Ululem
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Dutch cat person, software developer, interested in current events and historical linguistics. Слава Україні! Героям слава!
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"She has taken a mainstream liberal party and steered it towards the radical right, replacing its traditional voter base with embittered PVV supporters. She proclaimed the party’s worst electoral result in half a century as a triumph for herself." www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/danc...
Dancing at the wake: The curious world of Dilan Yesilgöz - DutchNews.nl
Dilan Yesilgöz is gambling with the VVD’s future, writes Gordon Darroch, in an analysis of the party leader’s failings and self-claimed successes. “We’re going to party tonight.” That was the incongr...
www.dutchnews.nl
December 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"She has taken a mainstream liberal party and steered it towards the radical right, replacing its traditional voter base with embittered PVV supporters. She proclaimed the party’s worst electoral result in half a century as a triumph for herself." www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/danc...
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De chaos die met name door de VVD is ontstaan.... Het buitenland ziet het scherp, nu de VVD-leden nog....
"It took half a year for the four constituent parties, which range from the center right to the far right, to produce a coalition agreement that barely even pretends to solve the Netherlands’ problems."
Toen de VVD eerder zou formeren, hè? Weet u nog? foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/11/n...
Toen de VVD eerder zou formeren, hè? Weet u nog? foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/11/n...
The New Dutch Government Is a Total Mess
An unwieldy alliance highlights far-right scandals.
foreignpolicy.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
De chaos die met name door de VVD is ontstaan.... Het buitenland ziet het scherp, nu de VVD-leden nog....
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Het zegt iets over de Nederlandse politiek als de @speld.nl de situatie het best kan duiden.
speld.nl/2025/12/04/j...
speld.nl/2025/12/04/j...
Jetten en Bontenbal blunderen met inhoudelijk akkoord: andere partijen willen verder op basis van politieke spelletjes
Deze week presenteerden Jetten en Bontenbal de voorlopige resultaten van de tussenformatie.
speld.nl
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Het zegt iets over de Nederlandse politiek als de @speld.nl de situatie het best kan duiden.
speld.nl/2025/12/04/j...
speld.nl/2025/12/04/j...
Waarom ik sinds 2022 niet meer op de SP stem.
Motie: 36045-243
Situatie in Oekraïne
Motie van het lid Klaver c.s. over het budget voor militaire steun aan Oekraïne aanvullen met 2 miljard euro
tweedekamer.nl
Situatie in Oekraïne
Motie van het lid Klaver c.s. over het budget voor militaire steun aan Oekraïne aanvullen met 2 miljard euro
tweedekamer.nl
December 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Waarom ik sinds 2022 niet meer op de SP stem.
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Trump’s problem is that while he may truly want to end this war, and the cost to Ukraine is probably pretty irrelevant to him, Russia clearly does not want the war to end. Trump may think that he’s working with Putin, but Putin isn’t working with him.
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Trump’s problem is that while he may truly want to end this war, and the cost to Ukraine is probably pretty irrelevant to him, Russia clearly does not want the war to end. Trump may think that he’s working with Putin, but Putin isn’t working with him.
De realiteit van de Nederlandse formatie:
(1) De VVD zal de blokkade van GLPVDA ten minste tot de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen volhouden. En het is maar de vraag of ze daarna nog inbinden.
(2) D66 wil niet over rechts, CDA wil niet over links. 1/
(1) De VVD zal de blokkade van GLPVDA ten minste tot de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen volhouden. En het is maar de vraag of ze daarna nog inbinden.
(2) D66 wil niet over rechts, CDA wil niet over links. 1/
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
De realiteit van de Nederlandse formatie:
(1) De VVD zal de blokkade van GLPVDA ten minste tot de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen volhouden. En het is maar de vraag of ze daarna nog inbinden.
