Not verified yet apart from one source in The Mirror, retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson.

Goede 🧵 over hoe de asielwetten erin gerommeld werden sinds de zomer.

Link accessible.

Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers

1/3. And this is one more reason the war goes on in some form — people close to Trump are making money from it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Again: young people might not realize that this kind of repugnant racism was unacceptable to express publicly, *not that long ago*.

“Tesla heeft in de afgelopen twintig jaar in totaal 264 miljard dollar omzet gemaakt in de VS, maar in die jaren slechts één keer belasting betaald in het land…Volgens persbureau Reuters heeft Tesla in totaal zo’n 400 miljoen dollar aan belasting ontweken via de Nederlandse bedrijfsunit”

Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik

See also: bsky.app/profile/marc...

This should be watched closely. Patel may not only be saying this to save his job, but could also be giving away a plan by the Trump administration to arrest more opponents.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Going strong since the 1990s, with a very admirable view of American politics.

This is completely unacceptable and Congress must investigate.

Service members aboard the USS Tripoli and USS Abraham Lincoln are rationing food and going without fresh produce.

A ‘shopping list of autocratic actions’: what would-be autocrats do to recede democracy Joep van Lit and Carolien van Ham explain 7 key modes of ‘autocratisation’ and their ‘shopping list’ of autocratic behaviours, which offers a practical resource to recognise early warning signs

ON THE BLOG: A ‘shopping list of autocratic actions’: what would-be autocrats do to recede democracy

Joep van Lit and Carolien van Ham explain 7 key modes of ‘autocratisation’ and their ‘shopping list’ of autocratic behaviours, which offers a practical resource to recognise early warning signs

This article by Joep van Lit and Carolien van Ham is very useful for those interested in empirically studying democratic erosion in all its complexities.

Volgens mij was dit al lang bekend.

“De Belastingdienst gaat verouderde gegevens in een datakluis bewaren om zo te voorkomen dat medewerkers deze gegevens onrechtmatig kunnen verwerken. Dat laat staatssecretaris Snel aan de Tweede Kamer weten”

www.security.nl/posting/6057...

"Which country in the Middle East has nuclear weapons? It's not Iran, it's Israel... Which country in the Middle East attacked six countries last year? It wasn't Iran, it was Israel."

From my Piers Morgan debate with Israeli spokesman Doron Spielman.

Full show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkk1...

Asielwetten Faber dreigen te sneuvelen; PVV gaat tegen nieuw deel stemmen De PVV stemt tegen een afzwakkend deel van de strengere asielwetten. Andere partijen trekken hun steun daardoor mogelijk in.

Je zal toch maar zo door elke morele ondergrens zijn gegaan; dat je dit als "gematigde" partijen zover hebt laten komen, zelfs nu nog overweegt voor te stemmen, om er uiteindelijk achter te komen dat de fascisten die het plannetje verzonnen het überhaupt niet serieus meenden.

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Wilders is een ramp. Maar wat te zeggen van het huidige kabinet, dat willens en wetens asielwetten wil invoeren waarvan alle experts zeggen dat ze niet werken?

Het kabinet-Jetten heeft niet alleen de asielwetten, maar ook het wetgevend opportunisme van het kabinet-Schoof overgenomen.

Sharing this for my friends and colleagues who work as educators in all the various and remarkable venues where education is an active goal, responsibility, and ongoing process.

Agreed. Vance cannot imagine others having morals that are not subdued by self-interest.

“Last autumn, the US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, demanded the removal of some climate finance targets from the World Bank’s aims…

The US is the biggest shareholder in the World Bank, with about 17% of its capital”

FIFA faces new crisis as SoFi Stadium workers in LA threaten strike action The union UNITE HERE Local 11 has made a series of demands to FIFA and voiced major concerns about ICE agents around World Cup venues

Thousands of workers are threatening to strike at the Los Angeles World Cup stadium.

The SoFi Stadium plans to host two of the three US Men's World Cup matches, but now 2,000 cooks, servers, bartenders and more may strike.

Their main issue? ICE being present at the World Cup.

Some interesting musings about conservatism and Galbraith:

‘This person is a consistent conservative, except for a single issue on which he or she adopts a “progressive” stance…it happens to be the one issue that affects him or her personally’

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Oil supply crunch intensifies as last Hormuz tankers reach refineries Final prewar cargoes to leave Gulf set to unload in coming days, escalating a global rush to secure barrels

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Indeed, EU law *literally* protected Magyar from prosecution by Orbán, who wanted to prosecute him - but Magyar is an MEP, and the European Parliament refused to waive his immunity balkaninsight.com/2025/10/10/m...

De terugkeer van de geopolitiek en tolheffingen. Weg met de vrijhandel.

this is gonna be a harsh realization for Americans, who fled reality en masse sometime in the late 70s

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“Enough of the idolatry of self and money!” Leo said. “Enough of the display of power! Enough of war!”

Very admirable for being a voice of reason in these dangerous times in which wars are condoned over peace amongst the destruction of other shared norms. Now norms are more needed than ever.

Figure that shows that, while political appointees were always represented among U.S. ambassadors, they constitute 90+% of ambassadors under Trump 2.0.

This graph perfectly captures the difference between Trump1 and Trump2.

Trump 1 was a coalition government between the GOP Establishment and Trump, with most top positions filled by the former.

Trump2 is a single-party government, with almost all positions filled with Trump cronies.

Wat denken jullie: gaan onze parlementair verslaggevers kabinetsleden vandaag grillen hierover? Of zijn douchemuntjes en benzineprijzen weer belangrijker? Elke bewindspersoon met draaiende camera vragen: waarom doet u niets?