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Christoph Schmidt
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Politiek redacteur Trouw. Boek: 'Dé EU bestaat niet' (2023). Presentator podcast Haags Halfuurtje. Was EU-correspondent Brussel (2013-2021).
Humilitas occidit superbiam
https://www.trouw.nl/auteur/christoph-schmidt
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Dubbel demissionair #BBB Minister over het verdwijnen van de @nieuws.nos.nl op twitter
November 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Over de waarde van Russische beloftes, Poetin in 2014:

"Geloof degenen die beweren dat andere regio's na de Krim zullen volgen niet."
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Wensdenken en Oekraïne onder druk zetten vs. realiteit:
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Please watch this.

The Senate killed a bill to ban state regulation of AI by a vote of 99-1 this spring. Now the industry - eager to stay unregulated - and Trump are scheming to shove the provision in the national defense bill.

You need to know this, so you can help stop it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Berend Vonk in @trouw, woensdag.
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Na slechts 11 maanden Kabinet PVV-VVD-NSC-BBB...
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Dutch public broadcaster NOS (finally) stops posting on X.

The disadvantages are seen as too big. The reach has dwindled.

In the category, 'better late than never': good choice.

over.nos.nl/nieuws/nos-p...
NOS plaatst vanaf vandaag geen nieuwsberichten meer op X - Over NOS
De NOS en Nieuwsuur (NOS/NTR) zijn gestopt met posten op X. Het platform past niet meer bij onze visie op...
over.nos.nl
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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"Het is cruciaal om te weten welke prijs ons land betaalt voor vrijheid", zegt 🇺🇦 regisseur Mstyslav Chernov in gesprek met @denisvanvliet.bsky.social.

Zijn documentaire '2000 Meters to Andriivka' toont de oorlog vanuit het perspectief van soldaten aan het front nabij Bachmoet.
Met 2000 Meters to Andriivka toont Mstyslav Chernov opnieuw de oorlog van dichtbij: ‘Ik kan me niet zomaar afwenden’
platformraam.nl
November 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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“UKRAINE ‘LEADERSHIP’ HAS EXPRESSED ZERO GRATITUDE FOR OUR EFFORTS”- Trump
👇👇👇
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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It takes a special talent to come up with a Russian plan to end the war in Ukraine and present it as your own. But then that has been Steve Witkoff’s modus operandi from the start: take Russia’s side and force Ukraine to accept it. My latest @theobserveruk.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Steve Witkoff’s peace plan for Ukraine is to hand victory to Putin | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Trump demands 'gratitude' from Ukraine. But since he came to power, Trump has:

- ended all new US military aid to Ukraine;
- ended all US financial aid to Ukraine;
- ended all US humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

So what exactly should Ukraine be grateful for?

www.kielinstitut.de/publications...
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Literally.
November 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Trump loves Putin. Trump is never going to give up on trying to help Putin win in Ukraine. Trump worships Putin.

Cartoon by Daniel Boris
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Bij een overdaad aan Volt-emoties kun je een stilteruimte opzoeken. Sympathiek.
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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I think if 24 people are dead it's more than "testing" a ceasefire.
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Het 28-punten-'vredesplan' kapseist al bij punt 1: dat heeft Moskou in 1994 al eens laten vastleggen, met het bekende resultaat.
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Een van de 28 punten van het 'vredesplan': oorlogsmisdadigers gaan vrijuit, kunnen nog wel even doorgaan als ze er zin in hebben.
In Ternopil, rescuers found two more bodies on the fourth day of clearing the rubble after the Russian attack, bringing the death toll to 33, Ukraine’s emergency service reports.
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Op de wc.
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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So EU accepts the Belem deal after long deliberation. If you then head to the plenary, you get this in front of you
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Russia should be asked to halve its army
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM