MN Dutchman stands with Ukraine!
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Dutchman living in Minnesota. Retired. Archeology, rowing, kayaking, rugby, jazz and blues, 80's music, European crime series. Atheist. Hup Oranje! BLM, slava Ukraina, Free Palestine, LGBTQ+ No to girlfriends, Crypto.
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Something every 2026/28 Dem should commit to is investigations of any company that did deals with Trump. A kind of forward guidance to get companies to think twice in advance of what’s coming.
Fox News will applaud this but can you imagine their coverage if President Biden hatched a secret plan to take over Fox News and revamp its programming to be nicer to him
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Something every 2026/28 Dem should commit to is investigations of any company that did deals with Trump. A kind of forward guidance to get companies to think twice in advance of what’s coming.
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America has become a fascist police state‼️
December 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
America has become a fascist police state‼️
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Russia: "Seizing frozen Russian assets could constitute grounds for war."
Europe: "We have already war in Europe, so let's do this."
Europe: "We have already war in Europe, so let's do this."
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Russia: "Seizing frozen Russian assets could constitute grounds for war."
Europe: "We have already war in Europe, so let's do this."
Europe: "We have already war in Europe, so let's do this."
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AFP: Worldwide journalists murders have reached a new high, and Israel killed almost half of them. American taxpayers are supporting this.
December 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
AFP: Worldwide journalists murders have reached a new high, and Israel killed almost half of them. American taxpayers are supporting this.
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Trump’s National Security Strategy made one thing brutally clear and that is that the United States is no longer fully shaping its own foreign policy. The document reads like parts of it were written in Moscow... a wholesale adoption of Putin’s worldview disguised as U.S. doctrine.
America’s Foreign Policy Now Aligns With Russia
Last week’s release of Trump’s National Security Strategy made one thing brutally clear and that is that the United States is no longer fully shaping its own foreign policy.
olgalautman.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Trump’s National Security Strategy made one thing brutally clear and that is that the United States is no longer fully shaping its own foreign policy. The document reads like parts of it were written in Moscow... a wholesale adoption of Putin’s worldview disguised as U.S. doctrine.
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ICE is now setting up racial profiling checkpoints to stop people on major US highways. These checkpoints are being seen near Washington, DC on the Baltimore-Washington Pkwy, on the DC/Maryland border.
(12|8/25)
(12|8/25)
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
ICE is now setting up racial profiling checkpoints to stop people on major US highways. These checkpoints are being seen near Washington, DC on the Baltimore-Washington Pkwy, on the DC/Maryland border.
(12|8/25)
(12|8/25)
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Response to the ongoing attack by the US administration on the EU and European values/lifestyle in general...
December 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Response to the ongoing attack by the US administration on the EU and European values/lifestyle in general...
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A Roman dagger from a waterlogged environment at #Vindolanda Roman fort in #Northumberland.
Every Roman soldier carried a dagger like this. The handle is missing - it may have been made of bone or wood.
Early AD 2nd C.
#Archaeology #RomanBritain
📸 my own.
Every Roman soldier carried a dagger like this. The handle is missing - it may have been made of bone or wood.
Early AD 2nd C.
#Archaeology #RomanBritain
📸 my own.
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A Roman dagger from a waterlogged environment at #Vindolanda Roman fort in #Northumberland.
Every Roman soldier carried a dagger like this. The handle is missing - it may have been made of bone or wood.
Early AD 2nd C.
#Archaeology #RomanBritain
📸 my own.
Every Roman soldier carried a dagger like this. The handle is missing - it may have been made of bone or wood.
Early AD 2nd C.
#Archaeology #RomanBritain
📸 my own.
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Elgin mayor blasts federal agents’ actions against protesters: 'It discourages me. It disgusts me' chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Elgin mayor blasts federal agents’ actions against protesters: 'It discourages me. It disgusts me'
“This city was founded on its diversity and self respect and the mutual respect between our residents,” Mayor David Kaptain said on social media following an hourslong ICE standoff in a residential ne...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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There was a huge crowd at the Indiana Statehouse in opposition of redistricting. Let's see if the Senate listens to Hoosiers or to Washington.
December 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
There was a huge crowd at the Indiana Statehouse in opposition of redistricting. Let's see if the Senate listens to Hoosiers or to Washington.
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Important detail on Paramount's hostile takeover bid to buy WBD:
Paramount's financing partners include Jared Kushner's private equity firm, plus Saudi Arabia's, Qatar's and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth funds.
Kushner's involvement was NOT publicized by Paramount.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
Paramount's financing partners include Jared Kushner's private equity firm, plus Saudi Arabia's, Qatar's and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth funds.
Kushner's involvement was NOT publicized by Paramount.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
Paramount launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros.
The move comes days after Paramount was bested by Netflix in a competitive bidding process to buy Warner Bros.
www.axios.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Important detail on Paramount's hostile takeover bid to buy WBD:
Paramount's financing partners include Jared Kushner's private equity firm, plus Saudi Arabia's, Qatar's and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth funds.
Kushner's involvement was NOT publicized by Paramount.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
Paramount's financing partners include Jared Kushner's private equity firm, plus Saudi Arabia's, Qatar's and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth funds.
