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Michael Persson
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De Volkskrant. Onderzoekt macht en geld. Voorheen Amerika-correspondent. Eigenaar van de strop van de Capitoolbestorming.
Bericht voor de Nederlandse pensioenfondsen die vrolijk honderden miljoenen in Palantir hebben gestoken.
SCOOP: Tensions at Palantir have grown in recent weeks over the company's work with ICE.

On Friday, CEO Alex Karp tried to calm concerns in an hourlong video that offered few specifics—instead offering NDAs to workers who want to understand how it's empowering ICE.
www.wired.com/story/palant...
Palantir CEO Alex Karp Recorded a Video About ICE for His Employees
In a video shared with Palantir employees, Alex Karp did not explain how ICE is utilizing the company's products. Instead, workers were told they can sign NDAs if they want detailed information.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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Jamie Raskin accuses DoJ of cover-up after viewing unredacted Epstein files www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Jamie Raskin accuses DoJ of cover-up after viewing unredacted Epstein files
Ranking member of House judiciary panel said ‘mysterious redactions’ in files obscured names of abusers
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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VA Senate president responds to Ted crying about VA’s redistricting, which should add 4 new Dem seats.
February 7, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Wat een inhumane regering doet met burgers die zich humane zorgen maken. (Long read cadeautje) wapo.st/4rtfCw8
February 3, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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Pijnlijk voor #D66, maar raak
#regeerakkoord
February 2, 2026 at 7:58 AM
De Val van Amerika, nu in grafiekvorm:
1/ America's democratic backsliding under Trump has been far faster and steeper than in Russia under Putin, Hungary under Orban, Venezuela under Chavez and Turkey under Erdogan, according to this remarkable graph and report from @jburnmurdoch in the Financial Times today.
February 1, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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Hier een kijktip voor Blueskyers met een smalle blik. Met je ‘stilte’.
January 29, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Ilhan Omar deinst nooit terug.
Toughest congressperson in America rears back for a punch, and refuses to cut short townhall, after asshole sprays her with something.
January 28, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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Doen alsof Trump een Russische agent is, loopt het risico om de pretentie te ondersteunen dat Westerse "democratieën" op zichzelf bestand zijn tegen fascisme, en dat als dit mis gaat, er een kwaadaardige marionettenspeler achter moet zitten.

Maar Trump is een Amerikaans product.
January 28, 2026 at 8:43 AM
'De Grondwet geldt alleen voor de mensen die aan mijn kant staan.'
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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Exactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.
Okay, so this is an authoritarian playbook trick, once the evidence is overwhelming say everyone needs to wait for the official investigation then either fix it or attack it when its completed. Same shit Russian pulled with MH17 and chemical attacks in Syria, very predictable.
Reporter: Will Stephen Miller be apologizing to the family of Alex Pretti for calling him an assassin?

Leavitt: This incident remains under investigation.
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Wat bij ons de taal van de JFVD-fascistjes is, is in de VS de taal van de regering. (cadeau-artikel)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
Administration Social Media Posts Echo White Supremacist Messaging
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:41 PM
2023.
January 27, 2026 at 11:23 AM
... en we weten hoe lang ze in Irak bleven. Trump heeft de 'forever wars' naar zijn eigen land gehaald.
Gasten doen alsof ze in Irak zijn. Amerikaanse bevolking staat steeds vaker op tegen de stormtroepers.
ICE blocked from grocery entrance ✊

12/11/25 St.Paul, Minnesota
January 25, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Wat er gebeurt als JD Vance verklaart dat ICE immuniteit geniet.
UPDATE: @dropsitenews.com has obtained the very graphic video from the lady in the pink coat, which shows ICE executing yet another person in broad daylight:
January 24, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Ok, enorme credit voor deze combo kop en foto @maartjebakker.bsky.social @volkskrant.nl
January 22, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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"Stayed little back" you absolute baboon?
January 22, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Intussen goed nieuws uit de VS. Een volkomen onkundige Trump-loyalist die bij het OM was geparachuteerd om Trumps vijanden (James Comey, Laetitia James) te vervolgen, is nu door dappere rechters in haar district weggewerkt.
wapo.st/3YPcmPm
Lindsey Halligan out as U.S. attorney following pressure from judges
Halligan’s departure followed a pair of orders by federal judges in Virginia that sought to replace her and accused her of “masquerading” as U.S. attorney.
wapo.st
January 21, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Door Trump-critici weg te zetten als 'witte wijn sippende elite in Amsterdam' deed Rutte precies wat elke foute populist doet: een vijand creëren die paradoxaal genoeg meer op hem en zijn vrienden lijkt (denk Jort Kelder).
Rutte: "Ik word giftig als ik de witte wijn sippende elite hoor zeggen: Trump is verkeerd. In de EU lopen heel veel dingen niet goed. Maak gebruik van Trump. Hij schudt de boel lekker op. Hij zegt terecht: dit is gewoon niet goed. Hij heeft een punt: dat al die instituties niet goed werken." (2019)
January 21, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Go ski into a pine tree - die houden we erin.
This sounds like what a sexual predator would say to their victim: Just lay there, let me do this, do not resist, everything will be fine - and don't complain afterwards, because you got what you deserved.

Secretary Bessent, we have a saying in Finland: "go ski into a pine tree"
Bessent: "Everyone take a deep breath. Do not escalate. Do not escalate. President Trump has a strategy here. Hear him out and then everything will be fine."
January 20, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Bericht voor Mark Rutte
At Davos, Governor Gavin Newsom said European leaders were “complicit” and “pathetic” in how they handle President Trump, adding that he should have “brought a bunch of knee pads for them.”
January 20, 2026 at 2:18 PM
(Dit geldt ook voor onze low-level talkshows, die vooral eerloze clowns als 'Amerika-kenners' opvoeren)
De Belgen vinden hun waardigheid terug. Kijken of wij dat ook kunnen.
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:53 PM
De Belgen vinden hun waardigheid terug. Kijken of wij dat ook kunnen.
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:50 PM