Ragnar Øygard
@ragnaroygard.bsky.social
Economist (agriculture development environment)
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Det har gått under radaren her hjemme, men i november ba EU-parlamentet m stort flertall EUs Råd og Kommisjonen om å vurdere om Norge kan innlemmes under EUs kollektive sikkerhetserklæring, dvs EU-traktatens versjon av NATOs artikkel 5.
January 9, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Det har gått under radaren her hjemme, men i november ba EU-parlamentet m stort flertall EUs Råd og Kommisjonen om å vurdere om Norge kan innlemmes under EUs kollektive sikkerhetserklæring, dvs EU-traktatens versjon av NATOs artikkel 5.
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For whatever reason, because of whatever backstory, for whatever ideological drives this guy has always worked for Russia.
#BREAKING US President Trump says doubts 'NATO would be there for us if we really needed them', in Truth Social post
January 7, 2026 at 3:39 PM
For whatever reason, because of whatever backstory, for whatever ideological drives this guy has always worked for Russia.
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A US annexation of Greenland would be the end of NATO.
Trump, as an obedient servant of Putin, might welcome that, but the other NATO members cannot accept having a blatant traitor in their midst.
Trump, as an obedient servant of Putin, might welcome that, but the other NATO members cannot accept having a blatant traitor in their midst.
January 7, 2026 at 12:22 AM
A US annexation of Greenland would be the end of NATO.
Trump, as an obedient servant of Putin, might welcome that, but the other NATO members cannot accept having a blatant traitor in their midst.
Trump, as an obedient servant of Putin, might welcome that, but the other NATO members cannot accept having a blatant traitor in their midst.
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This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.
January 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
This is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.
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there are fields that help you understand why the world's most powerful defense establishment is being controlled by mentally ill people but military theory isn't one of them
January 7, 2026 at 12:46 AM
there are fields that help you understand why the world's most powerful defense establishment is being controlled by mentally ill people but military theory isn't one of them
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The US is more likely to fight Europe than fight for it.
January 6, 2026 at 11:26 AM
The US is more likely to fight Europe than fight for it.
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Insane
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
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January 5, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Insane
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Russia can offer much larger bribes and business deals to Trump, his family, and his friends than Ukraine can, and since Trump is the most corrupt and most compromised US president in history, that puts Ukraine in a tough spot
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Russia can offer much larger bribes and business deals to Trump, his family, and his friends than Ukraine can, and since Trump is the most corrupt and most compromised US president in history, that puts Ukraine in a tough spot
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This is horrible. Trump and his crew shut down USAID, which has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, and they had no idea what they were doing or what would be the consequences. Completely immoral.
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
December 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is horrible. Trump and his crew shut down USAID, which has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, and they had no idea what they were doing or what would be the consequences. Completely immoral.
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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Implications of this leak is huge;
Trump knows that Putin want all of #Ukraine, that a "deal" now is only temporary. T has known this even before the Alaska summit.
This means he has been helping Putin all year.
Whatever "guarantees" Trump is offering Ukraine now, is fake.
THIS IS TREASON!
Trump knows that Putin want all of #Ukraine, that a "deal" now is only temporary. T has known this even before the Alaska summit.
This means he has been helping Putin all year.
Whatever "guarantees" Trump is offering Ukraine now, is fake.
THIS IS TREASON!
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Implications of this leak is huge;
Trump knows that Putin want all of #Ukraine, that a "deal" now is only temporary. T has known this even before the Alaska summit.
This means he has been helping Putin all year.
Whatever "guarantees" Trump is offering Ukraine now, is fake.
THIS IS TREASON!
Trump knows that Putin want all of #Ukraine, that a "deal" now is only temporary. T has known this even before the Alaska summit.
This means he has been helping Putin all year.
Whatever "guarantees" Trump is offering Ukraine now, is fake.
THIS IS TREASON!
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In Ukraine the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, even the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In Ukraine the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, even the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
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BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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Effectively there is no *one* person performing the duties of President of the United States right now. We are in an interregnum with an occupied throne.
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Effectively there is no *one* person performing the duties of President of the United States right now. We are in an interregnum with an occupied throne.
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Gari Kasparov på Halifax Security Forum:
"NATO was created to fight one war — not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria — one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not."
"NATO was created to fight one war — not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria — one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not."
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Gari Kasparov på Halifax Security Forum:
"NATO was created to fight one war — not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria — one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not."
"NATO was created to fight one war — not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria — one war: to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not."
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One Small Guardrail Finally Held Up Against Trump talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/linds...
One Small Guardrail Finally Held Up Against Trump
For almost a decade now, we’ve watched as Trump plowed through guardrails...
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November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
One Small Guardrail Finally Held Up Against Trump talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/linds...
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Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe
The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame
www.scientificamerican.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
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We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
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The Putin-Witkoff Plan Worsens the War
Five Reasons the US should not help Russia subjugate Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
(video)
snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
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snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
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Vi gir alt, alt for Norge.
Unntatt skatt. Den gir vi til Sveits.
Unntatt skatt. Den gir vi til Sveits.
November 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Vi gir alt, alt for Norge.
Unntatt skatt. Den gir vi til Sveits.
Unntatt skatt. Den gir vi til Sveits.
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A gentle word of advice for friends throughout Europe who are praising Trump regularly thinking it will gain results. It won’t. Only corruption works. And right now the US is locked in a struggle to see if corruption will win out.
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A gentle word of advice for friends throughout Europe who are praising Trump regularly thinking it will gain results. It won’t. Only corruption works. And right now the US is locked in a struggle to see if corruption will win out.
… med hjelp av Thorbjørn Jagland …
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
… med hjelp av Thorbjørn Jagland …
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"Trump nyter godt av 'feilsitering' i 9 av 10 tilfeller. Skulle man sitere ham korrekt og utfyllende, måtte avisene trykke egne bilag hver dag bare for å få plass til alt, og folk ville sittet igjen med et enda verre inntrykk av den gale kongen i Washington DC" write.as/eivindtraeda...
Donald Trump nyter godt av feilsitering
Blir Donald Trump feilsitert i media? Svaret er utvilsomt ja, og der bør media ta selvkritikk. Trump kommuniserer i en uendelig strøm av ...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
"Trump nyter godt av 'feilsitering' i 9 av 10 tilfeller. Skulle man sitere ham korrekt og utfyllende, måtte avisene trykke egne bilag hver dag bare for å få plass til alt, og folk ville sittet igjen med et enda verre inntrykk av den gale kongen i Washington DC" write.as/eivindtraeda...
