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cerianbond.bsky.social
I think after the US National Security Strategy, the US National Defence Strategy & the Greenland crisis, more European govts wd agree with Robert Kagan. But not all have yet re-tooled policies to reflect the new situation.
simongosden.bsky.social Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 1d
“We are heading into dictatorship if we are not already in dictatorship here in the United States.”

America is in “much deeper trouble” than European leaders understand, and Europe should not expect the world to return to the old order after Donald Trump
January 30, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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kathylove.bsky.social
A realistic and accurate summary of the situation in the UK.
exrevtony.bsky.social Tony Jones @exrevtony.bsky.social · 1d
Sadly, I have to agree.
The UK (specifically England) seems split three ways.
1. Hardcore brexiters, who want no part of the EU, and will put up with (or lie about) the consequences.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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stu31.bsky.social
“The first hint that something untoward was going on surfaced on July 24,1987, just after Trump returned from the Soviet Union, when an article appeared in a highly unlikely venue, the Executive Intelligence Review, strongly suggested something mysterious was going on between the Kremlin and Trump”
peterjukes.bsky.social Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d
“The ad was assessed by the active measures directorate as one of the most successful KGB operations of that time. It was a big ­ thing— to have three major American newspapers publish KGB sound bites.” @craigunger.bsky.social

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When Did Trump Decide He Wanted to End the Western Alliance?
To understand what's going on today, maybe we have to go back to the !980s when Donald Trump was first cultivated by the KGB.
craigunger.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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jacobinmagazin.bsky.social
Die USA sind unter Trump in das Sopranos-Stadium des Imperialismus eingetreten: Aus Hegemonie wird schamlose Erpressung, Loyalität ist im Zweifel nichts wert und Verträge können mit vorgehaltener Waffe gebrochen werden.
Willkommen im Sopranos-Stadium des Imperialismus
Die USA sind unter Trump in das Sopranos-Stadium des Imperialismus eingetreten: Aus Hegemonie wird schamlose Erpressung, Loyalität ist im Zweifel nichts wert und Verträge können mit vorgehaltener Waffe gebrochen werden.
jacobin.de
January 29, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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chriso-wiki.bsky.social
1/ Trump Administration officials have reportedly held several secret meetings with Canadian separatists, who are seeking US$500 billion to bankroll their efforts. It suggests that the Administration is interested in breaking up Canada and absorbing the remnants. ⬇️
January 29, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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stephenwolf.bsky.social
This is the polling trend for Denmark’s upcoming election with the left-leaning bloc in red and the right in blue.

Notice anything happening recently around the time Trump began increasingly threatening Greenland?
Polling trend graph for the 2026 Danish parliamentary election with the left-leaning bloc in red and the right-leaning bloc in blue. The left had led for the past few years until beginning to trail in the second half of 2025, but the left saw a sharp uptick while the right suffered an even larger drop in January 2026 as Donald Trump increasingly began threatening to attack Greenland. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2026_Danish_general_election
January 28, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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fife4europe.bsky.social
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1 MIN AGO: Furious Senate Leaders Abandon Trump - Washington Erupts Into Open Revolt!
YouTube video by Critical Brief
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January 28, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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slotkin.senate.gov
President Trump is following the same playbook as almost every authoritarian in history.
January 27, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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nozios.bsky.social
Det her, er for vildt!

#TikTok
January 27, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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volksverpetzer.de
Wenn Merz was macht, was die AfD mag, oder "linksgrün" beschimpft, ist das für sie der Beweis, dass sie Recht hat. Merz gibt ihnen recht.

Wenn Merz was macht, was die AfD schlecht findet, ist das für sie der Beweis, dass sie Recht hat. Merz ist ja auch "linksgrün".

