Posts by Victor Hoogendam
The famous Russian "double-tap"
First strike, usually civilian targets, causing casualties and injuries.
Second strike is to first responders, medics, fire brigade, police personnel.
Because Russia always got away with war crimes they just keep doing this.
They need to answer for their crimes.
"After a year and a half, I am back in the βpublicβ television studio,β Magyar wrote in a post on X. βWe have just witnessed the last days of a propaganda machine.β
www.politico.eu/article/pete...
Peter Magyar has already done what many considered unthinkable: ousting Viktor Orban from power in Hungary after 16 years. Tearing down Orbanβs illiberal system will be an even bigger challenge.
"In Hungarian elections this year, the Kremlin has bundled everything into one package and added an element never before deployed at this scale: the systematic attribution of its own operations to Ukraine," writes Liubov Tsybulska, Founder and current director of NGO "Join Ukraine", in her op-ed.
Everything π touches dies. Not always a terrible thing.
Trump has no plan. This is a damning summary from The Economistβs Middle East Correspondent Gregg Carlstrom.
Trump is already talking to the @nytimes.com about cannibalizing global stocks of munitions/interceptors.
A glimpse into how bad the situation already is.
This graphic shows the last heartbeat of russia before the line goes flat.
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πΊπ¦πΊπΈπ·πΊ MEETING NOT CANCELLED, BUT ABU DHABI VENUE UNCERTAIN AMID HOSTILITIES, ZELENSKYY SAYS
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a planned meeting involving Ukraine, the United States, and Russia has not been cancelled.
βοΈWhat is happening in Iran is a good signal to Putin about how a dictatorship ends. β Zelenskyy
"Iran was, for a long time, part of Western sphere of influence. Now, given the fact that Israel has a nuclear arsenal & could end humanity if it's humiliated, the best solution is for Tehran to demilitarize & cede Straits of Hormuz to Tel Aviv"
Noam Chomsky
Putin is making Russia small again:
βOur model suggests that Russian casualties are now between 1.1m and 1.4m, of whom 230,000-430,000 are dead. That would mean one in 25 Russian men between the ages of 18 and 49 may have been killed or severely wounded since the start of the full-scale war.β
Russian assets are always active against the EU
If Trump were to ever testify, he would plead the fifth on every single question.
Why? Because heβs guilty AFβ¦.
In 2026 Conservative Christians would have you believe the president is a spiritual leader and John Piper is a woke heretic. Dumbπestπtimeπlineπ
Zo 'tolerant' zijn we in Nederland.
Hillary Clinton, who never met Epstein, testified today for 6 hours, answering every question. Donald Trump, who is mentioned more than 38,000 times across 5,300 documents, has never testified.
The US under Donald Trump fell so very hard, and so very fast.
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I can relate to this.
The Economist: βTrump no longer has leverage over Kyiv and Zelensky. The USβs ability to force Zelensky to agree to unfavorable peace terms is exhausted. Weapons are being supplied through Europe, reliance on American intelligence has decreased, and funding volumes have been reduced."
Bingo.
The face you make when you realize that overly indulgent mommy is no longer around to protect you and the person who couldβyour older brother with all the powerβdeeply dislikes you for being mommy's favorite while growing up.