‘Don’t make me chase you’: Leaked texts reveal how Russian spies recruit, pressure and run their informants A cache of messages and recordings offers rare insight into Moscow’s efforts to infiltrate opposition groups in Europe.

“We know everything already, but we’d like to know more." My deep-dive into how the FSB tries to recruit informants to keep tabs on Russian dissidents and foreigners helping them abroad

Rutte is the worst possible person to be NATO Secretary at this moment in its history, as he has demonstrated repeatedly. A perfect storm right now set up for NATO’s demise. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Ja, eens, lees dat boek van Sander Rietveld.

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‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict

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Hegseth’s mother about hes son: “You are an abuser of women – that is the ugly truth and I have no respect for any man that belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego. You are that man (and have been for years)...”

The Oligarchical Corridor A Source of War

The Oligarchical Corridor
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BREAKING: Moments ago at the White House this took place.

A bunch of old people praying for a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, who appears to have just blown up 100+ Iranian schoolchildren, while he hides the Epstein files, in which he appears in thousands of times.

We are a joke.

"Crucible of Light eindigt met een bedankje aan dertien mensen, maar geen daarvan heeft het manuscript gelezen voordat het naar de uitgever ging."

Volgende maand verschijnt de vertaling hiervan bij Spectrum...

Ik lees steeds dat 'Nederland' medailles wint, maar het blijken alleen die individuele sporters te zijn.

There is no strategy
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Trump looks very excited to be at Melania’s movie premiere.

Afgepakt inderdaad, maar door de Engelsen.

Trump wants everyone to believe he needs to take Greenland to protect the US from the guy he made American soldiers roll out the red carpet for in Alaska.

What a sick, demented bastard. A mother is dead, and this dickhead is making her part of his 2028 campaign platform 24 hours later.

Lees dat loeispannende verhaal in Ben Macintyre "The Spy and the Traitor", in het Ned vertaald als "De spion en de verrader".

Venezuela: The Precedents And America: The Future

Trump is weak at home, and he can be stopped – so long as the domestic political logic of foreign intervention is recognized and turned against him. This act of war is about regime change in the United States. It only succeeds if Americans allow it to do so.
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April 2025 steunde de Kamer het vuurwerkverbod (‘Wet veilige jaarwisseling’). vdPlas (BBB) en Eerdmans (JA21) kwamen op voor de vuurwerkbranche; hun motie voor 1 jaar uitstel (PVV, VVD, NSC en BBB ‘regeerden’ nog) haalde het, al voorzag Bikker (CU) een ‘armageddon’.
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25 Worst Villains of the Trump Admin The worst of the worst, ranked 1-25.

A year-end special from me:

The 25 Worst Villains of the Trump Admin, in ranking order. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Francisco Franco - Mainzer Beobachter De door Tremlett in "Il generalísimo" beschreven Francisco Franco doet denken aan Donald Trump. Of dat correct is, kan ik niet beoordelen.

Ik las de nieuwe biografie van Francisco Franco, "Il generalísimo", door Giles Tremlett. Ondanks het naargeestige onderwerp een fascinerend boek.

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Analyse van opiniepeiler Maurice de Hond -ook bekend van de Deventer moordzaak: "Praat me ook niet meer over wetenschap. Ik bedoel wetenschappers, professoren het zijn bijna allemaal laffe mensen die zich vooral confirmeren aan het dominante verhaal."

Brian Krassenstein on X: "BREAKING: Vanity Fair author Chris Whipple just revealed stunning details from his conversations with Susie Wiles, Trump’s chief of staff. Here’s what she told him: - Wiles said she has read the Epstein documents and acknowledged that Trump’s name is in them. - Wiles said https://t.co/MyFFdv1vRH" / X BREAKING: Vanity Fair author Chris Whipple just revealed stunning details from his conversations with Susie Wiles, Trump’s chief of staff. Here’s what she told him: - Wiles said she has read the Epstein documents and acknowledged that Trump’s name is in them. - Wiles said https://t.co/MyFFdv1vRH

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I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.

Watching that Cabinet meeting Trump dozed off constantly when other people were talking, but every time his name got mentioned he would wake up. Nothing else they said interested him in the slightest, but every time he heard his name he regained consciousness for a second.

mbt uitzending EO met Duk
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en spin-off dit.eo.nl/artikel/moet...
stuurde ik zojuist dit aan EO.
Liever ging ik tekenen dan dit uitwerken. Maar het kan gewoon niet, vind ik. Zo een programma maken/presenteren.Uiterst rechts gedachtegoed normaliseren. Kijkers niet iinformeren.

Donald J. Trump & @ @realDonald Trump So many Fake Polls are being shown by the Radical Left Media, all slanted heavily toward Democrats and Far Left Wingers. In the Fair Polls, and even the Reasonable Polls, I have the Best Numbers I have ever had and, why shouldn't I? I ended eight Wars, created the Greatest Economy in the History of our Country, kept Prices, Inflation, and Taxes down, and am setting standards for Right Track / Wrong Track for a future U.S.A. Fake News will never change, they are evil and corrupt but, as I look around my beautiful surroundings, I say to myself, "Oh, look, l'm sitting in the Oval Office!"

Psychologists are paid to listen to this.

Dit verbaast me niets, ik hoor dit soort geluiden al veel langer om me heen. En dan te bedenken dat er van diverse kanten (onlangs ook nog door #NRC) gepleit wordt voor verlaging van de kiesgerechtigde leeftijd naar zestien jaar. Dat zou dan dus een cadeautje zijn voor PVV en FVD.

Erg goed verhaal.
Maar wat op de CDA-website over links en rechts tijdens de Franse Revolutie zou staan (rechts zou 'alles bij hetzelfde' willen houden) klopt helemaal niks. Maar dat leg ik nog weleens uit.

Mike Johnson’s Bible apparently has Jesus encouraging lying as often as possible as the pathway to heaven. Must be a Trump Bible.

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

Did they find the Antifa leader yet?

Pijnlijk