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The safeguard of democracy is the people
The importance of voting cannot be understated, it’s fundamental to our democracy
DISCLAIMER:
Elections can elevate harmful leaders. Always check what candidates truly stand for.
Susie Wiles, JD Vance, and the “Junkyard Dogs”: The White House Chief of Staff On Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2)
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December 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Susie Wiles, JD Vance, and the “Junkyard Dogs”: The White House Chief of Staff On Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2)
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Thread: Nepotism, Kleptocratic Patterns & Democracy Risks in Current U.S. Geopolitics
December 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Thread: Nepotism, Kleptocratic Patterns & Democracy Risks in Current U.S. Geopolitics
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.
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
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.
Allowing youth teams while Olympics only permit non-military, non-pro-war individuals? Inconsistent. A rehabilitation in the middle of a war.
En dan deurwaarders sturen naar politici?
Terwijl sommige FDF-actievoerders zelf keer op keer regels breken; asbest op snelwegen dumpen, agenten omver willen rijden, gemeentehuizen bezetten, intimidatie.
Dat is geen protest. Dat is ontoelaatbare Boere Brabo criminaliteit.
#OM
Terwijl sommige FDF-actievoerders zelf keer op keer regels breken; asbest op snelwegen dumpen, agenten omver willen rijden, gemeentehuizen bezetten, intimidatie.
Dat is geen protest. Dat is ontoelaatbare Boere Brabo criminaliteit.
#OM
December 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
En dan deurwaarders sturen naar politici?
Terwijl sommige FDF-actievoerders zelf keer op keer regels breken; asbest op snelwegen dumpen, agenten omver willen rijden, gemeentehuizen bezetten, intimidatie.
Dat is geen protest. Dat is ontoelaatbare Boere Brabo criminaliteit.
#OM
Terwijl sommige FDF-actievoerders zelf keer op keer regels breken; asbest op snelwegen dumpen, agenten omver willen rijden, gemeentehuizen bezetten, intimidatie.
Dat is geen protest. Dat is ontoelaatbare Boere Brabo criminaliteit.
#OM
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.
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
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.
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.
Trump’s FIFA Peace Prize, by FIFA President Gianni Infantino
December 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Trump’s FIFA Peace Prize, by FIFA President Gianni Infantino
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?
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
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?
Christian MAGA voters: when babies get infected and kids starve because help was cut, is that not a sin of neglect?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“… 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.
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
“… 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.
The Economist
Dec5, 2025
The article warns that the battle for the soul of the West has begun, with unity already a casualty.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Eu import van:
Russisch gas, van 44% -> 13%
Olie van 27%-> 2%
Russische energie inkomsten zijn gedaald van 12 Miljard naar 1,5 Miljard pm
Met deze 1,5 Miljard pm stuurt EU meer geld naar Rusland dan naar Ukraine.
De zgn. vriendschapspijpleiding van Rusland naar Orbán, Hongarije moet dicht.
Russisch gas, van 44% -> 13%
Olie van 27%-> 2%
Russische energie inkomsten zijn gedaald van 12 Miljard naar 1,5 Miljard pm
Met deze 1,5 Miljard pm stuurt EU meer geld naar Rusland dan naar Ukraine.
De zgn. vriendschapspijpleiding van Rusland naar Orbán, Hongarije moet dicht.
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Eu import van:
Russisch gas, van 44% -> 13%
Olie van 27%-> 2%
Russische energie inkomsten zijn gedaald van 12 Miljard naar 1,5 Miljard pm
Met deze 1,5 Miljard pm stuurt EU meer geld naar Rusland dan naar Ukraine.
De zgn. vriendschapspijpleiding van Rusland naar Orbán, Hongarije moet dicht.
Russisch gas, van 44% -> 13%
Olie van 27%-> 2%
Russische energie inkomsten zijn gedaald van 12 Miljard naar 1,5 Miljard pm
Met deze 1,5 Miljard pm stuurt EU meer geld naar Rusland dan naar Ukraine.
De zgn. vriendschapspijpleiding van Rusland naar Orbán, Hongarije moet dicht.
PVV: Dat mensen nog steeds niet genoeg krijgen van deze schreeuwende flut partij met dito leider met flut resultaten, flut prestaties en flut support van lokale overheden.
(Ter reflectie voor de PVV, is bovenstaand de PVV terminologie gebruikt).