(2) D66 wil niet over rechts, CDA wil niet over links. 1/
(1) De VVD zal de blokkade van GLPVDA ten minste tot de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen volhouden. En het is maar de vraag of ze daarna nog inbinden.
(2) D66 wil niet over rechts, CDA wil niet over links. 1/
The current election results in the USA show that Trump and the GOP are deeply unpopular now.
Moving to electoral autocracy like Turkey and Hungary won't keep them in power. The only option that might let them cling to power is to try to establish an outright dictatorship.
Moving to electoral autocracy like Turkey and Hungary won't keep them in power. The only option that might let them cling to power is to try to establish an outright dictatorship.
November 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The current election results in the USA show that Trump and the GOP are deeply unpopular now.
Moving to electoral autocracy like Turkey and Hungary won't keep them in power. The only option that might let them cling to power is to try to establish an outright dictatorship.
Moving to electoral autocracy like Turkey and Hungary won't keep them in power. The only option that might let them cling to power is to try to establish an outright dictatorship.
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🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦, since 1955:
August 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🤦♂️🤦♀️🤦, since 1955:
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This is the peak Axios AI story. Workers are getting stressed because they’re under pressure to find something useful to do with AI. If they don’t investors will have bought into a bubble. Why do workers hate investors?
August 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This is the peak Axios AI story. Workers are getting stressed because they’re under pressure to find something useful to do with AI. If they don’t investors will have bought into a bubble. Why do workers hate investors?
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Klaver: Dit is een experiment aangegaan met de #PVV om een kabinet te maken. Dat is na 11 maanden geklapt. Jullie blijven ruzie maken in plaats van landsbelang voorop te stellen. Nu is er voor de 2e keer een kabinetscrisis. Jullie wijzen naar elkaar en nemen geen verantwoordelijkheid.
August 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Klaver: Dit is een experiment aangegaan met de #PVV om een kabinet te maken. Dat is na 11 maanden geklapt. Jullie blijven ruzie maken in plaats van landsbelang voorop te stellen. Nu is er voor de 2e keer een kabinetscrisis. Jullie wijzen naar elkaar en nemen geen verantwoordelijkheid.
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BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
August 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.
Speechless.
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Ik hoop niet dat het Douwe Bob akkefietje Yeşilgöz nog voor de verkiezingen haar kop kost.
De VVD moet deze gifbeker wel echt helemaal leeg drinken.
De VVD moet deze gifbeker wel echt helemaal leeg drinken.
August 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Ik hoop niet dat het Douwe Bob akkefietje Yeşilgöz nog voor de verkiezingen haar kop kost.
De VVD moet deze gifbeker wel echt helemaal leeg drinken.
De VVD moet deze gifbeker wel echt helemaal leeg drinken.
The Dems are talking about retaliatory gerrymandering of blue states like NY and California. But that is easier said than done. These states have constitutional protections against gerrymandering. So it would have be approved by a referendum. And that will be a steep climb, even in deep-blue states.
August 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The Dems are talking about retaliatory gerrymandering of blue states like NY and California. But that is easier said than done. These states have constitutional protections against gerrymandering. So it would have be approved by a referendum. And that will be a steep climb, even in deep-blue states.
The jobs report confirms that the US economy is not growing anymore. Which was to be expected.
August 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The jobs report confirms that the US economy is not growing anymore. Which was to be expected.
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The President sees a bad jobs report, and responds by getting rid of the person in charge of the statistics. This is how America becomes a third-rate country.
BREAKING: President Trump fires the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics hours after weak jobs report.
Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after weak jobs report
The president implied that the BLS commissioner, long-time federal employee Erika McEntarfer, manipulated the data "for political purposes."
nbcnews.to
August 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The President sees a bad jobs report, and responds by getting rid of the person in charge of the statistics. This is how America becomes a third-rate country.
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This is the kind of gap between rank and file voters and the party establishment that will likely cause some real havoc and disruption in the party's politics and primaries. In a different way, it's what gave rise to Trump in GOP.
