3-0. It will be on jurisdiction and perhaps on the merits. The argument was a debacle for Trump and the DOJ lawyer who argued it. Watch for details. www.youtube.com/live/EsuYPbm...

Wow. Vučić has conceded Serbian election. Massive moment for the entire Balkans

Great news from Serbia: another European electoral autocrat gets turfed out by the electorate as Vučić concedes defeat. www.politico.eu/article/serb...

Justice Department faces skeptical appeals court panel in California ballot fight All three judges voiced concerns that the DOJ rushed too quickly to the appeals court while a lower-court judge was still weighing the matter. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...