Paddags

an imaginative being of art; inferences from tweets to a natural being are invalid.

[Joseph Ledford @JosephALedford]

The @ClementsCenter is seeking an Assistant Director of Research. Join me in building and directing the policy research portfolio. We're applying history to national security challenges at scale and at pace. Apply here: https://t.co/vsH7QKCKq3

[Michael O'Hanlon @MichaelEOHanlon]

When Did the USA Become a World Power? - Yale University Press https://t.co/TL7FPfdgvd

[CISAC & on Bluesky @stanfordcisac.bsky.social @StanfordCISAC]

Hollywood meets nuclear strategy, and it’s messier than you think. CISAC Co-director Scott Sagan and Research Assistant Shreya Lad unpack what A House of Dynamite gets right about nuclear risk, and where it goes dangerously wrong.
https://t.co/Qa06S06VaE

[Emanuel Boeminghaus @E_Boeminghaus]

Palantir-Chef Alex Karp derzeit im Handelsblatt:

„Die deutsche Tech-Szene zählt zu den schlechtesten“

"Wer in Deutschland ein besonderes Talent hat, der wird zurechtgestutzt."

"Ich bin viel unterwegs in der Welt: Niemand redet mehr über Deutschland, weder im Nahen Osten noch in Asien noch in Amerika. 100 Jahre lang hat die Welt die deutsche Technik bewundert, davon ist nichts mehr übrig."

Die Demütigungen haben begonnen!

https://t.co/yLaI2Pkivx

[Jack Miller Center @JackMillerCtr]

ACADEMIC JOB ALERT🎺 @uaustinorg invites applications/nominations for an open-rank full-time professor of history. Ideal candidates will be able to teach political, economic, and military history, with applied focus and deep expertise in the U.S. https://t.co/cUMqXvHYcf

[Minnesota Staff Fraud Reporting Commentary @Minnesota_DHS]

Tim Walz is 100% responsible for massive fraud in Minnesota. We let Tim Walz know of fraud early on, hoping for a partnership in stopping fraud but no, we got the opposite response. Tim Walz systematically retaliated against whistleblowers using monitoring, threats, repression, and did his best to discredit fraud reports. Instead of partnership, we got the full weight of retaliation by Tim Walz, certain DFL members and an indifferent mainstream media. It’s scary, isolating and left us wondering who we can turn to.

In addition to retaliating against whistleblower, Tim Walz disempowered the Office of the Legislative Auditor, allowing agencies to disregard their audit findings and guidance. Media and politicians supporting Tim Walz or the DFL-agenda attacked whistleblowers who were trying to raise red flags on fraudulent activities.

This is a cascade of systemic failures leading up to Tim Walz. Agency leaders appointed by Tim Walz willfully disregarded rules and laws to keep fraud reports quiet - even to the extent of threatening families of whistleblowers. These same leaders are not qualified for their jobs, instead getting leadership jobs via Tim Walz’s friendship so state government were left floundering. DFL lawmakers refused to acknowledge fraud and deflected any serious conversation to stop fraud. Biased mainstream media such as WCCO and MPR showed absolutely no interest in covering fraud happening in our own state. Programs, especially in behavioral health and disability services were built without any guardrails against fraud, all in an attempt to extract more funding from legislature and the federal government.

As staff, we firsthand witnessed and observed fraud happening yet we were shutdown, reassigned and told to keep quiet. Sometimes more. Leadership did not want to appear to discriminate against certain communities and were unwilling to take action, such as stopping fraud, that would have an adverse impact on their image. To date, no single agency leader has been held responsible for their role in fraud whether it’s Shireen Gandhi, Jess Geil, Jodi Harpstead, Natasha Merz, Eric Grumdahl or others.

It is a structure created and maintained by Tim Walz who has created an environment of inter-related agencies and institutions including the media - that help foster fraud through retaliation and turning a blind eye in exchange for political gain in the form of high power agency leadership jobs or other perks.

Fundamentally, Tim Walz is dishonest, lacks ethics and integrity, has poor leadership abilities, and has never taken any accountability for his role in fraud. Instead, Tim Walz deflects by blaming national politics for his own failings and distracts the public with inveterate lying. These lies include his reference of a budget surplus under his tenure. Fact is, Minnesota never had a surplus, we had been given federal ARPA funds that were conflated as surplus money otherwise, we’d be in a deficit. And those ARPA funds, which were meant to be temporary funds were used to create more leadership positions for Tim Walz “buddies.”

As such, we can’t fight fraud in Minnesota alone hence why we’re appealing to the federal levels of government. We need all the help we can get as Tim Walz’s agency leaders have upped their brazen approach in covering up their knowledge of fraud.

We are grateful to numerous solid politicians (esp the Fraud Committee) and media outlets who are trying to halt fraud. We are also grateful to other whistleblowers who are bravely stepping up.

Thank You NY Times for bringing the plight of Minnesota to the national stage.

@nytimes

[Patrick Porter @PatPorter76]

My review of Jens Stoltenberg's memoir of his NATO Secretary-Generalship: straight-shooting, at times pedestrian, at times shrewd, at times romantically idealist, playing a weak hand well, but larger forces he cannot tame: https://t.co/3b7C8FHV27

[Paddags @paddags]

Warum griff das Aktionsbuendnis nur verletzte Beamte an? 🧐

[Jack Miller Center @JackMillerCtr]

.@NewCollegeofFL invites recent PhD recipients (w/in the last 3 years) to apply for America at 250 Postdoctoral Fellowships. Fellows will engage in research in US politics/history, political philosophy, constitutional law, etc. The app. deadline is 1/22. https://t.co/Rit9k5SzTd

[Aya Velázquez @aya_velazquez]

Nächste Hausdurchsuchung. Heute traf es den in Berlin lebenden amerikanischen Autor und Satiriker CJ Hopkins.

"Heute standen drei bewaffnete Berliner Polizisten mit einem Durchsuchungsbefehl vor meiner Tür. Sie durchsuchten meine Wohnung, befragten mich und meine Frau und beschlagnahmten meinen Computer.

Der Durchsuchungsbefehl stand im Zusammenhang mit neuen strafrechtlichen Vorwürfen, die die Berliner Staatsanwaltschaft gegen mich erhoben hat. Ich werde erneut beschuldigt, pro-nazistische Materialien veröffentlicht und verbreitet zu haben, in diesem Fall mein Buch The Rise of the New Normal Reich: Consent Factory Essays, Vol. III (2020–2021).

Im Gegensatz zu den vorherigen Anklagen, die sich auf zwei Tweets mit dem Cover des Buchs bezogen, basieren diese neuen Anklagen auf der Veröffentlichung und Verbreitung des Buchs selbst. Das Buch ist bei Amazon in Deutschland, Österreich und den Niederlanden verboten. Bis heute gab es nie einen offiziellen Beleg für ein Verbot in Deutschland. Es ist in allen anderen Ländern erhältlich, über Amazon und Ingram Content Group, einen der größten Buchhändler der Welt, vertrieben.

Selbstverständlich sind diese neuen Anklagen und die polizeiliche Durchsuchung meiner Wohnung verfassungswidrig, d. h. ein Verstoß gegen meine Rechte als Autor und Verleger gemäß dem deutschen Grundgesetz.

Mein Anwalt sammelt Informationen zu den neuen Anklagen, und wir werden rechtliche Schritte einleiten, um diese anzufechten."

CJ Hopkins steht für Presseanfragen bereit: https://t.co/gABWaf1QRw

Über das Strafverfahren gegen Hopkins wegen zwei X-Posts - erst Freispruch und dann Verurteilung - habe ich berichtet:
https://t.co/T1Rm0oGN1F
https://t.co/jyTyy2ijqC

Besonders empfehle ich mein Interview mit Hopkins, das einen Einblick in sein spannendes Denken jenseits des ihm vom deutschen Staat aufoktroyierten, kafkaesken Strafprozess gibt:
https://t.co/GvweZbHSXJ

[Jack Miller Center @JackMillerCtr]

Fellowship opportunity for teachers💡

The @UToledo Institute for American Constitutional Thought and Leadership seeks applicants for the Fundamental Principles Initiative, a fully funded three-year fellowship for teachers. Apply by Dec. 5: https://t.co/kL8BwMeNKP

[Dr. Maximilian Krah MdB @KrahMax]

In den USA wird offen darüber gesprochen, dass etwa 15-30% der Ukraine-Hilfen veruntreut wurden. Damit ist klar, dass a) Selensky involviert ist und b) massive Zahlungen an US- und EU-Politiker flossen, die sich für die 🇺🇦-Zahlungen einsetzen. Massiver Sprengstoff!

[RAND School of Public Policy @RANDschooledu]

Are you driven to change the world? If so, the RAND School might be the place for you.

🗓️ Apply by December 4 to receive priority scholarship consideration.

💻 Learn more and apply: https://t.co/fjr4bLHxCE

[Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman]

Good but depressing piece. Similar things happening to the Druze minority. We all wanted to believe in a happy ending in Syria, but maybe not https://t.co/KHpFVvDjK2

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

⭕️ Haaretz: Israel pours millions into AI-hasbara, conservative/church targeting, and U.S. influence ops

Haaretz has uncovered a network of multimillion-dollar contracts showing that Israel is attempting to rehabilitate its image among American conservatives through a vast propaganda campaign spanning artificial intelligence, evangelical churches, and right-wing media networks.

The investigation reveals that since mid-2025, Israel’s Foreign Ministry, Tourism Ministry, and Government Advertising Agency (LAPAM) have routed millions through the PR giant Havas Media Germany to American contractors linked to Donald Trump’s political machine and evangelical circles. The effort is designed to “reshape Israel’s perception” amid a historic collapse in U.S. public support following the Gaza war.

[Geopolitics and Security Studies Center @GSSC_LT]

Translating security challenges into strategic insight.🧠
@HoansSolo, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the @CNASdc joins the Vilnius Foreign and Security Policy Conference on November 21 to discuss modern warfare, defense innovation, and the future of strategic security.

Stay tuned for more speaker highlights and updates!
Register and learn more: https://t.co/NLTFfKB2Gb
Photo credits: CNAS

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

“The Trump administration has approached friends and foes alike with self-serving aggression—even though successfully navigating a more multipolar world will require strong, lean global partnerships,” writes @EmmaMAshford.
https://t.co/BJb9dr7lFc

[Andrew Roberts @aroberts_andrew]

My & Zach Marsh's Policy Exchange paper on the ultra-MAGA attacks on Churchill & where they're really coming from ideologically: https://t.co/Ca3youFVso #Churchill

[Jordan Hirsch @jordanchirsch]

Don't wait until 2030 to do real things. Meritocracy Fellowship 2.0 @PalantirTech. Apply Now. ⬇️