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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 3m

Nei. Hun sa at de skulle se på saken igjen når nye kostnadsanslag ble lagt frem.

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Morten Myksvoll @mortenmyksvoll.bsky.social · 17m

Ser fleire saker om fredsprisen som refererer at Trump seier han har stoppa 6-7 krigar. Det er ikkje berre lov å ta med at det ikkje stemmer — det er nødvendig. Poenget med nyheitssaker er å spreie fakta, ikkje løgner. At noko er i sitatform betyr ikkje at det er unntatt frå faktasjekk.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1h

The EU has signaled it won't give in to pressure from Washington to tear up its green rules in order to firm up a deal on tariffs, the bloc’s top trade official has told member countries.

EU refuses to bow to Trump demands to tear up business rules

Brussels has signaled it won’t yield to U.S. pressure to ignite a bonfire of green regulations as part of their trade deal, a top official tells diplomats.

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 37m

Frp vil gjerne snakke om sløsing med offentlige midler. Men når regjeringen endelig har tatt til vettet og stopper Stad-tunnelen, hvem er først på banen og forlanger mer sløsing? e24.no/norsk-oekono...

NRK: Regjeringen skrinlegger Stad skipstunnel

Regjeringen skrinlegger Stad skipstunnel. Tunnelen blir rett og slett for dyr, mener statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap).

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 2h

Kommende torsdag snakker Jonas Bals og jeg om det som foregår i USA på Litteraturhuset i Fredrikstad. litthusfred.no/event/usa-pa...

USA på vei mot stupet? | Litteraturhuset Fredrikstad

Donald Trump setter inn militære styrker mot landets egne innbyggere, omtaler innvandrere som skadedyr og trosser domstolenes beslutninger. Denne kvelden stopper vi opp og spør: Hvor er USA på vei?

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 6h

The war in Gaza was already over in January. Trump let it reopen and expand. A ceasefire is good—but it should have happened much earlier.

What changed over the past seven months of war in the Middle East?

The war in Gaza was already over in January. Trump let it reopen and expand. A ceasefire is good—but it should have happened much earlier.

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Alex Wayne @aawayne.bsky.social · 14h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

The Republican chair of the National Governors Association breaks with Trump.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 6h

% who say Donald Trump should / should not be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize

U.S. adults: 25% / 58%

Democrats: 4% / 87%
Independents: 15% / 63%
Republicans: 56% / 24%

October 9 | 2,725 U.S. adults | Margin of error ±3%

Full survey link in reply

Screenshot of a table with the title, "Do you think that Donald Trump should be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize?"

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The Economist @economist.com · 1d

Given the excruciating difficulty of reaching agreement on the line to which Israel Defence Forces will pullback from Gaza’s main cities, it is easy to be sceptical about a second phase now taking hold

A euphoric Donald Trump wins a breakthrough in the Middle East

A hostage release and Gaza ceasefire are welcome. But they are just the start

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 1d

WSJ: President Trump believed his Truth Social post demanding prosecutions of James Comey and other political foes was a private message to his attorney general, and "and was surprised to learn it was public."

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 1d

Current Taiwan wargames may be preparing for the wrong war.

A Wargame to Take Taiwan, from China’s Perspective

In August 2025, 25 international experts gathered at Syracuse University to do something unusual: plan China's invasion of Taiwan. For two days,

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 1d

Har ikke sett på nye tall for studenter. Over tid kan dette skje. Mange avventer nok valgene i 2026 og 2028.

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 1d

Høyt kvalifiserte innvandrere bidrar sterkt til innovasjon og entreprenørskap i USA. Likevel vil Trump stenge dem ute. Jeg skriver om ny forskning på Substack. snoen.substack.com/p/de-sender-...

De sender også de beste

Innvandringen til USA er sammensatt, men landet tiltrekker seg også Nobelprisvinnere og gründere.

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 1d

Jeg har skrevet langt i Minerva om karikaturstriden og Isungsets bok. For abonnenter. www.minerva.no/boker-islam-...

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 1d

Fanger, arresterte. Og for ordens skyld: De bør løslates snarest.

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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 1d

Jeg regner med at du kaller dem "gisler" for at vi skal oppfatte dem på linje med israelerne som Hamas holder. Men de er ikke gisler. De skal ikke utveksles med noen, for noe, og vil snart være fri uansett. Jeg håper du ser forskjellen.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 2d

"None — repeat none — of America’s fentanyl has been found to originate from Venezuela. Yet Trump and Pete Hegseth, his compulsively strutting “secretary of war”, insist that the country is fuelling America’s opioid epidemic." Me on Trump's wag the dog script. www.ft.com/content/5b3e...