Kushner's involvement was NOT publicized by Paramount.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
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EVs beat petrol cars on lifetime emissions — even on “dirty” grids.
Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km.
We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.
Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km.
We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
EVs beat petrol cars on lifetime emissions — even on “dirty” grids.
Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km.
We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.
Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km.
We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.
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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has become the No. 1 spender in Democratic Party primaries, pouring in $100 million in 2024 alone to attack members of Congress who spoke out against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Their message: If you criticize Israel, we will bury you.
#TheIntercept
Their message: If you criticize Israel, we will bury you.
#TheIntercept
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has become the No. 1 spender in Democratic Party primaries, pouring in $100 million in 2024 alone to attack members of Congress who spoke out against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Their message: If you criticize Israel, we will bury you.
#TheIntercept
Their message: If you criticize Israel, we will bury you.
#TheIntercept
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Never stop talking about Palestine!!
Do not mistake silence for neutrality.
Silence now means siding with destruction.
If you are watching and saying nothing, you are giving permission.
You are telling the world that some wars are acceptable.
Never forgive, Never forget!!!!
Do not mistake silence for neutrality.
Silence now means siding with destruction.
If you are watching and saying nothing, you are giving permission.
You are telling the world that some wars are acceptable.
Never forgive, Never forget!!!!
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Never stop talking about Palestine!!
Do not mistake silence for neutrality.
Silence now means siding with destruction.
If you are watching and saying nothing, you are giving permission.
You are telling the world that some wars are acceptable.
Never forgive, Never forget!!!!
Do not mistake silence for neutrality.
Silence now means siding with destruction.
If you are watching and saying nothing, you are giving permission.
You are telling the world that some wars are acceptable.
Never forgive, Never forget!!!!
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Ignore the bullshit propaganda coming out of the White House and the Kremlin (which are arguably the same institution these days).
The REALITY is, 62% of American voters believe the USA should give more support to Ukraine and want to see a Ukrainian victory.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
The REALITY is, 62% of American voters believe the USA should give more support to Ukraine and want to see a Ukrainian victory.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Ignore the bullshit propaganda coming out of the White House and the Kremlin (which are arguably the same institution these days).
The REALITY is, 62% of American voters believe the USA should give more support to Ukraine and want to see a Ukrainian victory.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
The REALITY is, 62% of American voters believe the USA should give more support to Ukraine and want to see a Ukrainian victory.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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#MosaicMonday from Winchester City Museum!
This section of a mosaic with a dophlin was discovered in the city in the 19th Century.
Winchester was known as Venta Belgarum in the Roman period.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
This section of a mosaic with a dophlin was discovered in the city in the 19th Century.
Winchester was known as Venta Belgarum in the Roman period.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
December 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
#MosaicMonday from Winchester City Museum!
This section of a mosaic with a dophlin was discovered in the city in the 19th Century.
Winchester was known as Venta Belgarum in the Roman period.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
This section of a mosaic with a dophlin was discovered in the city in the 19th Century.
Winchester was known as Venta Belgarum in the Roman period.
#AncientBlueSky🏺
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Israeli troops raided the sealed headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in the eastern part of occupied Jerusalem, taking down the UN flag and replacing it with an Israeli one.
December 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Israeli troops raided the sealed headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in the eastern part of occupied Jerusalem, taking down the UN flag and replacing it with an Israeli one.
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Europe, and Ukraine, need to quickly prepare for a future without the United States. Even after Trump is gone, the US electorate has proved that it is willing to empower dangerous, anti-democratic forces at any given time. The US should never be trusted again. And I say that as an American.
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Europe, and Ukraine, need to quickly prepare for a future without the United States. Even after Trump is gone, the US electorate has proved that it is willing to empower dangerous, anti-democratic forces at any given time. The US should never be trusted again. And I say that as an American.
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Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
December 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Not only is ICE snatching hard working people who are trying to earn a living, they’re taking their money too?
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
A witness recorded ICE agents taking a cash box from a taco stand in La Puente during an operation where four people were arrested.
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WATCH: An ICE agent pushes away a home security camera as she approaches a house.
This is what a police state looks like.
This is what a police state looks like.
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
WATCH: An ICE agent pushes away a home security camera as she approaches a house.
This is what a police state looks like.
This is what a police state looks like.
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Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast 🤿⛏️🇪🇬 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast
First-century luxury vessel matches description by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited city around 29-25BC
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast 🤿⛏️🇪🇬 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
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Let me be clear: No radiocarbon test - including what led that team to propose a small shift in dating - is more important than the end of 🇮🇱's genocide + Palestinians' right to liberation
Palestinians are asking academic + cultural institutions to follow PACBI. Whoever refuses to do so is complicit
Palestinians are asking academic + cultural institutions to follow PACBI. Whoever refuses to do so is complicit
December 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Let me be clear: No radiocarbon test - including what led that team to propose a small shift in dating - is more important than the end of 🇮🇱's genocide + Palestinians' right to liberation
Palestinians are asking academic + cultural institutions to follow PACBI. Whoever refuses to do so is complicit
Palestinians are asking academic + cultural institutions to follow PACBI. Whoever refuses to do so is complicit