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Teacher. Elev hela livet. Rooting for democracy.🇸🇪🇮🇳
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Europe “urgently” needs to reduce reliance on US groups Visa & Mastercard that could be weaponised if relations were to deteriorate
said Martina Weimert, CEO European Payments Initiative,
consortium of 16 European banks & financial services companies.
www.ft.com/content/fcc2...
said Martina Weimert, CEO European Payments Initiative,
consortium of 16 European banks & financial services companies.
www.ft.com/content/fcc2...
European alternatives to Visa and Mastercard ‘urgently’ needed, says banking chief
US payment processing companies account for about two-thirds of card transactions in Eurozone
www.ft.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Europe “urgently” needs to reduce reliance on US groups Visa & Mastercard that could be weaponised if relations were to deteriorate
said Martina Weimert, CEO European Payments Initiative,
consortium of 16 European banks & financial services companies.
www.ft.com/content/fcc2...
said Martina Weimert, CEO European Payments Initiative,
consortium of 16 European banks & financial services companies.
www.ft.com/content/fcc2...
Watching Americans openly protest Trump fills me with admiration—and envy. It also highlights what democratic India is painfully lacking right now: visible, collective resistance. #ModiOut
February 9, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Watching Americans openly protest Trump fills me with admiration—and envy. It also highlights what democratic India is painfully lacking right now: visible, collective resistance. #ModiOut
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One of the guys operating in the shadows who influence Trump - Ronald Lauder, born into the Estee Lauder cosmetics fortune: a fanatical Zionist supporting Israel's hard right & Netanyahu and tied into the Kremlin & Russian mafia. HE pushed Trump to grab Greenland.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyjQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyjQ...
Behind Trump’s Obsession With Greenland, Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:56 AM
One of the guys operating in the shadows who influence Trump - Ronald Lauder, born into the Estee Lauder cosmetics fortune: a fanatical Zionist supporting Israel's hard right & Netanyahu and tied into the Kremlin & Russian mafia. HE pushed Trump to grab Greenland.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyjQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyjQ...
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💅 A consumer boycott is brewing against cosmetics brand Estée Lauder after Ronald Lauder, billionaire Trump donor was named as the figure who persuaded the President he needed Greenland. Lauder has investments in the territory. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 2/
January 23, 2026 at 11:42 AM
💅 A consumer boycott is brewing against cosmetics brand Estée Lauder after Ronald Lauder, billionaire Trump donor was named as the figure who persuaded the President he needed Greenland. Lauder has investments in the territory. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 2/
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I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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According to Alastair Campbell, what should European leaders say to Trump about his Greenland quest?
“Do one, Donny.”
“Do one, Donny.”
January 18, 2026 at 9:32 AM
According to Alastair Campbell, what should European leaders say to Trump about his Greenland quest?
“Do one, Donny.”
“Do one, Donny.”
Sveriges Lärare blev ett skämt.
Facktoppar som kämpat mot marknadsskolan går nu direkt till friskolejättar och deras lobbyister. Academedia, Watma, Almega – alla rekryterar från lärarfacket.
Vinster köper lojalitet. Principer säljs.
#skolpolitik
Facktoppar som kämpat mot marknadsskolan går nu direkt till friskolejättar och deras lobbyister. Academedia, Watma, Almega – alla rekryterar från lärarfacket.
Vinster köper lojalitet. Principer säljs.
#skolpolitik
January 16, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Sveriges Lärare blev ett skämt.
Facktoppar som kämpat mot marknadsskolan går nu direkt till friskolejättar och deras lobbyister. Academedia, Watma, Almega – alla rekryterar från lärarfacket.
Vinster köper lojalitet. Principer säljs.
#skolpolitik
Facktoppar som kämpat mot marknadsskolan går nu direkt till friskolejättar och deras lobbyister. Academedia, Watma, Almega – alla rekryterar från lärarfacket.
Vinster köper lojalitet. Principer säljs.
#skolpolitik
FIFA does NOT care about fans being angry online.
FIFA does care about:
1 Broadcast contracts
2 Sponsors
3. Player participation
Any boycott that doesn’t threaten at least two of those will fail.
#BoycottWorldCup2026-Adidas
#BoycottWorldCup2026-HyundaiKia
#BoycottWorldCup2026-Unilever
FIFA does care about:
1 Broadcast contracts
2 Sponsors
3. Player participation
Any boycott that doesn’t threaten at least two of those will fail.
#BoycottWorldCup2026-Adidas
#BoycottWorldCup2026-HyundaiKia
#BoycottWorldCup2026-Unilever
January 11, 2026 at 8:25 AM
FIFA does NOT care about fans being angry online.
FIFA does care about:
1 Broadcast contracts
2 Sponsors
3. Player participation
Any boycott that doesn’t threaten at least two of those will fail.
