Szymon Piasecki
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Speaks volumes for the power of metapolarisation - the sense Poles have that they are divided into two irreconcilable ideological camps - that someone who poses such a threat to Poland’s security can nevertheless attract sympathy just because some politicians are stupid enough to endorse him.
Is Donald Trump a friend or an enemy of Europe?
48% of Europeans think he is an enemy, only 10% say he is a friend.
Only in Poland, more people think he is a friend, rather than an enemy.
48% of Europeans think he is an enemy, only 10% say he is a friend.
Only in Poland, more people think he is a friend, rather than an enemy.
January 1, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Speaks volumes for the power of metapolarisation - the sense Poles have that they are divided into two irreconcilable ideological camps - that someone who poses such a threat to Poland’s security can nevertheless attract sympathy just because some politicians are stupid enough to endorse him.
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Monday's meeting of Starmer, Macron and Merz could turn out to be even more important because of the US national security strategy. They need to decide whether to say in public what they are thinking in private: that the threat is no longer just Putin, it's also Trump
December 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Monday's meeting of Starmer, Macron and Merz could turn out to be even more important because of the US national security strategy. They need to decide whether to say in public what they are thinking in private: that the threat is no longer just Putin, it's also Trump
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EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
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The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.’
George Orwell, Animal Farm
George Orwell, Animal Farm
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.’
George Orwell, Animal Farm
George Orwell, Animal Farm
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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I’ve been evicted from the Pentagon, a building I’ve covered for 18 years, Nancy A. Youssef writes. I’ll keep doing my job anyway. https://theatln.tc/hBoHf5y5
October 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I’ve been evicted from the Pentagon, a building I’ve covered for 18 years, Nancy A. Youssef writes. I’ll keep doing my job anyway. https://theatln.tc/hBoHf5y5
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I feel like I am taking crazy pills. Charlie Kirk’s ultimate goal, which he said time and time again, would have been the suppression, through threat of violence and the use of state power, of the rights of those he disagreed with, including freedom of expression.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I feel like I am taking crazy pills. Charlie Kirk’s ultimate goal, which he said time and time again, would have been the suppression, through threat of violence and the use of state power, of the rights of those he disagreed with, including freedom of expression.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
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❗️The "Fortress of Europe" banner was hung by Ukrainian fans during the Ukraine – France football match.
September 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
❗️The "Fortress of Europe" banner was hung by Ukrainian fans during the Ukraine – France football match.
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We should be having a debate about how British incompetence put the lives of thousands of Afghans at risk. Instead we're having a debate about 'how many criminals they let in'. Tells you everything you need to know about where we're at as a country inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...
Shockingly, the Tories did the right thing on secret Afghan asylum plan
The initial error was egregious, but the response was, at least, morally clear-sighted and practical
inews.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 7:53 AM
We should be having a debate about how British incompetence put the lives of thousands of Afghans at risk. Instead we're having a debate about 'how many criminals they let in'. Tells you everything you need to know about where we're at as a country inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...
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Friendly reminder to American colleagues that "Tell the law enforcement to cover their faces and remove identification; that'll make ordering them to punch opposition lawmakers and pepper spray protesters easier" was in the Hungarian/Polish antidemocratic playbook on page 42 all along.
July 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Friendly reminder to American colleagues that "Tell the law enforcement to cover their faces and remove identification; that'll make ordering them to punch opposition lawmakers and pepper spray protesters easier" was in the Hungarian/Polish antidemocratic playbook on page 42 all along.
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25% tax on Apple products while singling out the CEO by name for retribution, 50% tax on European goods, expulsion of foreign students, bill passed with most debt in history, while hosting a dinner for people who gave you $300+ million. All in the last 24 hours.
The Golden Age.
The Golden Age.
May 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
25% tax on Apple products while singling out the CEO by name for retribution, 50% tax on European goods, expulsion of foreign students, bill passed with most debt in history, while hosting a dinner for people who gave you $300+ million. All in the last 24 hours.
The Golden Age.
The Golden Age.
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Who could've guessed joining a make-believe Resistance against an Evil Empire would ever happen in real life?
May 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Who could've guessed joining a make-believe Resistance against an Evil Empire would ever happen in real life?
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The amount of Russian soldiers in this picture is how many are killed or wounded every three days
May 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The amount of Russian soldiers in this picture is how many are killed or wounded every three days
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Even *if* you accept Stephen Miller’s (textually, historically, and morally indefensible) claim that undocumented immigrants are not entitled to due process, you’d *still* need due process to ensure that the individuals at issue are, in fact, undocumented.
His argument fails even on its own terms.
His argument fails even on its own terms.
May 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Even *if* you accept Stephen Miller’s (textually, historically, and morally indefensible) claim that undocumented immigrants are not entitled to due process, you’d *still* need due process to ensure that the individuals at issue are, in fact, undocumented.
His argument fails even on its own terms.
His argument fails even on its own terms.
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Trump for Pope, a third term, re-opening Alcatraz.
These stories all serve a critical purpose.
To distract from the story of our age: that the President of the United States is enriching his family with billions by running a corruption racket right out of the Oval Office.
These stories all serve a critical purpose.
To distract from the story of our age: that the President of the United States is enriching his family with billions by running a corruption racket right out of the Oval Office.
May 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Trump for Pope, a third term, re-opening Alcatraz.
These stories all serve a critical purpose.
To distract from the story of our age: that the President of the United States is enriching his family with billions by running a corruption racket right out of the Oval Office.
These stories all serve a critical purpose.
To distract from the story of our age: that the President of the United States is enriching his family with billions by running a corruption racket right out of the Oval Office.
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Tankies: The EU is corrupt & politicians just steal public money
France: Convicts politician for stealing public money from EU
Tankies: Stealing public money from EU is now not wrong
France: Convicts politician for stealing public money from EU
Tankies: Stealing public money from EU is now not wrong
Marine Le Pen election ban is ludicrous unherd.com/newsroom/yan...
Yanis Varoufakis: Marine Le Pen election ban is ludicrous
The conviction of Marine Le Pen is the latest stage of Europe’s “descent into the abyss of totalitarianism”, according to former Greece finance minister Yanis Varoufakis. Earlier today, the Rassemblem...
unherd.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Tankies: The EU is corrupt & politicians just steal public money
France: Convicts politician for stealing public money from EU
Tankies: Stealing public money from EU is now not wrong
France: Convicts politician for stealing public money from EU
Tankies: Stealing public money from EU is now not wrong
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France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
Marine Le Pen barred from running for French presidency in 2027
Far-right leader found guilty of embezzlement of European funds and immediately barred from running for office
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
France’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.
South Korea’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Brazil’s institutions defended its democracy, upholding the law.
Only America’s decided a criminal must be allowed to break its laws and destroy its democracy.