#PVV #Orbanization #VNG
(Ter reflectie voor de PVV, is bovenstaand de PVV terminologie gebruikt).
#PVV #Orbanization #VNG
December 2, 2025 at 11:52 PM
PVV: Dat mensen nog steeds niet genoeg krijgen van deze schreeuwende flut partij met dito leider met flut resultaten, flut prestaties en flut support van lokale overheden.
(Ter reflectie voor de PVV, is bovenstaand de PVV terminologie gebruikt).
#PVV #Orbanization #VNG
(Ter reflectie voor de PVV, is bovenstaand de PVV terminologie gebruikt).
#PVV #Orbanization #VNG
Mona Keijzer, BBB, altijd ferme ideeën voor onherstelbare ‘verbeteringen’.
In 2019 (CDA) drukte ze PostNL-Sandd door. Nu verboden door rechter, maar schade is al gedaan.
Monopolie, slechtere service. Burgers betalen de prijs.
#SlechtBestuur #ZelfReflectie
In 2019 (CDA) drukte ze PostNL-Sandd door. Nu verboden door rechter, maar schade is al gedaan.
Monopolie, slechtere service. Burgers betalen de prijs.
#SlechtBestuur #ZelfReflectie
December 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Mona Keijzer, BBB, altijd ferme ideeën voor onherstelbare ‘verbeteringen’.
In 2019 (CDA) drukte ze PostNL-Sandd door. Nu verboden door rechter, maar schade is al gedaan.
Monopolie, slechtere service. Burgers betalen de prijs.
#SlechtBestuur #ZelfReflectie
In 2019 (CDA) drukte ze PostNL-Sandd door. Nu verboden door rechter, maar schade is al gedaan.
Monopolie, slechtere service. Burgers betalen de prijs.
#SlechtBestuur #ZelfReflectie
Wilders, gekozen “door mensen wier naam we niet kennen”, (?!) zegt het volk te representeren. Zodra een dwarsdoorsnede van het volk met plannen komt, maakt hij ze verdacht.
Wat is de werkelijke agenda van deze waterstofperoxide kapsel man met multiculturele achtergrond die zo tegen immigratie is?
Wat is de werkelijke agenda van deze waterstofperoxide kapsel man met multiculturele achtergrond die zo tegen immigratie is?
December 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Wilders, gekozen “door mensen wier naam we niet kennen”, (?!) zegt het volk te representeren. Zodra een dwarsdoorsnede van het volk met plannen komt, maakt hij ze verdacht.
Wat is de werkelijke agenda van deze waterstofperoxide kapsel man met multiculturele achtergrond die zo tegen immigratie is?
Wat is de werkelijke agenda van deze waterstofperoxide kapsel man met multiculturele achtergrond die zo tegen immigratie is?
Trump’s tariffs achieved one thing: higher prices for American citizens.
Now also for foreign visitors to U.S. national parks with $100 up to 300%
Good news: the rest of the world’s national parks aren’t run like this and tourists are more welcome without discrimination.
Now also for foreign visitors to U.S. national parks with $100 up to 300%
Good news: the rest of the world’s national parks aren’t run like this and tourists are more welcome without discrimination.
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Trump’s tariffs achieved one thing: higher prices for American citizens.
Now also for foreign visitors to U.S. national parks with $100 up to 300%
Good news: the rest of the world’s national parks aren’t run like this and tourists are more welcome without discrimination.
Now also for foreign visitors to U.S. national parks with $100 up to 300%
Good news: the rest of the world’s national parks aren’t run like this and tourists are more welcome without discrimination.
The EU drafted its own peace proposal and guess what emerged in the meantime?
Trump’s 28-point plan appears to be translated straight from Russian.
Fully written by Moscow.
Fascinating how easily Trump adopts it.
Are the rumors true that Russia has leverage over Trump?
#StandWithUkraine
Trump’s 28-point plan appears to be translated straight from Russian.
Fully written by Moscow.
Fascinating how easily Trump adopts it.
Are the rumors true that Russia has leverage over Trump?
#StandWithUkraine
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The EU drafted its own peace proposal and guess what emerged in the meantime?
Trump’s 28-point plan appears to be translated straight from Russian.
Fully written by Moscow.
Fascinating how easily Trump adopts it.
Are the rumors true that Russia has leverage over Trump?
#StandWithUkraine
Trump’s 28-point plan appears to be translated straight from Russian.
Fully written by Moscow.
