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rikwinkel.bsky.social @rikwinkel.bsky.social · 2h

'Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'

PG Kroeger @pgkroegerbb.bsky.social · 3h

"Er is afgelopen jaar niet geleverd."
Zo is dat. Dus waarom zo dom zijn op één van die vier coalitiepartijen te stemmen?

dr. Marina @drmarina.bsky.social · 4h

Minister Heinen: De asielstroom moet naar beneden. Er is afgelopen jaar niet geleverd. De #VVD is in dit kabinet gestapt om eindelijk te leveren, de PVV liep weg. We moeten een centrumrechts kabinet hebben, de [Faber en Wilders] plannen liggen klaar het komt nu aan op politieke moed.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 5h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Maartje Luif @zezunja.bsky.social · 6h

Ik vind het afschuwelijk dat het eufemisme ‘anti-immigratie’ door de journalistiek zo omarmd is. Het is gewoon een in- en in-racistische demonstratie. Het gaat nooit om werknemers bij ASML, of om mijn Belgische echtgenoot, of om die Pool die zwart hun schuurtje schildert. En dat weten we allemaal.

NOS @nieuws.nos.nl · 7h

Honderden bij anti-immigratieprotest A'dam, ook tegendemonstranten op de been

De politie is massaal aanwezig, ook bij CS. Er zijn al meerdere aanhoudingen verricht.

nos.nl

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 5h

They also need better subs. Surely ‘European Union’ in this headline is a typo for ‘Daily Telegraph’?

Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 11h

Since the Brexit referendum, the Telegraph has become the Pantomine Dame of confected outrage against the very thing it fought for and continues to uphold. The new Schengen Entry and Exit System isn’t sound border management but a “pointed insult”. Hilarious.

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Herman Beun @hermanbeun.bsky.social · 4h

"I am not a crook"

NRC-Interview met Dilan Yeşilgöz, met als titel: "Ik ben geen populist"

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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 7h

This is just obscene, Blair is not in any way guilty of war crimes. I know the far left has an irrational hatred for the guy but save the serious accusations for people who actually deserve it.

Zeteo @zeteo.com · 4d

“Tony Blair should be heading to The Hague, not to Gaza.”

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social explains why Tony Blair should be on trial for war crimes in Iraq, instead of planning to destroy Gaza further with Trump on ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored.’

Read Mehdi’s article on Tony Blair: zeteo.com/p/tony-blair...

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Folkert Jensma @folkertjensma.bsky.social · 10h

"Misschien heeft in het politieke debat de afgelopen zestig jaar het accent te veel gelegen op de democratie en te weinig op de rechtsstaat."
www.trouw.nl/opinie/radic...

Radicaal-rechtse VVD is on-Nederlands

www.trouw.nl

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PG Kroeger @pgkroegerbb.bsky.social · 1d

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rikwinkel.bsky.social @rikwinkel.bsky.social · 1d

The Second Coming is upon us.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Witkoff, flanked by Jared and Ivanka in Tel Aviv, says "may god bless Donald J Trump, the greatest president the world has ever seen"

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Wim uit Voorhout @wbcs99twit.bsky.social · 1d

Best opmerkelijk: BBB heeft een heel hoofdstuk in het verkiezingsprogramma over bereikbaarheid en infra, maar nul maatregelen in de doorrekening van het Planbureau. Mooie woorden in programma over Lelylijn, ov in de regio, etc. maar er in de doorrekening geen cent voor uittrekken.

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@Marcel @elsschot.bsky.social · 2d

Na het lezen van deze column van Diederik Samsom zou ik willen dat alle politici die potentieel in aanmerking komen voor regeringsdeelname erover debatteren. Desnoods bij @pauwendewit.bsky.social. Wordt de kiezers inderdaad een rad voor ogen gedraaid met die schreeuw om nationale asielmaatregelen?

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NYTimes Communications @nytimespr.bsky.social · 2d

A statement from The New York Times on the Pentagon’s press pass policy:

“Journalists from The New York Times will not sign the Pentagon’s revised press pass policy, which threatens to punish them for ordinary news gathering protected by the First Amendment. Since the policy was first announced, we have expressed concerns that it constrains how journalists can report on the U.S. military, which is funded by nearly $1 trillion in taxpayer dollars annually. The public has a right to know how the government and military are operating. The Times is dedicated to pursuing the public interest through deep, fair reporting and an unwavering pursuit of the facts.”

Richard Stevenson, Washington Bureau Chief, The New York Times

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rikwinkel.bsky.social @rikwinkel.bsky.social · 2d

It could only weaken him if other leaders were in a much better position on the domestic front. Quod non.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

France’s Domestic Instability Has Weakened Its Diplomatic Clout

www.nytimes.com

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Siem Eikelenboom @sieboom.bsky.social · 2d

Het enige probate middel tegen talkshows is niet kijken. Hoe lager de kijkcijfers, hoe eerder ze van de treurbuis verdwijnen.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2d

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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 2d

Truly we live in the most Trump-brained timeline. Maybe, just maybe the Nobel Prize committee gave María Corina Machado the peace prize on her own merits, rather than so as not to give Trump the award while making it impossible for him to criticise their choice.

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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds Weimarish

Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 2d

Looking back at yesterday's motions of censure against the EU Commission, they really drove down how France's political crisis is spilling over into the EU:

-> Both the far-left and the far-right motions of censures came from French MEPs, uploading their fight against 'centrists'

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rikwinkel.bsky.social @rikwinkel.bsky.social · 2d

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 2d

"Brussels-bashing" is becoming fashionable again.

With Friedrich Merz sounding like a revenant Boris Johnson, fights over the long-term budget and unhappiness at EU-US trade, it's open season on Brussels.

My Charlemagne on the return of an old European scourge

www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

“Brussels” is the phantom menace Europe loves to blame

Why bashing the EU is likely to become ever more popular

www.economist.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 2d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Simon Kuper @simonkuper.bsky.social · 2d

Leuk (vind ik althans) @nrc.nl interview over het WK, n.a.v. mijn nieuwe boek, De wereld aan mijn voeten - over de negen WKs die ik sinds Italia '90 bezocht, en wat het toernooi betekent www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

‘WK’s veranderen de wereld niet, ze werpen er wel een verhelderend licht op’

Simon Kuper schrijver-journalistJournalist Simon Kuper (55) volgde in zijn loopbaan negen WK’s van nabij. Hij zag hoe politiek en commercie het prestigieuze voetbaltoernooi steeds meer in hun greep na...

www.nrc.nl

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 3d

All conspiracy theories eventually lead to antisemitism.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Nigel @nigelvs.bsky.social · 2d

Ik ben er inmiddels van overtuigd dat de VVD ergens in het afgelopen jaar alle communicatiemedewerkers heeft ontslagen. Wat staat hier

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Ad van der Stok @advanderstok.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent idea 👇

Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 2d

I want an unprecedented meltdown on the right so I want Greta Thunberg to get the Nobel Peace Prize this year

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