Maakt het niet erger / don't make it worse. Never experienced much, though impressionable for little things.
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Trump has been hiding his Russian diesel deal for over a month: the deal was announced yesterday, but it was likely agreed when Witkoff and Kushner visited the Kremlin on 5th September. While Trump was signing the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 on 18th September,…
October 10, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Trump has been hiding his Russian diesel deal for over a month: the deal was announced yesterday, but it was likely agreed when Witkoff and Kushner visited the Kremlin on 5th September. While Trump was signing the Lindsey Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 on 18th September,…
Far-right parties in the EU agree.
“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side
October 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Far-right parties in the EU agree.
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Volgens The Economist is de EU-begroting slechts 1% van de nationale begrotingen. Maar men besteedt er aandacht aan alsof het 20% is. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
October 10, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Volgens The Economist is de EU-begroting slechts 1% van de nationale begrotingen. Maar men besteedt er aandacht aan alsof het 20% is. www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
The new White House press secretary on TV
when you’re too dumb to know you’re not supposed to say the quiet part out loud
White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia nods along on Fox & Friends as Rachel Campos-Duffy blasts that "ingrate Zelenskyy who keeps blowing up refineries and making things more complicated for the president ahead of the midterms"
October 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
The new White House press secretary on TV
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Aaaaand here’s yet another data point. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
‘Ship has sailed’: New poll shows even an end to the war or lower gas prices may not save Republicans
A new POLITICO Poll shows most Americans, especially Democratic and undecided voters, would not be moved even if Trump ended the Iran war or brought down gas prices.
www.politico.com
October 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Aaaaand here’s yet another data point. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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The Trump Admin has ramped up ICE activities in Oregon, less than one month away from a gubernatorial election where Republican Christine Drazan is tied in the polls. A Republican hasn’t won a governor’s race in OR since 1982. Trump is basically giving a campaign donation to Tina Kotek. Bizarre.
ICE and Border Patrol agents are terrorizing our friends and neighbors. Trump’s lawless federal agents trampling due process is completely wrong. These are not Oregon—or American—values.l
Sudden spike in immigration arrests around Portland metro spark fears of new surge
At least nine people were confirmed detained on Tuesday, according to immigrants’ rights advocates. Detentions resumed Wednesday in Washington County.
www.opb.org
October 10, 2026 at 3:36 PM
The Trump Admin has ramped up ICE activities in Oregon, less than one month away from a gubernatorial election where Republican Christine Drazan is tied in the polls. A Republican hasn’t won a governor’s race in OR since 1982. Trump is basically giving a campaign donation to Tina Kotek. Bizarre.
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The silence from the GOP is deafening…
“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side
October 10, 2026 at 5:58 PM
The silence from the GOP is deafening…
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The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports.
The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.
The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.
October 10, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports.
The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.
The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.
Trump on not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize:
good lord how can anyone be this whiny; are you not ashamed
October 10, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Trump on not being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize:
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Trump’s plan to save the midterms is…help Russia.
The Trump-Vance-Kushner-Witkoff approach to the war has always been weaken Ukraine so they bow down to Putin. It hasn’t worked.
With nearly two years of this, Ukraine has shown it can thwart ground offensives and strike Russian oil without US help.
The Trump-Vance-Kushner-Witkoff approach to the war has always been weaken Ukraine so they bow down to Putin. It hasn’t worked.
With nearly two years of this, Ukraine has shown it can thwart ground offensives and strike Russian oil without US help.
US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing
Donald Trump’s administration delivered threat after Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised diesel deal with Moscow
www.ft.com
October 10, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Trump’s plan to save the midterms is…help Russia.
The Trump-Vance-Kushner-Witkoff approach to the war has always been weaken Ukraine so they bow down to Putin. It hasn’t worked.
With nearly two years of this, Ukraine has shown it can thwart ground offensives and strike Russian oil without US help.
The Trump-Vance-Kushner-Witkoff approach to the war has always been weaken Ukraine so they bow down to Putin. It hasn’t worked.
With nearly two years of this, Ukraine has shown it can thwart ground offensives and strike Russian oil without US help.
The cunning plan of the President of the United States, Russia laughing all the way to the bank.
1/ Russian sources expect that as well as purchasing Russian oil and diesel, Donald Trump will provide Russia with spare parts to repair the refineries damaged by Ukrainian drone strikes. They anticipate that Trump's fuel deal will lead to a Russian victory. ⬇️
October 10, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The cunning plan of the President of the United States, Russia laughing all the way to the bank.
En het denigrerende commentaar van de, ik neem aan, dagvoorzitter "ja hoor, wat een respect. Halloo. Daag. Goed voorbeeld."
October 10, 2026 at 10:21 AM
En het denigrerende commentaar van de, ik neem aan, dagvoorzitter "ja hoor, wat een respect. Halloo. Daag. Goed voorbeeld."
De vvd dreigt onder Yeşilgöz bolsjewistisch te worden!
Weten jullie nog dat er heel veel onrust was onder de ‘liberalen’ toen er voor samenwerking gekozen werd met een racist die de rechtsstaat wilde afbreken? Nee ik ook niet.
October 10, 2026 at 9:27 AM
De vvd dreigt onder Yeşilgöz bolsjewistisch te worden!
Het liberalisme als vrijheidsideologie blijkt leeg en heeft niets te bieden behalve - rampzalig voor zijn eigen principes - ergens tegen te zijn.
