Prashant
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Metropolitan. Multilingual. Pragmatist. Traveller. Lecturer. Lawyer. Trying to fight the good fight. Skeet about travels, law and politics. Usual disclaimers.
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‘Alternative facts’
“You’ve never thanked the US”.
Actual facts
“You’ve never thanked the US”.
Actual facts
February 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
‘Alternative facts’
“You’ve never thanked the US”.
Actual facts
“You’ve never thanked the US”.
Actual facts
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Trump’s disgusting behavior in our Oval Office in the company of a genuine hero and defender of democracy like Volodymyr Zelensky may be the most disgraceful public behavior by any president in our history.
February 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Trump’s disgusting behavior in our Oval Office in the company of a genuine hero and defender of democracy like Volodymyr Zelensky may be the most disgraceful public behavior by any president in our history.
The same Republicans loudly berating #Zelensky for “telling it like it is” (isn’t that their brand?) in the Oval Office and supposedly disrespecting #Trump did not attack Netanyahu when he gave a speech before Congress blasting the President. Alas, the President was Obama. #Vance #Ukraine
February 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Vance blew up that meeting on purpose
February 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Vance blew up that meeting on purpose
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Der Präsident eines Staates, der seit drei Jahren geschunden und zerstört wird und dessen Bevölkerung vergewaltigt wird, muss sich vom US-Präsidenten vor der ganzen Welt anbrüllen lassen. Was für eine Schande
February 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Der Präsident eines Staates, der seit drei Jahren geschunden und zerstört wird und dessen Bevölkerung vergewaltigt wird, muss sich vom US-Präsidenten vor der ganzen Welt anbrüllen lassen. Was für eine Schande
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'This will make great Television.‘
A sentence that will live in infamy.
A sentence that will live in infamy.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
'This will make great Television.‘
A sentence that will live in infamy.
A sentence that will live in infamy.
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Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.
#Zelensky has more balls than the entire Republican Party combined. Legendary.
Trump? Childish, petulant, intemperate.
Vance? An opportunistic, snivelling coward who knows better.
#Ukraine #Trump #mineralsdeal
Trump? Childish, petulant, intemperate.
Vance? An opportunistic, snivelling coward who knows better.
#Ukraine #Trump #mineralsdeal
February 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
#Zelensky has more balls than the entire Republican Party combined. Legendary.
Trump? Childish, petulant, intemperate.
Vance? An opportunistic, snivelling coward who knows better.
#Ukraine #Trump #mineralsdeal
Trump? Childish, petulant, intemperate.
Vance? An opportunistic, snivelling coward who knows better.
#Ukraine #Trump #mineralsdeal
#Germany becomes a less predictable partner for the EU. While #Merz will likely lead a CDU/CSU/SPD coalition, centrist parties no longer possess a constitutional amendment majority in the Bundestag. AfD and Left can block any amendments that aim at altering the EU Treaties. #btw25 #bundestagswahl
February 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#Germany becomes a less predictable partner for the EU. While #Merz will likely lead a CDU/CSU/SPD coalition, centrist parties no longer possess a constitutional amendment majority in the Bundestag. AfD and Left can block any amendments that aim at altering the EU Treaties. #btw25 #bundestagswahl
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I celebrate the 80% of Germans who did not vote for the far right. Do not make 19.6% of German voters into "the" German people (again).
"The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties.
#BTW25 #GermanElection
"The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties.
#BTW25 #GermanElection
February 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I celebrate the 80% of Germans who did not vote for the far right. Do not make 19.6% of German voters into "the" German people (again).
"The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties.
#BTW25 #GermanElection
"The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties.
#BTW25 #GermanElection
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A coalition between CDU and AFD is an extreme, undesired event even for CDU voters. 81% of CDU voters, above the overall 70% of voters, are opposed to seeing the AFD take any form of state power. It is important to remember that.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A coalition between CDU and AFD is an extreme, undesired event even for CDU voters. 81% of CDU voters, above the overall 70% of voters, are opposed to seeing the AFD take any form of state power. It is important to remember that.
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CDU wins as expected but distribution of seats &possible coalitions unclear because uncertain whether FDP makes it over 5% threshold &into Parliament at all. So. Here is something you could do (but won‘t). Switch off, wait for tomorrow morning. Most hot takes right now are premature.
February 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
CDU wins as expected but distribution of seats &possible coalitions unclear because uncertain whether FDP makes it over 5% threshold &into Parliament at all. So. Here is something you could do (but won‘t). Switch off, wait for tomorrow morning. Most hot takes right now are premature.
Olaf #Scholz just conceded the federal election to Friedrich #Merz. That this is even notable is a sad sign of the times. #btw25 #bundestagswahl #Germany
February 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Olaf #Scholz just conceded the federal election to Friedrich #Merz. That this is even notable is a sad sign of the times. #btw25 #bundestagswahl #Germany
#Merz ran against a hopelessly unpopular government. He is the opposition leader. This should have been a home run for him and Christian Democrats. Unlike in the past, voters didn’t rally around the centre-right. Instead, they are below 30%. This is abysmally bad. #btw25 #bundestagswahl #Germany
February 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#Merz ran against a hopelessly unpopular government. He is the opposition leader. This should have been a home run for him and Christian Democrats. Unlike in the past, voters didn’t rally around the centre-right. Instead, they are below 30%. This is abysmally bad. #btw25 #bundestagswahl #Germany
The one positive result I see from this mess is the excellent turnout of 83%. People are willing to engage with our democracy. But the centrist parties have been weakened - and #Germany must confront a difficult international scene with a weak, likely unstable 4-party govt. #btw25 #Bundestagswahl
February 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The one positive result I see from this mess is the excellent turnout of 83%. People are willing to engage with our democracy. But the centrist parties have been weakened - and #Germany must confront a difficult international scene with a weak, likely unstable 4-party govt. #btw25 #Bundestagswahl
Post-war Germany is finished. We Germans will need to get used to a much more polarised political scene and have to actively fight to protect our democracy and our liberties. #btw25 #bundestagswahl #Germany
February 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Post-war Germany is finished. We Germans will need to get used to a much more polarised political scene and have to actively fight to protect our democracy and our liberties. #btw25 #bundestagswahl #Germany
In today’s general elections in #Germany, I expect the AfD to outperform the polls. Similar to the UK and the US, its voters are more likely to lie to pollsters. Will be at about 25%. Expect a new CDU-led govt by May/June, but only after protracted negotiations. #btw2025 #bundestagswahl
February 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In today’s general elections in #Germany, I expect the AfD to outperform the polls. Similar to the UK and the US, its voters are more likely to lie to pollsters. Will be at about 25%. Expect a new CDU-led govt by May/June, but only after protracted negotiations. #btw2025 #bundestagswahl
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⚡️'No point trying to negotiate' with Putin, Yulia Navalnaya says.
"Even if you decided to negotiate with Putin, just remember he will lie," Navalnaya, widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, said at the Munich Security Conference two days before the anniversary of her husband's death.
"Even if you decided to negotiate with Putin, just remember he will lie," Navalnaya, widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, said at the Munich Security Conference two days before the anniversary of her husband's death.
'No point trying to negotiate' with Putin, Yulia Navalnaya says
"Even if you decided to negotiate with Putin, just remember he will lie," Yulia Navalnaya, widow of the late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, said at the Munich Security Conference two days before th...
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February 15, 2025 at 5:44 AM
⚡️'No point trying to negotiate' with Putin, Yulia Navalnaya says.
"Even if you decided to negotiate with Putin, just remember he will lie," Navalnaya, widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, said at the Munich Security Conference two days before the anniversary of her husband's death.
"Even if you decided to negotiate with Putin, just remember he will lie," Navalnaya, widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, said at the Munich Security Conference two days before the anniversary of her husband's death.