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Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 9h

Er zijn meer dan 35.000 Oekraïense kinderen ontvoerd naar Rusland. Maar zij zal nu ook wel de Nobelprijs voor de Vrede willen

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Melania Trump heeft een lijntje met Poetin en krijgt Oekraïense kinderen terug

Dankzij een opvallend staaltje diplomatie heeft first lady Melania Trump het voor elkaar gekregen dat Rusland acht ontvoerde kinderen terugstuurt naar hun Oekraïense families. Of zit hier meer achter?

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Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 9h

Waarom blijven we het met z’n allen toch gewoon accepteren?

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In Europa verdwijnen dagelijks 600 voetbalvelden aan groen. Nederland is koploper

Natuur maakt in heel Europa plaats voor beton en asfalt, blijkt uit internationaal onderzoek. Dagelijks verdwenen tussen 2018 en 2023 zo’n 600 voetbalvelden aan groen.

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Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 9h

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Egypt confirms international leaders’ summit on Monday to discuss Gaza ceasefire - live

More than 500,000 Palestinians return to destruction in Gaza City as 20 world leaders, including Trump, prepare for talks

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Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 10h

Hoop dat ze nog van het leven zullen kunnen genieten uiteindelijk

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Who are the 20 hostages believed alive and expected to be freed from Gaza?

Ceasefire deal could end more than 700 days of captivity after hostages were taken during attacks of 7 October 2023

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Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 10h

I felt really sad when I heard this. Such a great actress and a great woman too

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Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79

The legendary actor best known for her many collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds, The First Wives Club and Book Club, has died

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Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 14h

Another example Trump is living in the past. But even I, over here in The Netherlands, know that the Kennedy family disowned RFK Jr. so Trump can’t have missed that

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Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 15h

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Zelenskyy urges Trump to use Gaza ceasefire momentum to broker peace in Ukraine

Ukrainian leader discussed request for Tomahawk cruise missiles in phone call with US president

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Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 16h

Trump, of course, knows that RFK Jr is a nutcase and absolutely unsuitable for this position. So why did he appoint him? That's what intrigues me most in the insanity of it all. There must be a purpose, it will definitely not make America great, so why?

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Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 16h

Maandagavond begint bij de VPRO de 8-delige documentaire serie "Fortuyn, On-Hollands". Ik heb 'm al in één keer in de bioscoop gezien en het was een mooie, heftige film die ook bouwstenen leverde hoe dat gegaan is. Janmaat zat er ook een paar keer in.

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Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 16h

Lees dit en realiseer je wat er wereldwijd, ook hier, gebeurt.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Great point from @mjtoma.bsky.social: Millions of us absolutely do see what's happening to the USA.

"We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends."

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Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 16h

Waarom steunde de VVD die rare antifa motie?

HS Kristi Noem declares antifa to be “just as dangerous” as ISIS, which was killing perceived apostates by the thousands and raping little girls. Stephen Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff, rants nightly about armed confrontations that don’t exist.

Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 16h

This guy's name is Barbabella? Curiouser and curiouser...

Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 18h

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Palestinians displaced to southern Gaza begin journey home as ceasefire comes into effect

Thousands walk north along coastal road after Israel-Hamas agreement puts stop to fighting for first time in six months

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Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 20h

Ja, ook gezien, bizar. De Hond stond ook nog voor de camera en werd verzocht uit beeld te gaan. Letterlijk alles voor het perfecte plaatje. Vraag me af wat ze voor Van der Plas in petto hebben. Bakstenen en een troffel, zodat ze nog wat met die cementmolen kan?

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Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 20h

Gelukkig dat Ahmed Aboutaleb de nieuwe voorzitter van Jeugdzorg Nederland is. Als hij dat met dezelfde toewijding zal doen als het burgemeesterschap van Rotterdam dan kan het niet anders dan dat daar een positieve verandering komt.

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Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 20h

A man who as a 17 year old told his best friend he no longer wanted to see him because he was of Latin descent has a life-long commitment to racism and is incurable

John Harwood @johnjharwood.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller is trying to provoke violence in American cities so he can justify authoritarian repression

he's that bad a person

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Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History

Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured and dangerous psyche. But now Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses.

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Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 20h

You’d have a democracy, not an autocracy

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 20h

Sure. Hitler also wanted to find a peaceful solution when he destroyed my home town (Rotterdam).
It will never cease to amaze me that people permit batshit crazy men like Putin and Trump to lead their countries

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

And, as he will never say, Poland in 1939 declined to invade the USSR as a German ally. And then the USSR agreed to invade Poland as a German ally. Details in my book "Black Earth"

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 9d

❗️Putin's logic:Poland has provoked Hitler who wanted to find a peaceful solution:

Poland made many mistakes.Germany offered to resolve the issue of Danzig&the Danzig Corridor peacefully.The Polish leadership at the time categorically refused&,in the end, became the first victim of Nazi aggression

Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 20h

You forgot stupid

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Not only is this rude, inappropriate, partisan, costly, and illegal, it reveals the fundamentally anti-American idiocy of this administration’s policy of handing over to China the most important economic sector of the 21st century.

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 10d

Next move from OMB - canceling $8 billion in clean energy funds. You will note, all of the projects are in states led by Democrats

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Joan van der Lingen @joanlingen.bsky.social · 20h

Well, he’s a slow learner, but in the end he will find out that by his obsessions he destroyed Russia, not Ukraine, and that Europe kept standing firmly behind Ukraine

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

When Putin talks to a Russians he consistently says that they invade Ukraine to destroy the state and nation and correct the path of history. NATO and similar framings are just for the useful foreigners.

Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 11d

Pu spells out Ru's imperialist motivations for the war. He calls the conquest a long-held dream and historical destiny.

He beclowns those who insist NATO expansion caused the war. Let's see if anyone from the Mearsheimer fan club admits the claim has been falsified.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Sending billions to Argentina while laying off Americans at home.

Letting Qatar build a base on US soil coz they bribed Trump with a plane and are investing billions in his personal business ventures.

Doesn’t seem like “America First”, does it?

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

What a loser.

TIME Magazine: "Trump loses Nobel Peace Prize he shamelessly campaigned for."

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 3d

This is good news. It would be even better if Trump wasn't torpedoing the U.S. solar and wind industry and ceding the energy future to China. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Guardian: Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

It should inspire those engaged in similar struggles around the world - and remind those of us lucky enough to live in America that we have a solemn responsibility to constantly preserve and defend our own hard-won democratic traditions.

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