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Rob Berends
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Founder (1981)/co-owner/agent/booker/promoter for live music at Paperclip Agency.
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Nieuwe baan? Bij een woningbouwvereniging die ècht sociaal en van-onderop is, en die aktief collectieve woonvormen promoot en ontwikkelt?
De WBVG (Gelderland) zoekt hiervoor een nieuwe Projectontwikkelaar m/v/x.
www.wbvg.nl/vacature-pro...
December 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOUr money in a clean bank
Fijne dagen en een groen nieuw jaar!
De feestdagen komen er weer aan! Wij wensen je alvast hele fijne dagen en een gelukkig, groen nieuw jaar.🍀 Wil je jouw familie en vrienden ook fijne dagen wensen, én meteen op een grappige manier vrag...
milieudefensie.nl
December 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Der israelische Botschafter in Deutschland, Ron Prosor, lügt am laufenden Band:
- Er geht davon aus, dass jeder, der für Frieden ist oder auch das Schicksal der Palästinenser wichtig findet, automatisch antisemitisch ist und „die Ideologie der Hamas legitimiert”.
December 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Der israelische Botschafter in Deutschland, Ron #Prosor, stellt erneut eine Journalistin - Sophie von der Tann von der ARD - öffentlich aus und empfiehlt ihr, "in den Aktivismus" zu wechseln. Solche Polemik soll eines: einschüchtern. Wir zeigen uns solidarisch mit der betroffenen Kollegin!
July 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Putin's Newspeak! He announces war on the Baltic countries.

He says "no more wars if West treats Russia with respect".
He means "give me all I want re: Ukraine or I will start more wars".
Putin vows no more wars if West treats Russia with respect
Russia's leader said during a TV marathon that claims that an attack on Europe was planned were "nonsense".
www.bbc.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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"Palantir is dé pijler onder een centraal dataplatform voor de opsporing van zware criminaliteit. Dick Schoof was degene die in 2011 tekende voor geheimhouding. Het is opmerkelijk dat het gebruik door de politie zo lang geheim is gebleven. Er is geen controleorgaan en een wettelijk kader ontbreekt."
Het Nederlandse leger doet al jaren in het geheim zaken met de omstreden techreus Palantir – net als de politie
Het Amerikaanse softwarebedrijf Palantir is diep verweven met de regering-Trump, maar ook met het Nederlandse leger. Dat doet al sinds 2010 zaken met het bedrijf, blijkt uit onderzoek van Follow the M...
www.ftm.nl
December 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Verbod op gezichtsbedekkende kleding is illegaal
www.doorbraak.eu/verbod-op-ge...

"...het wetsvoorstel gaat verder dan alleen een verbod. Het wetsvoorstel plaatst de bewijsplicht bij de persoon met de gezichtsbedekkende kleding.
Verbod op gezichtsbedekkende kleding is illegaal | Doorbraak.eu
“Kabinet komt met verbod op gezichtsbedekkende kleding bij demonstraties”, aldus de NOS vanmiddag. Een wet om gezichtsbedekkende kleding te verbieden bij demonstraties is nu in internetconsultatie. Da...
www.doorbraak.eu
December 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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READ: Since mid-October, Israel has carried out an assassination campaign in Gaza targeting resistance leaders. Contacts within the resistance say Israel is trying to lure them back into direct confrontation to avoid fulfilling its ceasefire obligations. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/isra...
Israel has continued its assassination campaign in Gaza despite the ceasefire
Since mid-October, Israel has carried out an assassination campaign in Gaza targeting resistance leaders. Contacts within the resistance say Israel is trying to lure them back into direct confrontation...
mondoweiss.net
December 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.

(Published Dec. 2024)
How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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We don't know if she obstructed federal agents—but we know that doing so is more important than any law.

Laws and courts are not inherently just. They simply reflect the balance of power within the state.

Sometimes, even a judge has the backbone to do what is right.

crimethinc.com/becomeananar...
December 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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December 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Deutschrap ist antifaschistisch. Der Rapper Kollegah will das jetzt wohl ändern. Er veröffentlicht einen Song, der die AfD zum Jubeln bringt.
Kollegahs Deutschland-Song: Ein feuchter Traum der Neuen Rechten
Deutschrap ist antifaschistisch. Der Rapper Kollegah will das jetzt wohl ändern. Er veröffentlicht einen Song, der die AfD zum Jubeln bringt.
taz.de
December 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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With time, it's become more and more clear that the Belgian objections to giving Russian frozen assets to Ukraine are not just legal/technical.

