A lot of Orbán's American fans are saying that this election proved he was never an authoritarian in the first place.
This is completely wrong — and, in fact, betrays a complete misunderstanding of both Hungarian politics and modern authoritarianism.
Here's why.
In Paung Township, #Mon, farmers are facing difficulties buying fuel, with many now forced to carry their water pumps to fuel stations & wait in long lines to purchase small amounts. The difficulties have worsened since March 12, when the junta imposed restrictions on the sale + purchase of fuel.
NGL I was a bit surprised at you posting Gooner stuff (thought I must have missed that previously)
As for me, I'm no Gooner, so it'd be Sp*rs going down (especially as it'd help West Ham out this season!)
If it were between Arsenal winning the league with Spurs staying up, or Arsenal narrowly missing out but Spurs getting relegated, which would it be?
Can anyone remind me when HKSARG last intervened to help out HK residents faced with steep rent increases?
Oh, but of course - such HK residents are mere hoi polloi, the views of which are pretty much excluded by design from HKSARG decision-making
According to the last census, the population of the UK is currently 69,785,969. The number of people who "can't speak English" is 161,000. That makes a non-English speaking minority here of 0.23%. Far fewer than the Brits in Spain who don't speak Spanish!
#RefUKkers
Don't you hate it when fighting age men flee their own country, leaving their families behind, then expect other people to give them a handout.
Pre-Covid I flew through Chennai a fair few times, and I loved the small bookshop they had in the domestic terminal there. A bit higgledy-piggledy in terms of how books were stacked, but like all good book shops, a good selection and it also had character.
Where are Pavel Durov, Elon Musk, and JD Vance when free speech actually needs defending?
Nowhere, because they are dishonest hypocrites
Trump is a pedophile.
A rapist.
A fascist.
A sociopath.
It’s all about blackmail.
Ask Lutnick.
And it all points to Russia.
All of it.
the cover of jonathan swift's pseudonymous book on farting, full of the worst puns you ever saw
reading the classics of political science in order to better understand the president
How many levels of Hell are we witnessing here? Who TF gave Epstein this video? Imagine further the depravity and twisted logic of those claiming to be acting in the public interest whilst redacting the name of this recipient.
Presumably it was brown cardboard; had it been white it probably wouldn't've attracted police attention...
Seems to me that certain Brexiteers won’t be happy until the UK adopts a North Korean-style Juche isolationism
Has the DOJ just released another 3 million pages of Epstein Files to divert attention from the Melania movie?
The videos are damming enough.
The freeze frame taken after his legal holstered gun was removed by one of Trump‘s masked federal agents provides more data.
Alex was shot at least 6 times. Three times in the back.
Does this look like an execution squad?
#Burma #Myanmar Sham Election Digest (with sources) covering noon 25 Jan - noon 26 Jan 2026
ENG:http://tinyurl.com/yv369k2n
မြန်မာဘာသာ: tinyurl.com/ajhmtsf3
Next Digest out 28 Jan!! 📷
#RejectShamElection
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#justicenotfakepolls
Today’s bad taste meme
Fred Trump had dementia and his family set up a fake office so he could think he was in charge while other people made the decisions. Mentioning this for no particular reason at all. Not even sure what made me think of it.
Witkoff and the administration he works for side with Russia over Ukraine
Trump, Putin, Netanyahu... so do you have to commit war crimes to join, or is that only for officers?
This seems a lot less like a board of peace than the Hair Club for Autocrats.
Share a photograph of mountains that you’ve taken
The thinnest-skinned man in the world withdraws his offer for Canada to join his so-called Board of Peace.
Which shows exactly why the organisation is so pointless.
Keir Starmer often leaves me luke warm, but he's brilliant here
🇺🇦 Ukrainian Envoy to the UN, Andrii Melnyk:
Every time the international community believes that Russia has reached the limits of lies and barbarity, Moscow once again outdoes itself.
It finds a way to sink even lower, proving that there is no bottom to its criminal intent.
Not to mention that Trump's morality includes running dodgy diploma mills, stiffing contractors, rape, etc
(Writing as a former 18 y.o. undergrad of yours!)
I don't understand why companies use AI-generated ads. If your entire effort in ad production is just entering prompts in a chatbox, what does it say about the level of effort you put in your product?
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Didn't Trump criticise an *alleged* attack on Putin's residence? But now he's gone after Maduro personally. So to go after a leader directly is okay now, so long as it's not Putin? This is total geopolitical chaos.