#BoycottWorldCup2026-Adidas
#BoycottWorldCup2026-HyundaiKia
#BoycottWorldCup2026-Unilever
FIFA does care about:
1 Broadcast contracts
2 Sponsors
3. Player participation
Any boycott that doesn’t threaten at least two of those will fail.
#BoycottWorldCup2026-Adidas
#BoycottWorldCup2026-HyundaiKia
#BoycottWorldCup2026-Unilever
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Canadian PM Carney spoke with German Chancellor Merz on strengthening Euro-Atlantic security, backing Ukraine with guarantees, and upholding Denmark’s sovereignty—incl Greenland. They also discussed Arctic security and deeper Canada–Germany cooperation on AI, defense, critical minerals, and energy.
January 8, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Canadian PM Carney spoke with German Chancellor Merz on strengthening Euro-Atlantic security, backing Ukraine with guarantees, and upholding Denmark’s sovereignty—incl Greenland. They also discussed Arctic security and deeper Canada–Germany cooperation on AI, defense, critical minerals, and energy.
As Republicans mimic India's far-right govt step by step, Democrats must take note—and investigate fake voter IDs, just as India's Congress party has. #chorivote #votesteal
September 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
As Republicans mimic India's far-right govt step by step, Democrats must take note—and investigate fake voter IDs, just as India's Congress party has. #chorivote #votesteal
Svenska kyrkan är Sveriges femte största skogsägare. Rösta 21 september i kyrkovalet för ett socialt och ekologiskt hållbart skogsbruk.
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Rösta för skogen i kyrkovalet
Svenska kyrkan är Sveriges femte största skogsägare. Rösta 21 september i kyrkovalet för ett socialt och ekologiskt hållbart skogsbruk.
kampanj.skiftet.org
August 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Svenska kyrkan är Sveriges femte största skogsägare. Rösta 21 september i kyrkovalet för ett socialt och ekologiskt hållbart skogsbruk.
» Skriv under om du håller med och lämna ditt vallöfte här! Se också vilka kandidater som har bäst skogspolitik. » kampanj.skiftet.org/rosta-for-sk...
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It’s like deja vu, seeing whatever happened to mainstream newspaper and channels in India under present far-right leadership, now happening in the US too. Never thought the day would come but countries we once aligned independence and freedom to, no longer ring true.
POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.
July 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
It’s like deja vu, seeing whatever happened to mainstream newspaper and channels in India under present far-right leadership, now happening in the US too. Never thought the day would come but countries we once aligned independence and freedom to, no longer ring true.
Seeing this gives me hope, where Indian mainstream news and TV channels just rolled over and gave up to far- right BJP, in USA, they are getting together and not surrendering without a fight.
In case you missed it, here's Jon Stewart's blistering response to the cancelation of Stephen Colbert's show:
July 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Seeing this gives me hope, where Indian mainstream news and TV channels just rolled over and gave up to far- right BJP, in USA, they are getting together and not surrendering without a fight.
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My latest for The Guardian:
A government that claims to take concerns over crime and national security seriously, while ignoring violent neo-nazi groups, will struggle with its credibility.
Sweden has a long tradition of refusing to talk about racism. Racism could still decide the next election:
A government that claims to take concerns over crime and national security seriously, while ignoring violent neo-nazi groups, will struggle with its credibility.
Sweden has a long tradition of refusing to talk about racism. Racism could still decide the next election:
A rightwing minister told Sweden to get tough on crime – until his own son was caught in a Nazi scandal | Martin Gelin
In our current political climate, why is migration minister Johan Forssell surprised that a teenage boy might be drawn to extremism? asks journalist Martin Gelin
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My latest for The Guardian:
A government that claims to take concerns over crime and national security seriously, while ignoring violent neo-nazi groups, will struggle with its credibility.
Sweden has a long tradition of refusing to talk about racism. Racism could still decide the next election:
A government that claims to take concerns over crime and national security seriously, while ignoring violent neo-nazi groups, will struggle with its credibility.
Sweden has a long tradition of refusing to talk about racism. Racism could still decide the next election:
Paying the mob off in plain sight. The standards are that low, atm.
Think about how insane this is. I know we normalize every abnormal thing Trump does, & he floods the zone & numbs us, but a leading media organizing rolling over & agreeing to pay $16m to the president because he didn’t like how they edited an interview?? What country is this?
BREAKING
Paramount has settled the lawsuit President Trump filed against it for the 60 Minutes interview of Kamala Harris.
Paramount will pay $16 million in total including fees and expenses.
The money, minus fees and expenses, will go to President Trump’s future presidential library.
Paramount has settled the lawsuit President Trump filed against it for the 60 Minutes interview of Kamala Harris.
Paramount will pay $16 million in total including fees and expenses.
The money, minus fees and expenses, will go to President Trump’s future presidential library.
July 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Paying the mob off in plain sight. The standards are that low, atm.
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I don't think most people - including Swedes - realise how captured the current government is by the far-right brain worm. The coalition only exists thanks to the votes of the Sweden Democrats, whose roots are firmly in neo-Nazism.
