Matt Steinglass
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- “The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has lost access to his email, and his bank accounts have been frozen. The Hague-based court’s American staffers have been told that if they travel to the U.S. they risk arrest.” By @mollyquell.bsky.social
- Trump’s sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal’s work apnews.com/article/icc-...
- Romanian hard-right candidate George Simion has been trying to get Orban’s support to win some votes among ethnic Hungarians. But head of the country’s ethnic Hungarian party cites Simion’s anti-Hungarian record and backs liberal-anticorruption candidate Nicusor Dan. www.euractiv.ro/politic-inte...
- Arguing that black people and women are genetically inferior merely requires using bad statistics and data. Explaining why people want to use bad statistics and data to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior requires analyzing their racism and sexism, which makes them angry.
- You’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
