Charles Я. Davis

A no-bid contract was awarded to the same firm that is constructing President Trump's White House ballroom, The Redoubt can reveal. https://www.theredoubt.net/exclusive-noem-spends-33-7-million-to-demolish-historic-buildings-at-dhs-headquarters/ #news #politics

"No Kings" was a good start, but I think the movement needs to center a clear demand or it will fizzle out. https://www.theredoubt.net/no-kings-absent-a-demand-americans-are-losing-interest/ #news #politics

No Kings rally at Karlsplatz in Vienna, Austria.

The DHS model: Shoot. Slander. Repeat. https://www.theredoubt.net/shoot-slander-repeat/ #news #politics

Trump's war on the Americas https://www.theredoubt.net/trumps-war-on-the-americas/ #news #politics

For many in the US, free speech is no longer a reality. In interviews with foreign-born academics, I repeatedly encountered fear that even mild criticism of the government (DJT) could cause problems, and that green cards and even citizenship wouldn't matter. https://www.theredoubt.net/for-some-freedom-of-speech-is-already-gone #news #politics

'New and startling': Trump's return drives global decline in civic freedoms https://www.theredoubt.net/new-and-startling-trumps-return-drives-global-decline-in-civic-freedoms/ #news #politics

Sex and equal rights in Eastern Europe: What socialism did for women https://www.theredoubt.net/sex-and-equal-rights-in-eastern-europe-what-socialism-did-for-women/ #politics

Opponents of right-wing populism need to stand for more than the status quo. https://www.theredoubt.net/fight-for-something-good-governance-is-not-enough/ #news #politics

Experts say climate change will kill off most of Austria's skiing industry. So why are resorts expanding in areas where there won't be any snow? My report from Vienna: https://www.theredoubt.net/melting-away-climate-change-could-kill-skiing-in-the-alps/

Israel didn't make Trump do it: https://www.theredoubt.net/americas-war-israel-did-not-make-trump-do-it/ #news #politics #iran

My latest: The far right is still not the future https://www.theredoubt.net/the-far-right-is-still-not-the-future/ #news #politics

"Did you know they want you dead?" On the state-sanctioned murder of Renee Good and what it reveals about your MAGA loved ones. My latest: https://www.theredoubt.net/did-you-know-they-want-you-dead/ #news #politics

I spoke to Prof. Anna O. Law about the history of birthright citizenship and its enemies. https://www.theredoubt.net/birthright-citizenship-and-the-attack-on-democracy-if-you-know-the-history-you-know-what-theyre-trying-to-do/ #news #politics

Project 2025 and the specter of mass surveillance in Europe https://www.theredoubt.net/project-2025-and-the-specter-of-mass-surveillance-in-europe/ #news #politics

Last Week at The Redoubt: Sex, socialism and democratic decline https://www.theredoubt.net/sex-socialism-and-democratic-decline/

An update on Congress stripping immigrants of the right to due process: https://www.theredoubt.net/congress-killed-due-process-then-trump-went-even-further/

Democrats, or: How to blow the case against elite corruption https://www.theredoubt.net/how-to-blow-the-case-against-elite-corruption/ #news #politics

After Donald Trump threatened genocide, the conservative Catholic League criticized... Pope Leo. https://www.theredoubt.net/pope-trump-and-maga-american-heresy/ #news #politics

Aimé Césaire, via Steve Biko: “When I turn on my radio, when I hear that Negroes have been lynched in America, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead.”

I wrote about Trump's decision to unilaterally pause the US-Israeli bombing of Iran — and how it's a reminder that he alone had the power to start this war: https://www.theredoubt.net/trump-unilaterally-pauses-the-war-that-he-alone-started/ #news #politics

Free. Communist. Pizza.

After denying Trump access to its airspace, Austria says it needs "at least" 36 fighter jets to protect its sovereignty https://www.theredoubt.net/after-denying-trump-access-to-its-airspace-austria-says-it-needs-fighter-jets/ #news #politics

New research suggests voters don't just care about money — and they can be made to defend democracy. https://www.theredoubt.net/dont-give-up-on-the-public-just-yet/ #news #politics