Luke Johnson (ljohnson.bsky.social)
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Author of Public Sphere newsletter: https://t.co/3hIiQFG1Ty. Freelance Journalist reporting on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe. [email protected].
Berlin
Joined September 2008
I have a new feature @CJR on the battle over Poland's public broadcaster. "Poland’s fight over public broadcasting offers a window into the question of whether institutions commandeered by populists can ever go back to normal."
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In late December, Poland’s public broadcaster descended into chaos. Two months earlier, Poles had elected former prime minister Donald Tusk for a third time, voting out a parliamentary slate of...
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And now the air raid sirens are going off in Kyiv.
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The scenes coming from #Sednaya are haunting — this wasn’t just a prison & torture center, it was a concentration camp. A true horror. Mountains of bodies. Rooms full of disposed clothes & shoes. Skeletons. Bodies partially destroyed by acid.
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@INDEX_Ukraine launches the Victoria Amelina Fellowship for writers from Ukraine and abroad in partnership with PEN Ukraine. The Fellowship will take place in Amelina’s native city of Lviv to honour her memory and carry on the ethos of her work. 🔗 https://t.co/5me53yszbj
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When the first thing you say about your CIA pick is what a great job he did going after your political opponents... This is a signal. Get ready.
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BREAKING: Germany is expected to hold early elections on February 23. The governing SPD and the opposition CDU/CSU parliamentary groups have reportedly agreed on the date. It comes after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition.
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Last month, Trump's incoming NSA, Mike Waltz, told @NPRinskeep that the U.S. can "take the handcuffs off" Ukraine's long-range weapons. It would be ironic if Biden let Trump make this much-delayed decision for him. https://t.co/3lD7OuWN7T
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Because there weren't State Dept officials on this call, the Kremlin can deny it happened.
The Kremlin has denied media reports of a phone call between U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying that the reports were "completely false."
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Looking forward to discussing the Georgian elections this Wednesday w/a great panel. Register here:
n-ost Kitchen Talks - a monthly live series bringing together journalists, experts & the public to discuss Europe's media landscape. More info and upcoming talks: https://t.co/jk3mx40svB
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Trump talked about this over and over on the campaign trail; it will happen.
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Donald Trump’s allies and some in the private sector have been quietly preparing to detain and deport migrants residing in the United States on a large scale, according to four sources familiar with...
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Pro-Palestinian mob harassing a Ukrainian refugee. Demanding to show his passport.
A Ukrainian refugee forced to chant Free Palestine amid a pogrom in Amsterdam is quite an illustration of how all the conflicts are converging in the world on fire.
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West EU in 2024: Antisemitic pogrom in Amsterdam proudly broadcast o social media. Jews have been unsafe in many west-EU nations with mass Muslim migration and now it’s organised violence on the streets. Not in Eastern Europe though, by irony of history (and lack of migration)
Horrific scenes from Amsterdam last night, echoing Europe's darkest history: Hundreds of fans of Israel’s @MaccabiTLVFC were ambushed and brutally attacked in Amsterdam last night after the match against @AFCAjax. Mobs chanted anti-Israel slogans and proudly shared videos of
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Same, seeing a lot of "the thing I warned about was right!"
No, I am not going to write about what Harris should have done, and pretend that my personal biases/preferences have some kind of universal significance
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Americans have the right to assemble and speak freely and to read and write whatever we like. It's up to us to use them. https://t.co/wCxICoGuJk
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What's left after an authoritarian wins a democratic election
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Now, one of the only things standing between the U.S. and the kind of competitive authoritarianism that has flourished in places like Hungary and Georgia are the very rights enshrined by the U.S. Constitution, especially under the First Amendment.
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This election has brought an end to American exceptionalism: the notion that the U.S. is so distinct in its founding that it can avoid the authoritarianism that has threatened -- and destroyed -- other democracies.
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Trump: The Threat We Face (link in thread)
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This should be a wake-up call to people who think that the Kremlin wants peace and de-escalation.
Exclusive: Russia plotted to put incendiary devices on passenger or cargo planes bound for the U.S. and Canada, Western security officials say
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The Letter to the Editor that the Baltimore Sun won't publish:
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$100? He should've negotiated. The right-wing influencers including Benny Johnson and Tim Pool were paid $10 million.
An American social media influencer said he was paid $100 by a pro-Kremlin propagandist to post a fake video of Haitian immigrants claiming to vote in the US presidential election.
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Peak Germany: the government appoints five academics to advise on economic policy and they end up *suing each other*.
While Germany is facing the worst economic crisis in at least a generation, the government's most renowned independent economic advisory team is gripped by internal strife that has cumulated in a lawsuit over an ethics code.
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