The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no opinion, apparently, about whether its citizens should be kidnapped in international waters: www.dn.se/varlden/uppg...
Israel har stoppat Thunbergs fartyg – omdirigeras
Aktivisterna – däribland Greta Thunberg – som seglat mot Gaza uppger att israeliska styrkor har bordat fartyget.
www.dn.se
June 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I don't think most people - including Swedes - realise how captured the current government is by the far-right brain worm. The coalition only exists thanks to the votes of the Sweden Democrats, whose roots are firmly in neo-Nazism.
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And look what happens when he's asked about Modi! He goes out of his way to express the same values
June 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
And look what happens when he's asked about Modi! He goes out of his way to express the same values
As an Indian, feeling jealous of all the pushback Americans are giving Trump and his government. While, in India, we are just pushovers to Modi and his regime the second time round too.
a man in a tie is smiling and waving his hand
ALT: a man in a tie is smiling and waving his hand
media.tenor.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
As an Indian, feeling jealous of all the pushback Americans are giving Trump and his government. While, in India, we are just pushovers to Modi and his regime the second time round too.
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Swedish journalist Joakim Medin is being charged with 'insult' and 'membership of a terrorist organisation' by Turkish authorities.
He risks a 12 year prison sentence. His trial starts on the 30th of April.
All European journalists and human rights defenders need to speak out in full force.
He risks a 12 year prison sentence. His trial starts on the 30th of April.
All European journalists and human rights defenders need to speak out in full force.
Stor uppdatering om Joakim Medin:
• Åtal väcks för både ”förolämpning” och ”medlemskap i terrorgrupp”
• Han riskerar 12 års fängelse
• Första rättegången startar redan nästa vecka, 30 april
• Åtal väcks för både ”förolämpning” och ”medlemskap i terrorgrupp”
• Han riskerar 12 års fängelse
• Första rättegången startar redan nästa vecka, 30 april
Åtal väcks mot Joakim Medin – riskerar 12 års fängelse
Första rättegången börjar redan nästa vecka.
www.etc.se
April 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Swedish journalist Joakim Medin is being charged with 'insult' and 'membership of a terrorist organisation' by Turkish authorities.
He risks a 12 year prison sentence. His trial starts on the 30th of April.
All European journalists and human rights defenders need to speak out in full force.
He risks a 12 year prison sentence. His trial starts on the 30th of April.
All European journalists and human rights defenders need to speak out in full force.
As an Indian must confess, seeing Dems and Reps against Trump push back is making me jealous and mourn for an India that could have been, if it weren’t for the indifference and subservient nature of most Indians. Spirit of revolting is dead as fascist PM Modi and his goons continue their reign.
April 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
As an Indian must confess, seeing Dems and Reps against Trump push back is making me jealous and mourn for an India that could have been, if it weren’t for the indifference and subservient nature of most Indians. Spirit of revolting is dead as fascist PM Modi and his goons continue their reign.
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Do not listen to bullies. U.S. military planes arrived in Greenland at a U.S. military base — bc the PM REFUSED to meet them. Delegation includes Congressman Mike Waltz, who plan to make the islanders “an offer they can’t refuse.”
HOW is this not an act of war?!
This is how they annexed Hawaii.
HOW is this not an act of war?!
This is how they annexed Hawaii.
March 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Do not listen to bullies. U.S. military planes arrived in Greenland at a U.S. military base — bc the PM REFUSED to meet them. Delegation includes Congressman Mike Waltz, who plan to make the islanders “an offer they can’t refuse.”
HOW is this not an act of war?!
This is how they annexed Hawaii.
HOW is this not an act of war?!
This is how they annexed Hawaii.
Seeing this makes me awestruck about Americans’ grit but simultaneously sad for Indians’ indifference in a similar situation. Indians just allowing the dictator PM ruin India as a democracy and more.
“Are you worried?” That is always the first question.
“Of course I am worried,” I respond. “The president of the United States considers me an enemy and has promised retribution. I would be an idiot not to be worried. But I am not going to give in. I will continue to fight.”
“Of course I am worried,” I respond. “The president of the United States considers me an enemy and has promised retribution. I would be an idiot not to be worried. But I am not going to give in. I will continue to fight.”
I Worry, but I Fight
From Marc | Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice.
www.democracydocket.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Seeing this makes me awestruck about Americans’ grit but simultaneously sad for Indians’ indifference in a similar situation. Indians just allowing the dictator PM ruin India as a democracy and more.
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Went to observe the local Tesla Takedown protest and can report the vibes were genuinely exuberant.
March 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Went to observe the local Tesla Takedown protest and can report the vibes were genuinely exuberant.
This is the kind of movement/ revolution India needs too to stop fascist Modi from destroying India further.
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This is the kind of movement/ revolution India needs too to stop fascist Modi from destroying India further.