Fascinating how easily Trump adopts it.
Are the rumors true that Russia has leverage over Trump?
#StandWithUkraine
The 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine, sprung on Europe by the US and Russia, reads like a Russian dictate for Ukraine’s surrender.
What kind of “leadership” gives Russia a free lunch and calls it a peace plan?
Cut support unless Ukraine accepts surrender.
Is that what a friend does?
What kind of “leadership” gives Russia a free lunch and calls it a peace plan?
Cut support unless Ukraine accepts surrender.
Is that what a friend does?
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine, sprung on Europe by the US and Russia, reads like a Russian dictate for Ukraine’s surrender.
What kind of “leadership” gives Russia a free lunch and calls it a peace plan?
Cut support unless Ukraine accepts surrender.
Is that what a friend does?
What kind of “leadership” gives Russia a free lunch and calls it a peace plan?
Cut support unless Ukraine accepts surrender.
Is that what a friend does?
KISS
Keep It Simple, Stupid:
1 Point peace plan:
• RUSSIA ENDS THE INVASION AND FULLY WITHDRAW FROM UKRAINE, INCLUDING OCCUPIED CRIMEA.
(Only then is anything worth negotiating.)
#StandWithUkraine #MAGA #EU #Trump
Keep It Simple, Stupid:
1 Point peace plan:
• RUSSIA ENDS THE INVASION AND FULLY WITHDRAW FROM UKRAINE, INCLUDING OCCUPIED CRIMEA.
(Only then is anything worth negotiating.)
#StandWithUkraine #MAGA #EU #Trump
November 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
KISS
Keep It Simple, Stupid:
1 Point peace plan:
• RUSSIA ENDS THE INVASION AND FULLY WITHDRAW FROM UKRAINE, INCLUDING OCCUPIED CRIMEA.
(Only then is anything worth negotiating.)
#StandWithUkraine #MAGA #EU #Trump
Keep It Simple, Stupid:
1 Point peace plan:
• RUSSIA ENDS THE INVASION AND FULLY WITHDRAW FROM UKRAINE, INCLUDING OCCUPIED CRIMEA.
(Only then is anything worth negotiating.)
#StandWithUkraine #MAGA #EU #Trump
Trump, who never spent a day in uniform, drops Russia’s wish list as a “peace plan,” tells UKRAINE to give everything to the aggressor, and then claims they’re “not grateful.”
The absurdity is staggering
America, after 9/11 Europe stood with you out of values, not transactions
Stand with Ukraine.
The absurdity is staggering
America, after 9/11 Europe stood with you out of values, not transactions
Stand with Ukraine.
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Trump, who never spent a day in uniform, drops Russia’s wish list as a “peace plan,” tells UKRAINE to give everything to the aggressor, and then claims they’re “not grateful.”
The absurdity is staggering
America, after 9/11 Europe stood with you out of values, not transactions
Stand with Ukraine.
The absurdity is staggering
America, after 9/11 Europe stood with you out of values, not transactions
Stand with Ukraine.
MARGRATEN:
A Dutch TV show just RESTORED the REMOVED PANELS honoring Black WWII soldiers.
The Trump-era ABMC said stories of Black troops fighting both Nazis and American racism “don’t fit the mission.”
If your “Christian Project 2025 agenda” can’t handle truth, it’s not heaven you’re aiming for.
A Dutch TV show just RESTORED the REMOVED PANELS honoring Black WWII soldiers.
The Trump-era ABMC said stories of Black troops fighting both Nazis and American racism “don’t fit the mission.”
If your “Christian Project 2025 agenda” can’t handle truth, it’s not heaven you’re aiming for.
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
MARGRATEN:
A Dutch TV show just RESTORED the REMOVED PANELS honoring Black WWII soldiers.
The Trump-era ABMC said stories of Black troops fighting both Nazis and American racism “don’t fit the mission.”
If your “Christian Project 2025 agenda” can’t handle truth, it’s not heaven you’re aiming for.
A Dutch TV show just RESTORED the REMOVED PANELS honoring Black WWII soldiers.
The Trump-era ABMC said stories of Black troops fighting both Nazis and American racism “don’t fit the mission.”
If your “Christian Project 2025 agenda” can’t handle truth, it’s not heaven you’re aiming for.
So forest was cleared for COP30, while they’re talking about preserving the Amazon.
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
So forest was cleared for COP30, while they’re talking about preserving the Amazon.