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Jon Pierre
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Dad, husband, professor emeritus in political science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Joined Bluesky to hang out with the good guys, so don't let me down.
Nothing good starts in a getaway car.

Political science 67%
Business 12%

Looks interesting as ever although "flavour of gonorrhoea" might be off-putting to som potential readers.

Jag läste bil-drulle...
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

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Trump springs into action as a man collapses in the Oval Office.

Not a Communist.
Not seizing control of production means (but bonus point for conceptual knowledge).
Not going after small businesses.
Taxes largely beyond his control.
End of United States claim is bizarre.
Really worth reading the entire 60 minutes interview transcript but admit this part got me laughing out loud.

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I have a very bad feeling about this...
When someone tells you they aren’t into politics or that they aren’t affected by politics…

(h/t NATO Green)

#Voices4Victory #ProudBlue

That is too bad. I kinda liked The Epstein Ballroom.

In the MAGA vernacular anyone and everyone who crticises Trumpism is a "terrorist".
The Affordable Care Act became law in 2010

Since then, Republicans tried to repeal, replace, defund and overturn it

NEVER did they offer a viable alternative to it

Now-as health insurance costs are exploding-they’re terrified

Because it threatens their hegemony over the American body politic
COLLINS: If you have a healthcare plan, why not have that out there to talk about in the public so people can hear it?

MIKE JOHNSON: We need to get back to regular session so we can. We will not negotiate with legislative terrorists
The Affordable Care Act became law in 2010

Since then, Republicans tried to repeal, replace, defund and overturn it

NEVER did they offer a viable alternative to it

Now-as health insurance costs are exploding-they’re terrified

Because it threatens their hegemony over the American body politic
COLLINS: If you have a healthcare plan, why not have that out there to talk about in the public so people can hear it?

MIKE JOHNSON: We need to get back to regular session so we can. We will not negotiate with legislative terrorists

Projection 101.
Mike Johnson: "Democrats are in an all out assault on the truth"

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Mike Johnson: "Democrats are in an all out assault on the truth"

You ask that as if the Trump administration respects laws and regulations. That's cute.

Fascinating. Throw in a Christian Democratic Party and the UK will have a Scandi-style multiparty system. Duverger spinning in his grave.

First, what is a "massive hole"? Holes are empty spaces. Second, the Biden post-covid economy was strong; low inflation, low unemployment, economic growth.

Stand by for the next season of Dr. Who.

Yes, fine. But at the same time Nigel Farage's new scam, "Reform", keeps attracting voters. Why is that?
Q: Did you tell Zelenskyy he needed to cede all of the Donbas region to Russia?

TRUMP: No. We think that what they should do is just stop at the lines where they are

Q: What do you think should happen w/ the Donbas?

T: I think 78% of the land is already taken by Russia. You leave it the way it is

Played like a fiddle.
Q: What did you tell Putin about the Tomahawk missiles?

TRUMP: I will tell you we need Tomahawks for the United States of America too

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Q: What did you tell Putin about the Tomahawk missiles?

TRUMP: I will tell you we need Tomahawks for the United States of America too
Trump: "Drug prices went down for the year by 1/8 of 1 percent. Now I'm getting them down, Maria, 500, 600, 800 percent. In some cases even more than that. It's hard to believe."

The beauty contest no one won.
Latest party leader net favourability ratings, October 2025

Nigel Farage: -33
Kemi Badenoch: -33
Jeremy Corbyn: -38
Keir Starmer: -51

Ed Davey: -4 (38% DK)
Zack Polanski: -4 (62% DK)
Zarah Sultana: -17 (60% DK)

yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Latest party leader net favourability ratings, October 2025

Nigel Farage: -33
Kemi Badenoch: -33
Jeremy Corbyn: -38
Keir Starmer: -51

Ed Davey: -4 (38% DK)
Zack Polanski: -4 (62% DK)
Zarah Sultana: -17 (60% DK)

yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

The Speaker of the House in the US congress, in a rare display of candor, says what he thinks about The First Amendment.
Mike Johnson on the No Kings Protests: “The Hate America rally that'll happen Saturday…I bet you see pro-Hamas supporters. I bet you you see Antifa types. I bet you see the Marxist in full display, the people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic.”

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Mike Johnson on the No Kings Protests: “The Hate America rally that'll happen Saturday…I bet you see pro-Hamas supporters. I bet you you see Antifa types. I bet you see the Marxist in full display, the people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic.”
WHO @who.int · 27d
Between 2018–2023, antibiotic resistance increased in over 40% of the pathogen–antibiotic combinations monitored, with an average annual rise of 5–15%.

Resistance is highest in the WHO South-East Asian & Eastern Mediterranean Regions, where 1 in 3 reported infections were resistant 👉 bit.ly/438Ta1u