Augustus van den Boorn
@observe-consider.bsky.social
DEMOCRACY ๐๏ธ SOLIDARITY ๐ค
Left โ Share ๐ Right โ Care
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called Guus ๐๐ฉต Gus in the US ๐ณ
Left โ Share ๐ Right โ Care
๐ฑ in The Netherlands โ๏ธ
called Guus ๐๐ฉต Gus in the US ๐ณ
Pinned
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As he tosses and turns in his sweat-drenched bed in the master suite in the White House, Trump succumbs to his recurring lucid dream of his future home in an igloo near Ilulissat, Greenland, under the Northern Lights with rustic comforts.
๐ตโ๐ซโ๏ธ๐๐ผ
#StopTheMadness #MAGAImperialism
๐ตโ๐ซโ๏ธ๐๐ผ
#StopTheMadness #MAGAImperialism
January 7, 2026 at 10:23 PM
As he tosses and turns in his sweat-drenched bed in the master suite in the White House, Trump succumbs to his recurring lucid dream of his future home in an igloo near Ilulissat, Greenland, under the Northern Lights with rustic comforts.
๐ตโ๐ซโ๏ธ๐๐ผ
#StopTheMadness #MAGAImperialism
๐ตโ๐ซโ๏ธ๐๐ผ
#StopTheMadness #MAGAImperialism
GOP lawmakers denounce Trumpโs threats to seize Greenland
GOP lawmakers denounce Trumpโs threats to seize Greenland
โThis is a topic that should be dropped," said Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker.
dlvr.it
January 7, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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Listen to the analysis of @anneapplebaum.bsky.social regarding Greenland. โIt will change everything we believed in since WW2. The priority of the VS is no longer value based, they are not interested in the spread of democracy. They view past alliances as a burden.โ
January 7, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Listen to the analysis of @anneapplebaum.bsky.social regarding Greenland. โIt will change everything we believed in since WW2. The priority of the VS is no longer value based, they are not interested in the spread of democracy. They view past alliances as a burden.โ
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The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]
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This.
January 7, 2026 at 7:02 PM
This.
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Trump has turned the U.S into a police stateโผ๏ธ
January 7, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Trump has turned the U.S into a police stateโผ๏ธ
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You know what Europe would like to be humorous about?
Johnson: Does that mean we're going to go send troops into Greenland and take it over? No. Did Marco say something like that? I think he did. But I think he did it with a smile. He was... it was... I took that as a joke. He was trying to be humorous about it, okay?
January 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
You know what Europe would like to be humorous about?
Integrity wears thin in politics
January 7, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Integrity wears thin in politics
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I just left the Venezuela briefing.
It's worse than you thought.
Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people.
We need public Senate hearings NOW.
It's worse than you thought.
Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people.
We need public Senate hearings NOW.
January 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I just left the Venezuela briefing.
It's worse than you thought.
Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people.
We need public Senate hearings NOW.
It's worse than you thought.
Oil company executives seem to know more about Trump's secret plan to "run" Venezuela than the American people.
We need public Senate hearings NOW.
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Pundits insinuating that what Trump just did in Venezuela is part of some larger coherent foreign policy strategy as if he and his toadies are poring over tattered copies of Politics Among Nations drives me nuts. So i wrote this: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Trumpโs Mogul-First Model of Diplomacy
The pundits straining to seek coherence in the new interventionist โDonroe doctrineโ would do well to look back to Trumpโs roots in New York real estate
www.thenation.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Pundits insinuating that what Trump just did in Venezuela is part of some larger coherent foreign policy strategy as if he and his toadies are poring over tattered copies of Politics Among Nations drives me nuts. So i wrote this: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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".. Russia had asked the U.S. to stop pursuing the vessel, according to some of the officials. On Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said it was monitoring โwith concernโ .."
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/u-s-fo...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/u-s-fo...
U.S. Forces Launch Operations to Seize Fleeing Oil Tanker
The tanker was being escorted by a Russian submarine after fleeing a blockade of sanctioned vessels near Venezuela.
www.wsj.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:47 PM
".. Russia had asked the U.S. to stop pursuing the vessel, according to some of the officials. On Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said it was monitoring โwith concernโ .."
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/u-s-fo...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/world/u-s-fo...
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With Trump, we see American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain. American imperialism is not just morally wrong. It is strategically disastrous.
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
snyder.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM
With Trump, we see American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain. American imperialism is not just morally wrong. It is strategically disastrous.
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
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Indeed. This from March last year is worth another read
bsky.app/profile/timo...
bsky.app/profile/timo...
With Trump, we see American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain. American imperialism is not just morally wrong. It is strategically disastrous.
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
snyder.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Indeed. This from March last year is worth another read
bsky.app/profile/timo...
bsky.app/profile/timo...