It seems the pro-Israel consensus among Democrats is well and truly dead at this point. Dem primary voters prefer candidates who refuse to travel to Israel (by net +45%) and back a bill to end military aid to Israel (by net +61%). www.filesforprogress.org/datasets/202...
July 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is the kind of gap between rank and file voters and the party establishment that will likely cause some real havoc and disruption in the party's politics and primaries. In a different way, it's what gave rise to Trump in GOP.
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Harrowing @spiegel.de cover story (in English, no paywall) on the starvation in Gaza: “Gaza - A Crime” www.spiegel.de/internationa...
July 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Harrowing @spiegel.de cover story (in English, no paywall) on the starvation in Gaza: “Gaza - A Crime” www.spiegel.de/internationa...
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If there's one thing you watch today, make it this
Bob Geldof criticises Israel for what they're doing in Gaza
Then criticises Trevor Philips for making excuses for what Israel is doing in Gaza
Part 1/3
Bob Geldof criticises Israel for what they're doing in Gaza
Then criticises Trevor Philips for making excuses for what Israel is doing in Gaza
Part 1/3
July 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If there's one thing you watch today, make it this
Bob Geldof criticises Israel for what they're doing in Gaza
Then criticises Trevor Philips for making excuses for what Israel is doing in Gaza
Part 1/3
Bob Geldof criticises Israel for what they're doing in Gaza
Then criticises Trevor Philips for making excuses for what Israel is doing in Gaza
Part 1/3
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Gaza is starving, and Israel is responsible.
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
Israel is starving Gaza | Editorial
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www.haaretz.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Gaza is starving, and Israel is responsible.
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
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The man predicted the future and he told you exactly how it was going to happen, too
July 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The man predicted the future and he told you exactly how it was going to happen, too
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Think of all those pro-Israel pundits you saw on your television screens this past year trying to sociopathically justify the mass starvation of Gaza by robotically claiming Hamas steals the aid. They were all lying. Shamelessly. Even the Israeli military confirms it now.
No Proof Hamas Routinely Stole U.N. Aid, Israeli Military Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Think of all those pro-Israel pundits you saw on your television screens this past year trying to sociopathically justify the mass starvation of Gaza by robotically claiming Hamas steals the aid. They were all lying. Shamelessly. Even the Israeli military confirms it now.
After its genocide in Gaza, Israel has no future anymore.
Smart and decent Israelis will go elsewhere. That is already happening. The West -sick and tired of defending the undefensible- will turn against Israel. All that is left for Israel in the next decades is a painful decline and reckoning.
Smart and decent Israelis will go elsewhere. That is already happening. The West -sick and tired of defending the undefensible- will turn against Israel. All that is left for Israel in the next decades is a painful decline and reckoning.
July 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
After its genocide in Gaza, Israel has no future anymore.
Smart and decent Israelis will go elsewhere. That is already happening. The West -sick and tired of defending the undefensible- will turn against Israel. All that is left for Israel in the next decades is a painful decline and reckoning.
Smart and decent Israelis will go elsewhere. That is already happening. The West -sick and tired of defending the undefensible- will turn against Israel. All that is left for Israel in the next decades is a painful decline and reckoning.
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Zohran Mamdani is very much not an antisemite.
Signed: Your very very Zionist and Jewish friend.
Signed: Your very very Zionist and Jewish friend.
Well, at least we can retire that faded and false line, "antisemitism has no place in New York City."
June 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Zohran Mamdani is very much not an antisemite.
Signed: Your very very Zionist and Jewish friend.
Signed: Your very very Zionist and Jewish friend.
After Moody's downgrade of the US credit rating, 30 year US treasuries are now north of 5% and 10 year US treasuries are now north of 4.5%.
May 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
After Moody's downgrade of the US credit rating, 30 year US treasuries are now north of 5% and 10 year US treasuries are now north of 4.5%.