Er wird sie so nie "entzaubern".
January 28, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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slothropsmap.bsky.social
To say aloud that the vice president is friends with Nazis and to point out that his Holocaust tweet is crafted so as not to offend them is to sound crazy to everyone who doesn’t know both are stone cold facts. Frustrating thing.
jaywillis.net Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 3d
Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
JD Vance @JDVance X.com Today we remember the millions of lives lost during the Holocaust, the millions of stories of individual bravery and heroism, and one of the enduring lessons of one of the darkest chapters in human history: that while humans create beautiful things and are full of compassion, we're also capable of unspeakable brutality. And we promise never again to go down the darkest path.
January 28, 2026 at 5:34 AM
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joniaskola.bsky.social
Important issue
January 28, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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simonezop.bsky.social
We are in excellent hands.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said his face-to-face meeting with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Jan. 17 left him deeply alarmed about the U.S. president’s state of mind.
January 28, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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kateinkharkiv.bsky.social
Russian clown Peskov:

"We have problems with Poland and Baltic states.

For some reason, they are always afraid of us, they demonize us. Everyone who comes to power there begins to hate Russia and the Russians."

For some reason? 🤡
FOR SOME REASON. 😂🤡😂🤡
January 27, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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natalkakyiv.bsky.social
‘Don’t poke the Russian bear or it might die’ is not just a meme.

Russian economist Leonid Paidiyev: “Americans need to be made to understand that if you try to poke the Russian Federation with an awl it won’t end well: the awl is dangerous, and the donkey is already half dead.”
January 27, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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generalboles.bsky.social
They're there to stop American athletes defecting
January 27, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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oliverdasgupta.bsky.social
Leon Weintraub überlebte 4 Konzentrationslager, auch Auschwitz. Als er befreit wurde, wog er nur noch 35 Kilo. Heute ist Weintraub 100 Jahre alt und kämpft weltweit gegen Extremismus. Er warnt vor der AfD. Ein Gesprächsauszug zum Holocaust-Gedenktag.

#WeRemember #NieWieder #Holocaust
(S+) Holocaust-Überlebender Leon Weintraub: »Man darf nie zulassen, dass die AfD die Macht ergreift«
Leon Weintraub überlebte vier Konzentrationslager. Als er befreit wurde, wog er nur noch 35 Kilo. Heute ist Weintraub 100 Jahre alt und kämpft weltweit gegen Extremismus. Ein Gesprächsauszug zum Holoc...
www.spiegel.de
January 27, 2026 at 6:28 AM
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dworkin.bsky.social
🚨 TRUMP HEALTH COVER-UP?! 😱

He’s threatening to SUE the media to bury reports of his "rapid decline" and forcing doctors to claim he’s fitter than Obama! LOL

Full report here: www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/pack-your-...
January 27, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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hib-bird.bsky.social
Rutte is absolutely wrong to say this. Europe can't defend itself on its own, until it has to. What then? As Ukraine learned, you don't have those kinds of choices.
profjacob.bsky.social Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 4d
🚨🚨 #NATO SG Mark #Rutte is to my mind massively undermining European #unity and efforts to build up their #defence and #security in what I see as a statement which only plays in the hands of #Putin and #Trump. 🧵https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-defense-nato-mark-rutte-us-politics-threats-gdp/
Europe can’t defend itself without the US, NATO’s Rutte warns
The EU should stop dreaming of creating a European pillar for NATO and continue to build ties with the U.S. despite Trump, the alliance secretary-general said.
www.politico.eu
January 27, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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pascallth.bsky.social
Russia (and others) will already be incentivised to launch future invasions if they get to keep all the land they've conquered

But if we tell them they can also keep land they *didn't* conquer? Then defensive lines and fortifications will mean nothing, and our world will be much more dangerous
January 27, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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nialloconghaile.bsky.social
This is a hard read for Europeans.

We've lied to ourselves about the status quo and have (mainly - France, Finland and a few others remain notable exceptions) failed to prepare for the end of the current world order.

A 🧵
Europe is at a turning point. Timid EU elites should take lessons from The Leopard
Like the fearful Sicilian aristocracy in the 1958 epic novel, Europe clings to the status quo. But managed decline is not the only option, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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ecmemes.bsky.social
Sanctions couldn't stop their strategic relationship.
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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garvanwalshe.org
Security guarantees from Trump can’t be relied on. He treats any decision point as an opportunity for extortion.
January 27, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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January 26, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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ayoub.bsky.social
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be… The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM