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Séquence hallucinante d'une juge française révélant les pressions américaines dont elle a fait l'objet dans l'affaire Le Pen.
Le RN veut faire campagne sur le slogan "on est chez nous"? En tout cas, ses sponsors se sentent déjà comme chez eux.
Le RN veut faire campagne sur le slogan "on est chez nous"? En tout cas, ses sponsors se sentent déjà comme chez eux.
January 20, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Séquence hallucinante d'une juge française révélant les pressions américaines dont elle a fait l'objet dans l'affaire Le Pen.
Le RN veut faire campagne sur le slogan "on est chez nous"? En tout cas, ses sponsors se sentent déjà comme chez eux.
Le RN veut faire campagne sur le slogan "on est chez nous"? En tout cas, ses sponsors se sentent déjà comme chez eux.
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Addressing Europe's security dependence on the US really isn't about money. It is about a massive reorganization of European militaries so they can act and fight as Europe. Right now they all just dock into the US motherboard. Spending more is needed now but doubt 3.5% is necessary w/ major reform
A thousand times this.
If we want to take defence spending from circa 2.5% of GDP to circa 3.5-4% of GDP the question isn’t “how do we pay for it?”. That’s the easy bit - a combination of taxes and borrowing.
The real question is about real resources and what do we want to do less of?
If we want to take defence spending from circa 2.5% of GDP to circa 3.5-4% of GDP the question isn’t “how do we pay for it?”. That’s the easy bit - a combination of taxes and borrowing.
The real question is about real resources and what do we want to do less of?
There's a lot of talk about rearmament and breaking US dependence. I understand the logic completely. But I wonder if people have fully absorbed the economic/consumption implications of serious rearmament, especially when we also consider the state of public opinion and the information environment.
January 19, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Addressing Europe's security dependence on the US really isn't about money. It is about a massive reorganization of European militaries so they can act and fight as Europe. Right now they all just dock into the US motherboard. Spending more is needed now but doubt 3.5% is necessary w/ major reform
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Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada and France will participate alongside Denmark to expanded military exercises in Greenland.
Scoop with @victorjack.bsky.social and Chris Lunday www.politico.eu/article/denm...
Scoop with @victorjack.bsky.social and Chris Lunday www.politico.eu/article/denm...
Denmark and allies boost Greenland military footprint as Trump ramps up pressure
The deployment comes as U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies talk of taking over the Arctic island.
www.politico.eu
January 14, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada and France will participate alongside Denmark to expanded military exercises in Greenland.
Scoop with @victorjack.bsky.social and Chris Lunday www.politico.eu/article/denm...
Scoop with @victorjack.bsky.social and Chris Lunday www.politico.eu/article/denm...
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De wanhoop die je moet voelen om de straat op te gaan, wetende dat je elk moment doodgeschoten kunt worden. De moed die daarvoor nodig is. Er zijn nauwelijks woorden voor hoe dapper de mensen in Iran moeten zijn.
January 12, 2026 at 8:31 PM
De wanhoop die je moet voelen om de straat op te gaan, wetende dat je elk moment doodgeschoten kunt worden. De moed die daarvoor nodig is. Er zijn nauwelijks woorden voor hoe dapper de mensen in Iran moeten zijn.
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Na 25 jaar onderhandelen: meerderheid EU-landen stemt in met Mercosur-deal
Na 25 jaar onderhandelen: meerderheid EU-landen stemt in met Mercosur-deal
Na 25 jaar onderhandelen stemt een meerderheid van de EUlanden voor eenhandelsdeal met de Mercosurlanden Brazili, Argentini, Uruguay en Paraguay. Doordat Itali nu toch voor het verdrag stemt, is er genoeg steun voor de handelsdeul met de ZuidAmerikaanse landen.
www.bnr.nl
January 9, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Na 25 jaar onderhandelen: meerderheid EU-landen stemt in met Mercosur-deal
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Denemarken verandert naam Groenland in Epstein Island zodat Trump erover ophoudt
Denemarken verandert naam Groenland in Epstein Island zodat Trump erover ophoudt
Denemarken is de voortdurende stroom aan bedreigingen van Donald Trump richting Groenland meer dan zat.
speld.nl
January 8, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Denemarken verandert naam Groenland in Epstein Island zodat Trump erover ophoudt
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My statement on President Trump’s actions in Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
My statement on President Trump’s actions in Venezuela.
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Eigen BBB-minster is tegen. VVD-staatssecretaris is tegen. PBL waarschuwt voor verslechtering waterkwaliteit. WER ook. Europese Commissie zegt: doe het niet. Landsadvocaat voorziet 2e stikstofcrisis. Tweede Kamer boos...
... maar Wiersma zet haar mestplan toch door.
nos.nl/artikel/2594...
... maar Wiersma zet haar mestplan toch door.
nos.nl/artikel/2594...
Knallende ruzie in kabinet om mestplan, BBB-minister door eigen partij onder druk gezet
BBB-ministers Wiersma en Tieman zijn het inhoudelijk zeer oneens.
nos.nl
December 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Eigen BBB-minster is tegen. VVD-staatssecretaris is tegen. PBL waarschuwt voor verslechtering waterkwaliteit. WER ook. Europese Commissie zegt: doe het niet. Landsadvocaat voorziet 2e stikstofcrisis. Tweede Kamer boos...
... maar Wiersma zet haar mestplan toch door.
nos.nl/artikel/2594...
... maar Wiersma zet haar mestplan toch door.
nos.nl/artikel/2594...
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Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
June 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.
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As for many other things there is a German word for this, which is Führerprinzip.
i will remark again on this hallmark of maga politics, which is that trump embodies the organic will of the voters and this imbues him with sovereign power that cannot be checked or limited by any other institution in the society.
We must dissolve the Supreme Court and give Donald Trump unlimited powers. Or else we will have a dictatorship.
May 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
As for many other things there is a German word for this, which is Führerprinzip.
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1/ -* US - EU Tariffs - Negotiation Theory Thread *-
When you are conducting virtually any kind of negotiation, it is absolutely key to keep asking the question:
"Am I making it easier or harder for the other side to explain why they took this deal to the people they report to?"
When you are conducting virtually any kind of negotiation, it is absolutely key to keep asking the question:
"Am I making it easier or harder for the other side to explain why they took this deal to the people they report to?"
May 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
1/ -* US - EU Tariffs - Negotiation Theory Thread *-
When you are conducting virtually any kind of negotiation, it is absolutely key to keep asking the question:
"Am I making it easier or harder for the other side to explain why they took this deal to the people they report to?"
When you are conducting virtually any kind of negotiation, it is absolutely key to keep asking the question:
"Am I making it easier or harder for the other side to explain why they took this deal to the people they report to?"
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🚨🚨🚨 Big news in Brussels: A majority of 17 member states have supported the Dutch proposal to launch a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement for possible breaches of human rights in the Gaza Strip, @euronews.com has learned.
May 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🚨🚨🚨 Big news in Brussels: A majority of 17 member states have supported the Dutch proposal to launch a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement for possible breaches of human rights in the Gaza Strip, @euronews.com has learned.
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Btw, the fact that Euroskeptic, far-right Simion quickly backed down from his initial claim he had won, conceded, and congratulated his opponent is the second sign that Romanian democracy is more robust than the American one right now.
May 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Btw, the fact that Euroskeptic, far-right Simion quickly backed down from his initial claim he had won, conceded, and congratulated his opponent is the second sign that Romanian democracy is more robust than the American one right now.
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This exchange is so very telling.
Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:
"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:
"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
April 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
This exchange is so very telling.
Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:
"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:
"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
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President of the EU Commission:
More: www.zeit.de/politik/2025...
More: www.zeit.de/politik/2025...
April 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
President of the EU Commission:
More: www.zeit.de/politik/2025...
More: www.zeit.de/politik/2025...
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Ursula von der Leyen has given a (surprisingly) extensive interview to @zeit.de.
"The West as we knew it no longer exists. The world has become a globe also geopolitically, and today our networks of friendship span the globe, as you can see in the debate about tariffs."
🧵 Main lines.
"The West as we knew it no longer exists. The world has become a globe also geopolitically, and today our networks of friendship span the globe, as you can see in the debate about tariffs."
🧵 Main lines.
Ursula von der Leyen: "We have no bros and no oligarchs"
Donald Trump's second term has brought "historic changes", says EU President Ursula von der Leyen. In our interview, she explains how Europe must respond.
www.zeit.de
April 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Ursula von der Leyen has given a (surprisingly) extensive interview to @zeit.de.
"The West as we knew it no longer exists. The world has become a globe also geopolitically, and today our networks of friendship span the globe, as you can see in the debate about tariffs."
🧵 Main lines.
"The West as we knew it no longer exists. The world has become a globe also geopolitically, and today our networks of friendship span the globe, as you can see in the debate about tariffs."
🧵 Main lines.
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We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
April 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
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April 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Trump has fully turned on Zelenskyy: "He's always looking to purchase missiles. Listen, when you start a war, you gotta know you can win a war. You don't start a war against somebody that's 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles."
April 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Trump has fully turned on Zelenskyy: "He's always looking to purchase missiles. Listen, when you start a war, you gotta know you can win a war. You don't start a war against somebody that's 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles."
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It seems that one major reason for the US reversal of its tariff strategy were the tariffs agreed by the European Union today, and the beginning of a coordination on this topic between the EU and China
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/t...
Trump discusses tariff reversal, signs executive orders: Live updates
President Donald Trump's tariffs on nearly all U.S. trade partners will drop to 10% for 90 days, but tariffs on China will jump to 125%.
www.cnbc.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It seems that one major reason for the US reversal of its tariff strategy were the tariffs agreed by the European Union today, and the beginning of a coordination on this topic between the EU and China
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/t...
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Per CNBC: White House is now saying EU will not be punished for their retaliation because it hadn't gone into effect yet. So they only get the 10% baseline tariff.
That excuse just tells you in black and white how much they've contorted themselves in order to back the fuck off this poor strategy.
That excuse just tells you in black and white how much they've contorted themselves in order to back the fuck off this poor strategy.
April 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Per CNBC: White House is now saying EU will not be punished for their retaliation because it hadn't gone into effect yet. So they only get the 10% baseline tariff.
That excuse just tells you in black and white how much they've contorted themselves in order to back the fuck off this poor strategy.
That excuse just tells you in black and white how much they've contorted themselves in order to back the fuck off this poor strategy.
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EU trade ministers meeting this morning in Luxembourg to thrash out retaliatory measures vs Trump
They will be briefed by Sefcovic on his recent trip to Beijing, with the potential diversion of Chinese overcapacity goods also likely a topic for discussion.
Will follow events on this thread...
They will be briefed by Sefcovic on his recent trip to Beijing, with the potential diversion of Chinese overcapacity goods also likely a topic for discussion.
Will follow events on this thread...
April 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
EU trade ministers meeting this morning in Luxembourg to thrash out retaliatory measures vs Trump
They will be briefed by Sefcovic on his recent trip to Beijing, with the potential diversion of Chinese overcapacity goods also likely a topic for discussion.
Will follow events on this thread...
They will be briefed by Sefcovic on his recent trip to Beijing, with the potential diversion of Chinese overcapacity goods also likely a topic for discussion.
Will follow events on this thread...
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Trump calls for Europe to pay reparations to the US: "We put a big tariff on Europe. They are coming to the table. They want to talk, but there's no talk unless they pay us a lot of money on a yearly basis number one for president but also for past."
April 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Trump calls for Europe to pay reparations to the US: "We put a big tariff on Europe. They are coming to the table. They want to talk, but there's no talk unless they pay us a lot of money on a yearly basis number one for president but also for past."
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Soms moet je kiezen voor een noodzakelijk kwaad. Ik heb er buikpijn van, nog steeds.
Onze fractie kan niet anders dan concluderen dat we moeten investeren in defensie om onze veiligheid, onze waarden en onze vrije en open democratie te beschermen.
Onze fractie kan niet anders dan concluderen dat we moeten investeren in defensie om onze veiligheid, onze waarden en onze vrije en open democratie te beschermen.
Esther Ouwehand: ‘Een wereld zonder wapens is te gevaarlijk met dictators als Poetin’
Wapens aanschaffen, openstaan voor het sturen van troepen. Esther Ouwehand krijgt binnen haar partij steun en kritiek voor een koerswijziging over defensie.
www.trouw.nl
April 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Soms moet je kiezen voor een noodzakelijk kwaad. Ik heb er buikpijn van, nog steeds.
Onze fractie kan niet anders dan concluderen dat we moeten investeren in defensie om onze veiligheid, onze waarden en onze vrije en open democratie te beschermen.
Onze fractie kan niet anders dan concluderen dat we moeten investeren in defensie om onze veiligheid, onze waarden en onze vrije en open democratie te beschermen.
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Some reflections on how extraordinary the US dollar declines are today. Tariffs are supposed to strengthen the US dollar, not weaken it.
But that is not what is happening here so far.
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But that is not what is happening here so far.
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Well, the first innings are interesting, and in fact the precise opposite. The US dollar is sliding on concerns Trump's tariffs will batter the US economy.
Bloomberg’s dollar index dropping more than 1% to a five-month low.
- Euro up 1.3%
- Yen up 1.4%
- Offshore yuan fell 0.3%
- GBP up 1.1%
Bloomberg’s dollar index dropping more than 1% to a five-month low.
- Euro up 1.3%
- Yen up 1.4%
- Offshore yuan fell 0.3%
- GBP up 1.1%
The impact on inflation and growth depends on the Dollar. If it rises, that will mute any inflationary impact, though it could weigh on US exports. Lots of moving parts here and of course it’s true that the Dollar hasn’t risen so far, but I think that’s more about tariff back and forth so far…
April 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Some reflections on how extraordinary the US dollar declines are today. Tariffs are supposed to strengthen the US dollar, not weaken it.
But that is not what is happening here so far.
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But that is not what is happening here so far.
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