Prima stuk weer van Hans Goslinga. Daarbij merk ik wel oo dat binnen de VVD de liberale stroming ook volledig is lamgelegd. Niets in het beleid van de VVD ademt nog liberale waarden. www.trouw.nl/opinie/deze-...
Deze VVD is een ramp voor het landsbestuur
www.trouw.nl
October 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Het liberalisme als vrijheidsideologie blijkt leeg en heeft niets te bieden behalve - rampzalig voor zijn eigen principes - ergens tegen te zijn.
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“One source told the outlet that officers were “told to go after anybody, they can pick up anybody.”
newrepublic.com/post/216405/...
newrepublic.com/post/216405/...
“Go After Anybody”: ICE Gets Terrifying Marching Orders in California
ICE has launched a new crackdown just weeks before the midterms.
newrepublic.com
October 8, 2026 at 5:42 PM
“One source told the outlet that officers were “told to go after anybody, they can pick up anybody.”
newrepublic.com/post/216405/...
newrepublic.com/post/216405/...
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Apparently it's Tim Kennedy (former Green Beret also): www.reuters.com/world/africa...
EXCLUSIVE: Erik Prince's forces suffer battlefield loss in Congo, former UFC fighter among wounded, sources say
Blackwater founder Erik Prince's forces suffered a major battlefield loss in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in mid-September when enemy forces ambushed them, killing and wounding at least 20 pe...
www.reuters.com
October 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Apparently it's Tim Kennedy (former Green Beret also): www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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Finally read the new AfD strategy paper on Europe. It casts 2029 as a “historic window” to reorient the EU’s foundations through Treaty change, with a right-wing majority in the EP and a German government with AfD participation both within reach.
Thread on some notable points:
Thread on some notable points:
October 9, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Finally read the new AfD strategy paper on Europe. It casts 2029 as a “historic window” to reorient the EU’s foundations through Treaty change, with a right-wing majority in the EP and a German government with AfD participation both within reach.
Thread on some notable points:
Thread on some notable points:
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A federal judge blocked the government from deporting a man who was shot by an ICE officer in New York City a day earlier. “[He] shall not be removed from the United States absent further order of this Court.”
Judge quickly blocks deportation of man shot by ICE in New York
A federal judge blocked the government from deporting a man who was shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in New York City a day earlier.U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken issued the order Friday after lawyers for Oscar Belgal, 28, challenged his detention in federal court in Manhat...
bit.ly
October 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A federal judge blocked the government from deporting a man who was shot by an ICE officer in New York City a day earlier. “[He] shall not be removed from the United States absent further order of this Court.”
October 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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The French police routinely use extreme violence against protesters. This week, they introduced a new weapon, first seen on October 6: a stroboscopic shield equipped with flashing lights designed to dazzle protesters.
October 9, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The French police routinely use extreme violence against protesters. This week, they introduced a new weapon, first seen on October 6: a stroboscopic shield equipped with flashing lights designed to dazzle protesters.
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Als gastland heeft Nederland een speciale verantwoordelijkheid om het Hof te beschermen.
Het kabinet moet de Europese Commissie verzoeken om het EU blocking statute te activeren zodat het Hof kan blijven functioneren.
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Het kabinet moet de Europese Commissie verzoeken om het EU blocking statute te activeren zodat het Hof kan blijven functioneren.
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October 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Als gastland heeft Nederland een speciale verantwoordelijkheid om het Hof te beschermen.
Het kabinet moet de Europese Commissie verzoeken om het EU blocking statute te activeren zodat het Hof kan blijven functioneren.
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Het kabinet moet de Europese Commissie verzoeken om het EU blocking statute te activeren zodat het Hof kan blijven functioneren.
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Was on CNN Newsroom to talk about the French student protests and Europe's education and teacher crisis. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺. Their voices deserve to be heard, not met with repression.
October 9, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Was on CNN Newsroom to talk about the French student protests and Europe's education and teacher crisis. 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺. Their voices deserve to be heard, not met with repression.
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Russia wants NL to hand over ICC judges www.dutchnews.nl?p=273708
Russia wants NL to hand over ICC judges - DutchNews.nl
Russia has asked the Netherlands to hand over nine International Criminal Court (ICC) officials who were convicted in absentia last year. The prosecutor’s office in Moscow requested the extradition…
www.dutchnews.nl
October 9, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Russia wants NL to hand over ICC judges www.dutchnews.nl?p=273708
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Jaime Gilinski secured rights to a Venezuelan oil field for almost nothing. Hours later, he struck a deal valuing his stake at more than $500 million.
Colombia Billionaire Set for $500 Million Venezuela Oil Windfall
Colombia’s richest man Jaime Gilinski is poised to turn a Venezuelan oil field contract that cost him almost nothing into a $500 million stake in a Latin American crude producer that he’s now on the cusp of controlling.
bloom.bg
October 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Jaime Gilinski secured rights to a Venezuelan oil field for almost nothing. Hours later, he struck a deal valuing his stake at more than $500 million.
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"The sanctions are intended to undermine the rule of law internationally and the work that an independent judicial institution is doing.
Our work will continue across all our situations, our investigations and our prosecutions."
- ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan
#JusticeMatters
Our work will continue across all our situations, our investigations and our prosecutions."
- ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan
#JusticeMatters
EXCLUSIVE: US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges.
www.reuters.com
October 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
"The sanctions are intended to undermine the rule of law internationally and the work that an independent judicial institution is doing.
Our work will continue across all our situations, our investigations and our prosecutions."
- ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan
#JusticeMatters
Our work will continue across all our situations, our investigations and our prosecutions."
- ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan
#JusticeMatters