@andreasherdina.bsky.social
Retired official of the European Commission; former lawyer and diplomat; originally from Tyrol in Austria, happily living in Finland; I enjoy sailing in the archipelago.
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Bovino learning the inevitable fate of every Trump subcontractor.
Leavitt throws Bovino under the bus: "Mr Bovino is a wonderful man and he's a great professional. He is very much going to continue CBP throughout and across the country. Mr Homan will be the main point of contact on the ground in Minneapolis"
January 26, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Bovino learning the inevitable fate of every Trump subcontractor.
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By the way this is the crime that they executed him for. They abhor being watched and they think if you do anything they dislike you must be crushed under their boot.
January 25, 2026 at 7:38 PM
By the way this is the crime that they executed him for. They abhor being watched and they think if you do anything they dislike you must be crushed under their boot.
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Ukrainian hero laid to rest in hometown.
Fallen defender Serhii Simchuk was killed in action in the Donetsk region in July 2024. Following a months-long identification process in Dnipro, Simchuk was finally returned to his family and buried Friday in his hometown of Dubyshche.
Fallen defender Serhii Simchuk was killed in action in the Donetsk region in July 2024. Following a months-long identification process in Dnipro, Simchuk was finally returned to his family and buried Friday in his hometown of Dubyshche.
January 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Ukrainian hero laid to rest in hometown.
Fallen defender Serhii Simchuk was killed in action in the Donetsk region in July 2024. Following a months-long identification process in Dnipro, Simchuk was finally returned to his family and buried Friday in his hometown of Dubyshche.
Fallen defender Serhii Simchuk was killed in action in the Donetsk region in July 2024. Following a months-long identification process in Dnipro, Simchuk was finally returned to his family and buried Friday in his hometown of Dubyshche.
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US military personnel have informally tried to get Danish colleagues in Greenland to provide information about military installations, ports and air bases in Greenland, according to the Danish Ministry of Defense
www.berlingske.dk/internationa...
www.berlingske.dk/internationa...
USA søgte i fortrolighed viden om militære installationer i Grønland
Hidtil ukendte dokumenter fra dansk forsvar viser, at Forsvarsministeriet og den øverste danske militære ledelse var bekymret over, at USA – uformelt og uden at involvere København – forsøgte at få da...
www.berlingske.dk
January 18, 2026 at 7:44 PM
US military personnel have informally tried to get Danish colleagues in Greenland to provide information about military installations, ports and air bases in Greenland, according to the Danish Ministry of Defense
www.berlingske.dk/internationa...
www.berlingske.dk/internationa...
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Trump’s behavior is perfect for Russia
January 18, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Trump’s behavior is perfect for Russia
Hopefully not true. But, if it is….
Now more than ever, we're a two timing, back stabbing, and disloyal nation without integrity.
January 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Hopefully not true. But, if it is….
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🇵🇱 Sikorski: For anyone who thinks Russia can be trusted, I remind you that Putin calls the Ukrainian people "brothers" and then murders them.
I remind you that Ukraine and Russia have a border treaty signed by Putin. Budapest Memorandum… If anyone is still unconvinced, please look at the facts.
I remind you that Ukraine and Russia have a border treaty signed by Putin. Budapest Memorandum… If anyone is still unconvinced, please look at the facts.
January 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM
🇵🇱 Sikorski: For anyone who thinks Russia can be trusted, I remind you that Putin calls the Ukrainian people "brothers" and then murders them.
I remind you that Ukraine and Russia have a border treaty signed by Putin. Budapest Memorandum… If anyone is still unconvinced, please look at the facts.
I remind you that Ukraine and Russia have a border treaty signed by Putin. Budapest Memorandum… If anyone is still unconvinced, please look at the facts.
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"When will you finish this bs?"
A Russian sergeant risks his life to deliver a brutal message directly to Putin.
A Russian sergeant risks his life to deliver a brutal message directly to Putin.
January 17, 2026 at 11:57 AM
"When will you finish this bs?"
A Russian sergeant risks his life to deliver a brutal message directly to Putin.
A Russian sergeant risks his life to deliver a brutal message directly to Putin.
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🇬🇧❄️ In the Arctic, British Marines are preparing for a possible armed conflict with Russia. At Camp Viking in northern Norway, elite British units undergo extreme training that simulates war scenarios in the Far North against Russia, - POLITICO
January 16, 2026 at 6:50 PM
🇬🇧❄️ In the Arctic, British Marines are preparing for a possible armed conflict with Russia. At Camp Viking in northern Norway, elite British units undergo extreme training that simulates war scenarios in the Far North against Russia, - POLITICO
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Roughly 90% of people held by ICE are detained in private facilities. Those companies pull in over $1 billion a year from ICE contracts, often with guaranteed minimums that reward keeping detention numbers high.
January 16, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Roughly 90% of people held by ICE are detained in private facilities. Those companies pull in over $1 billion a year from ICE contracts, often with guaranteed minimums that reward keeping detention numbers high.
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The Power Shift wasn’t theory, its trajectory, “Putin is now having to defend everything, all of the time”.
Now we’re seeing the downdraft: Iran wobbling, Venezuela slipping, Russia’s global reach shrinking.
The Power Shift wasn’t theory, its trajectory, “Putin is now having to defend everything, all of the time”.
Now we’re seeing the downdraft: Iran wobbling, Venezuela slipping, Russia’s global reach shrinking.
THE POWER SHIFT: Russia is now defending everything, all of the time #ukrainewar
YouTube video by Shaun Pinner
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January 16, 2026 at 8:05 AM
youtu.be/J9tiGudbOp4?...
The Power Shift wasn’t theory, its trajectory, “Putin is now having to defend everything, all of the time”.
Now we’re seeing the downdraft: Iran wobbling, Venezuela slipping, Russia’s global reach shrinking.
The Power Shift wasn’t theory, its trajectory, “Putin is now having to defend everything, all of the time”.
Now we’re seeing the downdraft: Iran wobbling, Venezuela slipping, Russia’s global reach shrinking.
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OTD in 1945, Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved 15,000 Jews in WW2, was kidnapped by the Soviet NKVD who took him to Moscow & killed him.
Cos we're the real anti-fascists
Cos we're the real anti-fascists
January 17, 2026 at 9:12 AM
OTD in 1945, Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who saved 15,000 Jews in WW2, was kidnapped by the Soviet NKVD who took him to Moscow & killed him.
Cos we're the real anti-fascists
Cos we're the real anti-fascists
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“In 1943, the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun travelled to Germany and met with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. After returning to Norway, he sent his Nobel medal to Goebbels as a gesture of thanks for the meeting.”
Things I did not know. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
Things I did not know. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
The Nobel Prize and the Laureate Are Inseparable - Nobel Peace Prize
The medal and the diploma are the physical symbols confirming that an individual or organisation has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize itself – the honour and recognition – remains insepar...
www.nobelpeaceprize.org
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
“In 1943, the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun travelled to Germany and met with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. After returning to Norway, he sent his Nobel medal to Goebbels as a gesture of thanks for the meeting.”
Things I did not know. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
Things I did not know. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
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In Nikopol today russian terrorists killed two women by shelling the city with artillery.
🕯️ Hanna Balva, 42, worked as a conductor on the Nikopol–Kryvyi Rih electric train. She leaves behind a daughter and a son…
🕯️ Hanna Balva, 42, worked as a conductor on the Nikopol–Kryvyi Rih electric train. She leaves behind a daughter and a son…
January 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
In Nikopol today russian terrorists killed two women by shelling the city with artillery.
🕯️ Hanna Balva, 42, worked as a conductor on the Nikopol–Kryvyi Rih electric train. She leaves behind a daughter and a son…
🕯️ Hanna Balva, 42, worked as a conductor on the Nikopol–Kryvyi Rih electric train. She leaves behind a daughter and a son…
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ICE agents detained a Navajo man in Arizona despite his U.S. citizenship and tribal ID. It follows the detention of four Indigenous people in South Dakota, raising serious questions about whether this is isolated misconduct or systematic targeting of Native Americans.
January 17, 2026 at 8:46 AM
ICE agents detained a Navajo man in Arizona despite his U.S. citizenship and tribal ID. It follows the detention of four Indigenous people in South Dakota, raising serious questions about whether this is isolated misconduct or systematic targeting of Native Americans.
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Joint statement by 4 former officials in Democratic and Republican Administrations—including four NATO Ambassadors, 3 Assistant Secretaries of State for Europe, and 3 NSC Senior Directors.
Excellent opening in particular.
Excellent opening in particular.
America’s Strategic Alliance with Denmark and NATO
A statement by 14 former officials in Democratic and Republican Administrations—including four NATO Ambassadors, 3 Assistant Secretaries of State for Europe, and 3 NSC Senior Directors
newsletter.ivodaalder.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Joint statement by 4 former officials in Democratic and Republican Administrations—including four NATO Ambassadors, 3 Assistant Secretaries of State for Europe, and 3 NSC Senior Directors.
Excellent opening in particular.
Excellent opening in particular.
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We have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Noem Says ‘Hundreds More’ Agents Will Be Sent to Minnesota Over ‘Corruption’
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
We have cleaned up the crime scene and blocked a local investigation and hidden the perpetrator and invaded the state and that is how you know that we are acting in good faith and that everything was the victim’s fault.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Many Kyiv residents spend their nights in the subway, hiding from Russian attacks. The fourth year of the full-scale war is nearing its end, and the fifth is about to begin.
In 2026, the chaos intensifies. Russia has still not been stopped. The world is becoming increasingly unstable.
In 2026, the chaos intensifies. Russia has still not been stopped. The world is becoming increasingly unstable.
January 10, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Many Kyiv residents spend their nights in the subway, hiding from Russian attacks. The fourth year of the full-scale war is nearing its end, and the fifth is about to begin.
In 2026, the chaos intensifies. Russia has still not been stopped. The world is becoming increasingly unstable.
In 2026, the chaos intensifies. Russia has still not been stopped. The world is becoming increasingly unstable.
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Putin doesn’t want peace, Russia’s reply to diplomacy is more missiles and destruction. This deadly pattern of recurring major Russian strikes will repeat itself until we help Ukraine break it. (1/3)
January 9, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Putin doesn’t want peace, Russia’s reply to diplomacy is more missiles and destruction. This deadly pattern of recurring major Russian strikes will repeat itself until we help Ukraine break it. (1/3)
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4 people killed and 24 more injured by the Russian attack on #Kyiv tonight. A lot of residential buildings damaged by Russian drones.
A whole entrance of a residential building was ruined by a Russian drone. 29 residents were evacuated.
Russia deliberately targets Ukrainian civilians.
A whole entrance of a residential building was ruined by a Russian drone. 29 residents were evacuated.
Russia deliberately targets Ukrainian civilians.
January 9, 2026 at 6:06 AM
4 people killed and 24 more injured by the Russian attack on #Kyiv tonight. A lot of residential buildings damaged by Russian drones.
A whole entrance of a residential building was ruined by a Russian drone. 29 residents were evacuated.
Russia deliberately targets Ukrainian civilians.
A whole entrance of a residential building was ruined by a Russian drone. 29 residents were evacuated.
Russia deliberately targets Ukrainian civilians.
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Für den demonstrativen Einsatz von „Oreshnik“ in der Region Lviv gibt es derzeit eine andere, logischere Erklärung: Es ist die einzige Antwort, die sich Moskau gegenüber Washington leisten kann, nachdem amerikanische Spezialeinheiten Tanker der russischen Schattenflotte gekapert haben.
January 9, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Für den demonstrativen Einsatz von „Oreshnik“ in der Region Lviv gibt es derzeit eine andere, logischere Erklärung: Es ist die einzige Antwort, die sich Moskau gegenüber Washington leisten kann, nachdem amerikanische Spezialeinheiten Tanker der russischen Schattenflotte gekapert haben.
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Last week, we published a story detailing ICE's strategy for recruiting new officers, including targeting "gun rights" supporters and geo-fencing ads around gun shows.
Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness"
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Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness"
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January 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Last week, we published a story detailing ICE's strategy for recruiting new officers, including targeting "gun rights" supporters and geo-fencing ads around gun shows.
Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness"
wapo.st/3Ngmo9C
Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness"
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