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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · Aug 21
🌻 Kherson is Ukraine.
🌻 Donetsk is Ukraine.
🌻 Luhansk is Ukraine.
🌻 Zaporizhzhia is Ukraine.
🌻 Crimea is Ukraine.
🌻 Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine.

Slava Ukraini!
Never forget! Never forgive!
#StandWithUkraine #StandWithZelensky
#RussiaIsaTerroristState #PutinIsaWarCriminal
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 22m
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado

The Venezuelan opposition leader won for her efforts to promote democracy at a time when an increasing number of countries slide into authoritarianism. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Venezuelan Maria Corina Machado
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 for her efforts to promote democracy at a time when an increasing number of countries slide into authoritar...
www.bloomberg.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 1h
Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize
US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says
www.theguardian.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 1h
A Trump Nobel Prize? Breaking down the arguments

A Washington Post-Ipsos poll last month showed even about half of Republicans said Trump didn’t deserve one. Just 22% of Americans overall said that he did. www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...
Analysis: A Trump Nobel prize? Breaking down the arguments | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s extraordinary public lobbying campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize hasn’t proven very convincing.
www.cnn.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 11h
Need I list all the reasons why Trump shouldn’t get a Nobel peace prize?

Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and death www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Need I list all the reasons why Trump shouldn’t get a Nobel peace prize? | Sidney Blumenthal
Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and death
www.theguardian.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 11h
Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize
US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says
www.theguardian.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 11h
Judge blocks Trump's deployment of National Guard to Chicago

Federal Judge April Perry in her oral ruling Thursday, granted Illinois and co-plaintiffs in part, an emergency motion to stop the president from deploying troops, the Chicago Tribune reported. www.axios.com/2025/10/09/t...
Judge rules against Trump's federalization of National Guard in Chicago
A U.S. judge says the president can't federalize the National Guard just because of political conflict.
www.axios.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 12h
New York AG Letitia James indicted for alleged bank fraud

It's the latest development in President Trump's long-running feud with James as he pursues retribution against political adversaries who pursued prosecutions against him. www.axios.com/2025/10/09/t...
New York AG Letitia James indicted for alleged bank fraud
James successfully prosecuted Trump in a civil fraud lawsuit for improper business practices.
www.axios.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 12h
The Boat Strikes Are Just the Beginning

What the Trump administration is portraying as a drug mission may be about a lot more. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
The Boat Strikes Are Just the Beginning
What the Trump administration is portraying as a drug mission may be about a lot more.
www.theatlantic.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 16h
The Task Now Is to Be Significantly More Active in Everything Related to the Preparation and Execution of Long-Range Sanctions Against Russia – Address by the President — Official website of the President of Ukraine: www.president.gov.ua/en/news/zavd...
www.president.gov.ua
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 19h
Trump is turning the ‘war on drugs’ from metaphor into an actual war

Beyond the question of whether blowing up boats off Venezuela is legal, what’s the military objective? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Trump is turning the ‘war on drugs’ from metaphor into an actual war
Beyond the question of whether blowing up boats off Venezuela is legal, what’s the military objective?
www.washingtonpost.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 19h
Why Trump still won’t win the Nobel Peace Prize

Insiders say the president’s military posturing, US Aid cuts and worldwide tariffs conflict with the spirit of international harmony that the prize’s founder Alfred Nobel sought to promote. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Why Trump still won’t win the Nobel Peace Prize
Aid cuts, tariffs and the way he talks mean the American president will not get award in 2025, insiders say
www.telegraph.co.uk
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 19h
Ukraine steps up Trump charm effort with Nobel overtures

Ukraine has yet to convince Trump to put sufficient pressure to force Russia to negotiate a peace deal, so it has deployed a new lobbying tactic: nominate the US president for the Nobel Peace Prize www.reuters.com/world/ukrain...
www.reuters.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 19h
Trump’s war on the left: Inside the plan to investigate liberal groups

- Powerful Trump aide Stephen Miller key part of crackdown
- ICE agents being redeployed to target activist groups
- Trump using isolated ICE clashes to justify national crackdown
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 20h
Belgium lays out red lines on €140B Ukraine loan

Belgian PM Bart De Wever has suggested that the Commission’s scheme to leverage Russian frozen assets effectively amounts to confiscation. www.politico.eu/article/belg...
Belgium lays out red lines on €140B Ukraine loan
Belgian PM Bart De Wever has suggested that the Commission’s scheme to leverage Russian frozen assets effectively amounts to confiscation.
www.politico.eu
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 20h
Commission to probe reports that Orbán’s spies targeted EU officials in Brussels

Hungary’s current European Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi was in charge of the country’s embassy at the time of the allegations. www.politico.eu/article/orba...
Commission to probe reports that Orbán’s spies targeted EU officials in Brussels
Hungary’s current European Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi was in charge of the country’s embassy at the time of the allegations.
www.politico.eu
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 20h
Zelenskyy: If Trump gives us Tomahawks, we’ll lobby for Nobel Peace Prize

Long-range missiles and a ceasefire with Russia is all it would take for a nomination from Kyiv, Ukrainian leader says. www.politico.eu/article/toma...
Zelenskyy: If Trump gives us Tomahawks, we’ll lobby for Nobel Peace Prize
Long-range missiles and a ceasefire with Russia is all it would take for a nomination from Kyiv, Ukrainian leader says.
www.politico.eu
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 20h
‘ICE Goes Masked for a Single Reason’

“ICE goes masked for a single reason — to terrorize Americans into quiescence,” a federal judge, William Young, wrote in a blistering 161-page First Amendment ruling handed down last week. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
Opinion | ‘ICE Goes Masked for a Single Reason’
www.nytimes.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 20h
I’m the Foreign Minister of Poland.

This Is How to Negotiate With Putin. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Opinion | I’m the Foreign Minister of Poland. This Is How to Negotiate With Putin.
www.nytimes.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 20h
The EU has a secret weapon to counter Trump’s economic bullying. It’s time to use it

The anti-coercion instrument or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure. It should have big tech in its crosshairs to protect European sovereignty www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The EU has a secret weapon to counter Trump’s economic bullying. It’s time to use it | Johnny Ryan
The anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure, says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan
www.theguardian.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 22h
Putin Is Taking His Hybrid Warfare to the Sea

Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to contest the Baltic, and may turn to hybrid warfare, a mix of unconventional combat tactics and techniques, to gain leverage in the Baltic Sea. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Putin Is Taking His Hybrid Warfare to the Sea
As a retired admiral and former supreme allied commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, I was thrilled when Sweden and Finland joined the alliance. My first thought was about the vast coas...
www.bloomberg.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 23h
Americans Are About to Feel the Government Shutdown

Airport delays and IRS closures are just the beginning. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Americans Are About to Feel the Government Shutdown
Airport delays and IRS closures are just the beginning.
www.theatlantic.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 23h
Retribution Is Here

The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Retribution Is Here
The president’s threats of revenge are no longer bluster.
www.theatlantic.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 1d
Trump’s absurd claim that he saved 100,000 lives by attacking alleged Venezuelan drug boats

President Trump has been using fictional figures to justify his controversial military strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean near Venezuela. www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/p...
Fact check: Trump’s absurd claim that he saved 100,000 lives by attacking Venezuelan drug boats | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has been using fictional figures to justify his controversial military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean near Venezuela.
www.cnn.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 1d
Mike Johnson faces growing internal revolt over shutdown

Johnson's decision to keep theouse on an indefinite break in the middle of a government shutdown isn't sitting well with some in his conference — and that could put pressure on him to change course www.axios.com/2025/10/08/m...
Mike Johnson faces growing internal revolt over shutdown
GOP lawmakers are beginning to get antsy.
www.axios.com
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Sjoerd Nolf @sjoerdnolf.bsky.social · 1d
Since the Dobropillia Counteroffensive Began and to This Day, the Russians Have Already Suffered Over 12,000 Losses – Address by the President — Official website of the President of Ukraine: www.president.gov.ua/en/news/vid-...
www.president.gov.ua