When Italy's Meloni joined the anti-assets fight, it became clear that this is about US pressuring 🇪🇺capitals.
The EU’s problem isn’t Belgium — it’s Trump
As European leaders prepare to meet in Brussels on Thursday to discuss Ukraine funding, they do so under huge and unprecedented pressure from the U.S.
www.politico.eu
December 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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“De risico’s zijn volgens een expert niet te onderschatten: ‘We communiceren in Nederland vrijwel uitsluitend via Amerikaanse platformen. En dat houdt in dat de VS mee kunnen lezen en onze hele maatschappij kunnen ontwrichten als ze ons niet leuk meer vinden.’ “

En dat gebeurt nu al (bij ICC).
‘Strategische blunder’: vertrouwelijke data van Nederlanders in handen van Amerikanen
Met de overname van een Amsterdams databeveiligingsbedrijf kwam vertrouwelijke communicatie over veel Nederlanders in Amerikaans-Israëlische handen. Een strategische blunder, zeggen experts. De gegeve...
www.ftm.nl
December 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Pro-Palestine protesters chanting ‘globalise the intifada’ in the UK face arrest
Pro-Palestine protesters chanting ‘globalise the intifada’ in the UK face arrest
www.independent.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Goh, nu blijkt dat de uiterst rechtse coalitie van PVV, VVD, NSC en BBB toch 1 resultaat tot stand heeft gebracht: na vijf jaar daling leven weer meer mensen in armoede! Zo meldt het CBS👇🏼

nos.nl/artikel/2594...
CBS: na vijf jaar daling leven weer meer mensen in armoede
Door het wegvallen van de energietoeslag is de armoede in Nederland weer toegenomen.
nos.nl
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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De échte helden in supermarktland zijn @odinfoodcoop.bsky.social en #Ekoplaza! En een goede derde is @lidlnl.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Canadian lawmakers denied entry to West Bank by Israel
<article data-history-node-id="432738" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/canadian-lawmakers-denied-entry-west-bank-israel" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/canadian-lawmakers-denied-entry-west-bank-israel" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Canadian lawmakers denied entry to West Bank by Israel</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A Canadian delegation that includes six members of parliament was denied entry into the occupied West Bank by Israel on Tuesday, CBC News reported.&nbsp;</p> <p>The travelers were reportedly asked to sign waivers deeming them potential safety threats if they entered the territory. They declined, and were not allowed entry.</p> <p>The Toronto Star cited Israeli concerns about the trip's funding.&nbsp;</p> <p>An Israeli official told the paper that because the funding can be traced back to Islamic Relief - a designated terror group in Israel - the delegation could not enter the occupied West Bank.&nbsp;</p> <p>Islamic Relief has not confirmed that it provides funding to Canadian Muslim Vote, which is the group that reportedly organised the trip.&nbsp;</p> <p>Islamic Relief is one of the foremost aid groups in North America, and caries out humanitarian work both domestically and internationally.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>
www.middleeasteye.net
December 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Jewish settler kills Palestinian teenager after funeral of another teen killed by Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/jewish-settler-kills-palestinian-teenager-after-funeral-another-teen
Jewish settler kills Palestinian teenager after funeral of another teen killed by Israel
<article data-history-node-id="432727" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/jewish-settler-kills-palestinian-teenager-after-funeral-another-teen" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/jewish-settler-kills-palestinian-teenager-after-funeral-another-teen" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Jewish settler kills Palestinian teenager after funeral of another teen killed by Israel</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="124" data-start="0">A Palestinian teenager was&nbsp;shot dead by an Israeli settler in the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem, in the latest lethal attack on civilians in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reported.</p> <p data-end="467" data-start="341">Local officials identify the victim as 16-year-old Muheeb Ahmed Jibril, who was killed on Tuesday by live fire from a settler.</p> <p data-end="651" data-start="469">Muhammad al-Badan, the mayor of Tuqu’, says the killing took place shortly after mourners dispersed following the funeral of another slain Palestinian teenager, Ammar Sabah, also 16.</p> <p data-end="820" data-start="653">Al-Badan says a small group of young men remained near the town’s northern entrance when a settler exited his vehicle and opened fire directly at them, killing Jibril.</p> <p data-end="980" data-start="822">He says Jibril’s killing marks the second death in Tuqu’ in less than 24 hours, as Israeli military operations and settler violence intensify across the area.</p> <p data-end="1362" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="1196">Rights groups have repeatedly accused Israel of enabling settler violence through impunity, as attacks on Palestinians across the occupied West Bank.</p> <p data-end="1362" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="1196"><img alt="Martyr Muhib Ahmed Jibril" src="https://www.wafa.ps/image/NewsThumbImg/Default/%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B9.jpg-15851ffb-ccf2-4218-8533-8538480e4690.jpg"></p> </div> </div> </article>
www.middleeasteye.net
December 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.

His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."

He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.

www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Wybren van Haga (BVNL) heeft zijn keutel tegen MOB (dwangsom € 50.000 /dag) alweer ingetrokken. Wat een prutser. Hij gaat zich concentreren op zijn kernactiviteit: huisjesmelken.
December 16, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…”

Lawless.
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM