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Democracy Torch
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To be or not to be a democracy

The safeguard of democracy is the people

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MASS MIGRATION CRISIS:
Thousands of Americans flooding borders NL.

6,690 Americans flooding Netherlands’ borders, highest in 10 years (IND/NOS data).

And December’s rush hasn’t even hit yet.

“They’re bringing their best: highly educated, entrepreneurs, job creators,” reports Dutch immigration.
December 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
MOSCOW TIMES

Amid growing press repression in Russia.

Especially after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The MT moved its operations to AMSTERDAM, reporting from exile.

Labeled as undesirable organization by Russia’s Prosecutor General.

www.themoscowtimes.com

mediabiasfactcheck.com/moscow-times
Moscow Times - Bias and Credibility
LEFT-CENTER BIAS These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias.  They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording
mediabiasfactcheck.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
🇸🇰 SLOVAKIA: Your government is dismantling the whistleblower bureau RIGHT NOW

#Slovakia #SaveDemocracy #EU
December 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
IOC takes another step toward normalizing Russia/Belarus. “Sport is apolitical” sounds nice, but ignores how Moscow uses sport as propaganda.

Allowing youth teams while Olympics only permit non-military, non-pro-war individuals? Inconsistent. A rehabilitation in the middle of a war.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Look who’s talking…
90% van de productie gaat de grens over.
Met 10% boeren is er nog steeds genoeg voer.
December 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The EU regulates social media platforms

Trump regulates people: journalists, comedians. And tourists… 5 years of your digital life & phone logs please.

Might as well plan a vacation in North Korea next time.

Apparently, they only check 4 years back.

Don’t confuse “free speech” with market power.
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Billionaires taking control of communication platforms and setting a new convenient definition of freedom of speech.

Trying to teach the EU a lesson about what freedom of speech should be.
In other words, they don’t want any rules to prevent misinformation and privacy violations.
December 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Trump’s FIFA Peace Prize, by FIFA President Gianni Infantino
December 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
VVD beloont voor hun nep frame: ‘we blokkeren voor onze kiezers’.

Yesilgus kan niet voor alle VVD kiezers spreken.
Samenwerking in landsbelang is altijd goed.

VVD eerst met de PVV regeren en dan PvdA/GL uitsluiten.

Wat is hier extreem?

RIP VVD bij volgende verkiezingen!
RIP D66
RIP CDA
🪦
December 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
After U.S. aid cuts: in Uganda 1 in 4 babies now born with HIV. In Nigeria 600,000 children risk starvation. Clinics closed.

Christian MAGA voters: when babies get infected and kids starve because help was cut, is that not a sin of neglect?
December 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Go Tell It on the Mountain:
Genocide is Wrong

While the world’s attention is on Gaza, violence is escalating in the occupied West Bank. Israeli settlers are harassing Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest. Even being targeted with drones.

youtu.be/ejtat2wiI1E

Starvation:
aje.io/2zqfii
Israeli settlers caught on camera attacking Palestinian olive pickers | ABC NEWS
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
China mass-produces quantum detectors for ANTI-STEALTH fire-control radar

New four-channel photon detector can track stealth aircraft like the F-22 and F-35. Beijing accelerates towards ‘post-stealth’ warfare.
A game-changer in military technology.
#China #QuantumTechnology #Defence​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
December 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Chinese fighter jets locked their weapons systems onto Japanese aircrafts. A dangerous provocation.

Japan lodges protest.

Last month, the Japanese PM stated that a potential Chinese attack on Taiwan could prompt a military response from Tokyo, to China’s fury.
Dec7,’25

#China #Japan #Geopolitics
December 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
“… as MAGA loyalists point out. Meeting after meeting ends with the same conclusion: Europe is an enemy that does not deserve to be defended by America.”

The Economist
Dec5, 2025

The article warns that the battle for the soul of the West has begun, with unity already a casualty.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
2015: VVD, Teeven sluit TBS-klinieken, propt cellen vol.

2025: Code zwart. 220 TBS’ers wachten een jaar in de cel.

Gedetineerden 14 dagen vroeger vrij - geen plek.

Nu blokkeert Yesilgöz de formatie omdat GL-PvdA niet mag meedoen.

Van Teeven tot Yesilgöz: consequent prutswerk. #formatie #VVD
December 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
X breaks EU law, gets fined and Musk answers with political pressure via Washington.

EXTORTION

This is how power gets abused when money, platforms and politics merge.

If we don’t stop this now, the genie is out of the bottle. Bilionairs must answer to the law, not the other way around
December 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
J.D. Vance wants to disrupt and DESTROY the EU.

The EU needs to let go of the whole idea of an alliance.

We are no longer allies with the USA. We no longer share values, and we no longer share interests.
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Reposted by Democracy Torch
this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
VVD leden woedend over afdracht regeling. Deel salaris moet aan partijkas afgestaan worden. Leden woedend; “we zijn toch de SP niet?”

Hoewel leden liever op eigen gewin uit zijn, zou met deze linkse gedachten het geen probleem hoeven te zijn om met linkse socialistische partijen samen te werken.
December 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Zonder beweging blijft àlles stilstaan.

Sinds jaren de grondhouding van de VVD en nu ook bij de formatie.

Mensen willen betaalbare huizen. Boeren willen duidelijkheid.

De VVD zet alles op slot met haar verwerpelijke gedrag die geen pas maakt.

Rigide en eigen belangen voor het landsbelang.
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Die rechtsradikale Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) forderte im Aug. 2025, dass die deutsche Hilfe für die Ukraine eingestellt werden solle

Bereits Anfang dieses Jahres stellte sich Lawrow hinter den Neustart von Nord Stream

Die AfD ist faktisch AfRussland und sicherlich keine AfEU oder AfUkraine
December 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
De radicaal-rechtse Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) eiste in augustus 2025 dat de Duitse hulp aan Oekraïne gestaakt zou worden.

Eerder dit jaar schaarde Lavrov zich al achter herstel van Nord Stream.

Kortom: AfD is feitelijk AfRusia en zeker geen AfEU of AfUkraine
Keine Unterstützungsleistungen für Ukraine bis zur Aufklärung der Nord-Stream-Sabotage - AfD-Fraktion im Deutschen Bundestag
Berlin, 28. August 2025. Zur Identifizierung der Verdächtigen im Fall der Nord-Stream-2-Sabotage teilt der stellvertretende Fraktionsvorsitzende und außenpolitische Sprecher der AfD-Bundestagsfraktion...
afdbundestag.de
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Zelensky accused Russia of attempting to stall peace talks, after Kremlin discussions with US diplomats ended without progress. He said Moscow is hoping Donald Trump will lose interest in resolving the conflict, if the latest uptick in American-led diplomacy fails to deliver decisive outcome quickly
December 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
VVD die al flink verloren heeft, blokkeert met een arrogante smile, de samenwerking.

Samenwerking is in het belang van het land, Yesilgos!

Wellicht heeft ze het landsbelang helemaal niet voor ogen.

Stem bewust en geïnformeerd. Zet het landsbelang voorop!

#VVD
December 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
De zogenoemde “vrede” van Trump bestaat uit voortdurende bombardementen op Gaza, geblokkeerde hulptransporten en een zichtbare humanitaire catastrofe. Toch blijft de “geliefde leider” Trump hopen op een Nobelprijs voor de Vrede.
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM