@danlynch1994
Professor of international relations at the City University of Hong Kong, and formerly at USC. China, cross-Strait relations, econ, and more. Like to read medical science studies. Enjoy rock, jazz, films, and novels. Profoundly detest all rightwingery.
The Trump DHS just waved the white flag on their Global Entry shutdown. It took less than a month for their "security theater" to collapse under the weight of its own incompetence. They manufactured a crisis, realized they couldn’t manage the fallout, and folded. A total embarrassment.
Does she get to keep the plane?
A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔
A 57-year old mainlander has been arrested for attempting to deposit a HK$100 million (US$13M) counterfeit banknote at an HSBC branch in Mong Kok.
• Also in his possession: another HK$500M fake note, and two limited edition "handover commemoration" notes of HK$1 million
www.hk01.com/%E7%AA%81%E7...
Okay my read: since the court struck down the tariffs as unlawful from the start, it's refund time. Jurisdiction will be US Court of International Trade, they'll have to unpack it. But there should be refunds coming. Looks like a complete repudiation of IEEPA-based tariffs and total loss for Trump.
Supreme Court rules that Trump exceeded his authority by imposing sweeping tariffs on imports from nearly every trading partner, a major setback for his 2nd-term agenda. Roberts wrote for 6-3 majority with Thomas, Alito and Kavanaugh dissenting. @amarimow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
"Based on two words separated by 16 others in ... IEEPA," Roberts writes, " 'regulate' and 'importation'--the President asserts the independent power to impose tariffs on imports from any country, of any product, at any rate, for any amount of time. Those words cannot bear such weight."
This keeps happening.
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Swalwell details death threats he and his wife and children have gotten and points out that the DOJ has refused to prosecute some of them
A top source says @DrNealDunnFL2 will announce an early retirement next week for a “time certain” that will be before the Midterm. Special election in Summer.
There was reporting yesterday that GOP Rep. Neal Dunn would resign early after previously announcing that he was merely retiring, but it was met with pushback.
Now there is further reporting that it's true.
Depending on timing, this could bring House Rs down to 217 and generate a special election.
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
By Tara Copp and Alex Horton (Washington Post) -- The Trump administration has withdrawn all federalized National Guard troops from U.S. cities, after its repeated attempts to surge forces into Democrat-run states encountered judicial roadblocks. The pullout was quietly finalized late last month, occurring with no public acknowledgment from the White House or the Pentagon. It was a remarkable turnabout after President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had insisted the mobilizations were necessary to combat what they claimed was unchecked violence and to support enforcement of the nation's immigration laws. The deployments — including more than 5,000 troops to Los Angeles, approximately 500 into Chicago and 200 to Portland, Oregon — were ordered despite the vehement opposition from state and local leaders who labeled the administration's actions an unlawful abuse of presidential authority. All of those service members were sent home by the end of January, according to U.S. Northern Command.
All federalized National Guard troops have been withdrawn from LA, Chicago, and Portland per WaPo.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Following the departures of two cofounders, Elon Musk held an all-hands meeting with xAI staffers — and talked about data centers in space again.
Bannon knows too much about Trump and Epstein, so Blanche is taking very good care of him to keep him quiet just like with Maxwell. Blanche is the lynchpin- he has assumed full authority given to him by Trump to protect the worst of the worst.
Had enough of this shit yet, Michigan?
At the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump spoke from prepared remarks as he discussed the persecution of Mariam Ibrahim. But then the president appeared to ad-lib – and claimed that he was the one who got Ibrahim freed.
The Department of Justice will allow members of Congress to review unredacted files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein starting on Monday, according to a letter that was sent to lawmakers.
What Europe's talking about this morning: at the UAE "summit," the Ukrainians were represented by professional diplomats attired in suits, where as the Trump White House was represented by mob-connected real estate executives dressed like they got lost on the way to the gym.
America First, No New Wars, etc, etc.
Adding a pledge to transfer Ghislaine Maxwell back to the prison she belongs in isn’t the worst idea for candidates running in 2028.
Assuming Trump hasn’t pardoned her by then.
The Reutersjournalist in the image below has worked all over the world and is deeply experienced in military and intelligence matters. His post should alarm you.
Trump wants US taxpayers to pay him $10 billion. I’m sure Scott Bessent and Pam Bondi will fight hard to defend this lawsuit for us.
Trump to young people hoping to afford a home in the near future: Tough shit. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...