Rob Schoof
@robschoof.bsky.social
Commentator & reporter @NRC.nl
International desk | War in Ukraine | Not related to former Dutch PM | Views mine
📍Haarlem, The Netherlands 🇪🇺
International desk | War in Ukraine | Not related to former Dutch PM | Views mine
📍Haarlem, The Netherlands 🇪🇺
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The Epstein saga is the biggest political cover-up in modern history.
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The Epstein saga is the biggest political cover-up in modern history.
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Whether it's Hillary Clinton sending emails to her staff saying "please print" or Donald Trump sending letters to Jeffrey Epstein alluding to child rape, both candidates sent some questionable messages to people that they knew.
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Whether it's Hillary Clinton sending emails to her staff saying "please print" or Donald Trump sending letters to Jeffrey Epstein alluding to child rape, both candidates sent some questionable messages to people that they knew.
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“Are you still talking about Epstein?” Trump keeps asking. Epstein is a “dead issue”, he says. The man stays dead but his issue is very much alive. That is because the system that protected Epstein has still not been held to account." My column. on.ft.com/43p8IhQ
Epstein is not going away
[FREE TO READ] The issue is Trump’s Achilles heel — and the US president knows it
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“Are you still talking about Epstein?” Trump keeps asking. Epstein is a “dead issue”, he says. The man stays dead but his issue is very much alive. That is because the system that protected Epstein has still not been held to account." My column. on.ft.com/43p8IhQ
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It’s not at breaking point yet but things are getting very much worse. I’m feeling it.
There’s a distinct possibility that we’ll get to a point where I move in to our building at work for short periods to stay warm and have power.
There’s a distinct possibility that we’ll get to a point where I move in to our building at work for short periods to stay warm and have power.
I’ll keep it real with u fam it feels different this time and I have no idea how we will survive this winter
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 AM
It’s not at breaking point yet but things are getting very much worse. I’m feeling it.
There’s a distinct possibility that we’ll get to a point where I move in to our building at work for short periods to stay warm and have power.
There’s a distinct possibility that we’ll get to a point where I move in to our building at work for short periods to stay warm and have power.
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First the Dutch announce (publicly!) that they won’t share certain critical intelligence with the US because of its politicization. Now the UK won’t share intelligence to enable what it (rightly!) says are illegal strikes. That’s how you emasculate your national security. www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
First the Dutch announce (publicly!) that they won’t share certain critical intelligence with the US because of its politicization. Now the UK won’t share intelligence to enable what it (rightly!) says are illegal strikes. That’s how you emasculate your national security. www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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Ukrainian forces withdrew from five towns in Zaporizhzhia as Russian artillery carries out over 400 strikes daily, destroying fortifications
Russian units are now pressing to encircle Huliaipole and cut supply routes from Pokrovske in the north
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/11/u...
Russian units are now pressing to encircle Huliaipole and cut supply routes from Pokrovske in the north
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/11/u...
Ukraine retreats from five towns in Zaporizhzhia as Russia pounds positions with 400 artillery strikes daily
Southern Defense Forces say fortifications near-totally destroyed, Russian units now pressing to encircle Huliaipole.
euromaidanpress.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ukrainian forces withdrew from five towns in Zaporizhzhia as Russian artillery carries out over 400 strikes daily, destroying fortifications
Russian units are now pressing to encircle Huliaipole and cut supply routes from Pokrovske in the north
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/11/u...
Russian units are now pressing to encircle Huliaipole and cut supply routes from Pokrovske in the north
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/11/u...
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❗️Ukraine produces more drones per year than all NATO countries combined — Bloomberg
Ukraine has become a drone superpower — more than 500 companies produce about 4 million UAVs of all types per year — from long-range attack drones to cheap FPV drones.
Ukraine has become a drone superpower — more than 500 companies produce about 4 million UAVs of all types per year — from long-range attack drones to cheap FPV drones.
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
❗️Ukraine produces more drones per year than all NATO countries combined — Bloomberg
Ukraine has become a drone superpower — more than 500 companies produce about 4 million UAVs of all types per year — from long-range attack drones to cheap FPV drones.
Ukraine has become a drone superpower — more than 500 companies produce about 4 million UAVs of all types per year — from long-range attack drones to cheap FPV drones.
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So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
So he’s saying all the tariff money we took in is gone and we won’t be able to pay it back. There was always a possibility he could lose this lawsuit and have to refund the tariff money. We didn’t prepare for that possibility? He’s running the govt like he ran his casinos.
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U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers deployed over the weekend to a base in Spain that will serve as a launching pad for operations along NATO’s eastern flank and into the High North.
Air Force deploys B-52s to base in Spain for NATO bomber task force training
B-52s that are part of Bomber Task Force Europe 26-1 arrived at Moron Air Base.
www.stripes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers deployed over the weekend to a base in Spain that will serve as a launching pad for operations along NATO’s eastern flank and into the High North.
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"Peace on Russia’s terms is not peace; it’s capitulation," — Zaluzhnyi
In an article for the New York Post, the former Commander-in-Chief and current Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom outlined Russia’s negotiation tactics and his vision for ending the war.
In an article for the New York Post, the former Commander-in-Chief and current Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom outlined Russia’s negotiation tactics and his vision for ending the war.
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"Peace on Russia’s terms is not peace; it’s capitulation," — Zaluzhnyi
In an article for the New York Post, the former Commander-in-Chief and current Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom outlined Russia’s negotiation tactics and his vision for ending the war.
In an article for the New York Post, the former Commander-in-Chief and current Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom outlined Russia’s negotiation tactics and his vision for ending the war.
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Lutsk. Children sleep in the basement to the sound of explosions.
Every day, parents in #Ukraine shelter their children in basements as Russian drones and missiles target our cities. Many young children have never experienced peacetime
Russia must be stopped.
📹: ruslana_sunbeam / TikTok
Every day, parents in #Ukraine shelter their children in basements as Russian drones and missiles target our cities. Many young children have never experienced peacetime
Russia must be stopped.
📹: ruslana_sunbeam / TikTok
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Lutsk. Children sleep in the basement to the sound of explosions.
Every day, parents in #Ukraine shelter their children in basements as Russian drones and missiles target our cities. Many young children have never experienced peacetime
Russia must be stopped.
📹: ruslana_sunbeam / TikTok
Every day, parents in #Ukraine shelter their children in basements as Russian drones and missiles target our cities. Many young children have never experienced peacetime
Russia must be stopped.
📹: ruslana_sunbeam / TikTok
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🇺🇸🇺🇦 U.S. Shutdown Impact on Ukraine’s Defense Support
The delay affects billion-dollar contracts and arms deliveries. This includes AMRAAM, Aegis, and HIMARS, intended for Denmark, Croatia, and Poland.
Read more 👀⬇️
theukrainianreview.info/us-shutdown-...
The delay affects billion-dollar contracts and arms deliveries. This includes AMRAAM, Aegis, and HIMARS, intended for Denmark, Croatia, and Poland.
Read more 👀⬇️
theukrainianreview.info/us-shutdown-...
U.S. Shutdown Impact on Ukraine’s Defense Support
U.S. weapons shipments to Ukraine through NATO have been halted due to the U.S. shutdown, reports Axios. The crisis pause in federal operations has raised serio
theukrainianreview.info
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🇺🇸🇺🇦 U.S. Shutdown Impact on Ukraine’s Defense Support
The delay affects billion-dollar contracts and arms deliveries. This includes AMRAAM, Aegis, and HIMARS, intended for Denmark, Croatia, and Poland.
Read more 👀⬇️
theukrainianreview.info/us-shutdown-...
The delay affects billion-dollar contracts and arms deliveries. This includes AMRAAM, Aegis, and HIMARS, intended for Denmark, Croatia, and Poland.
Read more 👀⬇️
theukrainianreview.info/us-shutdown-...
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In Kharkiv, residents line up at a natural spring for water after Russian strikes on critical infrastructure
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
In Kharkiv, residents line up at a natural spring for water after Russian strikes on critical infrastructure
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
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This systemic deliberate Russian terror, year after year, generation after generation, country after country. The impact of all this on health and wellbeing… the scale of this, that has never been properly accounted for
Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This systemic deliberate Russian terror, year after year, generation after generation, country after country. The impact of all this on health and wellbeing… the scale of this, that has never been properly accounted for
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In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Mariupol, Bakhmut, Vovchansk, Toretsk, Chasiv Yar, Vuhledar, Velyka Novosilka, Avdiivka, Pokrovsk, Kupyansk, Myrnohrad - and many, many more. City after city, annihilated by Russia. #Ukraine
This is what Myrnohrad looks like now.
As of January 1, 2022, Myrnohrad had a population of over 47 thousand people. Today, the Russians have destroyed this town.
As of January 1, 2022, Myrnohrad had a population of over 47 thousand people. Today, the Russians have destroyed this town.
November 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Mariupol, Bakhmut, Vovchansk, Toretsk, Chasiv Yar, Vuhledar, Velyka Novosilka, Avdiivka, Pokrovsk, Kupyansk, Myrnohrad - and many, many more. City after city, annihilated by Russia. #Ukraine
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Get that fat fascist dictator out of our country.
Oh, and Orban as well
Oh, and Orban as well
November 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Get that fat fascist dictator out of our country.
Oh, and Orban as well
Oh, and Orban as well
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At the American Cemetery in Margraten, silence has suddenly fallen for the Black Americans who helped liberate the Netherlands. Two panels commemorating their contribution—and highlighting their fight against racism within the military—were removed without explanation. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
At the American Cemetery in Margraten, silence has suddenly fallen for the Black Americans who helped liberate the Netherlands. Two panels commemorating their contribution—and highlighting their fight against racism within the military—were removed without explanation. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Monument: Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun...
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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The United States fully backs the European Union using frozen Russian assets as a tool to support Ukraine and end the war with Russia, a US source familiar with the situation told Reuters reut.rs/4oZVrER
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The United States fully backs the European Union using frozen Russian assets as a tool to support Ukraine and end the war with Russia, a US source familiar with the situation told Reuters reut.rs/4oZVrER
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Republican politicians can commit all the crimes they want and victimize as many people as they want because right after they are convicted Trump pardons every single one of them. Every Republican politician is above the law and can do whatever they want. Total immunity.
November 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Republican politicians can commit all the crimes they want and victimize as many people as they want because right after they are convicted Trump pardons every single one of them. Every Republican politician is above the law and can do whatever they want. Total immunity.
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💥Ukrainian Defence Forces have destroyed a base used for storing, assembling and launching Shahed drones at Donetsk airport.
Reports suggest that at the time of the strike, the site may have contained up to 1,000 Shahed/Geran-2 UAVs and over 1,500 warheads.
Reports suggest that at the time of the strike, the site may have contained up to 1,000 Shahed/Geran-2 UAVs and over 1,500 warheads.
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
💥Ukrainian Defence Forces have destroyed a base used for storing, assembling and launching Shahed drones at Donetsk airport.
Reports suggest that at the time of the strike, the site may have contained up to 1,000 Shahed/Geran-2 UAVs and over 1,500 warheads.
Reports suggest that at the time of the strike, the site may have contained up to 1,000 Shahed/Geran-2 UAVs and over 1,500 warheads.