Venezuela is Trump’s useful enemy

Despite the president’s claims, the South American country is nowhere close to being the US’s biggest drug supplier

www.ft.com

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dave1agar @dave1agar.bsky.social · 5d

“In contrast, in 2025, the protesters have numbered in the few dozens on most nights and their activity has largely been confined to a two-block radius of the building’s front driveway. Approximately 60 people have been arrested in the past four months…”

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Portland protests 2025 vs 2020: Trump conflates the 2, but facts show no comparison

Trump believes Portland has been “War ravaged” for years. Here’s a look at that history.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: Second, expanded TRO issued in Oregon case challenging Trump's National Guard deployment to the state bars any state or D.C. National Guard being deployed to Oregon.

Update at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/judge-bloc...

[Update, 11:45 p.m.: By Sunday night, a second temporary restraining order was issued in the case, barring the Trump administration from sending any National Guard federalized under 10 U.S.C. 12406 to Oregon from any state or D.C. The move followed actions by the Trump administration overnight to send members of the California National Guard to Oregon and plans to do so as to the Texas National Guard as well.

At a hastily called hearing on Sunday night, Immergut harshly questioned the Justice Department lawyer before her, Eric Hamilton, asking him — while noting that he is an officer of the court — “Do you believe this is appropriate way to deal with my order?”

Issuing the second TRO in as many days in the case, Immergut called the Trump administration’s actions in apparent response to her first order “in direct contravention” of it.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 4d

“President Trump on Sunday called the deadly U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea “an act of kindness,” claiming that the attacks had halted drug trafficking via those waters”
George Orwell, 1946: “Political language is designed to make make lies sound truthful and murder respectable”

Trump Calls Deadly Strikes on Boats in Caribbean an ‘Act of Kindness’

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Fredrick Mortvedt @feskehau.bsky.social · 4d

Godt svar!

Jo, norgespris oppmuntrer til økt strømbruk

Svarer Nordeas investeringsdirektør Robert Næss.

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 4d

Right-wing populist Andrej Babiš and his ANO movement won the Czech parliamentary elections by a large margin, but his path to the premiership is anything but straightforward.

POLITICO brings you five key takeaways from the pivotal election.

5 key takeaways from the Czech election

The path to the premiership is anything but straightforward for right-wing populist Andrej Babiš, whose ANO movement won big in the parliamentary vote.

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The Economist @economist.com · 5d

With so many parties in play it is unclear which coalition will form the Czech Republic’s next government. It will almost certainly be led by the ANO party of Andrej Babis. But he will need one or two partners

The Czech Trump wins an election, again

Andrej Babis, a populist billionaire, looks set to return after a term out of power

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 5d

NEWS: Judge Karin Immergut on Saturday issued a temporary restraining order blocking Trump and Hegseth’s effort to activate the National Guard in Oregon.

Immergut, a Trump appointee, was reassigned the case after DOJ sought to recuse the first-assigned judge. www.lawdork.com/p/dojs-recus...

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON
STATE OF OREGON and the
CITY OF PORTLAND,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 3:25-cv-1756-IM
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
DONALD TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; PETE HEGSETH, in his official capacity as Secretary of Defense; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; KRISTI NOEM, in her official capacity as Secretary of Homeland Security; and U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY,
Defendants.

CONCLUSION
For the above reasons, this Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining
Order, ECF 6, and temporarily enjoins Defendants' September 28, 2025, Memorandum ordering
the federalization and deployment of Oregon National Guard service members to Portland. The TRO expires in fourteen days on October 18, 2025, and the parties are ORDERED to comply with the attached TRO. The Defendants' request to stay or administratively stay the Temporary
Restraining Order, see Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 35 at 41, is DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED
DATED this 4th day of October, 2025 at 3:40 p.m. pacific daylight time.
/s/ Karin J. Immergut
Karin J. Immergut
United States District Judge

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The Economist @economist.com · 5d

Very real challenges remain about the release of hostages. Neither is there a resolution to the apparently irreconcilable positions on arms and who has formal and de-facto control over Gaza in the long run

Hamas says “yes, but” to the Trump Gaza plan. That may not be enough

So far it has declined to agree to disarm or cede power in the strip

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