Sarah Longwell: We are committing superpower suicide in real time. Trump is making China Great Again. Poll: People in *every single one* of the top US-allied countries now believe it’s better to depend on China than on the US. The global balance of power is clearly tilting away from the US and toward China.
I like this approach. I am in.
"Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada's ties to the U.S. have become "weaknesses" that must be corrected, as workers in Canada's auto, steel and lumber industries remain under threat due to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Perhaps #bulgaria should join the Russian federation and leave the EU. That is the best way to get closer to the Kremlin and please Putin.
Alt text: Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (@Abdulkhaleq_UAE), with a verified badge. The post reads: “This is what I told Reuters today: The UAE no longer needs America to defend it, as it has proven during the Iranian aggression that it is capable of defending itself with distinction. What the UAE needs is to acquire only the best and latest weapons that America has. Therefore, it is time to think about closing the American bases, as they are a burden and not a strategic asset.” The post is labeled “Translated from Arabic by Grok” and shows a timestamp of 10:21 AM · 4/19/26 with 139K views.
NEW: UAE scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says the UAE no longer needs U.S. protection, calling American bases a “burden, not a strategic asset” and suggesting they should be closed. The United States’ standing in the region has been obliterated.
🤣 if this is real it is the most hilarious one yet.
I think most people would prefer this. #Science
While Trump starts wars to steal oil ...
"China has achieved a global milestone in sustainable infrastructure by constructing the world's first fully solar-powered high-speed railway, spanning an impressive 2,800 kilometers. This groundbreaking system operates ..."
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71% of Europeans support moving beyond unanimity in EU decision-making. Today, the veto power allows a single Member State to block common decisions. In an increasingly unstable world, this means delays, paralysis, and inefficiency. đź“Š Data from Polling Europe...
71% of Europeans support moving beyond unanimity in EU decision-making. Today, the veto power allows a single Member State to block common decisions. In an increasingly unstable world, this means delays, paralysis, and inefficiency. đź“Š Data from Polling Europe...
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We should be learning from other countries...
We’ve awarded a €180M tender for sovereign cloud to four European providers.
This enables EU institutions, bodies, offices & agencies (Union entities) to procure sovereign cloud services.
Scaling the use of EU cloud is key to strengthening Europe’s digital sovereignty.
Yet another reason for 47 to withdraw us from NATO. As we’re all well aware he only takes orders from either Putin or Netanyahu.
France Pulls the Plug on Windows
France is ditching Windows for Linux on 2.5 million government PCs.
"Where some are pushing back"
❗️“The EU must learn from Viktor Orbán’s behaviour and switch to qualified majority voting,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
MAGA's policies towards the EU are proving really counter productive for the US & really good for the EU - “buy European” provisions; India, Australia, Mercosur trade deals; military/defence self-sufficiency; UK pivot towards the EU; European far-right poss in retreat
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Thanks to Hungary for this great end of the week.
I was thinking the same.
A lesson for US Republicans. This is how it works.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks at the European Pulse Forum 2026, in Spain. (Photo By David Zorrakino/Europa Press via Getty Images)
Spain PM Pedro Sánchez: "We cannot depend on the electoral cycles of the U.S. to know whether we will be protected or not — that is why the creation of a common European army must become a reality. Not in 10 years, not in 2 years, but tomorrow”
The frame 'Canada/ EU should take more responsibility for its defense' was always such nonsense. We were in a protection racket, having to buy American weapons. Trump, in his ignorant stupidity, blew all of this up. Now we can break free from the American yoke! What a chance.
Poll: More Europeans see US as threat than China
Washington outranks Beijing as a threat in Spain, Italy, Belgium and Germany, according to POLITICO Pulse survey.
8 in 10 Europeans don’t trust US, Chinese firms with data
Europe is rolling out measures to keep data local and reduce reliance on foreign tech.
If Orbán falls, Israel could lose its EU firewall
Hungary has repeatedly used its EU veto to block sanctions on Israel; if opposition leader PĂ©ter Magyar wins and aligns with Brussels to unlock billions in funding, Jerusalem could lose its last line of defense in the bloc
Wow, that is a serious move
On a cloudy day, a large, blue, rectangular banner stands in an open field, with green trees an foliage in the background. The banner’s text reads: “Some stranger somewhere remembers you because you were kind to them.”
A gentle reminder:
“Some stranger,
somewhere,
remembers you,
because you were
kind to them.”
