American incompetence is good news, for once

Six months from now he’ll be shilling for Trump again

“In de regio Noord-Utrecht zoekt netbeheerder Tennet naar een nieuwe locatie voor een hoogspanningsstation. "Ze kijken nu naar een tiende locatie. De eerste negen opties zijn gesneuveld in de procedures. De ene keer gaat het niet door vanwege cultureel erfgoed, de andere keer door natuurregels..."”

ICE detained more than 70 Minnesota children, data reveals Immigration officials detained more than 70 Minnesota children between Dec. 1 and March 10, a Sahan analysis of court records and federal deportation data shows.

Pulitzer-worthy reporting here from Minnesota immigrant news @sahanjournal.bsky.social.

70+ children detained during Operation MetroSurge.

30 sent to Dilley. Two dozen held >20 days, a Flores violation.

7 still detained as of March 10. ~20 have been deported.
sahanjournal.com/immigration/...

Dit lijkt me zo’n plausibel scenario dat de VVD om die reden niet uit het kabinet zal stappen.

Elections matter

Gefeliciteerd Leo, moet mooi zijn om mee te maken!

There is a pattern in Greece: under massive international pressure scandals are investigated, prosecution and convictions ensue. But never ever political accountability. Politicians are always shielded. #Novartis #Opekepe #Tempi #PredatorGate 1/3

The grounds were shifting already before then but the US threatening to take over Greenland early this year was clearly a breaking point. You can stick a fork in the trans-Atlantic alliance, it’s done.

🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈⚖️🇭🇺 A legal earthquake - CJEU finds Hungary to have violated EU law on multiple counts with its anti-LGBT+ legislation (as expected) but also for the first time in history, in an EU law-reshaping precedent, finds Hungary to violate Art 2 TEU in a self-standing manner.

Plenty of options in that decade

“In ruil voor de financiële steun eiste Washington toegang tot alle Zimbabwaanse gezondheidsdata én strategische grondstoffen als koper en kobalt…”

Alleged

The oldest trick in Westminster politics: asking for your opponent to resign knowing full well this means he certainly won’t resign.

Jetten will quietly encourage him not to visit

“Sure, millions of people are going to die. But think of the shareholder value we’ll be creating!”

He is most welcome here. There is accommodation reserved for him in Scheveningen.

the penne opticon

Netanyahu lied? I’m shocked…

“Sharia law” is last year’s “woke”

Netanyahu is waging perpetual war to keep beyond the grasp of the judiciary. He always manages to find a next country to attack.

This is no Hungary scenario, he won’t wield the veto just for Moscow’s sake because he’d be out on his ear in no time back home. The only member of the European Council with a position anywhere near as unassailable domestically as Orban is… Magyar.

happy bday Dutch writer Martinus Nijhoff, b.1894.

"The air’s like silk, the trees and street-lamps
only like themselves. No dream
could say it clearer. Some compass needle
leads me to the park, where gates of steel
declare ‘Each plant and planet feels
the inmost drive to move and dream.’..."

I am yet to meet a politician who is not primarily ambitious for themselves. Some are also in it for others, but never only for others. Anyway I’ll have a look at your book to see what you make of it!

On the upside, somebody close to Trump will make a lot of money by shorting oil prices when he announces the next iteration of the ceasefire.

Is this bad?

He serves at the pleasure of the President, not of the Hungarian Prime Minister

Timeline cleanser