โฆall couldโve been achieved through alliance (as Pituffik, Danish soldiers per capita in the Afghanwar, Finnish icebreakers)(or Ukraine fulfilling the entire NATO mission) but this administration ๐ณ chose (war)threats
๐คSnyderโs valuable analytical and clear(voyant) thinking, so well argumented๐๐ผโฃ๏ธ
๐คSnyderโs valuable analytical and clear(voyant) thinking, so well argumented๐๐ผโฃ๏ธ
January 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM
โฆall couldโve been achieved through alliance (as Pituffik, Danish soldiers per capita in the Afghanwar, Finnish icebreakers)(or Ukraine fulfilling the entire NATO mission) but this administration ๐ณ chose (war)threats
๐คSnyderโs valuable analytical and clear(voyant) thinking, so well argumented๐๐ผโฃ๏ธ
๐คSnyderโs valuable analytical and clear(voyant) thinking, so well argumented๐๐ผโฃ๏ธ
Thank you Chrisโฃ๏ธ Iโll get to reading it within an hour.
I read, by the way, your repost of โAnnexing Greenland Would Be a Strategic Catastropheโ and hope itโs merely MAGAโs way of starting a โdealโ ๐ณ that will, eventually, develop into new agreements between Greenland / Denmark and the USโฆ ๐๐ผ
I read, by the way, your repost of โAnnexing Greenland Would Be a Strategic Catastropheโ and hope itโs merely MAGAโs way of starting a โdealโ ๐ณ that will, eventually, develop into new agreements between Greenland / Denmark and the USโฆ ๐๐ผ
January 7, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Thank you Chrisโฃ๏ธ Iโll get to reading it within an hour.
I read, by the way, your repost of โAnnexing Greenland Would Be a Strategic Catastropheโ and hope itโs merely MAGAโs way of starting a โdealโ ๐ณ that will, eventually, develop into new agreements between Greenland / Denmark and the USโฆ ๐๐ผ
I read, by the way, your repost of โAnnexing Greenland Would Be a Strategic Catastropheโ and hope itโs merely MAGAโs way of starting a โdealโ ๐ณ that will, eventually, develop into new agreements between Greenland / Denmark and the USโฆ ๐๐ผ
Every @timothysnyder.bsky.social post is valuable and worth (re)considering. Keeping in mind that America enabling Russian imperialism still is very plausible is absolutely appropriate.
Thanks for your reminder Chris
Thanks for your reminder Chris
January 7, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Every @timothysnyder.bsky.social post is valuable and worth (re)considering. Keeping in mind that America enabling Russian imperialism still is very plausible is absolutely appropriate.
Thanks for your reminder Chris
Thanks for your reminder Chris
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So Capitol Police officers were assaulted and injured on Jan 6th, the White House today is blaming them for the violence, and the people who attacked them have been pardoned and are back to mock and abuse them on the 5th anniversary.
And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??
And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??
White House's newly-posted "timeline" of Jan 6 blames Capitol Police for Jan 6, which included an attack on ..... Capitol Police
January 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM
So Capitol Police officers were assaulted and injured on Jan 6th, the White House today is blaming them for the violence, and the people who attacked them have been pardoned and are back to mock and abuse them on the 5th anniversary.
And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??
And the GOP is the party of the police? Really? REALLY??
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No amount of gaslighting will convince sane and rational Americans that we didnโt see what we saw on January 6, 2021.
Letโs cut through some of the bullshit and liesโฆ
Letโs cut through some of the bullshit and liesโฆ
January 6, 2026 at 10:13 PM
No amount of gaslighting will convince sane and rational Americans that we didnโt see what we saw on January 6, 2021.
Letโs cut through some of the bullshit and liesโฆ
Letโs cut through some of the bullshit and liesโฆ
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If you are a Republican lawmaker....YOU fucking did this. YOU enabled him. YOU supported him. YOU voted with him. YOU didn't remove him.
Today...because of YOU...this...is what the White House website has on it today.
Don't you dare point at him. YOU did this.
www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
Today...because of YOU...this...is what the White House website has on it today.
Don't you dare point at him. YOU did this.
www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
January 6: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Discover the real January 6 story: peaceful protest turned tragedy, Deep State entrapment, media deception, and President Trump's triumphant pardons restoring justice to patriotic Americans.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 6, 2026 at 10:41 PM
If you are a Republican lawmaker....YOU fucking did this. YOU enabled him. YOU supported him. YOU voted with him. YOU didn't remove him.
Today...because of YOU...this...is what the White House website has on it today.
Don't you dare point at him. YOU did this.
www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
Today...because of YOU...this...is what the White House website has on it today.
Don't you dare point at him. YOU did this.
www.whitehouse.gov/j6/
Youโd say we've learned since then
"Iron laws of the world"? Some of America's most important national accomplishments are about leading humanity away from this kind of bullshit.
If we let ideologues like Stephen Miller drag us back into a world where brute force is all that matters, all of us will be less safe.
If we let ideologues like Stephen Miller drag us back into a world where brute force is all that matters, all of us will be less safe.
January 6, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Youโd say we've learned since then