Raphael de Kadt

Political Scientist and Educator by profession, and Photographer by unabated passion!
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[Raphael de Kadt @Rdekadt]

@therichfromca Yes !

[Raphael de Kadt @Rdekadt]

@DougWahl1 Absolutely not !

[Raphael de Kadt @Rdekadt]

@jkeaneSDN @NSWParlLA @nswparliament @UKParliament @pwatchug @Europarl_EN @electiontrackin @ParliamentofRSA @psa_parl @AlboMP @PaulineHansonOz @bobjcarr Thanks so much John! 🙏

[Raphael de Kadt @Rdekadt]

@TheOnlyEsta He's impressive ! Very impressive ! Presidential (REAL Presidential !) material

[Raphael de Kadt @Rdekadt]

Yes ..and yes! 😄

[Marlene Robertson🇨🇦 @marlene4719]

I’m rooting for Spain on Sunday. Not just because I am one quarter Spanish, but because it would be so entertaining to watch Trump give the FIFA World Cup to a country he hates.

[Raphael de Kadt @Rdekadt]

@DrNeilStone Thank you for staying ! I love your tenacity!

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Tonight, America watched the ramblings of a mad king.

Donald Trump’s address was not about the last election — it was THIS one.

Before a single vote has been cast, he’s already laying the groundwork to rig this election and convince YOU not to trust the results if they don’t go his way.

This is what authoritarians do. Don’t fall for it.

Organize. Mobilize. SHOW UP and VOTE in November!

[i Expose Racists & Pedos @SeeRacists]

🚨 A white police officer was caught on video beating a young Black child who was already on the ground.

The officer is seen kneeling over the kid and repeatedly punching him while the child begs “Stop, bro.” The boy is clearly not fighting back, yet this piece of shit keeps hitting him like he’s enjoying every second of it.

This is what happens when racist cops are allowed to treat Black children like animals and get away with it. Disgusting.

Sources: Video evidence

[BigBlueWaveUSA2026® 🇺🇸🌊🇺🇦 @BigBlueWaveUSA]

This is America under Trump.
This happens every day, but not usually this well documented. No elected Republicans called for this deranged cop’s termination.
This is a child.
Republicans either look the other way, or worse, support this.

[Raphael de Kadt @Rdekadt]

@simonmaechling I hope that you are correct ! Of course he may choose to aid her by supporting Eric Zemmour who may be more to his liking ideologically !

[Raphael de Kadt @Rdekadt]

@simonmaechling The extraordinary thing is that in counterpoint to the masssive arrogance and self-confidence with which he opines on these matters is the oceanic - indeed galactic - scale of his ignorance of history, social and political thought and institutions - and even of economics!

[Raphael de Kadt @Rdekadt]

Whether he's evil or simply extraordinarily stupid doesn't matter; the point is that RFK Jr is a deadly danger not just to the American but to the wider global public. We nerd a concerted global push to remove him and his cronies from office. I'm sure that @DrNeilStone agrees?

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

Shuts down Ebola research - Massive Ebola outbreak

Closes CDC Parasitic disease division - Huge parasitic diarrhoea outbreak

Defunds screwworm research - screwworm comes back to the US

Ladies and gentlemen I give you Health Secretary RFK Jr

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

If Trump is disavowing NATO and breaking an 80 year tradition — something’s wrong.

If Trump is praising Vladimir Putin, whose entire economy is slightly smaller than the state of Texas — something’s wrong.

If Trump is disavowing the 1994 defense agreement where we told Ukraine to give up their nuclear weapons and we’d protect them — the agreement that got him impeached in his first term — something is wrong.

He blasts and berates every world leader. Won’t say a single negative word about Putin.

Putin owns him. It’s hard to watch as an American but it’s obvious.

Why does he own him? That’ll probably come out someday.

It’s not just Trump.

Right-leaning podcasters taking money from the Russian government to spout their talking points.

Republicans hanging out in Moscow, repeating the same lines.

The question isn’t whether something exists. It’s what.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

The Strait of Hormuz was opened every single day of the eight years of the Obama administration.

And we didn't have to bomb anyone to achieve that goal.

Iran also never acquired a nuclear weapon in those 8 Obama years.

And we didn't have to bomb anyone to achieve that goal.

[🦋the-michael-datson.bsky.social🦋 @fuller_sean]

@MarkWarner @CBoTheEggman He’s desperate. He wants zero oversight and no protection for the midterm election and certainly the one in 2028. The modus operandi here is you can’t come after him for breaking the law or impeach him yet again if he can keep you from winning the power to do so.

[Raphael de Kadt @Rdekadt]

This is indeed a very serious and worrying development. It potentially augurs very ill for the "free and fair" status of this year's Midterms.

[Mark Warner @MarkWarner]

Reports that the White House has dismissed the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission — all of whom were unanimously confirmed by the Senate, including a commissioner appointed by President Trump himself — should concern every American, regardless of party, because the EAC was established by Congress as an independent, bipartisan body to help states administer secure and credible elections.

If these reports are accurate, removing every remaining commissioner just months before the 2026 midterm elections is an extraordinary step that demands an immediate explanation from the administration and raises profound concerns about political interference in the institutions that support our elections.

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

RFK Jr dissolved the CDC Division for Parasitic disease

Now a parasite is causing huge outbreaks of explosive diarrhoea across the US

What a foolish move

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Mark Rutte

"You sit next to Donald Trump at moments when he talks about conquering Greenland, talks about lashing out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"

[AnatolijUkraine @AnatoliUkraine]

Trump: “Denmark doesn’t spend money to help Greenland. Greenland should be controlled by the United States.”

Meanwhile, Denmark provides Greenlanders with free healthcare, free education, unemployment benefits, paid sick leave, and maternity leave.

In other words, Denmark gives Greenlanders social protections that millions of Americans still don’t have.

That’s a strange argument for a takeover.