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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 1h

Politics

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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 1h

Same

Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 1h

Simply put...

Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 2h

The German industrial boom, that started in 2005 when Angela Merkel took the reins (that was a coinicidence, she had nothing to do with it), is now officially over. www.ft.com/content/745f...

German industrial output falls to 2005 levels as auto sector craters

Weak August data raises risk of Eurozone’s biggest economy falling back into technical recession

www.ft.com

Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 1h

Schrems III here we come

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Liam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 8h

One of the conspirators who helped Gavrilo Princip shoot Archduke Franz Ferdinand survived to see the breakup of Yugoslavia. He could conceivably have watched the Neighbours episode where Scott and Charlene got married

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 15h

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 2h

LR want Meloni with Le Pen.

Nicolas Hervieu @nhervieu.bsky.social · 21h

Rappelons que sans le barrage républicain, LR & ses candidats auraient été totalement essorés en juillet 2024.

Eux, les principaux bénéficiaire du réflexe républicain (sur 45 duels avec l'extrême droite, 38 gagnés).

Refuser aujourd'hui (& demain ?) de faire barrage à l'extrême droite en dit long.

Législative partielle dans le Tarn-et-Garonne : Bruno Retailleau refuse de faire barrage à l’extrême droite

Malgré le soutien affiché de Bruno Retailleau, venu animer un meeting vendredi soir à Montauban, le candidat LR n’a pas réussi le pari de se qualifier.

www.lemonde.fr

Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 5h

OK unfortunately youre misunderstanding the point made for whatever reason. But I hope you have a nice day.

Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 5h

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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 5h

They never lead to universities being referred to as "our campuses"

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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 5h

Well I would like people to seriously discuss what Ukrainian accession would mean for the EU existentially, financially and politically before we make a fundamental decision based on understandable sympathy for the Ukranian people.

Garvan Walshe @garvanwalshe.org · 6h

Orban is blocking Ukrainian accession to the EU. It’s desperate blackmail by an autocrat behind in the polls

Source: YouTube share.google/V1ArBhYD5sd6...

Viktor Orbán accuses Ukraine of supporting the opposition | Garvan Walshe

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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 6h

The fact that they say "campuses" is indicative of this

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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 6h

Humility, humanity, glamor and talent rarely appear together. Let's hope we have a few more years with her.

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 12h

Dolly Parton's sister asks fans to pray for the American country singer, who has postponed several concerts due to health issues

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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 16h

Broadly speaking I would argue to the contrary: Taken together, FDR, LBJ, and Nixon (for example) built the scaffolding of presidential overreach. Trump is simply going brazenly all-in on what earlier presidents got away with because they did it in secret (although we know all about it).

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 16h

Never before has the United States had an Attorney General and FBI Director who openly serve the president personally as he works to break laws rather than enforcing laws for the country, Constitution, and American people.

I don’t know if any previous one even said “the president’s agenda.” Ever.

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Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE @mariepierrev.bsky.social · 19h

Chacun doit revenir à la raison.

Nous, élus, avons la responsabilité de protéger la fonction présidentielle.

Aimer ou non le Président, se souvenir ou non de ce qu’on lui doit … rien ne justifie la surenchère des petites propositions pour exister médiatiquement.

Cela doit cesser !

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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 18h

If my observation that right/left political parties have been replaced by political manifestations of internet aggression, & assuming as fact that the internet is a tool of 🇺🇲 hegemony, then makes sense that the fight for the 🇬🇧 political extremes would be conducted in American, as APHC says

Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 1d

Generally it would be helpful if more UK journalists took a closer look at how far Reform, Conservative Party and even Blue Labour figures have become immersed in an American MAGA Trump social media world that is increasingly using the language of civil war

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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 23h

Plus she is kinda meh...

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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 1d

“The advantages of a first past the post system, of course, are that it prevents an overly fragmented parliament in which a stable governing majority cannot be found, and that it keeps the radical right down.”

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 1d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 27% (-2)
LAB: 20% (-2)
CON: 17% (+1)
LDM: 17% (+2)
GRN: 12% (+1)
SNP: 4% (+1)

Via @yougov.co.uk, 5-6 Oct.
Changes w/ 28-29 Sep.

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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 23h

He actually has a nice smile though. Oh well...

Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 1d

That is very funny

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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 1d

I thought it was already there?

Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 1d

Just made everything so much better

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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · Aug 27

The world of political parties is over. In their place there are currents or online movements, with political figureheads. France is the clearest manifestation of this, with LFI, RE and RN. That’s why Attal would always have my vote. He is the figurehead of my movement.

Thierry de Cabarrus @tcabarrus.bsky.social · Aug 27

À la question "Serez-vous candidat à la Présidentielle en 2027?", voilà la réponse assez claire, me semble-t-il, de Gabriel Attal: "Aujourd'hui, il y a des candidats qui n'ont pas de projet, moi je veux un projet pour avoir un candidat."
Ça veut dire "je vais y aller!"

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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 1d

I am going to repeat myself: France is the new normal. 3 political manifestations of the political internet (radical left, radical center, radical right), all roughly equal in size. Every country in Europe is shifting towards this. The days of consensus and majorities are over.

Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 2d

🇫🇷 is representative of the new normal: 3 big block parties - LFI/RE/RN - far-left, radical center, & many smaller other parties, two of which (LR and PS) were main parties now close to death, clustered around them. None of the 3 new representative parties are strong enough to govern alone.

Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 2d

The LR won't work with the PS, PS won't work with LR. PS won't work with EN if EN works too closely with LR, LR won't work with EN if EN works too closely with PS. EN has its own ides of government but EN is too socially liberal for the LR and EN is too economically liberal for PS.

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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 1d

They just need a Kurz to make them all feel great and make everything awesome again forever.

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Anders Larson @thisisanders.bsky.social · 1d

I postedabout his "sacking the judges" nonsense this morning

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