Bart de Groot
@bdegroot.bsky.social
He/Him. Dad. Pro 🇪🇺🇺🇦 #FBPE 🇨🇦. ❤️Board games 🎲. 👍🏻: 📰current affairs, 🗿history, 🧪science, 💻technology, 📚non-fiction, 👾sci-fi, 👨🏼💻software dev, 🏎️ f1, 📺TV, 🍿movies, 🙂fun. ✅feminism, ✅pro choice, ✅woke, ✅LQBTQ+🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️, 👎🏻fascists, 👎🏻crypto, 👎🏻brexit, 👎🏻maga, 👎🏻🇷🇺
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Scenes from Nuuk, Greenland today, where Meidas contributor Ken Harbaugh is on the ground for exclusive reporting.
January 25, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Scenes from Nuuk, Greenland today, where Meidas contributor Ken Harbaugh is on the ground for exclusive reporting.
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NEW: ICE just executed another person in Minneapolis.
January 24, 2026 at 4:28 PM
NEW: ICE just executed another person in Minneapolis.
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Could make arguments either way on whether this is a direct violation of Article I, Sect. 10, Clause 3. Not that I oppose it. Time for states to start exercising authority in weird ways, regardless of whether they have such authority.
January 24, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Could make arguments either way on whether this is a direct violation of Article I, Sect. 10, Clause 3. Not that I oppose it. Time for states to start exercising authority in weird ways, regardless of whether they have such authority.
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WHO removing Us Flag
January 23, 2026 at 9:45 PM
WHO removing Us Flag
For the Trekkies. #startrek
NEW VIDEO! MAGA Trekkies and Their Meritocracy Myth youtu.be/aw7FrJmiQWk
MAGA Trekkies and Their Meritocracy Myth
YouTube video by Steve Shives
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January 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM
For the Trekkies. #startrek
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January 20, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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A Danish pension fund is selling all of its $100 million in US treasuries by the end of the month because of what it calls "poor US government finances.”
www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/01/...
www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/01/...
Danish pension fund to sell $100 million in Treasurys, citing 'poor' U.S. government finances
AkademikerPension's move comes amid increasing tensions between Denmark and the U.S. over Greenland.
www.cnbc.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:07 PM
A Danish pension fund is selling all of its $100 million in US treasuries by the end of the month because of what it calls "poor US government finances.”
www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/01/...
www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/01/...
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The EU should not “renounce anything that may be necessary to defend its interests” if US President Donald Trump delivers on his threats to raise tariffs or seize Greenland, @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu tells @financialtimes.com:
www.ft.com/content/f250...
www.ft.com/content/f250...
EU should not hold back on Trump retaliation, says bloc’s competition chief
Also in this newsletter: Europe replaces one gas dependency for another
www.ft.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:11 AM
The EU should not “renounce anything that may be necessary to defend its interests” if US President Donald Trump delivers on his threats to raise tariffs or seize Greenland, @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu tells @financialtimes.com:
www.ft.com/content/f250...
www.ft.com/content/f250...
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Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland
January 20, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland
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🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them:
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them:
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
"We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be."
"What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
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While I’m enjoying the Indiana game, I’m also wondering: are your sons and nephews and grandsons ready suit up for war against Europe? If not, you might want to give your GOP members of Congress and Senators a shout.
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Europe Contends With a Big New Threat: the U.S.
Most governments in Europe seek to de-escalate the confrontation and want to delay the day when they decouple the region’s security and economy from the U.S.
www.wsj.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:28 AM
While I’m enjoying the Indiana game, I’m also wondering: are your sons and nephews and grandsons ready suit up for war against Europe? If not, you might want to give your GOP members of Congress and Senators a shout.
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
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Kyiv tonight: no electricity, no water, freezing cold.
"Darkness all around – but not within us. We will endure." said the author of this photo, Yan Dobronosov.
"Darkness all around – but not within us. We will endure." said the author of this photo, Yan Dobronosov.
January 20, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Kyiv tonight: no electricity, no water, freezing cold.
"Darkness all around – but not within us. We will endure." said the author of this photo, Yan Dobronosov.
"Darkness all around – but not within us. We will endure." said the author of this photo, Yan Dobronosov.
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The arbiter of goodness.
January 12, 2026 at 3:43 AM
The arbiter of goodness.
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Dragging this grandpa out in his bathrobe
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Dragging this grandpa out in his bathrobe
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January 19, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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Trump-backing billionaire Miriam Adelson at the Israeli-American Council, asked how she exerts (buys) influence with American politicians: "Can you allow me not to answer? I want to be truthful, and there are so many things I don't want to talk about."
January 18, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Trump-backing billionaire Miriam Adelson at the Israeli-American Council, asked how she exerts (buys) influence with American politicians: "Can you allow me not to answer? I want to be truthful, and there are so many things I don't want to talk about."
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The UK was better off in the EU and Europe was better off with the UK in it.
All of this Trump driven chaos underlines that and you can practically hear Putin rubbing his hands in Moscow.
WE have deliberately weakened ourselves, our security and our region for absolutely no good purpose at all.
All of this Trump driven chaos underlines that and you can practically hear Putin rubbing his hands in Moscow.
WE have deliberately weakened ourselves, our security and our region for absolutely no good purpose at all.
January 19, 2026 at 10:05 AM
The UK was better off in the EU and Europe was better off with the UK in it.
All of this Trump driven chaos underlines that and you can practically hear Putin rubbing his hands in Moscow.
WE have deliberately weakened ourselves, our security and our region for absolutely no good purpose at all.
All of this Trump driven chaos underlines that and you can practically hear Putin rubbing his hands in Moscow.
WE have deliberately weakened ourselves, our security and our region for absolutely no good purpose at all.
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NEW and WOW: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported. www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...
Germany, other NATO allies sending troops to Greenland amid Trump threats
Trump said Wednesday anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be "unacceptable" in a warning to NATO allies about Arctic security.
www.newsweek.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
NEW and WOW: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported. www.newsweek.com/greenland-ge...
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Greenland chooses Denmark
January 14, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Greenland chooses Denmark
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Europe having to perform military exercises against their primary threat, the United States.
January 15, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Europe having to perform military exercises against their primary threat, the United States.
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The UK has declined a US request to help invade Greenland. UK officials have instead met with their counterparts from Germany and France to begin preparations for deploying a defensive force in Greenland. The goal is to protect Greenland from invasion or attacks.
January 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The UK has declined a US request to help invade Greenland. UK officials have instead met with their counterparts from Germany and France to begin preparations for deploying a defensive force in Greenland. The goal is to protect Greenland from invasion or attacks.
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Greenland
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Greenland