Jørgen Heszlein
@heszlein.bsky.social
Dad, Investment Banker, lover of metal, hater of raisins
Goes to show this is the dumbest White House ever to exist
2/At the same time, he added: "The Russian-Ukrainian issue has been a source of constant disappointment for the White House. We really thought this would be the easiest war to resolve."
December 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Goes to show this is the dumbest White House ever to exist
Great thread. Completely agree. We need to rapidly build European independence to be able to disconnect from an increasingly kleptocratic US (turning into a neo-Russia) and enable us to decide on our own future.
A good day to reread the piece Vessela Tcherneva and I wrote for the ECFR at the beginning of the year
ecfr.eu/article/trum...
ecfr.eu/article/trum...
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Great thread. Completely agree. We need to rapidly build European independence to be able to disconnect from an increasingly kleptocratic US (turning into a neo-Russia) and enable us to decide on our own future.
Settlers are terrorists
'Land without laws': Israeli settlers force Bedouins from West Bank community.
Ahmed Kaabneh wanted to stay on land his family had lived on for generations. But when settlers built a shack near his home and started intimidating his children, Kaabneh said he had no choice but to flee
u.afp.com/S74K
Ahmed Kaabneh wanted to stay on land his family had lived on for generations. But when settlers built a shack near his home and started intimidating his children, Kaabneh said he had no choice but to flee
u.afp.com/S74K
December 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Settlers are terrorists
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Remember: Trump or Russian propagandists might say otherwise, but Putin is not winning, and the Ukrainians are not losing.
I am told that internal Ukrainian army information shows that more than 26,000 Russian soldiers were killed or critically wounded in the month of November. Confirmed by videos. No wonder Putin wants to get Trump to give him territory for free
one.no
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Remember: Trump or Russian propagandists might say otherwise, but Putin is not winning, and the Ukrainians are not losing.
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Putin in 2014: “Don’t believe those who claim that other regions will follow after Crimea. We don’t want Ukraine to be divided; we don’t need that.”
December 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Putin in 2014: “Don’t believe those who claim that other regions will follow after Crimea. We don’t want Ukraine to be divided; we don’t need that.”
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“First of all, we don’t want to take Crimea”: in 1999 Putin assured Ukrainians that Russia was no longer an empire
December 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“First of all, we don’t want to take Crimea”: in 1999 Putin assured Ukrainians that Russia was no longer an empire
Corruption is embedded in the US political system. Trump is merely a symptom.
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Corruption is embedded in the US political system. Trump is merely a symptom.
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This three-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza celebrated her birthday on the rubble of what was once her home.
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This three-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza celebrated her birthday on the rubble of what was once her home.
A shared love of corruption
BRAZIL'S LULA: HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY CONVERSATION WITH TRUMP, WE HAVE CHEMISTRY
December 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A shared love of corruption
The "entrance"
🔥 Ukrainian FPV destroys the entrance to a house that was occupied by the enemy.
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The "entrance"
Litt gjemt i nyhetene om skattelistene er hvordan utflyttingen bare fortsetter. Norge taper inntekter og kompetanse, og grunnlaget for investeringer i fremtidens næringer. Men vi blir likere.
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Litt gjemt i nyhetene om skattelistene er hvordan utflyttingen bare fortsetter. Norge taper inntekter og kompetanse, og grunnlaget for investeringer i fremtidens næringer. Men vi blir likere.
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Sektorar der klimaverkemidla blir svekka eller fjerna sml. med Ap-regjeringa sitt forslag:
- Vegtrafikken
- Jordbruket
- Fiskeflåten
Sektorar der virkemidla blir som i dag:
- Olje og gass
Sektorar der klimaverkemidla blir styrka:
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- Vegtrafikken
- Jordbruket
- Fiskeflåten
Sektorar der virkemidla blir som i dag:
- Olje og gass
Sektorar der klimaverkemidla blir styrka:
-
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Sektorar der klimaverkemidla blir svekka eller fjerna sml. med Ap-regjeringa sitt forslag:
- Vegtrafikken
- Jordbruket
- Fiskeflåten
Sektorar der virkemidla blir som i dag:
- Olje og gass
Sektorar der klimaverkemidla blir styrka:
-
- Vegtrafikken
- Jordbruket
- Fiskeflåten
Sektorar der virkemidla blir som i dag:
- Olje og gass
Sektorar der klimaverkemidla blir styrka:
-
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Yes I agree with this. Based on a lot of experience Europe-wide, it’s investment in the track (that is state owned anyway), and political decisions who your railway is to work for that matter. Who runs the trains is then less important.
December 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Yes I agree with this. Based on a lot of experience Europe-wide, it’s investment in the track (that is state owned anyway), and political decisions who your railway is to work for that matter. Who runs the trains is then less important.
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![1
Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
2
Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
4
Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
5
Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
6
Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
7
Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
8
Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
9
Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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I have no idea whether this is a realistic scenario, but I sure hope this is where discussions in Europe are at
I have no knowledge about the reliability of this source. Posted for information purposes only.
Posted on X by Gandalv @Microinteracti
Posted on X by Gandalv @Microinteracti
November 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I have no idea whether this is a realistic scenario, but I sure hope this is where discussions in Europe are at
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This is one of the most important exposés published in WSJ in several years, and it derives from intercepts and analyses by foreign intelligence services studying the conduct of Trump and his inner team. It's first and foremost a wake up call to the people of the United States.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This is one of the most important exposés published in WSJ in several years, and it derives from intercepts and analyses by foreign intelligence services studying the conduct of Trump and his inner team. It's first and foremost a wake up call to the people of the United States.
Yay Netherlands
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Yay Netherlands
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"Over the past 100 years, Russia has attacked 19 different countries — some of them 3-4 times — and none of these countries, including Ukraine, has ever attacked Russia." - EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Over the past 100 years, Russia has attacked 19 different countries — some of them 3-4 times — and none of these countries, including Ukraine, has ever attacked Russia." - EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.
The other 18 should drop it as well. Let Trump meet with himself, he’s the only one he cares about anyway.
Trump: “South Africa has demonstrated to the World they are not a country worthy of Membership anywhere,”
Instead, I presume that most of us reckon that Trump has demonstrated that he in not worthy of presence anywhere but in jail.
www.ft.com/content/4d4b...
Instead, I presume that most of us reckon that Trump has demonstrated that he in not worthy of presence anywhere but in jail.
www.ft.com/content/4d4b...
Donald Trump bars South Africa from G20 summit
US president says country will not be invited to Miami meeting following latest diplomatic spat
www.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The other 18 should drop it as well. Let Trump meet with himself, he’s the only one he cares about anyway.
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That’s what we call a genocide
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
That’s what we call a genocide
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3/5 The leaks confirm what we have seen for months:
Trump pressures Ukraine repeatedly but almost never pressures Russia. That imbalance speaks volumes.
He is not negotiating for peace; he is negotiating for Putin
Trump pressures Ukraine repeatedly but almost never pressures Russia. That imbalance speaks volumes.
He is not negotiating for peace; he is negotiating for Putin
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
3/5 The leaks confirm what we have seen for months:
Trump pressures Ukraine repeatedly but almost never pressures Russia. That imbalance speaks volumes.
He is not negotiating for peace; he is negotiating for Putin
Trump pressures Ukraine repeatedly but almost never pressures Russia. That imbalance speaks volumes.
He is not negotiating for peace; he is negotiating for Putin
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1/5 The Witkoff leaks prove that Trump does not want peace in Ukraine as soon as possible, no matter what the deal looks like, despite what many claim.
He wants peace on Russia’s terms, no matter how long it takes
He wants peace on Russia’s terms, no matter how long it takes
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
1/5 The Witkoff leaks prove that Trump does not want peace in Ukraine as soon as possible, no matter what the deal looks like, despite what many claim.
He wants peace on Russia’s terms, no matter how long it takes
He wants peace on Russia’s terms, no matter how long it takes
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1