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Frans Osinga
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Frans Osinga @osinga.bsky.social · 3h
nee, dat staat nergens in het rapport keuzes in kaart. Die correlatie wordt niet gelegd. Foutieve framing.
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Trouw @trouw.nl · 3h
Investeringen defensie gaan vooral ten koste van de zorg
Investeringen defensie gaan vooral ten koste van de zorg
Politieke partijen waren er tot nu toe zwijgzaam over. Nu is duidelijk hoe zij de komende jaren willen voldoen aan de nieuwe Navo-norm.
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Frans Osinga @osinga.bsky.social · 3h
nee dat staat nergens in het rapport hoofdlijnen keuzes. NOS framed dat onjuist. Die correlatie tussen verhoging defensie uitgaven en verlaging van de zorg wordt nergens gelegd.
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Dutchy @dutchy.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 3h
De correcte kop: "De meeste politieke partijen willen hogere NAVO-norm betalen door te korten op de zorg"

De uitzondering? GL-PVDA

https://nos.nl/collectie/14002/artikel/2585920-politieke-partijen-willen-hogere-navo-norm-betalen-door-te-korten-op-de-zorg

#glpvda #Defensie #nos
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 4h
Breaking News: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, for her work promoting democracy.
María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Live Updates and Video
The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.”
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Frans Osinga @osinga.bsky.social · 4h
weer erg goed van Lawry:
‘As Long as it Takes': What does it mean to commit to Ukraine’s security? open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/a...
‘As Long as it Takes': What does it mean to commit to Ukraine’s security?
This post was originally a lecture given in honour of Peter Hennessy at the Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1d
NATO is reportedly preparing for a stronger pushback against Putin’s hybrid warfare, plans include deploying armed drones along the Russian border and relaxing rules so pilots can open fire on Russian aircraft based on radar or threat assessment rather than visual confirmation.
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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 22h
Sinistre development
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Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 23h
We are all Antifa.

Solidarity with my colleague @mark-bray.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport
Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled
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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 22h
“The United States is in the grip of an era of violent populism,” writes Robert Pape. “Left to its own momentum, political violence is likely to escalate further, with major consequences for American liberal democracy.”
America’s New Age of Political Violence
What happens when the threat comes from both left and right.
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Frans Osinga @osinga.bsky.social · 1d
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Opinion | I’m the Foreign Minister of Poland. This Is How to Negotiate With Putin.
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Chris Colijn @chriscolijn.bsky.social · 2d
In Oekraïne zijn alle grote wapenfabrieken doelwit, de meesten zijn al eens geraakt. Ook veel kleine producenten worden geraakt.

Productie vindt veel ondergronds plaats, in ongemarkeerde gebouwen, en verspreid over meerdere locaties.

Ook op dit vlak opereert Europa volgens de regels van vredestijd
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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 2d
russia escalates by the day.

Belgian government must stop blocking EU reparation loan, part of which will go for procuring European weapons for Ukraine.

Defeating russia in Ukraine is the best security guarantee for Belgium and the entire Europe. For that, long-term predictable funding is crucial.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d
"Bondi’s contemptuousness was designed to send a clear message: You have no power to stop us.

Refusal to even entertain the questions of committee Democrats should have been cause for bipartisan scandal. But committee Republicans seemed perfectly uninterested..."

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Bondi to Congress: 🖕
The attorney general came to the Hill to deliver a message to Democrats: Your ‘oversight’ couldn't matter to us less.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d
I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.
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TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social · 2d
Russia’s armed forces are suffering an “abnormally high killed-to-wounded ratio" of 1 to 3 in the fighting in eastern Ukraine, according to new data underlining both the apparent failings in the treatment of Russians wounded but also the dangers drones pose to casualty evacuations.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 2d
Russia is waging a campaign to "unsettle" citizens by flying drones into European airspace, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned today.
Von der Leyen warns of Russian ‘hybrid warfare’
Europe has to change its mindset to tackle the threat from Moscow, Commission president says.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 2d
Holding off the Russians means “finding ways to compensate for Ukraine’s desperate shortage of manpower,” Robert F. Worth writes. Kyiv has found ingenious methods of staying in the fight:
Ukraine Might Be Winning Its War of Attrition
Russia assumed time was on its side, but a new Ukrainian strategy is yielding surprising results.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 2d
⚡️ Bavaria moves to let police shoot down drones amid rising European sightings.

The Bavarian cabinet approved the law, which grants local police the authority to destroy drones if deemed necessary to ensure public safety.
Bavaria moves to let police shoot down drones amid rising European sightings
The Bavarian cabinet approved the law, which grants local police the authority to destroy drones if deemed necessary to ensure public safety.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 2d
A Desperate Race for Drone Defenses | "Defense industries have tended to focus on the quality of military output, but the Ukraine war shows the importance of mass." @kirichenko.bsky.social
A Desperate Race for Drone Defenses
Defense industries have tended to focus on the quality of military output, but the Ukraine war shows the importance of mass.
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Frans Osinga @osinga.bsky.social · 3d
Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Not Afraid of Civil War. Neither Is Stephen Miller.
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 3d
🇳🇱🇺🇦🇪🇪 Dutch Ministry of Defense:

Estonian autonomous ground systems manufacturer Milrem Robotics has signed a contract with the Netherlands to supply 150 ground systems to Ukraine.
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Bart Aafjes @bartaafjes68.bsky.social · 3d
"Can Donnie's parents come collect him at the ball pit, he has been peeing all over the place!"

Oh, please take the #Epsteinfiles with you, thanks...
Trump Tells the Navy to View Half the Country as the Enemy
Donald Trump is determined to turn the military against the American people.
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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 3d
Eurocommissaris Andrius Kubilius (Defensie en Ruimte) zegt dat het Kremlin volgens de Duitse inlichtingendienst over een aanval op de NAVO praat. Dat zegt hij in een interview met de Poolse krant Gazeta Wyborcza. Of het al een concreet plan is, zegt hij niet te weten. wyborcza.pl/7,75399,3229... (€)
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AmplifyUkraine 🔱🇺🇦 @amplifyukraine.eu · 3d
Over 85% of targets on frontline hit by UAVs – Kamyshin #Ukraine
Over 85% of targets on frontline hit by UAVs – Kamyshin
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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 3d
⚡️ Zelenskyy says Ukraine now builds 40 Bohdana 155mm howitzers every month—double last year’s output.

Over 40% of weapons on the front are made in Ukraine, with a goal to hit 50% by year’s end.
Zelenskyy: Ukraine Now Producing 40 2S22 Bohdana 155mm Howitzers Each Month
Ukraine has increased its production of the 2S22 Bohdana 155mm self-propelled howitzer to 40 units per month, reinforcing its defense capabilities.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4d
One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.
Text card: Listen for dangerous words. Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary. #OnTyranny
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 4d
Explosion in Kharkiv ‼️ the city is under russian missile attack right now ‼️ its a broad daylight, Sunday!
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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 5d
🇳🇴✈️🇵🇱 To protect the Polish border from threats, Norwegian Air Force F-35 fighter jets will arrive in Poland in the coming days and will be stationed near Poznań — Polskie Radio 24.
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